Advanced Personal Training Practice Exam

To assist the primary mover

To be the primary mover

To control posture

To prevent injuries

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Moves the body toward the midline

Increases the angle at a joint

Isokinetic

Isotonic

Isometric

None of the above

Upper back pain

Neck pain

Forward head jut

All of the above

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Sit and Reach

Muscular strength

Muscular endurance

Cooper test

True

False

Spine appears in good alignment

Hips are above the heels

Both A and B

Head is tilted to one side

Poor balance

Foot pain

Knee pain

All of the above

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

Practice Exam

1. What is the role of an agonist muscle?

2. Which joint action describes the movement of adduction?

3. Which contraction involves muscle length variations with no change in tension?

4. A person with rounded shoulders is likely to experience what issues?

5. Some muscles are named after the function they perform in the body. As an example, forearm muscles are called flexors because they perform this action?

6. Which of the following tests measures flexibility?

7. Phasic muscles are resistant to fatigue.

8. Which of the following factors are important for proper body alignment?

9. A person with elevated hips is likely to experience what issues?

10. Which muscle is the prime mover in spine/trunk flexion?