CPT Practice Exam

200 muscles

500 muscles

700 muscles

Over 1,000

2 to 3 times per week

3 to 4 times per week

4 to 7 times per week

Twice a day

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Increases the angle at a joint

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Elevates a body part

True

False

Triceps

Gluteus medius

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Begin training but at a low intensity.

Talk with a doctor and seek approval for exercise.

Train at a high intensity.

Begin more physical assessments.

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

1 to 2 sets

2 to 3 sets

3 to 6 sets

3 to 5 sets

Practice Exam

1. How many muscles are in your body (roughly)?

2. How many days per week should you recommend exercise for an experienced lifter?

3. Which training principle describes the practice of gradually adding more resistance so there is enough stimulus to grow?

4. Which describes the joint movement of the flexor muscles?

5. Resistance training machines are best suited for experienced weight lifters.

6. If the hip adductor is the prime mover in an exercise, what is the antagonist?

7. Which of the three planes of motion describe dividing the body into top and bottom?

8. When answering the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), your client answers “yes” to a bone or joint problem that could be made worse by exercise. What should you recommend?

9. Which of the three planes of motion describe dividing the body into left and right?

10. When deciding exercise volume for a new client, how many sets are recommended for muscle endurance?