CPT Practice Exam

Head is placed firmly on the bench

Shoulders and upper back should be firm and even on the bench

Feet are flat on the floor

Buttocks is lifted off the bench

True

False

Dispense medication

Help set realistic training goals

Collect health status information

Motivate and inspire

You should always use a spotter

When lifting for power movements

When your client asks you not to

When you are not in the mood

200 muscles

500 muscles

700 muscles

Over 1,000

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

8 to 15

12 or more

6 or less

1 to 2

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Practice Exam

1. Which of the following is not true when using proper form?

2. Type 11 fibers are faster and stronger.

3. Which one of these is not within your scope of responsibilities?

4. When is the only time you shouldn’t use a spotter?

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

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

7. Which training principle describes the practice of systematically increasing your repetitions to get stronger?

8. How many repetitions are usually recommended for building muscular endurance?

9. 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?

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