CPT Practice Exam

Dispense medication

Help set realistic training goals

Collect health status information

Motivate and inspire

Improves circulation

Lowers blood glucose levels

Improves strength

All of the above

True

False

Hip Adductor

Gastrocnemius

Triceps

Hamstrings

2 to 3 times per week

3 to 4 times per week

4 to 7 times per week

Twice a day

200 muscles

500 muscles

700 muscles

Over 1,000

Begin with heavy weights and a lower number of reps

Pair four or more exercises together

Pair two exercises together

Major muscle groups are split into different days or workouts

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Tell her to wait a few minutes, then try the exercise again.

Attempt to diagnose what is wrong

Recommend she seek care from a qualified physician

Offer her some medication for the pain

Glucose

Glycogen

Free Fatty Acids

All of the above

Practice Exam

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

2. Why does the American Diabetes Association recommend aerobic and strength training for managing diabetes?

3. Breathing should be performed as inhaling as the muscles lengthen and exhaling as the muscles contract.

4. Quadriceps are a primary mover (agonist) in a leg extension. What is the antagonist muscle?

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

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

7. Which best describes a split routine?

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

9. Your client is feeling a sharp pain in her knee during exercise. What should you do?

10. What are the three main sources of fuel used by the body for energy?