CPT Practice Exam

Triceps

Gluteus medius

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Never use a full range of motion

Always use your back when lifting from the floor

Always lock your knees

Never jerk the weight

30 to 90 seconds

30 seconds or less

30 to 60 seconds

2 to 5 minutes

Muscular strength and muscle size

Muscle size and power

Muscle strength and flexibility

Muscle size and flexibility

Pay attention to target muscles for a specific sport or training purpose

Lift heavy no matter what

Push through plateaus

Always overload on your resistance

Increases the angle at a joint

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Elevates a body part

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Muscle soreness

Fatigue

Weakness

All of the above

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

1 to 2 sets

2 to 3 sets

3 to 6 sets

3 to 5 sets

Practice Exam

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

2. Which of the following is true regarding proper weight lifting form?

3. How much rest time is recommended for power exercises?

4. What are the two primary physiological responses to resistance exercise?

5. Training specificity explains what type of training?

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

7. 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?

8. What are the most common signs of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)?

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

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