CPT Practice Exam

2 to 3 days

3 to 4 days

4 to 7 days

As often as they want

Type 1 and Type 2

Type 4 and Type 5

Cells and Organs

Glycogen and Free Fatty Acids

Vastus medialis

Rectus femoris

Vastus lateralis

Soleus

Triceps

Gluteus medius

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

30 to 90 seconds

30 seconds or less

30 to 60 seconds

2 to 5 minutes

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

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.

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

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Practice Exam

1. How often should beginners exercise per week in general?

2. Name the two types of muscle fibers.

3. Which of the following muscles is not part of the quad muscles?

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

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

6. Training specificity explains what type of training?

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

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 joint action describes the movement of adduction?

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