CPT Practice Exam

True

False

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Never use a full range of motion

Always use your back when lifting from the floor

Always lock your knees

Never jerk the weight

2 to 3 times per week

3 to 4 times per week

4 to 7 times per week

Twice a day

8 to 15

12 or more

6 or less

1 to 2

Easier to develop power and strength

Recruits more muscles

Moves through a full range of motion

All of the above

Glucose

Glycogen

Free Fatty Acids

All of the above

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

Origin and insertion

Function

Number of origins

All of the above

Practice Exam

1. The Anaerobic System must rely on carbohydrates for ATP production.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Popular reasons why free weights are better than machines include:

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

9. Which joint action describes the movement of adduction?

10. Skeletal muscles are often named by what factors?