CPT Practice Exam

Dispense medication

Help set realistic training goals

Collect health status information

Motivate and inspire

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

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

Protects the body from injury

Improves posture

Reduces stress

All of the above

1 to 2 sets

2 to 3 sets

3 to 6 sets

3 to 5 sets

True

False

An erect body position should be maintained at all times

Always check for a stable base of support

Both A and B

None of the above

Muscular strength and muscle size

Muscle size and power

Muscle strength and flexibility

Muscle size and flexibility

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Easier to develop power and strength

Recruits more muscles

Moves through a full range of motion

All of the above

Practice Exam

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

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

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

4. Which of the following benefits are attributed to weight training?

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

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

7. Which of the following factors are important for proper body alignment?

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

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

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