CPT Practice Exam

True

False

Dispense medication

Help set realistic training goals

Collect health status information

Motivate and inspire

To assist the primary mover

To be the primary mover

To control posture

To prevent injuries

Hip Adductor

Gastrocnemius

Triceps

Hamstrings

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

Underhand

Overhand

Neutral

None of the above

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

2 to 3 times per week

3 to 4 times per week

4 to 7 times per week

Twice a day

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Practice Exam

1. The frontal plane explains the division of the body between front and back.

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

3. What is the role of an agonist muscle?

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

5. What is your most important role as a personal trainer?

6. What is a supinated grip?

7. Training specificity explains what type of training?

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

9. Which training principle describes the practice of gradually adding more resistance so there is enough stimulus to grow?

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