CPT Practice Exam

Origin and insertion

Function

Number of origins

All of the above

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Vastus medialis

Rectus femoris

Vastus lateralis

Soleus

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

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

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

Easier to develop power and strength

Recruits more muscles

Moves through a full range of motion

All of the above

Muscular strength and muscle size

Muscle size and power

Muscle strength and flexibility

Muscle size and flexibility

Practice Exam

1. Skeletal muscles are often named by what factors?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. Training specificity explains what type of training?

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

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

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