CPT Practice Exam

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.

Triceps

Gluteus medius

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Vastus medialis

Rectus femoris

Vastus lateralis

Soleus

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

Easier to develop power and strength

Recruits more muscles

Moves through a full range of motion

All of the above

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

Isokinetic

Isotonic

Isometric

None of the above

Increases the angle at a joint

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Elevates a body part

True

False

Practice Exam

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

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

5. Training specificity explains what type of training?

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

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

8. Which contraction involves muscle length variations with no change in tension?

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

10. Free weights can help in developing the smaller synergistic muscles.