Senior Fitness Instruction Practice Exam

Behind your ears

Behind your knee caps

At your wrist

At the bottom of your foot

5 seconds

10 seconds

30 seconds

45 seconds

Flexibility

Balance

Strength

All of the above

A healthy diet

Being at an appropriate weight

Both A and B

None of the above

1 day a week

2 days a week

5 days a week

Workout every day

Concentrate on moving through a full range of motion

Teach proper breathing

Heart rate shouldn’t exceed 11 to 14 on the Borg scale

All of the above

Focus on joint mobility

Work on building duration

Teach a proper warm up and cool down

All of the above

True

False

1 to 5

5 to 10

11 to 16

20 to 25

Focus on healthy eating

Set goals of 150 to 300 minutes per week of exercise

Use non weight bearing exercises

Both A and B

Practice Exam

1. Use two fingers together to measure your heart rate at what body location?

2. When you measure heart rate with your fingers, you should use what count (in seconds)?

3. What factors are most important to consider in senior fitness?

4. What factors can have an effect on osteoarthritis?

5. How many days per week should a person with heart disease train for as a goal?

6. When training someone with heart disease, where should you place your exercise focus?

7. When training someone with osteoarthritis, where should you place your exercise focus?

8. Lifestyle factors are known contributors to metabolic syndrome.

9. For type 2 diabetes, which exercise level on the Borg scale is most appropriate?

10. When training someone for weight management, where should you place your exercise focus?