Senior Fitness Instruction Practice Exam

Focus on weight loss

Check blood glucose levels before and after exercise

Should exercise at the same time each day

All of the above

Focus on healthy eating

Set goals of 150 to 300 minutes per week of exercise

Use non weight bearing exercises

Both A and B

Focus on weight loss

Focus on cardiorespiratory fitness

Both A and B

None of the above

Easy

Medium

Difficult

Very difficult

1 to 2%

3 to 5%

5 to 10%

10 to 20%

1 day per week

2 days per week

3 days per week

6 days per week

1 to 5%

5 to 10%

10 to 15%

More than 15%

Easy

Medium

Difficult

Very difficult

5 seconds

10 seconds

30 seconds

45 seconds

A healthy diet

Being at an appropriate weight

Both A and B

None of the above

Practice Exam

1. When training someone with type 2 diabetes, where should you place your exercise focus?

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

3. When training someone with metabolic syndrome, where should you place your exercise focus?

4. A rating of 6 or 7 on the Borg scale is considered at what difficulty level?

5. According to research, what percentage of a person’s muscles declines about every 10 years?

6. How many days per week should a person with type 2 diabetes perform strength training?

7. You can lower your risk of heart disease by losing as little as how much of your current body weight?

8. A rating of 17 to 20 on the Borg scale is considered at what difficulty level?

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

10. What factors can have an effect on osteoarthritis?