Senior Fitness Instruction Practice Exam

Low impact activities or walking

Light to medium intensities

Teach proper warm up and cool down

All of the above

1 to 5

5 to 10

11 to 16

20 to 25

True

False

Flexibility

Balance

Strength

All of the above

Focus on weight loss

Focus on cardiorespiratory fitness

Both A and B

None of the above

1 to 5 reps

6 to 8 reps

8 to 12 reps

15 to 20 reps

Behind your ears

Behind your knee caps

At your wrist

At the bottom of your foot

Focus on healthy eating

Set goals of 150 to 300 minutes per week of exercise

Use non weight bearing exercises

Both A and B

Easy

Medium

Difficult

Very difficult

To see if they like the exercise

To make sure they are not holding their breath

To make sure they are concentrating on the exercises

None of the above

Practice Exam

1. When training clients who have had cancer, focus on which key aspects of training?

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

3. Many overweight people do not meet the minimum standards for exercise.

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

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

6. When training a client with type 2 diabetes, how many reps should you generally recommend per exercise?

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

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

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

10. What must you watch for when training someone with heart disease?