Senior Fitness Instruction Practice Exam

True

False

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 (somewhat hard)

Very difficult

Focus on joint mobility

Work on building duration

Teach a proper warm up and cool down

All of the above

Easy

Medium

Difficult

Very difficult

1 to 20

1 to 50

1 to 10

None of the above

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

5 seconds

10 seconds

30 seconds

45 seconds

A healthy diet

Being at an appropriate weight

Both A and B

None of the above

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. The most important factor in aging is keeping a fit and healthy body.

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

3. A rating of 13 or 14 on the Borg scale is considered at what difficulty level?

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

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

6. The Borg scale refers to a personal assessment of your exercise effort on what range of scale?

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

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

9. What factors can have an effect on osteoarthritis?

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