Senior Fitness Instruction Practice Exam

Easy

Medium

Difficult

Very difficult

1 to 2%

3 to 5%

5 to 10%

10 to 20%

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

Focus on healthy eating

Set goals of 150 to 300 minutes per week of exercise

Use non weight bearing exercises

Both A and B

1 to 5 reps

6 to 8 reps

8 to 12 reps

15 to 20 reps

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

True

False

Focus on joint mobility

Work on building duration

Teach a proper warm up and cool down

All of the above

Practice Exam

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Lifestyle factors are known contributors to metabolic syndrome.

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