CPT Practice Exam

Hip Adductor

Gastrocnemius

Triceps

Hamstrings

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

30 to 90 seconds

30 seconds or less

30 to 60 seconds

2 to 5 minutes

2 to 3 times per week

3 to 4 times per week

4 to 7 times per week

Twice a day

True

False

For good exercise technique

For safety reasons

Both A and B

None of the above

8 to 15

12 or more

6 or less

1 to 2

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Practice Exam

1. Quadriceps are a primary mover (agonist) in a leg extension. What is the antagonist muscle?

2. What is your most important role as a personal trainer?

3. Which muscle is the prime mover in spine/trunk flexion?

4. Some muscles are named after the function they perform in the body. As an example, forearm muscles are called flexors because they perform this action?

5. How much rest time is recommended for power exercises?

6. How many days per week should you recommend exercise for an experienced lifter?

7. Type 11 fibers are faster and stronger.

8. What are the main reasons to have a spotter?

9. How many repetitions are usually recommended for building muscular endurance?

10. Which training principle describes the practice of systematically increasing your repetitions to get stronger?