CPT Practice Exam

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Protects the body from injury

Improves posture

Reduces stress

All of the above

Muscular strength and muscle size

Muscle size and power

Muscle strength and flexibility

Muscle size and flexibility

Increases the angle at a joint

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Elevates a body part

Underhand

Overhand

Neutral

None of the above

True

False

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Hip Adductor

Gastrocnemius

Triceps

Hamstrings

Begin with heavy weights and a lower number of reps

Pair four or more exercises together

Pair two exercises together

Major muscle groups are split into different days or workouts

Practice Exam

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

2. Which training principle describes the practice of gradually adding more resistance so there is enough stimulus to grow?

3. Which of the following benefits are attributed to weight training?

4. What are the two primary physiological responses to resistance exercise?

5. Which describes the joint movement of the flexor muscles?

6. What is a supinated grip?

7. The frontal plane explains the division of the body between front and back.

8. Which of the three planes of motion describe dividing the body into top and bottom?

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

10. Which best describes a split routine?