CPT Practice Exam

Vastus medialis

Rectus femoris

Vastus lateralis

Soleus

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

An erect body position should be maintained at all times

Always check for a stable base of support

Both A and B

None of the above

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Moves the body toward the midline

Increases the angle at a joint

Isokinetic

Isotonic

Isometric

None of the above

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Triceps

Gluteus medius

Erector spinae

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

200 muscles

500 muscles

700 muscles

Over 1,000

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

Practice Exam

1. Which of the following muscles is not part of the quad muscles?

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

3. Which of the following factors are important for proper body alignment?

4. Which joint action describes the movement of adduction?

5. Which contraction involves muscle length variations with no change in tension?

6. 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?

7. If the hip adductor is the prime mover in an exercise, what is the antagonist?

8. Which best describes a split routine?

9. How many muscles are in your body (roughly)?

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