CPT Practice Exam

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

30 to 90 seconds

30 seconds or less

30 to 60 seconds

2 to 5 minutes

To assist the primary mover

To be the primary mover

To control posture

To prevent injuries

200 muscles

500 muscles

700 muscles

Over 1,000

8 to 15

12 or more

6 or less

1 to 2

Type 1 and Type 2

Type 4 and Type 5

Cells and Organs

Glycogen and Free Fatty Acids

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

True

False

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

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Practice Exam

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

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

3. What is the role of an agonist muscle?

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

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

6. Name the two types of muscle fibers.

7. 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?

8. Exercise volume refers to the amount of intensity a client has.

9. Which joint action describes the movement of adduction?

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