CPT Practice Exam

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Protects the body from injury

Improves posture

Reduces stress

All of the above

Easier to develop power and strength

Recruits more muscles

Moves through a full range of motion

All of the above

Never use a full range of motion

Always use your back when lifting from the floor

Always lock your knees

Never jerk the weight

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Isokinetic

Isotonic

Isometric

None of the above

2 to 3 times per week

3 to 4 times per week

4 to 7 times per week

Twice a day

Vastus medialis

Rectus femoris

Vastus lateralis

Soleus

Hip Adductor

Gastrocnemius

Triceps

Hamstrings

Practice Exam

1. 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?

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

3. Popular reasons why free weights are better than machines include:

4. Which of the following is true regarding proper weight lifting form?

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

6. Which of the three planes of motion describe dividing the body into left and right?

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

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

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

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