CPT Practice Exam

Pay attention to target muscles for a specific sport or training purpose

Lift heavy no matter what

Push through plateaus

Always overload on your resistance

Triceps

Gluteus medius

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

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

Muscle soreness

Fatigue

Weakness

All of the above

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

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

200 muscles

500 muscles

700 muscles

Over 1,000

Isokinetic

Isotonic

Isometric

None of the above

You should always use a spotter

When lifting for power movements

When your client asks you not to

When you are not in the mood

Practice Exam

1. Training specificity explains what type of training?

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

3. Which joint action describes the movement of adduction?

4. What are the most common signs of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. When is the only time you shouldn’t use a spotter?