CPT Practice Exam

Protects the body from injury

Improves posture

Reduces stress

All of the above

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Increases the angle at a joint

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Elevates a body part

Never use a full range of motion

Always use your back when lifting from the floor

Always lock your knees

Never jerk the weight

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

2 to 3 days

3 to 4 days

4 to 7 days

As often as they want

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

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

8 to 15

12 or more

6 or less

1 to 2

Muscular strength and muscle size

Muscle size and power

Muscle strength and flexibility

Muscle size and flexibility

Practice Exam

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

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

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

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

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

6. How often should beginners exercise per week in general?

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

8. Which joint action describes the movement of adduction?

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

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