CPT Practice Exam

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

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

Muscle soreness

Fatigue

Weakness

All of the above

Underhand

Overhand

Neutral

None of the above

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Head is placed firmly on the bench

Shoulders and upper back should be firm and even on the bench

Feet are flat on the floor

Buttocks is lifted off the bench

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Improves circulation

Lowers blood glucose levels

Improves strength

All of the above

Practice Exam

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

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

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

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

5. What is a supinated grip?

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

7. Which of the following is not true when using proper form?

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

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

10. Why does the American Diabetes Association recommend aerobic and strength training for managing diabetes?