CPT Practice Exam

For good exercise technique

For safety reasons

Both A and B

None of the above

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

2 to 3 days

3 to 4 days

4 to 7 days

As often as they want

Vastus medialis

Rectus femoris

Vastus lateralis

Soleus

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

Erector Spinae

Triceps

Gluteus Maximus

Latissimus Dorsi

Easier to develop power and strength

Recruits more muscles

Moves through a full range of motion

All of the above

Protects the body from injury

Improves posture

Reduces stress

All of the above

Triceps

Gluteus medius

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Type 1 and Type 2

Type 4 and Type 5

Cells and Organs

Glycogen and Free Fatty Acids

Practice Exam

1. What are the main reasons to have a spotter?

2. Training specificity explains what type of training?

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

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

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

6. Biceps are a primary mover (agonist) in a bicep curl. What is the antagonist muscle?

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

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

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

10. Name the two types of muscle fibers.