CPT Practice Exam

True

False

Type 1 and Type 2

Type 4 and Type 5

Cells and Organs

Glycogen and Free Fatty Acids

Dispense medication

Help set realistic training goals

Collect health status information

Motivate and inspire

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Never use a full range of motion

Always use your back when lifting from the floor

Always lock your knees

Never jerk the weight

Hip Adductor

Gastrocnemius

Triceps

Hamstrings

200 muscles

500 muscles

700 muscles

Over 1,000

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

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

Practice Exam

1. Breathing should be performed as inhaling as the muscles lengthen and exhaling as the muscles contract.

2. Name the two types of muscle fibers.

3. Which one of these is not within your scope of responsibilities?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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