CPT Practice Exam

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

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

True

False

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

Muscle soreness

Fatigue

Weakness

All of the above

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Tell her to wait a few minutes, then try the exercise again.

Attempt to diagnose what is wrong

Recommend she seek care from a qualified physician

Offer her some medication for the pain

8 to 15

12 or more

6 or less

1 to 2

Practice Exam

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

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

3. Training specificity explains what type of training?

4. You should always keep a current CPR certification when training clients.

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Your client is feeling a sharp pain in her knee during exercise. What should you do?

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