CPT Practice Exam

200 muscles

500 muscles

700 muscles

Over 1,000

Erector Spinae

Triceps

Gluteus Maximus

Latissimus Dorsi

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

Origin and insertion

Function

Number of origins

All of the above

Increases the angle at a joint

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Elevates a body part

2 to 3 times per week

3 to 4 times per week

4 to 7 times per week

Twice a day

Muscle soreness

Fatigue

Weakness

All of the above

True

False

Never use a full range of motion

Always use your back when lifting from the floor

Always lock your knees

Never jerk the weight

Muscular strength and muscle size

Muscle size and power

Muscle strength and flexibility

Muscle size and flexibility

Practice Exam

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

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

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

4. Skeletal muscles are often named by what factors?

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

6. How many days per week should you recommend exercise for an experienced lifter?

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

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

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

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