CPT Practice Exam

Origin and insertion

Function

Number of origins

All of the above

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

8 to 15

12 or more

6 or less

1 to 2

True

False

For good exercise technique

For safety reasons

Both A and B

None of the above

Begin with heavy weights and a lower number of reps

Pair four or more exercises together

Pair two exercises together

Major muscle groups are split into different days or workouts

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Isokinetic

Isotonic

Isometric

None of the above

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

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

Practice Exam

1. Skeletal muscles are often named by what factors?

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

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

4. Type 11 fibers are faster and stronger.

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

6. Which best describes a split routine?

7. 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?

8. Which contraction involves muscle length variations with no change in tension?

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

10. Training specificity explains what type of training?