Practice Exam

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

8 to 15

12 or more

6 or less

1 to 2

2. Training specificity explains what type of training?

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

3. Which best describes a split routine?

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

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

Easier to develop power and strength

Recruits more muscles

Moves through a full range of motion

All of the above

5. Why should you use a PAR-Q with your clients in the initial visit?

To see if the client needs to lose weight

To assess a client’s interest in working out

As a pre exercise screening tool to uncover any medical concerns

A PAR-Q is not required prior to working out

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

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

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

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

8. What is the role of an agonist muscle?

To assist the primary mover

To be the primary mover

To control posture

To prevent injuries

9. Exercise volume refers to the amount of intensity a client has.

True

False

10. Skeletal muscles are often named by what factors?

Origin and insertion

Function

Number of origins

All of the above

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