CPT Practice Exam

Dispense medication

Help set realistic training goals

Collect health status information

Motivate and inspire

You should always use a spotter

When lifting for power movements

When your client asks you not to

When you are not in the mood

An erect body position should be maintained at all times

Always check for a stable base of support

Both A and B

None of the above

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

True

False

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Never use a full range of motion

Always use your back when lifting from the floor

Always lock your knees

Never jerk the weight

For good exercise technique

For safety reasons

Both A and B

None of the above

Practice Exam

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

2. When is the only time you shouldn’t use a spotter?

3. Which of the following factors are important for proper body alignment?

4. Skeletal muscles are often named by what factors?

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

6. The frontal plane explains the division of the body between front and back.

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

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

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