Practice Exam

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

Never use a full range of motion

Always use your back when lifting from the floor

Always lock your knees

Never jerk the weight

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

Dispense medication

Help set realistic training goals

Collect health status information

Motivate and inspire

3. 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

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

Isokinetic

Isotonic

Isometric

None of the above

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

True

False

6. Quadriceps are a primary mover (agonist) in a leg extension. What is the antagonist muscle?

Hip Adductor

Gastrocnemius

Triceps

Hamstrings

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

200 muscles

500 muscles

700 muscles

Over 1,000

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

Increases the angle at a joint

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Elevates a body part

9. Which training principle describes the practice of systematically increasing your repetitions to get stronger?

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

10. When answering the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), your client answers “yes” to a bone or joint problem that could be made worse by exercise. What should you recommend?

Begin training but at a low intensity.

Talk with a doctor and seek approval for exercise.

Train at a high intensity.

Begin more physical assessments.

Grade Exam

Company

National Personal Training Association
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