CPT Practice Exam

Easier to develop power and strength

Recruits more muscles

Moves through a full range of motion

All of the above

Triceps

Gluteus medius

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

True

False

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

Dispense medication

Help set realistic training goals

Collect health status information

Motivate and inspire

Never use a full range of motion

Always use your back when lifting from the floor

Always lock your knees

Never jerk the weight

Isokinetic

Isotonic

Isometric

None of the above

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Moves the body toward the midline

Increases the angle at a joint

30 to 90 seconds

30 seconds or less

30 to 60 seconds

2 to 5 minutes

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

Practice Exam

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

2. If the hip adductor is the prime mover in an exercise, what is the antagonist?

3. The Anaerobic System must rely on carbohydrates for ATP production.

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

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

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

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

8. Which joint action describes the movement of adduction?

9. How much rest time is recommended for power exercises?

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