CPT Practice Exam

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

Pointing the toes inward

Leaning too far forward

Not keeping a stable spine

All of the above

Tell her to wait a few minutes, then try the exercise again.

Attempt to diagnose what is wrong

Recommend she seek care from a qualified physician

Offer her some medication for the pain

Easier to develop power and strength

Recruits more muscles

Moves through a full range of motion

All of the above

1 to 2 sets

2 to 3 sets

3 to 6 sets

3 to 5 sets

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

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

Practice Exam

1. 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?

2. Which training principle describes the practice of gradually adding more resistance so there is enough stimulus to grow?

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

4. What are some common mistakes with body alignment?

5. Your client is feeling a sharp pain in her knee during exercise. What should you do?

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

7. When deciding exercise volume for a new client, how many sets are recommended for muscle endurance?

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

9. Which of the three planes of motion describe dividing the body into top and bottom?

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