Practice Exam

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

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

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

Hip Adductor

Gastrocnemius

Triceps

Hamstrings

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

True

False

4. 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

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

For good exercise technique

For safety reasons

Both A and B

None of the above

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

8 to 15

12 or more

6 or less

1 to 2

7. 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

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

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

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

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

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

Triceps

Gluteus medius

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Grade Exam

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National Personal Training Association
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