CPT Practice Exam

True

False

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

Erector Spinae

Triceps

Gluteus Maximus

Latissimus Dorsi

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

8 to 15

12 or more

6 or less

1 to 2

Origin and insertion

Function

Number of origins

All of the above

Pay attention to target muscles for a specific sport or training purpose

Lift heavy no matter what

Push through plateaus

Always overload on your resistance

Increases the angle at a joint

Decreases the angle at a joint

Moves the body away from the midline

Elevates a body part

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Practice Exam

1. Breathing should be performed as inhaling as the muscles lengthen and exhaling as the muscles contract.

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

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

4. Biceps are a primary mover (agonist) in a bicep curl. What is the antagonist muscle?

5. 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?

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

7. Skeletal muscles are often named by what factors?

8. Training specificity explains what type of training?

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

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