CPT Practice Exam

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

Dispense medication

Help set realistic training goals

Collect health status information

Motivate and inspire

Underhand

Overhand

Neutral

None of the above

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.

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

True

False

Origin and insertion

Function

Number of origins

All of the above

Protects the body from injury

Improves posture

Reduces stress

All of the above

200 muscles

500 muscles

700 muscles

Over 1,000

To assist the primary mover

To be the primary mover

To control posture

To prevent injuries

Practice Exam

1. Which joint action describes the movement of adduction?

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

3. What is a supinated grip?

4. 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?

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

7. Skeletal muscles are often named by what factors?

8. Which of the following benefits are attributed to weight training?

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

10. What is the role of an agonist muscle?