Senior Fitness Instruction Practice Exam

1 day per week

2 days per week

3 days per week

6 days per week

True

False

Concentrate on moving through a full range of motion

Teach proper breathing

Heart rate shouldn’t exceed 11 to 14 on the Borg scale

All of the above

1 to 5%

5 to 10%

10 to 15%

More than 15%

Low impact activities or walking

Light to medium intensities

Teach proper warm up and cool down

All of the above

Focus on joint mobility

Work on building duration

Teach a proper warm up and cool down

All of the above

Focus on weight loss

Check blood glucose levels before and after exercise

Should exercise at the same time each day

All of the above

1 to 2%

3 to 5%

5 to 10%

10 to 20%

Focus on healthy eating

Set goals of 150 to 300 minutes per week of exercise

Use non weight bearing exercises

Both A and B

Easy

Medium

Difficult

Very difficult

Practice Exam

1. How many days per week should a person with type 2 diabetes perform strength training?

2. With age, there are decreases in cardiac output and resting stroke volume.

3. When training someone with heart disease, where should you place your exercise focus?

4. You can lower your risk of heart disease by losing as little as how much of your current body weight?

5. When training clients who have had cancer, focus on which key aspects of training?

6. When training someone with osteoarthritis, where should you place your exercise focus?

7. When training someone with type 2 diabetes, where should you place your exercise focus?

8. According to research, what percentage of a person’s muscles declines about every 10 years?

9. When training someone for weight management, where should you place your exercise focus?

10. A rating of 17 to 20 on the Borg scale is considered at what difficulty level?