Senior Fitness Instruction Practice Exam

5 seconds

10 seconds

30 seconds

45 seconds

1 day per week

2 days per week

3 days per week

6 days per week

True

False

3

6

9

12

1 day a week

2 days a week

5 days a week

Workout every day

Focus on healthy eating

Set goals of 150 to 300 minutes per week of exercise

Use non weight bearing exercises

Both A and B

A healthy diet

Being at an appropriate weight

Both A and B

None of the above

1 to 2%

3 to 5%

5 to 10%

10 to 20%

Focus on weight loss

Focus on cardiorespiratory fitness

Both A and B

None of the above

1 to 20

1 to 50

1 to 10

None of the above

Practice Exam

1. When you measure heart rate with your fingers, you should use what count (in seconds)?

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

3. Target heart rates are important to monitor for seniors.

4. When you measure heart rate with two fingers, you multiply the heart beat by what number?

5. How many days per week should a person with heart disease train for as a goal?

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

7. What factors can have an effect on osteoarthritis?

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

9. When training someone with metabolic syndrome, where should you place your exercise focus?

10. The Borg scale refers to a personal assessment of your exercise effort on what range of scale?