Chapter 10

Question 1

Why is it important to do fitness training?

Answer 1

To ensure a proper exercise program is prescribed

Question 2

How long should you time a client’s resting heart rate?

Answer 2

60 seconds

Question 3

What is the most accurate technique for counting heat rate at rest and during exercise?

Answer 3

Chest auscultation using a stethoscope

Question 4

What artery is the best to palpate when checking heart rate?

Answer 4

The radial artery located at the wrist or carotid artery in the neck

Question 5

What is considered a normal resting heart rate?

Answer 5

60-100 beats per minute. however, a highly trained athlete can have a resting heart rate as low as 40 bpm

Question 6

What is considered to be a normal blood pressure reading?

Answer 6

120/80 mm/Hg

Question 7

(T/F)? if a blood pressure measurement needs to be repeated, you should wait approximately 60 seconds or more with the cuff completely deflated to allow circulation to return to normal.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What does the term body composition mean?

Answer 8

Dividing the body into two components, fat weight and lean body weight.

Question 9

A high fat weight is a risk factor for what?

Answer 9

Disease, cancer, diabetes, and other health problems

Question 10

How do you calculate body mass index?

Answer 10

BMI - divide the body weight in kilograms by the height in meters squared (kg/m2)

Question 11

What determines how an individual’s subcutaneous fat levels are distributed?

Answer 11

Age, gender, body type, and activity levels

Question 12

Where do most females store fat?

Answer 12

Triceps, hips, and thighs

Question 13

The waist-to-hip-ratio is effective in measuring what?

Answer 13

Shows the individual’s fat distribution as well as their risk factors of mortality and morbidity

Question 14

(T/F)? in the waist-to-hip-ratio, the hip measurement should be smaller in circumference than the waist measurement.

Answer 14

False; the waist measurement should be smaller in circumference than the hip measurement.

Question 15

What is a normal waist-to-hip-ratio for a male between the ages of 17-39?

Answer 15

0.90

Question 16

What is the estimated accuracy range of hydrostatic weighing?

Answer 16

2.5%

Question 17

How would an individual take a skin fold measurement on the axilla?

Answer 17

Vertical fold on the midaxillary line at the level of the xiphoid process

Question 18

What is the standard three site skin fold formula for a man? Woman?

Answer 18

Chest, abdomen, thigh

Triceps, Suprailiac, thigh

Question 19

The bioelectrical impedance analysis technique is based on what assumption?

Answer 19

Tissues high in water content will conduct electrical currents with less resistance than those with little water. because adipose tissue contains little water, fat will impede the flow of electrical current.

Question 20

What is the estimated accuracy range of BIA?

Answer 20

4%

Question 21

When using the BIA technique how long should a person fast before being tested?

Answer 21

Eating and drinking should be avoided for 4 hours prior to testing.

Question 22

What is the purpose of the sit and reach test?

Answer 22

The test measures flexibility of the erector spinae muscles, hamstrings, upper back and calves.

Question 23

What position creates maximal compressive forces on the intervertebral disks?

Answer 23

A seated fully flexed position

Question 24

How do you score the client on the sit and reach test?

Answer 24

The client’s score is the best of three and can be compared to the norms of their sex and age.

Question 25

What is the assumption of the three-minute step test?

Answer 25

The assumption with the step tests is that if a client has a lower recovery heart rate one-minute after completing the test, it is assumed that the client is in better physical condition and has a higher VO2 MAX

Question 26

How long should you count on the client’s heart rate once they have completed the three-minute step test?

Answer 26

Count the beats for one full minute

Question 27

How many beats per minute should you set the metronome at for the three-minute step test?

Answer 27

96 beats per minute

Question 28

The push up test measures what which muscles?

Answer 28

Upper body endurance. pectorals musculature, anterior deltoid, and triceps brachii

Question 29

When is the push up test considered to be complete?

Answer 29

When the client can no longer perform another repetition or correct alignment can no longer be maintained

Question 30

The sit-up test measures? in what muscles?

Answer 30

The endurance of the trunk muscles. rectus abdominis, internal and external obliques

Question 31

The crunch test has recently been developed as what?

Answer 31

A safer alternative to determine endurance of the trunk musculature

Question 32

Weak abdominal musculature is common with individuals who experience?

Answer 32

Low back pain