Chapter 10 - Health Screening & Fitness Assessments

Question 1

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

Answer 1

60 seconds.

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Chest auscultation using a stethoscope.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

The radial artery located at the wrist.

Question 4

What is considered to be a normal blood pressure reading?

Answer 4

120 / 80 mm / Hg.

Question 5

(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 5

True.

Question 6

What does the term body composition mean?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

A high fat weight is a risk factor for what?

Answer 7

Disease, cancer, diabetes, and other health problems.

Question 8

How do you calculate body mass index?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Age, gender, body type and activity levels.

Question 10

Where do most females store fat?

Answer 10

Triceps, hips, and thighs.

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

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

Answer 13

0.90.

Question 14

What is the estimated accuracy range of hydrostatic weighing?

Answer 14

2.5%

Question 15

Describe how an individual would take a skin fold measurement on the axilla.

Answer 15

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

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Chest, abdomen, thigh.

Question 17

The bioelectrical impedance analysis technique is based on what assumption?

Answer 17

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 electric current.

Question 18

What is the estimated accuracy range of BIA?

Answer 18

4%.

Question 19

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

Answer 19

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

Question 20

What is the purpose of the sit and reach test?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What position creates maximal compressive forces on the intervertebral disks?

Answer 21

A seated fully flexed position.

Question 22

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

Answer 22

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

Question 23

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

Answer 23

The assumption with the step test 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 higher VO2 MAX.

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Count the beats for one full minute.

Question 25

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

Answer 25

96 beats per minute.

Question 26

The push up test measures? In what muscle?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

When is the push up test considered to be complete?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

The sit-up test measures? In what muscle?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

The crunch test has recently been developed as:

Answer 29

A safer alternative to determine endurance of the trunk musculature.

Question 30

Weak abdominal musculature is common with individuals who experience?

Answer 30

Low back pain.

Question 31

Why is it important to do fitness testing?

Answer 31

To ensure a proper exercise program is prescribed.