Chapter 8: Leading Group Fitness Classes

Question 1

True or False: Aerobic Q-signs are best

suited for visual learners.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Educating participants on how the squat translates to their daily routine addresses which of the following learning domains?

a. Cognitive
b. Psychomotor
c. Autonomous
d. Affective

Answer 2

a. Cognitive

Question 3

A GFI has students do 4 grapevines followed by 8 hamstring curls. Next, they do 2 grapevines followed by 4 hamstring curls. This is an example of which teaching strategy?

a. Simple-to-complex
b. Repetition-reduction
c. Slow-to-fast
d. Part-to-whole

Answer 3

b. Repetition-reduction

Question 4

A GFI is introducing a grapevine for the first time. She moves more slowly using counts of music instead of 8 counts. This is an example of which teaching strategy?

a. Simple-to-complex
b. Repetition-reduction
c. Slow-to-fast
d. Part-to-whole

Answer 4

c. Slow-to-fast

Question 5

A GFI points to the direction that matches the cued words. This type of cueing is best suited for which type of learner?

a. kinesthetic
b. visual
c. verbal

Answer 5

b. visual

Question 6

True or false: GFIs should avoid providing verbal cues during certain movements, including when performing push-ups.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

A GFI teaches sections of a move, followed by the performance of an isolated movement. Finally, the GFI teaches how to combine the movements. This is an example of which teaching strategy?

a. Simple-to-complex
b. Repetition-reduction
c. Slow-to-fast
d. Part-to-whole

Answer 7

d. Part-to-whole teaching strategy aka add-in strategy

Question 8

True or false: “Go this way” is an effective

cue for verbal learners.

Answer 8

False because it is not specific. It doesn’t say which way to go.

Question 9

A group fitness instructor teaches proper squatting technique to their class participants. Next, they incorporate dumbbells to add a curl and then press to end the sequence. Which type of teaching strategy are they using?

a. Simple-to-complex
b. Repetition-reduction
c. Slow-to-fast
d. Part-to-whole

Answer 9

d. Part-to-whole teaching strategy

Question 10

A group of participants who are able to grapevine back and forth with the music and concentrate on occasional cues from the GFI are in the _______ stage of learning.

a. Cognitive
b. Psychomotor
c. Autonomous
d. Associative

Answer 10

d. Associative

Question 11

How should a group fitness instructor best address a verbal learner while teaching a sequence?

a. Have the participants count out loud with you
b. Add encouragement as the sequence progresses
c. Call out the number of repetitions
d. Clap the numerical cues instead of signing them

Answer 11

c. Call out the number of repetitions

Question 12

The information displayed on the electronic consoles of equipment such as rowers and treadmills can be important when teaching using which style of learning?

a. command style
b. practice style
c. self-check style
d. mirroring

Answer 12

c. self-check style

Question 13

Instructing a participant to “not allow the shoulders to collapse inward” could have been positively cued as “stand up tall and widen your shoulders to open your chest.” This is an example of a correct _______ cue?

a. Motivational
b. Alignment
c. Directional
d. Spatial

Answer 13

b. Alignment

Question 14

An instructor using which style of learning makes all decisions about posture, rhythm, and duration.

a. command style
b. practice style
c. self-check style
d. mirroring

Answer 14

a. command style

Question 15

Involves emotional behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes?

a. associative
b. autonomous
c. affective
d. psychomotor

Answer 15

c. affective

Question 16

Participants who perform exercises with a number of movement errors or improper form are most likely in which stage of learning?

a. associative
b. autonomous
c. affective
d. cognitive

Answer 16

d. cognitive

Question 17

Preparing choreography utilizing the technique in which an instructor faces the participants and the participants copy the exact movement and direction is known as __________.

a. Regression
b. Progression
c. Q-signs
d. Mirroring

Answer 17

d. Mirroring

Question 18

Refers to those activities requiring movement
a, associative
b. autonomous
c. affective
d. psychomotor

Answer 18

d. psychomotor

Question 19

The stage of learning a motor skill when
performers have mastered the fundamentals
and can concentrate on skill refinement?
a. associative
b. autonomous
c. affective
d. cognitive

Answer 19

b. autonomous

Question 20

The stage of learning a motor skill when performers make many gross errors and have extremely variable performances

a. affective domain
b. associative domain
c. cognitive domain
d. psychomotor domain

Answer 20

c. cognitive domain

Question 21

Students in which stage of learning should be provided with effective and positive feedback?

a. associative
b. autonomous
c. affective
d. cognitive

Answer 21

a. associative

Question 22

Students in which stage of learning should be provided with options to decrease the intensity or the complexity of the movements?

a. associative
b. autonomous
c. affective
d. cognitive

Answer 22

d. cognitive

Question 23

Students in which stage of learning should be provided with options to increase the intensity or the complexity of the movements?

a. associative
b. autonomous
c. affective
d. cognitive

Answer 23

b. autonomous

Question 24

True or False: Tapping the top of one’s head to indicate “from the top” is an example of a cue best suited to kinesthetic learners.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Teaching participants how to first perform walking lunges and then perform torso rotations holding a medicine ball before combining the two movements into a single exercise is an example of which teaching strategy?

a. Slow-to-fast
b. Repetition-reduction
c. Simple-to-complex
d. Part-to-whole

Answer 25

d. Part-to-whole

Question 26

A teaching style that provides opportunities for individualization and includes practice time and individualized instructor feedback?

a. command style
b. practice style
c. self-check style
d. mirroring

Answer 26

b. practice style

Question 27

A teaching style that relies on individual performers to provide their own feedback (such as rowers, treadmills, bikes, etc.)

a. command style
b. practice style
c. self-check style
d. mirroring

Answer 27

c. self-check style

Question 28

True or False: Telling a participant who is holding a plank position to “imagine you are balancing a bar along your spine” is an example of a cue best suited for kinesthetic learners.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

This describes the brain’s ability to gather and retain information and knowledge, such as counting out movements and remembering patterns of choreography.

a. affective domain
b. associative domain
c. cognitive domain
d. psychomoter domain

Answer 29

c. cognitive domain

Question 30

This is an advanced teaching strategy that treats a sequence of movement patterns as a whole, teaching small changes (adding small amounts of complexity) to progressively challenge the exercise participant. What is the name of this teaching strategy?

a. Simple-to-complex
b. Repetition-reduction
c. Slow-to-fast
d. Part-to-whole

Answer 30

a. simple-to-complex teaching strategy aka layering

Question 31

What is the MOST appropriate progression for an elbow plank?

a. Substitute an alternating birddog
b. Lower knees to the ground
c. Straighten the arms to a high plank position
d. Rotate to a side plank on each side

Answer 31

c. Straighten the arms to a high plank position
Straightening the arms reduces the base and stability, requiring more work from the triceps and shoulders to hold the isometric contraction.

Question 32

What is the MOST important consideration when teaching a dance-based class that includes three participants who are new to group fitness classes?

a. Advise them that the evening class is primarily for beginners
b. Be attentive to the new participants and offer a variety of options
c. Change the class plan to include more regression options
d. Move the new participants to the front of the room for better vision

Answer 32

b. Be attentive to the new participants and offer a variety of options

Question 33

What teaching technique allows a GFI to walk around the room and provide one-on-one feedback to the participants?

a. command style
b. practice style
c. self-check style
d. mirroring

Answer 33

b. practice style

Question 34

What would be the MOST important consideration when using the slow-to-fast teaching strategy?

a. Vary the movements of the arms and legs simultaneously.
b. Follow a complex transition with a simple transition.
c. Ensure that the participants grasp the basic movement before increasing speed.
d. Use an increased number of variations between movement patterns.

Answer 34

c. Ensure that the participants grasp the basic movement before increasing speed.

Question 35

When a participant is learning a new skill or exercise, which stage of learning requires the MOST feedback from the GFI?

a. associative
b. autonomous
c. cognitive

Answer 35

a. associative

Question 36

When planning for a high-intensity interval training (HIIT) class, which of the following progressions would cause the GREATEST increase in the intensity of a squat?
a. Adding an overhead arm movement during the down phase of the squat
b. Increasing the volume of music
c. Introducing jumping squats
d. Traveling laterally from one side of the room to the
other

Answer 36

c. Introducing jumping squats

Question 37

When should verbal cues be avoided?

Answer 37

At biomechanically inopportune times such as positions that constrict the vocal track (push-ups).

Question 38

Which cueing technique would be BEST for a verbal learner in a group fitness class?

a. Counting down repetitions by speaking clearly
b. Making non-specific cues in order to accommodate all levels of intensity
c. Counting up while using hand motions
d. Using mirroring to give participants a chance to see the movements

Answer 38

a. Counting down repetitions by speaking clearly

Question 39

Which of the following cueing techniques would be MOST beneficial for a visual learner during a grapevine exercise?

a. Lengthen the distance of the first step.
b. Clearly announce the change of direction.
c. Count the repetitions down on a raised hand.
d. Remove the knee lift to reduce complexity.

Answer 39

c. Count the repetitions down on a raised hand.

Question 40

Which of the following is the BEST example of a participant in the associative stage of the learning process?

a. Progressing from 8-lb hand weights to 10-lb hand weights in a group strength class
b. Completing squats on a BOSU with minimal error
c. Uncoordinated and incorrect performance of a bench press with dumbbells
d. Highly variable performance from the first set to the final set of the shoulder press exercise

Answer 40

b. Completing squats on a BOSU with minimal error
During the associative stage of the learning process, participants improve in the fundamentals and mechanics of basic skills. They are able to perform exercises with minimal error and can often detect some errors on their own.

Question 41

Which of the following movements would result in the highest intensity exercise?

a. Jumping rope
b. High-knee jogging with arms reaching overhead
c. Step-touch side to side with arms reaching overhead
d. High-knee marching with arms at the sides of the body

Answer 41

b. High-knee jogging with arms reaching overhead
If the instructor feels it is appropriate, this movement would have the greatest effect on increasing intensity, since the participant would utilize both the legs and arms at an advanced level. Reaching the arms overhead increases the lever length and intensity. Combined with jogging, this provides the greatest increase in intensity.

Question 42

Which style has traditionally been the most commonly used in group fitness classes?

a. command style
b. practice style
c. self-check style
d. mirroring

Answer 42

a. command style

Question 43

Which style of learning creates an environment of nurturing and support?
a. command style
b. practice style
c. self-check style
d mirroring

Answer 43

b. practice style

Question 44

Which style of learning has participants record their results and compare their performance against given criteria or past performances?

a. command style
b. practice style
c. self-check style
d. mirroring

Answer 44

c. self-check style

Question 45

Which style of learning relies on participants to provide their own feedback?

a. command style
b. practice style
c. self-check style
d. mirroring

Answer 45

c. self-check style

Question 46

Which teaching style is a GFI using if he or she has participants monitor their heart rate throughout the class as a method for staying within their desired heartrate zones during an indoor cycling class?

a. Self-check
b. Command
c. Inclusion
d. Add-in

Answer 46

a. Self-check

Question 47

While facing the class, a group fitness instructor moves their left arm, while instructing the participants to move their right arm. What is this teaching technique called?

a. practice style
b. mirroring
c. command style
d. self-check style

Answer 47

b. mirroring

Question 48

While performing a downward dog pose, a yoga instructor cues their class participants to “lengthen the spine while pushing your heels toward the ground to feel the muscles on the back of your body stretch and relax”. This type of cueing is best suited for which type of learner?

a. kinesthetic
b. visual
c. verbal

Answer 48

a. kinesthetic

Question 49

Without proper planning, use of this style can result in a less than inclusive class experience for participants of varying ability levels.

a. command style
b. practice style
c. self-check style
d) mirroring

Answer 49

a. command style