Missed Questions Flashcards
A Certified Personal Trainer wants to improve a client’s outcome expectations for resistance training. What behavior change technique might they use?
Providing information on the health benefits
Active and dynamic stretching utilize which physiological action?
Reciprocal inhibition
Loaded movement training is best achieved with which training modality?
ViPR
What phase of the OPT model aims to enhance stabilization endurance and simultaneously increase prime-mover strength?
Strength Endurance
Pronation of the foot describes what multiplanar movements?
Eversion, dorsiflexion, and ankle abduction
Improved performance during a plyometric jump is dependent upon which of the following?
Rapid amortization phase
What is an example of an individual in the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome?
The person has suffered an ACL sprain.
If forward head posture is permitted during the drawing-in maneuver, what muscle may be preferentially activated, leading to poor muscle balance throughout the spine?
Sternocleidomastoid
Which muscles are typically underactive when the feet turn out?
Anterior and posterior tibialis
For which of the following populations is the floor bridge exercise contraindicated?
Clients who are in the third trimester of pregnancy
What is the scientific term that describes the nervous system’s role in the contract/relax relationship between agonists and antagonists?
Reciprocal inhibition
Asking a client to close their eyes during a balance exercise would challenge which system?
Visual system
If someone engages in a short, intense burst of activity lasting less than 30 seconds, which energy system will contribute the most to ATP production?
The ATP-PC system
Which term defines the degree to which a test specifically measures what it is intended to measure?
Validity
Which statement best describes the first stage of the sales process?
Identifying a customer’s needs
A client who has been training for 6 months has recently moved farther from the fitness facility. Which barrier should she be preparing to overcome?
Convenience
What rate of oxygen utilization defines one metabolic equivalent (MET), a value representing the amount of oxygen utilized at true rest?
3.5 mL/kg/min
During the standing cable chest press, the resistance should be positioned to do what?
Resist shoulder horizontal adduction
Proper abdominal crunches on a stability ball allows for:
Increased spinal extension due to the curvature of the ball
What is a progression for the box jump-down with stabilization?
Multiplanar jump with stabilization
What principle is hydrostatic underwater weighing based upon?
Archimedes’ principle
What step cadence is used during the YMCA 3-minute step test?
A cadence of 96 steps per minute
What are the three movements performed during the ball combo I exercise?
Scaption, shoulder abduction, and cobra
What does the first law of thermodynamics state?
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
What are the three categories within the lipid family?
Triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols
What is the primary action of the multifidus?
Stabilize and extend the spine
For effective weight loss, how many calories should obese clients expend per exercise session?
200 to 300 kcal
What is one advantage of using the Karvonen method (heart rate reserve or HRR) to calculate training heart rates, versus percentage of maximal heart rate (HRmax)?
It accommodates for discrepancies in resting heart rate.
Catecholamines are responsible for which of the following actions?
Increased lipolysis
Which answer best represents the timeframe when delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) occurs after strenuous exercise?
24 to 72 hours after strenuous exercise
Posture of the spine is primarily controlled by which muscles of the core?
Local muscles
Which of the following options would be the correct superset for back exercises during Phase 2 of the OPT model?
Seated cable row followed by stability ball dumbbell row
What are two ways to best improve the timely passage of food through the intestinal tracts and prevent constipation?
Ensure adequate water intake, and engage in an exercise program that is inclusive of both aerobic and resistance training
When glucose is broken down via glycolysis, what molecule is created that could also be oxidized under aerobic conditions?
Pyruvate
Which source of social support has been shown to be particularly important for older adults?
Family
Which of the following is considered a closed-chain exercise?
Push-ups
Which nutrient has the highest thermic effect?
Protein
The TRX Rip Trainer would most likely be utilized for which type of movement?
Rotation
Which of the following is not a tracked component on an athlete’s macrocycle annual training plan?
Cardio training
