Missed Questions

Question 1

A Certified Personal Trainer wants to improve a client’s outcome expectations for resistance training. What behavior change technique might they use?

Answer 1

Providing information on the health benefits

Question 2

Active and dynamic stretching utilize which physiological action?

Answer 2

Reciprocal inhibition

Question 3

Loaded movement training is best achieved with which training modality?

Answer 3

ViPR

Question 4

What phase of the OPT model aims to enhance stabilization endurance and simultaneously increase prime-mover strength?

Answer 4

Strength Endurance

Question 5

Pronation of the foot describes what multiplanar movements?

Answer 5

Eversion, dorsiflexion, and ankle abduction

Question 6

Improved performance during a plyometric jump is dependent upon which of the following?

Answer 6

Rapid amortization phase

Question 7

What is an example of an individual in the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

Answer 7

The person has suffered an ACL sprain.

Question 8

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?

Answer 8

Sternocleidomastoid

Question 9

Which muscles are typically underactive when the feet turn out?

Answer 9

Anterior and posterior tibialis

Question 10

For which of the following populations is the floor bridge exercise contraindicated?

Answer 10

Clients who are in the third trimester of pregnancy

Question 11

What is the scientific term that describes the nervous system’s role in the contract/relax relationship between agonists and antagonists?

Answer 11

Reciprocal inhibition

Question 12

Asking a client to close their eyes during a balance exercise would challenge which system?

Answer 12

Visual system

Question 13

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?

Answer 13

The ATP-PC system

Question 14

Which term defines the degree to which a test specifically measures what it is intended to measure?

Answer 14

Validity

Question 15

Which statement best describes the first stage of the sales process?

Answer 15

Identifying a customer’s needs

Question 16

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?

Answer 16

Convenience

Question 17

What rate of oxygen utilization defines one metabolic equivalent (MET), a value representing the amount of oxygen utilized at true rest?

Answer 17

3.5 mL/kg/min

Question 18

During the standing cable chest press, the resistance should be positioned to do what?

Answer 18

Resist shoulder horizontal adduction

Question 19

Proper abdominal crunches on a stability ball allows for:

Answer 19

Increased spinal extension due to the curvature of the ball

Question 20

What is a progression for the box jump-down with stabilization?

Answer 20

Multiplanar jump with stabilization

Question 21

What principle is hydrostatic underwater weighing based upon?

Answer 21

Archimedes’ principle

Question 22

What step cadence is used during the YMCA 3-minute step test?

Answer 22

A cadence of 96 steps per minute

Question 23

What are the three movements performed during the ball combo I exercise?

Answer 23

Scaption, shoulder abduction, and cobra

Question 24

What does the first law of thermodynamics state?

Answer 24

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.

Question 25

What are the three categories within the lipid family?

Answer 25

Triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols

Question 26

What is the primary action of the multifidus?

Answer 26

Stabilize and extend the spine

Question 27

For effective weight loss, how many calories should obese clients expend per exercise session?

Answer 27

200 to 300 kcal

Question 28

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)?

Answer 28

It accommodates for discrepancies in resting heart rate.

Question 29

Catecholamines are responsible for which of the following actions?

Answer 29

Increased lipolysis

Question 30

Which answer best represents the timeframe when delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) occurs after strenuous exercise?

Answer 30

24 to 72 hours after strenuous exercise

Question 31

Posture of the spine is primarily controlled by which muscles of the core?

Answer 31

Local muscles

Question 32

Which of the following options would be the correct superset for back exercises during Phase 2 of the OPT model?

Answer 32

Seated cable row followed by stability ball dumbbell row

Question 33

What are two ways to best improve the timely passage of food through the intestinal tracts and prevent constipation?

Answer 33

Ensure adequate water intake, and engage in an exercise program that is inclusive of both aerobic and resistance training

Question 34

When glucose is broken down via glycolysis, what molecule is created that could also be oxidized under aerobic conditions?

Answer 34

Pyruvate

Question 35

Which source of social support has been shown to be particularly important for older adults?

Answer 35

Family

Question 36

Which of the following is considered a closed-chain exercise?

Answer 36

Push-ups

Question 37

Which nutrient has the highest thermic effect?

Answer 37

Protein

Question 38

The TRX Rip Trainer would most likely be utilized for which type of movement?

Answer 38

Rotation

Question 39

Which of the following is not a tracked component on an athlete’s macrocycle annual training plan?

Answer 39

Cardio training