PT Test 2

Question 1

Which of the following is also known as the Trunk Flexion Test?

Answer 1

Sit-and-reach test

Question 2

What is the order of stretching techniques from lowest risk of injury to highest risk of injury?

Answer 2

Slow static; proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation; ballistic

Question 3

Which of the following joints has the greatest range of motion, and involves the greatest number of
movements?

Answer 3

Shoulder joint

Question 4

What change may occur between heart rate and blood pressure as a result of chronic exercise?

Answer 4

Resting heart rate and resting blood pressure are reduced

Question 5

Which of the following is a result of chronic aerobic training?

Answer 5

Decreased plasma triglyceride levels

Question 6

Mitral valve prolapse is a condition which primarily affects the

Answer 6

Bicuspid valve.

Question 7

What action is involved in the concentric phase of the biceps curl?

Answer 7

Flexion at the elbow

Question 8

Cardiac output is a product of heart rate multiplied by ___________.

Answer 8

stroke volume.

Question 9

Which of the following best describes the symptoms that occur at 24-48 hours after a single bout
of intensive exercise?

Answer 9

Delayed onset muscle soreness

Question 10

Which principle of training best describes a previously active client, who has been ill and bedridden
for a prolonged period of time?

Answer 10

Reversibility

Question 11

If you are palpating the thumb side of the forearm in the wrist area, what pulse are you checking?

Answer 11

Radial

Question 12

What is the correct order of the regions of the spinal column, from superior to inferior?

Answer 12

Cervical, thoracic, lumbar,sacral, and coccyx

Question 13

Which muscle is an antagonist of the hamstrings?

Answer 13

Iliopsoas

Question 14

Which of the following physiological changes does NOT occur when a client improves aerobic
capacity?

Answer 14

A. The muscles will be able to extract more oxygen from the blood.
B. Total lung volume will increase in proportion to the total accumulated time of high-intensity
exercise.
C. The oxygen carrying capacity of the blood will increase.
D. The amount of air the lungs can take in will increase because of increases in the rate and depth
of breathing.

Answer: B

Question 15

As the intensity of dynamic exercise increases, which of the following sets of responses occurs?

Answer 15

Heart rate and systolic blood pressure increase, diastolic pressure remains unchanged.

Question 16

From a seated position, with dumbbells to the sides, raising the dumbbells laterally to shoulder
level with elbows slightly flexed, exercises primarily the _______:

Answer 16

middle deltoid.

Question 17

What is the major muscle used to flex the hip joint?

Answer 17

Iliopsoas

Question 18

A subject with elbows held at 90 degrees of flexion is handed a 150 lb (68.1kg) barbell. Even
though he exerts maximal tension, the barbell causes the joint angle to increase to 170 degrees.
Which one of the following describes the muscle action during the extension?

Answer 18

Isotonic eccentric

Question 19

Type II muscle fibers:

Answer 19

Are recruited at a higher percentage of maximum force than Type I fibers.

Question 20

Which of the following is a normal blood pressure (BP) response to aerobic exercise?

Answer 20

Systolic BP increases proportionately to increases in workload and diastolic BP remains
unchanged or decreases slightly.