CPT Practice Exam

1. What is your most important role as a personal trainer?

Get your clients stronger

Help them lose weight

Provide safe and effective exercise instruction

Motivate and inspire

2. Biceps are a primary mover (agonist) in a bicep curl. What is the antagonist muscle?

Erector Spinae

Triceps

Gluteus Maximus

Latissimus Dorsi

3. Which of the following is not true when using proper form?

Head is placed firmly on the bench

Shoulders and upper back should be firm and even on the bench

Feet are flat on the floor

Buttocks is lifted off the bench

4. How much rest time is recommended for power exercises?

30 to 90 seconds

30 seconds or less

30 to 60 seconds

2 to 5 minutes

5. When answering the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), your client answers “yes” to a bone or joint problem that could be made worse by exercise. What should you recommend?

Begin training but at a low intensity.

Talk with a doctor and seek approval for exercise.

Train at a high intensity.

Begin more physical assessments.

6. Which of the three planes of motion describe dividing the body into top and bottom?

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

7. Which one of these is not within your scope of responsibilities?

Dispense medication

Help set realistic training goals

Collect health status information

Motivate and inspire

8. Quadriceps are a primary mover (agonist) in a leg extension. What is the antagonist muscle?

Hip Adductor

Gastrocnemius

Triceps

Hamstrings

9. Which muscle is the prime mover in spine/trunk flexion?

Rectus abdominis

Erector spinae

Hamstrings

Quadriceps

10. Why should you use a PAR-Q with your clients in the initial visit?

To see if the client needs to lose weight

To assess a client’s interest in working out

As a pre exercise screening tool to uncover any medical concerns

A PAR-Q is not required prior to working out

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