CPT Practice Exam

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

Never use a full range of motion

Always use your back when lifting from the floor

Always lock your knees

Never jerk the weight

Muscle soreness

Fatigue

Weakness

All of the above

Training progression

Training specificity

Training overload

Diminishing returns

Type 1 and Type 2

Type 4 and Type 5

Cells and Organs

Glycogen and Free Fatty Acids

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.

2 to 3 times per week

3 to 4 times per week

4 to 7 times per week

Twice a day

True

False

Frontal plane

Sagittal plane

Transverse plane

None of the above

Extend the wrist

Elevate the wrist

Rotate the wrist

Flex the wrist

Practice Exam

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

2. Which of the following is true regarding proper weight lifting form?

3. What are the most common signs of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)?

4. Which training principle describes the practice of systematically increasing your repetitions to get stronger?

5. Name the two types of muscle fibers.

6. 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?

7. How many days per week should you recommend exercise for an experienced lifter?

8. The frontal plane explains the division of the body between front and back.

9. Which of the three planes of motion describe dividing the body into left and right?

10. Some muscles are named after the function they perform in the body. As an example, forearm muscles are called flexors because they perform this action?