AFAA GROUP FITNESS 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Describe Reversibility Principle. - ✔✔If workload is decreased, detraining in
performance will occur.
✔✔Describe Principle of Overtraining. - ✔✔Body needs time to recover and
muscloskeletal system needs time to rebuild without sufficient rest, overtraining occurs.
✔✔List the health-related components of physical fitness. - ✔✔Cardiorespiratory fitness.
Muscular strength and endurance.
Flexibility.
Body composition.
✔✔List the skill related components of physical fitness. - ✔✔Agility
Balance
Coordination
Power
Reaction time
Speed
✔✔Health Benefits vs. Enhanced Fitness Benefits
Outline the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans which reinforced the 1996
U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health. - ✔✔1. All adults should
avoid inactivity - some is better than none.
2. Should perform 2 1/2 hrs per week moderate intensity aerobic or 1 hour, 15 minutes
of vigorous intensity.
3. Adults should perform 300 minutes week 5 hours of moderated intensity aerobic
activity OR 150 minutes per week of vigorous intensity aerobic activity for more
extensive health benefits.
4. Adults should also perform moderate or high intensity muscle strengthening activities
involving all major muscle groups on 2 or more days per week.
✔✔Which other organization's training recommendations does AFAA support? -
✔✔American College of Sports Medicine ACSM
✔✔What does BMI stand for and what measurement constitutes an individual to be
defined as obese? - ✔✔BMI = Body Mass Index
greater that 30% is defined as obese this is about 32% of adults
✔✔List 7 professional responsibilities of an instructor. - ✔✔Personal Liability Coverage.
Training and Certification.
CPR AED and First Aid Training.
Facility Pre Exercise Participation Screening.
Medical Clearance and Pre Exercise Testing.
, Environmental Monitoring.
Emergency Response Plan.
✔✔Define Par Q. - ✔✔Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire
✔✔What are the medical clearance recommendations for High Risk participants? -
✔✔Medical exam, medical clearance, and exercise testing before moderate to vigorous
exercise.
Men and women, any age, with 1+ major cardio pulmonary . metabolic disease.
✔✔What are the medical clearance recommendations for Moderate Risk participants? -
✔✔Medical exam or clearance before exercise.
Men and women, <2 atherosclerotic cardio disease, risk factors without symptoms.
✔✔What are the medical clearance recommendations for Low-Risk participants? -
✔✔Most instances do not require clearance.
Men and women without symptoms and have less than 1 CVD risk factor.
✔✔List 10 exercise danger signs participants should STOP exercise and instructor
should assess the need for emergency response procedures. - ✔✔Nausea and or
vomiting.
Dizziness unusual fatigue.
Tightness or pain in chest.
Loss of muscle control.
Severe breathlessness.
Allergic reaction.
Blurred vision.
Acute Illness.
Metal Confusion.
Cyanosis blush coloring of skin.
Acute musculoskeletal injury.
✔✔List 5 signs or participant complaints that would require exercise modification or
cessation of exercise until signs disappear. - ✔✔Labored breathing.
Excessive heart rate elevation.
Evidence of strain/holding breath or unusual redness.
Musculoskeletal pain.
Lack of proper control.
✔✔What should an instructor know about the effects of drugs and medications on
exercise response? - ✔✔Certain prescriptions non-prescribed medications may elicit
side effects during exercise.
✔✔List 6 symptoms of overtraining. - ✔✔Fatigue.
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Describe Reversibility Principle. - ✔✔If workload is decreased, detraining in
performance will occur.
✔✔Describe Principle of Overtraining. - ✔✔Body needs time to recover and
muscloskeletal system needs time to rebuild without sufficient rest, overtraining occurs.
✔✔List the health-related components of physical fitness. - ✔✔Cardiorespiratory fitness.
Muscular strength and endurance.
Flexibility.
Body composition.
✔✔List the skill related components of physical fitness. - ✔✔Agility
Balance
Coordination
Power
Reaction time
Speed
✔✔Health Benefits vs. Enhanced Fitness Benefits
Outline the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans which reinforced the 1996
U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health. - ✔✔1. All adults should
avoid inactivity - some is better than none.
2. Should perform 2 1/2 hrs per week moderate intensity aerobic or 1 hour, 15 minutes
of vigorous intensity.
3. Adults should perform 300 minutes week 5 hours of moderated intensity aerobic
activity OR 150 minutes per week of vigorous intensity aerobic activity for more
extensive health benefits.
4. Adults should also perform moderate or high intensity muscle strengthening activities
involving all major muscle groups on 2 or more days per week.
✔✔Which other organization's training recommendations does AFAA support? -
✔✔American College of Sports Medicine ACSM
✔✔What does BMI stand for and what measurement constitutes an individual to be
defined as obese? - ✔✔BMI = Body Mass Index
greater that 30% is defined as obese this is about 32% of adults
✔✔List 7 professional responsibilities of an instructor. - ✔✔Personal Liability Coverage.
Training and Certification.
CPR AED and First Aid Training.
Facility Pre Exercise Participation Screening.
Medical Clearance and Pre Exercise Testing.
, Environmental Monitoring.
Emergency Response Plan.
✔✔Define Par Q. - ✔✔Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire
✔✔What are the medical clearance recommendations for High Risk participants? -
✔✔Medical exam, medical clearance, and exercise testing before moderate to vigorous
exercise.
Men and women, any age, with 1+ major cardio pulmonary . metabolic disease.
✔✔What are the medical clearance recommendations for Moderate Risk participants? -
✔✔Medical exam or clearance before exercise.
Men and women, <2 atherosclerotic cardio disease, risk factors without symptoms.
✔✔What are the medical clearance recommendations for Low-Risk participants? -
✔✔Most instances do not require clearance.
Men and women without symptoms and have less than 1 CVD risk factor.
✔✔List 10 exercise danger signs participants should STOP exercise and instructor
should assess the need for emergency response procedures. - ✔✔Nausea and or
vomiting.
Dizziness unusual fatigue.
Tightness or pain in chest.
Loss of muscle control.
Severe breathlessness.
Allergic reaction.
Blurred vision.
Acute Illness.
Metal Confusion.
Cyanosis blush coloring of skin.
Acute musculoskeletal injury.
✔✔List 5 signs or participant complaints that would require exercise modification or
cessation of exercise until signs disappear. - ✔✔Labored breathing.
Excessive heart rate elevation.
Evidence of strain/holding breath or unusual redness.
Musculoskeletal pain.
Lack of proper control.
✔✔What should an instructor know about the effects of drugs and medications on
exercise response? - ✔✔Certain prescriptions non-prescribed medications may elicit
side effects during exercise.
✔✔List 6 symptoms of overtraining. - ✔✔Fatigue.
