CANFITPRO PTS EXAM 2 2026 FITNESS
ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Veins carry blood into or away from the heart? Answer: into
◉ Arteries carry blood into or away from the heart? Answer: away
◉ Oxygenated blood leaves the heart via the? Answer: aorta
◉ How many liters of blood typically circulate in an adult every
minute? Answer: 5L
◉ Blood pressure is the result of? Answer: Blood being pumped out
of the heart and pressing against the arterial walls
◉ What is an average resting blood pressure? Answer: 120/80
(mmHg)
◉ What is name of function of the top number with regards to blood
pressure? Answer: systolic, the pressure exerted on the walls of the
arteries as the heart contracts
,◉ What is name of function of the bottom number with regards to
blood pressure? Answer: diastolic, the pressure exerted on the walls
of the arteries as the heart relaxes
◉ During exercise what happens to systolic blood pressure? Answer:
Rises quickly to about 200 mmHg then levels off
◉ During moderate exercise what happens to the diastolic blood
pressure? Answer: remains relatively stable
◉ During what kind exercise might blood pressure spike to higher
levels then 200 mmHg? Answer: weightlifting as the muscular
contractions compress the arteries and resist blood flow
◉ Aprox average resting heart rate? Answer: 72bpm
◉ Where is the carotid artery and what can it be used to measure?
Answer: neck below jaw line, blood pressure
◉ Where is the radial artery and what can it be used to measure?
Answer: wrist, blood pressure
,◉ What is stroke volume? Answer: the amount of blood that the left
ventricle ejects in one beat
◉ What is the average stroke volume at rest for a typical male?
Answer: 70 milliliters
◉ What happens to SV as client becomes fitter? Answer: ventricles
become larger
contract with more force
SV increases
trained deliver more blood/heartbeat vs. an untrained
◉ What is cardiac output? Answer: the amount of blood that the
heart ejects in 1 minute
◉ What is the equation for determining cardiac output? Answer:
CO=SVxHR
◉ What happens to stroke volume during moderate exercise?
Answer: increases early and rises until it plateaus
◉ What happens to HR during exercise? Answer: intensifies to
maximal levels before exhaustion
, ◉ What are the benefits of better cardiac output? Answer: - means
that heart will beat fewer times ( more rest for heart\n- able to
deliver more oxygen and nutrients to working muscles with less
effort
◉ Ventilation refers to? Answer: the mechanical process of moving
air in and out of the lungs
◉ Diffusion refers to? Answer: The way gases are exchanges in the
lungs
◉ The average adult male has a lung volume of? Answer: 4-6 liters
◉ What is the rate of pulmonary ventilation at rest? Answer: 10
liters per minute
◉ What is the rate of pulmonary ventilation during the first minute
of exercise? Answer: 45 liters per minute
◉ After two minutes pulmonary ventilation can increase to?
Answer: 60 liters per minutes
◉ What are the rates of pulmonary ventilation for a well conditioned
athlete? Answer: 220 Liters per minute
ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Veins carry blood into or away from the heart? Answer: into
◉ Arteries carry blood into or away from the heart? Answer: away
◉ Oxygenated blood leaves the heart via the? Answer: aorta
◉ How many liters of blood typically circulate in an adult every
minute? Answer: 5L
◉ Blood pressure is the result of? Answer: Blood being pumped out
of the heart and pressing against the arterial walls
◉ What is an average resting blood pressure? Answer: 120/80
(mmHg)
◉ What is name of function of the top number with regards to blood
pressure? Answer: systolic, the pressure exerted on the walls of the
arteries as the heart contracts
,◉ What is name of function of the bottom number with regards to
blood pressure? Answer: diastolic, the pressure exerted on the walls
of the arteries as the heart relaxes
◉ During exercise what happens to systolic blood pressure? Answer:
Rises quickly to about 200 mmHg then levels off
◉ During moderate exercise what happens to the diastolic blood
pressure? Answer: remains relatively stable
◉ During what kind exercise might blood pressure spike to higher
levels then 200 mmHg? Answer: weightlifting as the muscular
contractions compress the arteries and resist blood flow
◉ Aprox average resting heart rate? Answer: 72bpm
◉ Where is the carotid artery and what can it be used to measure?
Answer: neck below jaw line, blood pressure
◉ Where is the radial artery and what can it be used to measure?
Answer: wrist, blood pressure
,◉ What is stroke volume? Answer: the amount of blood that the left
ventricle ejects in one beat
◉ What is the average stroke volume at rest for a typical male?
Answer: 70 milliliters
◉ What happens to SV as client becomes fitter? Answer: ventricles
become larger
contract with more force
SV increases
trained deliver more blood/heartbeat vs. an untrained
◉ What is cardiac output? Answer: the amount of blood that the
heart ejects in 1 minute
◉ What is the equation for determining cardiac output? Answer:
CO=SVxHR
◉ What happens to stroke volume during moderate exercise?
Answer: increases early and rises until it plateaus
◉ What happens to HR during exercise? Answer: intensifies to
maximal levels before exhaustion
, ◉ What are the benefits of better cardiac output? Answer: - means
that heart will beat fewer times ( more rest for heart\n- able to
deliver more oxygen and nutrients to working muscles with less
effort
◉ Ventilation refers to? Answer: the mechanical process of moving
air in and out of the lungs
◉ Diffusion refers to? Answer: The way gases are exchanges in the
lungs
◉ The average adult male has a lung volume of? Answer: 4-6 liters
◉ What is the rate of pulmonary ventilation at rest? Answer: 10
liters per minute
◉ What is the rate of pulmonary ventilation during the first minute
of exercise? Answer: 45 liters per minute
◉ After two minutes pulmonary ventilation can increase to?
Answer: 60 liters per minutes
◉ What are the rates of pulmonary ventilation for a well conditioned
athlete? Answer: 220 Liters per minute
