ACE GROUP FITNESS INSTRUCTOR EVALUATION SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔As a GFI, what is the BEST piece of guidance you might give to participants in the
preparation stage of behavior change?
-Provide them with opportunities for success in class and positive feedback about their
progress.
-Advise them initially to perform only one type of exercise activity.
-Identify early signs of staleness to prevent burnout.
-Provide them with information about the risks of being inactive and the benefits of
being active. - ✔✔Provide them with opportunities for success in class and positive
feedback about their progress. pg.100-101
✔✔Which teaching style is a GFI using if he or she has participants monitor their heart
rate throughout class as a method for staying within their desired heart-rate zones
during an indoor cycling class?
Inclusion
Add-in
Command
Self-check - ✔✔Self-check pg.133
✔✔Instructing a participant to "not allow the shoulders to collapse inward" could have
been positively cued as "stand up tall and widen your shoulders to open your chest."
This is an example of a correct _______________ cue?
Alignment
Motivational
Spatial
Directional - ✔✔-->Alignment pg.132
✔✔Which of the following is the BEST strategy for an instructor to create a positive
rapport with the class participants?
,Address new participants continuously throughout their first class
Use participants' names when offering positive feedback
Praise the class as a whole, avoiding individual compliments
Avoid using names during class to protect participant confidentiality - ✔✔Use
participants' names when offering positive feedback pg.98
✔✔An instructor has programmed several sets of 60-second high-intensity intervals in
an advanced indoor group cycling class. During the intervals, participants will
PRIMARILY derive energy from which pathway?
Phosphagen system
Aerobic system
Glycolytic anaerobic system
Anaerobic threshold - ✔✔-->Glycolytic anaerobic system pg.39
✔✔During a group fitness class, you observe that the participants mostly detect their
own errors and only need occasional corrections. This behavior is a characteristic of
which stage of learning?
Associative
Affective
Autonomous
Cognitive - ✔✔-->Associative pg.136
✔✔Which of the following is outside the scope of practice of an ACE Certified Group
Fitness Instructor?
Educating a participant about a health-related topic to help him or her adopt healthful
behaviors
Applying an ice pack to the ankle of an injured class participant
Offering meal suggestions based on a popular diet
Referring a participant to a registered dietitian - ✔✔-->Offering meal suggestions based
on a popular diet pg.10
✔✔A group fitness instructor notices a participant continuously choosing the same
advanced options as the person next to her, even though the participant is having
difficulty completing the exercises. Which is the MOST important reminder to verbalize
the next time that participant comes to the class?
Encourage participants to keep trying their best.
Attending the class regularly will improve performance.
Choosing more challenging movements will yield better results.
Encourage participants to work within their own fitness levels - ✔✔-->Encourage
participants to work within their own fitness levels pg.28
, ✔✔Which cueing technique would be BEST for a verbal learner in a group fitness
class?
Counting down repetitions by speaking clearly
Counting up while using hand motions
Using mirroring to give participants a chance to see the movements
Making non-specific cues in order to accommodate all levels of intensity - ✔✔--
>Counting down repetitions by speaking clearly pg.128
✔✔After offering several verbal feedback cues, you realize that a participant in your
class is still having difficulty and may need kinesthetic cues to correct improper form.
What would be the MOST appropriate technique to use in this situation?
Continue to verbally communicate the area of misalignment.
Gently push the participant's body into the correct position for proper form.
Since it is useful in terms of correcting form, assume that correction through touch is
acceptable.
Offer to place a palm in the specific place to where the individual should move in order
to teach the feeling of proper alignment - ✔✔-->Offer to place a palm in the specific
place to where the individual should move in order to teach the feeling of proper
alignment pg.131
✔✔Which of the following is an example of enhancing a class blueprint to create
memorable experiences?
Ask participants to design and teach class segments
Surprise the class by moving the location outside
Dim the lights and turn the music up during your HIIT class
Begin class by asking participants about their favorite exercises in class - ✔✔-->Begin
class by asking participants about their favorite exercises in class pg.104-105
✔✔Which of the following visual cues by a group fitness instructor conveys positive
reinforcement and praise?
One open hand held above the head
One closed fist held above the head
One index finger up
-->One thumb up pg.130 - ✔✔-->One thumb up pg.130
✔✔Performing a lateral movement sequence to both the right and left sides describes
which of the following movement patterns?
Unilateral
Complex
Transitional
Streamline - ✔✔-->Transitional pg.38
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔As a GFI, what is the BEST piece of guidance you might give to participants in the
preparation stage of behavior change?
-Provide them with opportunities for success in class and positive feedback about their
progress.
-Advise them initially to perform only one type of exercise activity.
-Identify early signs of staleness to prevent burnout.
-Provide them with information about the risks of being inactive and the benefits of
being active. - ✔✔Provide them with opportunities for success in class and positive
feedback about their progress. pg.100-101
✔✔Which teaching style is a GFI using if he or she has participants monitor their heart
rate throughout class as a method for staying within their desired heart-rate zones
during an indoor cycling class?
Inclusion
Add-in
Command
Self-check - ✔✔Self-check pg.133
✔✔Instructing a participant to "not allow the shoulders to collapse inward" could have
been positively cued as "stand up tall and widen your shoulders to open your chest."
This is an example of a correct _______________ cue?
Alignment
Motivational
Spatial
Directional - ✔✔-->Alignment pg.132
✔✔Which of the following is the BEST strategy for an instructor to create a positive
rapport with the class participants?
,Address new participants continuously throughout their first class
Use participants' names when offering positive feedback
Praise the class as a whole, avoiding individual compliments
Avoid using names during class to protect participant confidentiality - ✔✔Use
participants' names when offering positive feedback pg.98
✔✔An instructor has programmed several sets of 60-second high-intensity intervals in
an advanced indoor group cycling class. During the intervals, participants will
PRIMARILY derive energy from which pathway?
Phosphagen system
Aerobic system
Glycolytic anaerobic system
Anaerobic threshold - ✔✔-->Glycolytic anaerobic system pg.39
✔✔During a group fitness class, you observe that the participants mostly detect their
own errors and only need occasional corrections. This behavior is a characteristic of
which stage of learning?
Associative
Affective
Autonomous
Cognitive - ✔✔-->Associative pg.136
✔✔Which of the following is outside the scope of practice of an ACE Certified Group
Fitness Instructor?
Educating a participant about a health-related topic to help him or her adopt healthful
behaviors
Applying an ice pack to the ankle of an injured class participant
Offering meal suggestions based on a popular diet
Referring a participant to a registered dietitian - ✔✔-->Offering meal suggestions based
on a popular diet pg.10
✔✔A group fitness instructor notices a participant continuously choosing the same
advanced options as the person next to her, even though the participant is having
difficulty completing the exercises. Which is the MOST important reminder to verbalize
the next time that participant comes to the class?
Encourage participants to keep trying their best.
Attending the class regularly will improve performance.
Choosing more challenging movements will yield better results.
Encourage participants to work within their own fitness levels - ✔✔-->Encourage
participants to work within their own fitness levels pg.28
, ✔✔Which cueing technique would be BEST for a verbal learner in a group fitness
class?
Counting down repetitions by speaking clearly
Counting up while using hand motions
Using mirroring to give participants a chance to see the movements
Making non-specific cues in order to accommodate all levels of intensity - ✔✔--
>Counting down repetitions by speaking clearly pg.128
✔✔After offering several verbal feedback cues, you realize that a participant in your
class is still having difficulty and may need kinesthetic cues to correct improper form.
What would be the MOST appropriate technique to use in this situation?
Continue to verbally communicate the area of misalignment.
Gently push the participant's body into the correct position for proper form.
Since it is useful in terms of correcting form, assume that correction through touch is
acceptable.
Offer to place a palm in the specific place to where the individual should move in order
to teach the feeling of proper alignment - ✔✔-->Offer to place a palm in the specific
place to where the individual should move in order to teach the feeling of proper
alignment pg.131
✔✔Which of the following is an example of enhancing a class blueprint to create
memorable experiences?
Ask participants to design and teach class segments
Surprise the class by moving the location outside
Dim the lights and turn the music up during your HIIT class
Begin class by asking participants about their favorite exercises in class - ✔✔-->Begin
class by asking participants about their favorite exercises in class pg.104-105
✔✔Which of the following visual cues by a group fitness instructor conveys positive
reinforcement and praise?
One open hand held above the head
One closed fist held above the head
One index finger up
-->One thumb up pg.130 - ✔✔-->One thumb up pg.130
✔✔Performing a lateral movement sequence to both the right and left sides describes
which of the following movement patterns?
Unilateral
Complex
Transitional
Streamline - ✔✔-->Transitional pg.38
