CPT EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

CPT EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. A client is performing a dumbbell overhead press exercise. How should the fitness professional spot
their client?
a. The fitness professional should avoid spotting this exercise.
b. The dumbbell overhead press exercise should be spotted to increase client safety.
c. The fitness professional should spot their client at the wrists.
d. The fitness professional should spot their client at the elbows.
Answer:
The fitness professional should spot their client at the wrists.

Question:
2. What would be considered a normal resting heart rate for a healthy sedentary person?
a. 50 beats per minute
b. 120 beats per minute
c. 80 beats per minute
d. 105 beats per minute
Answer:
80 beats per minute

Question:
3. Which of the following movements trains a client in all three planes of motion?
a. BOSU squat
b. Dumbbell renegade row
c. Multiplanar lunge
d. Barbell squat
Answer:
Multiplanar lunge

Question:
4. Which is a primary adaptation of the Strength Endurance training phase?
a. Postural alignment
b. Mobility and flexibility
c. Muscular endurance
d. Maximal muscular strength
Answer:
Muscular endurance

,Question:
5. This term describes an unstable-but-controlled environment used to improve someone's static,
semi-dynamic, and dynamic balance.
a. Proprioceptively enriched
b. Seated weight-training exercises
c. Static balance
d. Flat floor
Answer:
Proprioceptively enriched

Question:
6. What area of the chest contains the heart?
a. Ventricle
b. Myofibril
c. Atrium
d. Mediastinum
Answer:
Mediastinum

Question:
7. Which synergist would assist the upper-body pectoral muscles to enhance chest stabilization, strength,
or power?
a. Latissimus dorsi
b. Triceps brachii
c. Quadriceps
d. Biceps brachii
Answer:
Triceps brachii

Question:
8. Extension of the shoulder is common in many pulling movements. Which of the following muscles is
involved?
a. Gluteus maximus
b. Latissimus dorsi
c. Anterior deltoid
d. Pectoralis major
Answer:
Latissimus dorsi

Question:
9. During short, high-intensity exercise, what is the primary fuel source for the body?
a. Amino acids
b. Carbohydrates
c. Lipids
d. Proteins
Answer:
Carbohydrates

,Question:
10. What effect would sleep deprivation have on growth hormone and cortisol levels?
a. Inadequate sleep will increase growth hormone levels and decrease cortisol levels.
b. Inadequate sleep will decrease growth hormone and increase cortisol levels.
c. Inadequate sleep will decrease growth hormone and cortisol levels.
d. Inadequate sleep will increase growth hormone and cortisol levels.
Answer:
Inadequate sleep will decrease growth hormone and increase cortisol levels.

Question:
11. Which muscles are typically overactive in association with lower crossed syndrome?
a. Adductor complex
b. Upper trapezius
c. Hip flexors and lumbar extensors
d. Abdominals
Answer:
Hip flexors and lumbar extensors

Question:
12. Why is the arching quadriceps stretch considered a controversial lower-body stretch?
a. This stretch is too advanced for the average person.
b. The stretch is too complicated for the older client.
c. The stretch provides excessive stress on the kneecap and other tissues in the front knee.
d. The stretch provides excessive stress to the quadriceps muscles.
Answer:
The stretch provides excessive stress on the kneecap and other tissues in the front knee.

Question:
13. When attempting to increase muscular size and strength in the lower body, which of the following
exercise is least likely to be beneficial?
a. Machine leg press
b. Barbell squats
c. Sandbag squat
d. BOSU squat
Answer:
BOSU squat

Question:
14. What are the three micronutrients?
a. Protein, carbohydrates, and fluids
b. Protein, carbohydrates, and lipids
c. Vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients
d. Vitamins, minerals, and lipids
Answer:
Vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients

, Question:
15. What is the primary limiting factor for exercise in the client with PAD?
a. Low-back pain
b. Leg pain
c. Shoulder pain
d. Neck pain
Answer:
Leg pain

Question:
16. What disease is a condition of altered airflow through the lungs, generally caused by airway
obstruction due to mucus production?
a. Type 2 (secondary) osteoporosis
b. Type 1 diabetes
c. Type 2 diabetes
d. Chronic obstructive lung disease
Answer:
Chronic obstructive lung disease

Question:
17. Which of the following options would be the correct superset for back exercises during Phase 2 of the
OPT model?
a. Seated cable row followed by single-leg squat
b. Seated cable row followed by stability ball dumbbell row
c. Stability ball dumbbell rows followed by bench press
d. Seated cable row followed by lat pulldown
Answer:
Seated cable row followed by stability ball dumbbell row

Question:
18. How would age and overall health affect testosterone levels among men?
a. Age and overall health do not affect testosterone levels.
b. A reduction in testosterone levels occurs with age, and overall health may affect the degree of change.
c. Testosterone levels are not affected by age, as overall health is the primary reason for a decline.
d. A reduction in testosterone levels occurs with age, and overall health does not contribute to the change.
Answer:
A reduction in testosterone levels occurs with age, and overall health may affect the degree of change.

Question:
19. Which term best describes motion at the joint surface?
a. Osteokinematics
b. Kinesiology
c. Arthrokinematics
d. Biomechanics
Answer:
Arthrokinematics