ACSM EVALUATION EXAMS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
GRADED A+
✔✔In which of the following procedures does the subject breathe through a low-
resistance valve with his or her nose occluded (or through a nonlatex foam mask) while
pulmonary ventilation and expired fractions of oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2)
are measured?
a. Pulse oximetry
b. Volumetrics
c. Open circuit spirometry
d. Closed circuit spirometry - ✔✔c. Open circuit spirometry
✔✔What percentage of American adults is classified as overweight and obese?
a. 33% and 50%, respectively
b. 67% and 33%, respectively
c. 50% and 60%, respectively
d. 90% and 75%, respectively - ✔✔b. 67% and 33%, respectively
✔✔Muscular fitness refers to the
a. combination of muscular strength, endurance, and power
b. ability to lift heavy objects
c. ability to run long distances with very little muscle fatigue
d. combination of glycolytic and nonglycolytic enzymes working together - ✔✔a.
combination of muscular strength, endurance, and power
✔✔The information obtained from health-related physical fitness testing, in combination
with the individual's health and medical information, is used by the health and fitness
professional to
a. prepare a patient for surgery
b. uncover otherwise unknown disease processes that may hinder the exercise program
c. enable an individual to achieve specific health/fitness goals
d. diagnose specific cardiovascular diseases - ✔✔c. enable an individual to achieve
specific health/fitness goals
✔✔Which of the following is a purpose of health-related fitness testing?
a. Educating participants about their present health-related fitness status relative to
health-related standards and age- and sex-matched norms
b. Comparing a 50-yr-old male with a 30-yr-old of the same gender to determine how
much deterioration has gone on in 20 yr
c. To collect baseline data only for the purpose of gender and age comparisons
d. To create a social support network so that the patient or client will feel compelled to
exercise regularly - ✔✔a. Educating participants about their present health-related
fitness status relative to health-related standards and age- and sex-matched norms
✔✔Android obesity is characterized by
,a. fatty deposits under the skin known as xanthomas
b. the fact that it only occurs in females
c. large subcutaneous fat deposits around the hips and buttocks
d. more fat on the trunk (abdominal fat) - ✔✔d. more fat on the trunk (abdominal fat)
✔✔True or False? Children and adolescents (6-17 yr old) are more physically active
than their adult counterparts. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following statements about altitude illness is FALSE?
a. Acute mountain sickness is the most common form of altitude sickness.
b. Altitude illnesses are commonly associated with rapid descents from high altitude by
unacclimatized individuals.
c. Altitude acclimatization is the best countermeasure to all altitude sickness.
d. High altitude cerebral edema, potentially fatal, is an exacerbation of unresolved
severe acute mountain sickness. - ✔✔b. Altitude illnesses are commonly associated
with rapid descents from high altitude by unacclimatized individuals.
✔✔True or False? Pregnant women should avoid exercising in the supine position after
16 wk of pregnancy. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False? High altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is the most common form of
altitude sickness. - ✔✔False
✔✔True or False? Recommendations for exercise testing and prescription for those
with low back pain are similar to those for healthy individuals when low back pain is not
associated with another serious pathology. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is a life-threatening heat-related medical emergency?
a. Heat exhaustion
b. Heat syncope
c. Heat cramps
d. Exertional heatstroke - ✔✔d. Exertional heatstroke
✔✔True or false? The following four physiologic responses to acute exercise increase
during pregnancy as compared to prepregnancy:
Tidal volume
Minute ventilation
Ventilatory equivalent for oxygen
Ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False? Most adolescents (13-18 yr old) participate in adequate amounts of
physical activity. - ✔✔False
✔✔Which statement regarding frostbite is FALSE?
, a. Frostbite can occur in ≤30 min on exposed skin in extreme temperatures.
b. Frostbite most commonly affects the hands and feet.
c. Frostbite cannot occur if the air temperature is above 0° C (32° F).
d. Contact frostbite may occur by touching cold objects with bare skin. - ✔✔b. Frostbite
most commonly affects the hands and feet.
✔✔Which of the following types of exercises should healthy pregnant women avoid?
a. Cycle ergometry
b. Stair climbing
c. Soccer
d. Jogging - ✔✔c. Soccer
✔✔True or False? Most cases of low back pain show rapid improvement in pain and
symptoms within the first week of symptom occurrence. - ✔✔False
✔✔Which of the following physiologic responses to acute exercise is higher in children
as compared to adults?
a. Cardiac output
b. Stroke volume
c. Systolic blood pressure
d. Heart rate - ✔✔d. Heart rate
✔✔In a healthy pregnant woman, which of the following is not a valid reason that
exercise should be terminated?
a. Calf pain or swelling
b. Dizziness
c. Increased fetal movement
d. Headache - ✔✔c. Increased fetal movement
✔✔True or false. The following three physical performance measures are appropriate
for low back pain:
50-Ft walk — the participant walks 50 ft as fast as possible without a walking aid. Time
to completion is recorded.
5-Min walk — the participant walks as far as possible in 5 min without a walking aid.
Distance is recorded (foot or meter).
1-Minute stair climbing — the participant walks up and down five stairs for 1 min as fast
as possible using the rail for support if required. The total amount of steps climbed is
recorded. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False? Hypothermia occurs when metabolic heat production exceeds heat
loss from the body. - ✔✔False
✔✔Which of the following is a recommendation for special consideration in exercise
testing of older adults?
GRADED A+
✔✔In which of the following procedures does the subject breathe through a low-
resistance valve with his or her nose occluded (or through a nonlatex foam mask) while
pulmonary ventilation and expired fractions of oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2)
are measured?
a. Pulse oximetry
b. Volumetrics
c. Open circuit spirometry
d. Closed circuit spirometry - ✔✔c. Open circuit spirometry
✔✔What percentage of American adults is classified as overweight and obese?
a. 33% and 50%, respectively
b. 67% and 33%, respectively
c. 50% and 60%, respectively
d. 90% and 75%, respectively - ✔✔b. 67% and 33%, respectively
✔✔Muscular fitness refers to the
a. combination of muscular strength, endurance, and power
b. ability to lift heavy objects
c. ability to run long distances with very little muscle fatigue
d. combination of glycolytic and nonglycolytic enzymes working together - ✔✔a.
combination of muscular strength, endurance, and power
✔✔The information obtained from health-related physical fitness testing, in combination
with the individual's health and medical information, is used by the health and fitness
professional to
a. prepare a patient for surgery
b. uncover otherwise unknown disease processes that may hinder the exercise program
c. enable an individual to achieve specific health/fitness goals
d. diagnose specific cardiovascular diseases - ✔✔c. enable an individual to achieve
specific health/fitness goals
✔✔Which of the following is a purpose of health-related fitness testing?
a. Educating participants about their present health-related fitness status relative to
health-related standards and age- and sex-matched norms
b. Comparing a 50-yr-old male with a 30-yr-old of the same gender to determine how
much deterioration has gone on in 20 yr
c. To collect baseline data only for the purpose of gender and age comparisons
d. To create a social support network so that the patient or client will feel compelled to
exercise regularly - ✔✔a. Educating participants about their present health-related
fitness status relative to health-related standards and age- and sex-matched norms
✔✔Android obesity is characterized by
,a. fatty deposits under the skin known as xanthomas
b. the fact that it only occurs in females
c. large subcutaneous fat deposits around the hips and buttocks
d. more fat on the trunk (abdominal fat) - ✔✔d. more fat on the trunk (abdominal fat)
✔✔True or False? Children and adolescents (6-17 yr old) are more physically active
than their adult counterparts. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following statements about altitude illness is FALSE?
a. Acute mountain sickness is the most common form of altitude sickness.
b. Altitude illnesses are commonly associated with rapid descents from high altitude by
unacclimatized individuals.
c. Altitude acclimatization is the best countermeasure to all altitude sickness.
d. High altitude cerebral edema, potentially fatal, is an exacerbation of unresolved
severe acute mountain sickness. - ✔✔b. Altitude illnesses are commonly associated
with rapid descents from high altitude by unacclimatized individuals.
✔✔True or False? Pregnant women should avoid exercising in the supine position after
16 wk of pregnancy. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False? High altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is the most common form of
altitude sickness. - ✔✔False
✔✔True or False? Recommendations for exercise testing and prescription for those
with low back pain are similar to those for healthy individuals when low back pain is not
associated with another serious pathology. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is a life-threatening heat-related medical emergency?
a. Heat exhaustion
b. Heat syncope
c. Heat cramps
d. Exertional heatstroke - ✔✔d. Exertional heatstroke
✔✔True or false? The following four physiologic responses to acute exercise increase
during pregnancy as compared to prepregnancy:
Tidal volume
Minute ventilation
Ventilatory equivalent for oxygen
Ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False? Most adolescents (13-18 yr old) participate in adequate amounts of
physical activity. - ✔✔False
✔✔Which statement regarding frostbite is FALSE?
, a. Frostbite can occur in ≤30 min on exposed skin in extreme temperatures.
b. Frostbite most commonly affects the hands and feet.
c. Frostbite cannot occur if the air temperature is above 0° C (32° F).
d. Contact frostbite may occur by touching cold objects with bare skin. - ✔✔b. Frostbite
most commonly affects the hands and feet.
✔✔Which of the following types of exercises should healthy pregnant women avoid?
a. Cycle ergometry
b. Stair climbing
c. Soccer
d. Jogging - ✔✔c. Soccer
✔✔True or False? Most cases of low back pain show rapid improvement in pain and
symptoms within the first week of symptom occurrence. - ✔✔False
✔✔Which of the following physiologic responses to acute exercise is higher in children
as compared to adults?
a. Cardiac output
b. Stroke volume
c. Systolic blood pressure
d. Heart rate - ✔✔d. Heart rate
✔✔In a healthy pregnant woman, which of the following is not a valid reason that
exercise should be terminated?
a. Calf pain or swelling
b. Dizziness
c. Increased fetal movement
d. Headache - ✔✔c. Increased fetal movement
✔✔True or false. The following three physical performance measures are appropriate
for low back pain:
50-Ft walk — the participant walks 50 ft as fast as possible without a walking aid. Time
to completion is recorded.
5-Min walk — the participant walks as far as possible in 5 min without a walking aid.
Distance is recorded (foot or meter).
1-Minute stair climbing — the participant walks up and down five stairs for 1 min as fast
as possible using the rail for support if required. The total amount of steps climbed is
recorded. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False? Hypothermia occurs when metabolic heat production exceeds heat
loss from the body. - ✔✔False
✔✔Which of the following is a recommendation for special consideration in exercise
testing of older adults?
