NCCPT CPT Exam part 1
Pre-activity health screen of clients, interpreting results, development of physical activity
recommendations, supervision and instruction of physical activity, etc - answer Greatest
legal concerns for Personal trainers
Are employers responsible for the actions of their employees? - answer Yes
T/F: You should have liability insurance if working as an independent contractor? -
answer True
4 chambers of the heart - answer Right and left ventricles. Right and left atriums
3 energy systems - answerATP/Creatine-Phosphate, Glycolysis, Aerobic Oxidation
Prime mover for bench press? – answer Pec. Major
Antagonist for bench press? - answer Rhomboids, Trapezius, Posterior Deltoids
Stabilizers for bench press? - answerRotator Cuff
What causes post exercise soreness? - answerMicrotrauma to muscle tissue
How to treat post exercise soreness? - answerPRICE, stretching, active rest and
hydrate
What happens in systolic and diastolic phases of blood pressure? - answerIn systolic,
the pressure in ventricular contraction and diastolic is pressure in ventricular filling
Muscle fiber type that has Slow shortening velocities, red, endurance, fatigue resistant,
large mitochondria, high myoglobin, rich capillary supply, postural, and tonic? -
answerSlow Twitch
Muscle fiber type that has high shortening velocities, fatigue quickly, large amount of
actin and myosin filaments, WHITE, prime mover. phasic and easily inhibited -
answerFast Twitch
Target Heart Rate for 45 year old with a Resting Heart Rate of 60 bpm? - answer106-
135 bpm.
All or none theory? - answerInnervated myofiber contracts all the way or not at all
, Concentric contraction - answerShortening of muscle fibers
Eccentric contraction - answerLengthening of muscle fibers
Two functions of blood - answerTransports oxygen and nutrients and remove wastes
and co2
Definition of OBLA - answerOnset of Blood Lactate Accumlation
Equations determine Max HR and training HR in a CV workout for client? - answer(220-
age)x%=THR
(220-age)-RHRX%+RHR=THR
Gradual cycling of specificity, intensity, volume, duration and frequency to achieve goal
- answerConcept of periodicity
What's the valsalva maneuver? - answerExhaling forcibly with the glottis closed
ATP mean? - answerAdenosine TriPhosphate
What systems kicks in to provide ATP if longer than 10 seconds - answerGlycolytic
System
How long does Glycolysis last? - answerten seconds to 3 minutes
An agonist or prime mover performs desired motions, the antagonist are neurologically
inhibited - answerReciprocal inhibition
When the agonist and antagonist contract at the same time - answerCo contraction
Muscles that have their distal tendon close to the joint axis - answerSpurt Muscle
Example of spurt muscle - answerBicep Brachii
Muscle in body that crosses two joints and produces motion at more than one joint -
answerDouble jointed muscle
Major decrease in strength, aerobic capacity after time without exercise -
answerReversibility
Nerve impulses from receptors toward the CNS - answerAfferent information
A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates - answerMotor unit
Pre-activity health screen of clients, interpreting results, development of physical activity
recommendations, supervision and instruction of physical activity, etc - answer Greatest
legal concerns for Personal trainers
Are employers responsible for the actions of their employees? - answer Yes
T/F: You should have liability insurance if working as an independent contractor? -
answer True
4 chambers of the heart - answer Right and left ventricles. Right and left atriums
3 energy systems - answerATP/Creatine-Phosphate, Glycolysis, Aerobic Oxidation
Prime mover for bench press? – answer Pec. Major
Antagonist for bench press? - answer Rhomboids, Trapezius, Posterior Deltoids
Stabilizers for bench press? - answerRotator Cuff
What causes post exercise soreness? - answerMicrotrauma to muscle tissue
How to treat post exercise soreness? - answerPRICE, stretching, active rest and
hydrate
What happens in systolic and diastolic phases of blood pressure? - answerIn systolic,
the pressure in ventricular contraction and diastolic is pressure in ventricular filling
Muscle fiber type that has Slow shortening velocities, red, endurance, fatigue resistant,
large mitochondria, high myoglobin, rich capillary supply, postural, and tonic? -
answerSlow Twitch
Muscle fiber type that has high shortening velocities, fatigue quickly, large amount of
actin and myosin filaments, WHITE, prime mover. phasic and easily inhibited -
answerFast Twitch
Target Heart Rate for 45 year old with a Resting Heart Rate of 60 bpm? - answer106-
135 bpm.
All or none theory? - answerInnervated myofiber contracts all the way or not at all
, Concentric contraction - answerShortening of muscle fibers
Eccentric contraction - answerLengthening of muscle fibers
Two functions of blood - answerTransports oxygen and nutrients and remove wastes
and co2
Definition of OBLA - answerOnset of Blood Lactate Accumlation
Equations determine Max HR and training HR in a CV workout for client? - answer(220-
age)x%=THR
(220-age)-RHRX%+RHR=THR
Gradual cycling of specificity, intensity, volume, duration and frequency to achieve goal
- answerConcept of periodicity
What's the valsalva maneuver? - answerExhaling forcibly with the glottis closed
ATP mean? - answerAdenosine TriPhosphate
What systems kicks in to provide ATP if longer than 10 seconds - answerGlycolytic
System
How long does Glycolysis last? - answerten seconds to 3 minutes
An agonist or prime mover performs desired motions, the antagonist are neurologically
inhibited - answerReciprocal inhibition
When the agonist and antagonist contract at the same time - answerCo contraction
Muscles that have their distal tendon close to the joint axis - answerSpurt Muscle
Example of spurt muscle - answerBicep Brachii
Muscle in body that crosses two joints and produces motion at more than one joint -
answerDouble jointed muscle
Major decrease in strength, aerobic capacity after time without exercise -
answerReversibility
Nerve impulses from receptors toward the CNS - answerAfferent information
A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates - answerMotor unit
