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Action Personal Training Certification
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What percentage of the potential energy in food is converted into energy? - ✔✔40
percent
For physically active adults, what percentage of calories in each meal should come from
complex carbs? - ✔✔65 percent
What is the body's primary source of instant energy? - ✔✔carbs
What is required by human body to burn fat? - ✔✔carbs
Which of the following is the body's longer term energy source? - ✔✔glucose and
glycogen
What is needed for the proper absorption of many vitamins, mineral and supplements?
- ✔✔fats
How do you calculate Resting Metabolic Rate? - ✔✔bodyweight x 10
How many calories with a person expend for easy activities? - ✔✔3-5 calories per
minute
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How many calories will a person expend for moderate activity? - ✔✔6-10 calories per
minute
How many calories will a person expend for strenuous activity? - ✔✔11-15 calories per
minute
How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise foe a sedentary
person? - ✔✔add 20-40 percent of the RMR
How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise for an active person? -
✔✔add 40-60 percent of RMR
How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise for a very active
person - ✔✔add 60-80 percent of rmr
How do you determine the total caloric requirement per day? - ✔✔add the RMR, plus
the formal exercises, plus the daily activity
True or False: A high protein diet amounts to more muscle mass? - ✔✔false
What is the goal for nutrition? - ✔✔to have a client in an energy balance
What are the guidelines for a client to eat before participating in physical activity? -
✔✔Eat a low-fat, high carb diet daily
If the planned physical activity will last longer than an hour, what foods are
recommended? - ✔✔lower glycemic indexes like bananas and oatmeal
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Every hour of endurance exercise requires approximately how much carbs? - ✔✔100-
300
What are the priorities in the recovery diet? - ✔✔carbohydrate and fluid replacement
After how much times should the first intake of food happen after stopping the activity?
- ✔✔at least after 15 minutes
Which class of nutrients works as coenzymes? - ✔✔vitamins to aid the many enzymatic
processes occurring in the body at any given moment
Which class of nutrients works as co factors for many biological processes? - ✔✔carbs
and fats
Without which mineral the body could not transport oxygen to any tissues? - ✔✔iron
where is glycogen stored in the body? - ✔✔liver
What is the number one complaint of client against their personal trainer? - ✔✔slipping
and falling
How should you ensure clients know how to use equipment before they begin a
designated activity? - ✔✔by taking the initiative to show them how to use the
equipment
Should trainers sell or advise clients on any supplement? - ✔✔no
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
Action Personal Training Certification
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What percentage of the potential energy in food is converted into energy? - ✔✔40
percent
For physically active adults, what percentage of calories in each meal should come from
complex carbs? - ✔✔65 percent
What is the body's primary source of instant energy? - ✔✔carbs
What is required by human body to burn fat? - ✔✔carbs
Which of the following is the body's longer term energy source? - ✔✔glucose and
glycogen
What is needed for the proper absorption of many vitamins, mineral and supplements?
- ✔✔fats
How do you calculate Resting Metabolic Rate? - ✔✔bodyweight x 10
How many calories with a person expend for easy activities? - ✔✔3-5 calories per
minute
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
,2|Page
How many calories will a person expend for moderate activity? - ✔✔6-10 calories per
minute
How many calories will a person expend for strenuous activity? - ✔✔11-15 calories per
minute
How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise foe a sedentary
person? - ✔✔add 20-40 percent of the RMR
How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise for an active person? -
✔✔add 40-60 percent of RMR
How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise for a very active
person - ✔✔add 60-80 percent of rmr
How do you determine the total caloric requirement per day? - ✔✔add the RMR, plus
the formal exercises, plus the daily activity
True or False: A high protein diet amounts to more muscle mass? - ✔✔false
What is the goal for nutrition? - ✔✔to have a client in an energy balance
What are the guidelines for a client to eat before participating in physical activity? -
✔✔Eat a low-fat, high carb diet daily
If the planned physical activity will last longer than an hour, what foods are
recommended? - ✔✔lower glycemic indexes like bananas and oatmeal
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
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Every hour of endurance exercise requires approximately how much carbs? - ✔✔100-
300
What are the priorities in the recovery diet? - ✔✔carbohydrate and fluid replacement
After how much times should the first intake of food happen after stopping the activity?
- ✔✔at least after 15 minutes
Which class of nutrients works as coenzymes? - ✔✔vitamins to aid the many enzymatic
processes occurring in the body at any given moment
Which class of nutrients works as co factors for many biological processes? - ✔✔carbs
and fats
Without which mineral the body could not transport oxygen to any tissues? - ✔✔iron
where is glycogen stored in the body? - ✔✔liver
What is the number one complaint of client against their personal trainer? - ✔✔slipping
and falling
How should you ensure clients know how to use equipment before they begin a
designated activity? - ✔✔by taking the initiative to show them how to use the
equipment
Should trainers sell or advise clients on any supplement? - ✔✔no
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
