ACE Personal Training Chapter 3
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Flexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Decreasing the angle between bones
Extension - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing the angle between bones
Hyperextension - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing the angle between bones beyond
anatomical position(neutral)
Dorsiflexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Moving the top of the foot toward the shin
Plantar Flexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Moving the sole of the foot downward
Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER - Motion away from the midline of the body
Adduction - CORRECT ANSWER - Motion toward the midline of the body
Elevation - CORRECT ANSWER - Moving the scapula to a superior position
Depression - CORRECT ANSWER - Moving the scapula to an inferior position
Inversion - CORRECT ANSWER - Lifting the medial border of the foot
Eversion - CORRECT ANSWER - Lifting the lateral border of the foot
, Rotation - CORRECT ANSWER - Medial (Inward) or lateral (outward)
Pronation - CORRECT ANSWER - Hand in the palm down position
Supination - CORRECT ANSWER - Hand in palm up position
Circumduction - CORRECT ANSWER - (Cone) combines flexion, abduction, extension,
and adduction
Opposition - CORRECT ANSWER - thumb movement that follows a semicircle toward
the little finger
Motive force - CORRECT ANSWER - Increase in speed or change in direction
Resistive force - CORRECT ANSWER - Resists the motion of another external force
Isometric - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscle tension but no apparent change in length is
visible
Example of fulcrum - CORRECT ANSWER - Elbow
Levers of the body - CORRECT ANSWER - Arms, legs
Motions that occur in saggital plane - CORRECT ANSWER - Flexion and extension
Motions that occur in the frontal plane - CORRECT ANSWER - Abduction and Adduction
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Flexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Decreasing the angle between bones
Extension - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing the angle between bones
Hyperextension - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing the angle between bones beyond
anatomical position(neutral)
Dorsiflexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Moving the top of the foot toward the shin
Plantar Flexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Moving the sole of the foot downward
Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER - Motion away from the midline of the body
Adduction - CORRECT ANSWER - Motion toward the midline of the body
Elevation - CORRECT ANSWER - Moving the scapula to a superior position
Depression - CORRECT ANSWER - Moving the scapula to an inferior position
Inversion - CORRECT ANSWER - Lifting the medial border of the foot
Eversion - CORRECT ANSWER - Lifting the lateral border of the foot
, Rotation - CORRECT ANSWER - Medial (Inward) or lateral (outward)
Pronation - CORRECT ANSWER - Hand in the palm down position
Supination - CORRECT ANSWER - Hand in palm up position
Circumduction - CORRECT ANSWER - (Cone) combines flexion, abduction, extension,
and adduction
Opposition - CORRECT ANSWER - thumb movement that follows a semicircle toward
the little finger
Motive force - CORRECT ANSWER - Increase in speed or change in direction
Resistive force - CORRECT ANSWER - Resists the motion of another external force
Isometric - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscle tension but no apparent change in length is
visible
Example of fulcrum - CORRECT ANSWER - Elbow
Levers of the body - CORRECT ANSWER - Arms, legs
Motions that occur in saggital plane - CORRECT ANSWER - Flexion and extension
Motions that occur in the frontal plane - CORRECT ANSWER - Abduction and Adduction
