Ace Personal Trainer Test UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
A regular group exercise participant with no competitive goals would be classified in which
phase of the cardiorespiratory training component of the ACE IFT Model?
(A) Phase 3: Anaerobic-endurance training
(B) Phase 4: Anaerobic-power training
(C) Phase 1: Aerobic-base training
(D)Phase 2: Aerobic-efficiency training - CORRECT ANSWER - (D)Phase 2: Aerobic-
efficiency training
Use the following information to answer the question: Gender:
Female Age: 39 years Family history:
Father has type 1 diabetes; Mother just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Smoking: Never smoked
Current exercise: swims 3-4 days per week for 30-45 minutes BMI: 31 kg/m2 Blood Pressure:
128/82 mmHg Total serum Cholesterol: 224 mg/dL LDL cholesterol: 122 mg/dL HDL
cholesterol: 64 mg/dL Fasting plasma glucose: 95 mg/dL Goals: Lose 30 lbs;
Enhance exercise program and improve diet to prevent diabetes
What are the recommendations regarding the intensity of the cardiorespiratory exercise program
and the need for a medical examination and graded exercise test based on this client's risk
stratification?
(A) A medical exam and graded exercise test are required prior to beginning an exercise
program.
(B)The trainer can design a program with the client performing moderate-or vigorous intensity
exercise without the client needi - CORRECT ANSWER - (B)The trainer can design a
program with the client performing moderate-or vigorous intensity exercise without the client
needing a medical exam or exercise test
,What muscles are strengthened when a client performs side- lying leg lifts with the lower leg?
(A) Internal rotation
(B) External rotation
(C) Adductors
(D) Abductors - CORRECT ANSWER - (C) Adductors
When should behavior contracts and written agreements be revised or updated?
(A) When goals are met or programs are modified
(B) Never; they should be permanent documents
(C) Whenever the client has a relapse into inactivity
(D) After the client finishes his final purchase workout - CORRECT ANSWER - (A)
When goals are met or programs are modified
When working with a client whose personality style is classified as "expressor," which of the
following approaches would be the BEST option for a personal trainer?
(A) Be candid, open and patient, personally interested and supportive, and goal oriented
(B) Offer incentives and rewards; stimulate the client's thoughts and provoke ideas
(C) Be clear, concise, and business-like; appeal to the need for action and problem-solving
(D) Provide consistent, accurate follow-ups; supply information to supply the need for detail -
CORRECT ANSWER - (B) Offer incentives and rewards; stimulate the client's thoughts
and provoke ideas
While on an airplane, you are talking with the man next to you and tell him that you are a
personal trainer. This opens up a conversation during which the mans ask you a number of
questions about things he has read recently regarding exercise, nutrition, and health. He says that
he does not currently exercise, but he has been thiking about joing a gym and asks you for
,recommendations. Based on this information, in what stage of behavior change would he be
categorized?
(A) Preparation
(B) Action
(C) Contemplation
(D) Precontemplation - CORRECT ANSWER - (C) Contemplation
Which of the following strategies should a trainer AVOID when trying to promote ownership on
the part of the client?
(A) Having clients journal their thoughts, experiences, and emotions related to the program
(B) Giving clients the information needed to determine the outcome of their programs
(C) Providing clients with increasing amount of external feedback as the program progresses
(D) Helping clients to reinforce their own behaviors through internal encouragement -
CORRECT ANSWER - (C) Providing clients with increasing amount of external feedback
as the program progresses
Which contemporary form of mind-body exercise involves floor work and as well as work done
on a machine called a reformer?
(A) Feldenkrais method
(B) Alexander technique
(C) Pilates
(D) Nia - CORRECT ANSWER - (C) Pilates
Which business structure combines the limited liability and flow-through taxation of the S-corp
with easier creation and operation requirements?
(A) Partnership
, (B) Limited liability partnership
(C) C-corporation
(D) Sole proprietorship - CORRECT ANSWER - (B) Limited liability partnership
Which of the following is a skill-related parameter that might be addressed in a client's exercise
program?
(A) Body composition
(B) Flexibility
(C) Aerobic capacity
(D) Balance - CORRECT ANSWER - (D) Balance
The skill-related parameters are as follows: power, speed, balance, agility, coordination, and
reactivity.
The other three options are health-related parameters.
What is the GREATEST LIMITATION associated with using the heart-rate reserve (HRR) to
calculate exercise target heart rate?
(A) New MHR prediction equations are more accurate that MHR=220-age
(B) Exercise percentages were established through population-based research
(C) Target heart rate must be calculated as a %HRR using the Karvonen formula
(D) Accurate programming using HRR requires actual measured maximum heart rate (MHR) and
resting heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER - (D) Accurate programming using HRR requires
actual measured maximum heart rate (MHR) and resting heart rate
The soleus, gastrocnemius, and plantaris are located in which compartment of the lower leg?
(A) Posterior tibial compartment
(B) Superficial posterior compartment
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
A regular group exercise participant with no competitive goals would be classified in which
phase of the cardiorespiratory training component of the ACE IFT Model?
(A) Phase 3: Anaerobic-endurance training
(B) Phase 4: Anaerobic-power training
(C) Phase 1: Aerobic-base training
(D)Phase 2: Aerobic-efficiency training - CORRECT ANSWER - (D)Phase 2: Aerobic-
efficiency training
Use the following information to answer the question: Gender:
Female Age: 39 years Family history:
Father has type 1 diabetes; Mother just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Smoking: Never smoked
Current exercise: swims 3-4 days per week for 30-45 minutes BMI: 31 kg/m2 Blood Pressure:
128/82 mmHg Total serum Cholesterol: 224 mg/dL LDL cholesterol: 122 mg/dL HDL
cholesterol: 64 mg/dL Fasting plasma glucose: 95 mg/dL Goals: Lose 30 lbs;
Enhance exercise program and improve diet to prevent diabetes
What are the recommendations regarding the intensity of the cardiorespiratory exercise program
and the need for a medical examination and graded exercise test based on this client's risk
stratification?
(A) A medical exam and graded exercise test are required prior to beginning an exercise
program.
(B)The trainer can design a program with the client performing moderate-or vigorous intensity
exercise without the client needi - CORRECT ANSWER - (B)The trainer can design a
program with the client performing moderate-or vigorous intensity exercise without the client
needing a medical exam or exercise test
,What muscles are strengthened when a client performs side- lying leg lifts with the lower leg?
(A) Internal rotation
(B) External rotation
(C) Adductors
(D) Abductors - CORRECT ANSWER - (C) Adductors
When should behavior contracts and written agreements be revised or updated?
(A) When goals are met or programs are modified
(B) Never; they should be permanent documents
(C) Whenever the client has a relapse into inactivity
(D) After the client finishes his final purchase workout - CORRECT ANSWER - (A)
When goals are met or programs are modified
When working with a client whose personality style is classified as "expressor," which of the
following approaches would be the BEST option for a personal trainer?
(A) Be candid, open and patient, personally interested and supportive, and goal oriented
(B) Offer incentives and rewards; stimulate the client's thoughts and provoke ideas
(C) Be clear, concise, and business-like; appeal to the need for action and problem-solving
(D) Provide consistent, accurate follow-ups; supply information to supply the need for detail -
CORRECT ANSWER - (B) Offer incentives and rewards; stimulate the client's thoughts
and provoke ideas
While on an airplane, you are talking with the man next to you and tell him that you are a
personal trainer. This opens up a conversation during which the mans ask you a number of
questions about things he has read recently regarding exercise, nutrition, and health. He says that
he does not currently exercise, but he has been thiking about joing a gym and asks you for
,recommendations. Based on this information, in what stage of behavior change would he be
categorized?
(A) Preparation
(B) Action
(C) Contemplation
(D) Precontemplation - CORRECT ANSWER - (C) Contemplation
Which of the following strategies should a trainer AVOID when trying to promote ownership on
the part of the client?
(A) Having clients journal their thoughts, experiences, and emotions related to the program
(B) Giving clients the information needed to determine the outcome of their programs
(C) Providing clients with increasing amount of external feedback as the program progresses
(D) Helping clients to reinforce their own behaviors through internal encouragement -
CORRECT ANSWER - (C) Providing clients with increasing amount of external feedback
as the program progresses
Which contemporary form of mind-body exercise involves floor work and as well as work done
on a machine called a reformer?
(A) Feldenkrais method
(B) Alexander technique
(C) Pilates
(D) Nia - CORRECT ANSWER - (C) Pilates
Which business structure combines the limited liability and flow-through taxation of the S-corp
with easier creation and operation requirements?
(A) Partnership
, (B) Limited liability partnership
(C) C-corporation
(D) Sole proprietorship - CORRECT ANSWER - (B) Limited liability partnership
Which of the following is a skill-related parameter that might be addressed in a client's exercise
program?
(A) Body composition
(B) Flexibility
(C) Aerobic capacity
(D) Balance - CORRECT ANSWER - (D) Balance
The skill-related parameters are as follows: power, speed, balance, agility, coordination, and
reactivity.
The other three options are health-related parameters.
What is the GREATEST LIMITATION associated with using the heart-rate reserve (HRR) to
calculate exercise target heart rate?
(A) New MHR prediction equations are more accurate that MHR=220-age
(B) Exercise percentages were established through population-based research
(C) Target heart rate must be calculated as a %HRR using the Karvonen formula
(D) Accurate programming using HRR requires actual measured maximum heart rate (MHR) and
resting heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER - (D) Accurate programming using HRR requires
actual measured maximum heart rate (MHR) and resting heart rate
The soleus, gastrocnemius, and plantaris are located in which compartment of the lower leg?
(A) Posterior tibial compartment
(B) Superficial posterior compartment
