WITS EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Your potential client refuses to fill out the PAR-Q+ or the HSQ. What is your next
course of action?
A) Tell them you will be unable to be their trainer
B) Inform them of the benefits of screening
C) Offer them a modified exercise program they can do on their own
D) Seek out the advice of a lawyer - ✔✔Inform them the benefits of screening
✔✔Which of the following is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease?
A) Men ≥ 35
B) Women ≤ 55
C) BMI ≥ 30
D) Hypertension ≥ 130/80 - ✔✔BMI ≥ 30
✔✔The first step in evaluating health status using MR. PLEASE is to determine if the
individual is currently participating in regular exercise. What constitutes regular
exercise?
A) At least 30 minutes a day for 3 or more days a week
B) Intensity of 25-30% of VO2R
C) Any type of exercise for the past 2 months
D) Cardiovascular exercise for 20 minutes a day at least twice a week - ✔✔At least 30
minutes a day for 3 or more days a week
✔✔Your exercise prescription for your client involves oblique twists. Which anatomical
plane do these occur in?
A) Frontal
B) Transverse
C) Sagittal
D) Coronal - ✔✔Transverse
✔✔How many bones are in the human body?
A) 150
B) 200
C) 250
D) 300 - ✔✔200
✔✔Your client has broken a short bone. Which bone have they broken?
A) Ankle
B) Vertebrae
C) Scapulae
D) Rib - ✔✔Ankle
,✔✔The periosteum is a fibrous membrane that covers the entire long bone. It serves as:
A) Attachment for muscles
B) Articulation with the other bones
C) Provides strength for bones
D) Provides smooth movement - ✔✔Attachment for muscles
✔✔The replacement of cartilage by bones which occurs during growth and maturation
is:
A) Osteosarcoma
B) Osteoporosis
C) Osteocvte
D) Ossification - ✔✔Ossification
✔✔What is the shaft of a bone known as?
A) Metaphysis
B) Periosteum
C) Diaphysis
D) Epiphysis - ✔✔Diaphysis
✔✔The end of a long bone is referred to as the:
A) Metaphysis
B) Periosteum
C) Diaphysis
D) Epiphysis - ✔✔Epiphysis
✔✔The axis that is perpendicular to the transverse plane is the:
A) Longitudinal
B) Anteroposterior
C) Mediolateral
D) Sagittal - ✔✔Longitudinal
✔✔Which terms refers to the movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis toward
the midline of the body in the anatomical position?
A) External rotation
B) Flexion
C) Extension
D) Internal rotation - ✔✔Internal rotation
✔✔Your client is asked to get in the anatomical position for an exercise. Which of the
following is correct?
A) Stand with arms at sides and palms facing backwards
B) Stand with arms at sides and palms facing forwards
C) stand with arms crossed at chest height
, D) Stand with arms clasped behind the back - ✔✔Stand with arms at sides and palms
facing forward
✔✔Which type of joint has minimal sliding movement between the bones?
A) Gliding
B) Hinge
C) Pivot
D) Ball and socket - ✔✔Gliding
✔✔Your client is performing a bicep curl. What joint movement are they performing?
A) Extension
B) Flexion
C) Abduction
D) Internal roatation - ✔✔Flexion
✔✔The joint movement that requires the client to lift the inner edge of their foot with
their big toe elevated is known as:
A) Dorsiflexion
B) Eversion
C) Inversion
D) Plantar flexion - ✔✔Inversion
✔✔The action that requires the muscle to overcome the force of gravity is:
A) Isotonic
B) Concentric
C) Eccentric
D) Ballistic - ✔✔Concentric
✔✔Your client is performing a stranding hamstring curl. Which muscle is the
antagonist?
A) Hamstring
B) Gastrocnemius
C) Quadriceps
D) Soleus - ✔✔Quadriceps
✔✔Which of the following terms refers to stimulation of one or more motor units to
produce movement?
A) Recruitment
B) Torque
C) Stability
D) Motor neuron - ✔✔Recruitment
✔✔Your client displays the ability to maintain a balanced position after a disruption of
their equilibrium. This is called:
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Your potential client refuses to fill out the PAR-Q+ or the HSQ. What is your next
course of action?
A) Tell them you will be unable to be their trainer
B) Inform them of the benefits of screening
C) Offer them a modified exercise program they can do on their own
D) Seek out the advice of a lawyer - ✔✔Inform them the benefits of screening
✔✔Which of the following is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease?
A) Men ≥ 35
B) Women ≤ 55
C) BMI ≥ 30
D) Hypertension ≥ 130/80 - ✔✔BMI ≥ 30
✔✔The first step in evaluating health status using MR. PLEASE is to determine if the
individual is currently participating in regular exercise. What constitutes regular
exercise?
A) At least 30 minutes a day for 3 or more days a week
B) Intensity of 25-30% of VO2R
C) Any type of exercise for the past 2 months
D) Cardiovascular exercise for 20 minutes a day at least twice a week - ✔✔At least 30
minutes a day for 3 or more days a week
✔✔Your exercise prescription for your client involves oblique twists. Which anatomical
plane do these occur in?
A) Frontal
B) Transverse
C) Sagittal
D) Coronal - ✔✔Transverse
✔✔How many bones are in the human body?
A) 150
B) 200
C) 250
D) 300 - ✔✔200
✔✔Your client has broken a short bone. Which bone have they broken?
A) Ankle
B) Vertebrae
C) Scapulae
D) Rib - ✔✔Ankle
,✔✔The periosteum is a fibrous membrane that covers the entire long bone. It serves as:
A) Attachment for muscles
B) Articulation with the other bones
C) Provides strength for bones
D) Provides smooth movement - ✔✔Attachment for muscles
✔✔The replacement of cartilage by bones which occurs during growth and maturation
is:
A) Osteosarcoma
B) Osteoporosis
C) Osteocvte
D) Ossification - ✔✔Ossification
✔✔What is the shaft of a bone known as?
A) Metaphysis
B) Periosteum
C) Diaphysis
D) Epiphysis - ✔✔Diaphysis
✔✔The end of a long bone is referred to as the:
A) Metaphysis
B) Periosteum
C) Diaphysis
D) Epiphysis - ✔✔Epiphysis
✔✔The axis that is perpendicular to the transverse plane is the:
A) Longitudinal
B) Anteroposterior
C) Mediolateral
D) Sagittal - ✔✔Longitudinal
✔✔Which terms refers to the movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis toward
the midline of the body in the anatomical position?
A) External rotation
B) Flexion
C) Extension
D) Internal rotation - ✔✔Internal rotation
✔✔Your client is asked to get in the anatomical position for an exercise. Which of the
following is correct?
A) Stand with arms at sides and palms facing backwards
B) Stand with arms at sides and palms facing forwards
C) stand with arms crossed at chest height
, D) Stand with arms clasped behind the back - ✔✔Stand with arms at sides and palms
facing forward
✔✔Which type of joint has minimal sliding movement between the bones?
A) Gliding
B) Hinge
C) Pivot
D) Ball and socket - ✔✔Gliding
✔✔Your client is performing a bicep curl. What joint movement are they performing?
A) Extension
B) Flexion
C) Abduction
D) Internal roatation - ✔✔Flexion
✔✔The joint movement that requires the client to lift the inner edge of their foot with
their big toe elevated is known as:
A) Dorsiflexion
B) Eversion
C) Inversion
D) Plantar flexion - ✔✔Inversion
✔✔The action that requires the muscle to overcome the force of gravity is:
A) Isotonic
B) Concentric
C) Eccentric
D) Ballistic - ✔✔Concentric
✔✔Your client is performing a stranding hamstring curl. Which muscle is the
antagonist?
A) Hamstring
B) Gastrocnemius
C) Quadriceps
D) Soleus - ✔✔Quadriceps
✔✔Which of the following terms refers to stimulation of one or more motor units to
produce movement?
A) Recruitment
B) Torque
C) Stability
D) Motor neuron - ✔✔Recruitment
✔✔Your client displays the ability to maintain a balanced position after a disruption of
their equilibrium. This is called:
