ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist (All Correctly
Answered) 100% Verified A Grade.
QUESTION: Symptoms of hypoglycemia ✓✓Correct Ans- tachycardia, excessive sweating (diaphoresis), light-
headedness, visual disturbances
QUESTION: Physical Activity ✓✓Correct Ans- Any bodily movement produced by contracting skeletal muscles,
with an increase in energy expenditure.
QUESTION: Exercise ✓✓Correct Ans- Planned, purposeful, repetitive
QUESTION: Physical Fitness ✓✓Correct Ans- Attributes or characteristics that individuals have achieved that
related to their ability to perform physical activity
QUESTION: 3 metabolic pathways the body uses to creates ATP ✓✓Correct Ans- 1. Creatine Phosphate
2. anaerobic glycolysis
3. 0xidative system
QUESTION: Claudication ✓✓Correct Ans- pain in the leg is induced by exercise, usually because of an artery
obstruction.
QUESTION: Creatine Phosphate system ✓✓Correct Ans- Small amounts of CP are stored within each cell.
Simple one-to-one trade off that allows for the rapid production of ATP. ONLY for use during short bouts of
exercise. less that 10 seconds.
QUESTION: Anaerobic glycolysis ✓✓Correct Ans- No oxygen required. NExt most immediate energy source.
break down carbs (glucose or glycogen) into pyruvate. Used during medium-duration exercise. no more than
about 90 seconds.
QUESTION: Aerobic glycolysis (oxidative system) ✓✓Correct Ans- Oxygen dependent. As exercise intensity
decreases allowing for longer duration activities, use of the oxidative system increases. (Krebs cycle and ETC).
Produce ATP in the mitochondria of the cell--requires oxygen. Lasts longer than 1-2 minutes.
QUESTION: What is VO2? ✓✓Correct Ans- The volume of oxygen the body consumes. VO2 max is the highest
volume of oxygen the body can consume.
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,QUESTION: Define Stroke Volume ✓✓Correct Ans- the amount of blood ejected by the heart in one beat
SV= EDV x ESV
end diastolic volume
end systolic volume
QUESTION: How does SV increase with workload? ✓✓Correct Ans- Similar to HR, it increases as workload
increases but only up to ~40% to 60% of VO2max. The percentages can be decreases in sedentary individuals
and increased with training.
QUESTION: What happens to resting HR as stroke volume increases? ✓✓Correct Ans- it decreases, as more
blood being pumped per beat allows the heart to beat less often.
QUESTION: What is cardiac output? ✓✓Correct Ans- the amount of blood pumped from the heart by each
ventricle per minute. The product of stroke volume and heart rate.
Q(L/min)= HR (bpm) x SV (mL/beat)
QUESTION: What does Diastolic Blood pressure do during exercise? ✓✓Correct Ans- Remains stable or
decreases slightly.
QUESTION: What is rate pressure product? ✓✓Correct Ans- serves as an estimate of myocardial oxygen
demand. Product of HR and Systolic BP. RPP=HR X SBP
QUESTION: What is the Fick equation used to determine VO2 max? ✓✓Correct Ans- VO2 = Q x (a - VO2 diff)
QUESTION: What is the gold standard to measure Cardiorespiratory fitness? ✓✓Correct Ans- VO2 max during
open circuit spirometry.
QUESTION: How does a submaximal exercise test work? ✓✓Correct Ans- It estimates VO2 max from the HR
response to submaximal single stage or graded exercise.
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, QUESTION: absolute oxygen consumption vs. relative oxygen consumption ✓✓Correct Ans- absolute is the
raw volume of O2 consumed by the body.
Relative is the volume of O2 consumed relative to body weight. Useful to compare fitness levels between
individuals.
QUESTION: What is one of the largest components of PA-related energy expenditure? ✓✓Correct Ans-
Occupational Physical Ativity
QUESTION: 5 Health related physical fitness components ✓✓Correct Ans- Cardio respiratory endurance,
body composition,
muscular strength,
muscular endurance,
and flexibility
QUESTION: 6 Skill (performance) related physical fitness components ✓✓Correct Ans- Agility, coordination,
balance, power, reaction time, and speed
QUESTION: cardiorespiratory endurance ✓✓Correct Ans- ability of circulatory system and respiratory system
to supply o2 during sustained physical activity
QUESTION: Body composition ✓✓Correct Ans- relative amounts of muscle, fat, bone, and other vital parts of
the body
QUESTION: Muscular strength ✓✓Correct Ans- Ability of muscle to exert force
QUESTION: muscular endurance ✓✓Correct Ans- ability of muscle to continue to perform without fatigue
QUESTION: flexibility ✓✓Correct Ans- ROM at a joint. as per the skeletal muscles and not any external forces.
QUESTION: Agility ✓✓Correct Ans- ability to change position of the body in space with speed and accuracy
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, QUESTION: coordination ✓✓Correct Ans- ability to use the senses together with body parts to perform tasks
smoothly and accurately
QUESTION: balance ✓✓Correct Ans- maintenance of equilibrium while stationary OR moving
QUESTION: reaction time ✓✓Correct Ans- time elapsed between stimulation and the beginning of the
reaction to said stimulus
QUESTION: speed ✓✓Correct Ans- ability to perform a movement within a short period of time
QUESTION: ACSM's weekly/daily physical activity recommendations ✓✓Correct Ans- 150 minutes Moderate
PA per week (30 min or more most days of the week), 75 minutes of vigorous intensity
QUESTION: Can most sedentary individuals safely begin a low-to moderate intensity PA Program without the
need for baseline testing or medical clearance? ✓✓Correct Ans- Yes indeed
QUESTION: Most common musculoskeletal injuries occur in what area of the body? ✓✓Correct Ans- lower
body- particularly the knee or foot
QUESTION: Who is most at risk for sudden cardiac death? ✓✓Correct Ans- Sedentary individuals performing
infrequent exercise
QUESTION: Light PA is defined as ✓✓Correct Ans- <3 MET's
QUESTION: Moderate PA is defined as ✓✓Correct Ans- 3 to <6 MET's
QUESTION: Vigorous PA is defined as ✓✓Correct Ans- >/=6 MET's
QUESTION: What is 1 MET? Why do we use METs? ✓✓Correct Ans- 1 MET = the relative oxygen consumption
at rest. or, 3.5 mL per kg per minute. It is an easy way for the general public to gauge their exercise intensity.
Also used to calculate energy expenditure over time.
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Answered) 100% Verified A Grade.
QUESTION: Symptoms of hypoglycemia ✓✓Correct Ans- tachycardia, excessive sweating (diaphoresis), light-
headedness, visual disturbances
QUESTION: Physical Activity ✓✓Correct Ans- Any bodily movement produced by contracting skeletal muscles,
with an increase in energy expenditure.
QUESTION: Exercise ✓✓Correct Ans- Planned, purposeful, repetitive
QUESTION: Physical Fitness ✓✓Correct Ans- Attributes or characteristics that individuals have achieved that
related to their ability to perform physical activity
QUESTION: 3 metabolic pathways the body uses to creates ATP ✓✓Correct Ans- 1. Creatine Phosphate
2. anaerobic glycolysis
3. 0xidative system
QUESTION: Claudication ✓✓Correct Ans- pain in the leg is induced by exercise, usually because of an artery
obstruction.
QUESTION: Creatine Phosphate system ✓✓Correct Ans- Small amounts of CP are stored within each cell.
Simple one-to-one trade off that allows for the rapid production of ATP. ONLY for use during short bouts of
exercise. less that 10 seconds.
QUESTION: Anaerobic glycolysis ✓✓Correct Ans- No oxygen required. NExt most immediate energy source.
break down carbs (glucose or glycogen) into pyruvate. Used during medium-duration exercise. no more than
about 90 seconds.
QUESTION: Aerobic glycolysis (oxidative system) ✓✓Correct Ans- Oxygen dependent. As exercise intensity
decreases allowing for longer duration activities, use of the oxidative system increases. (Krebs cycle and ETC).
Produce ATP in the mitochondria of the cell--requires oxygen. Lasts longer than 1-2 minutes.
QUESTION: What is VO2? ✓✓Correct Ans- The volume of oxygen the body consumes. VO2 max is the highest
volume of oxygen the body can consume.
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,QUESTION: Define Stroke Volume ✓✓Correct Ans- the amount of blood ejected by the heart in one beat
SV= EDV x ESV
end diastolic volume
end systolic volume
QUESTION: How does SV increase with workload? ✓✓Correct Ans- Similar to HR, it increases as workload
increases but only up to ~40% to 60% of VO2max. The percentages can be decreases in sedentary individuals
and increased with training.
QUESTION: What happens to resting HR as stroke volume increases? ✓✓Correct Ans- it decreases, as more
blood being pumped per beat allows the heart to beat less often.
QUESTION: What is cardiac output? ✓✓Correct Ans- the amount of blood pumped from the heart by each
ventricle per minute. The product of stroke volume and heart rate.
Q(L/min)= HR (bpm) x SV (mL/beat)
QUESTION: What does Diastolic Blood pressure do during exercise? ✓✓Correct Ans- Remains stable or
decreases slightly.
QUESTION: What is rate pressure product? ✓✓Correct Ans- serves as an estimate of myocardial oxygen
demand. Product of HR and Systolic BP. RPP=HR X SBP
QUESTION: What is the Fick equation used to determine VO2 max? ✓✓Correct Ans- VO2 = Q x (a - VO2 diff)
QUESTION: What is the gold standard to measure Cardiorespiratory fitness? ✓✓Correct Ans- VO2 max during
open circuit spirometry.
QUESTION: How does a submaximal exercise test work? ✓✓Correct Ans- It estimates VO2 max from the HR
response to submaximal single stage or graded exercise.
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, QUESTION: absolute oxygen consumption vs. relative oxygen consumption ✓✓Correct Ans- absolute is the
raw volume of O2 consumed by the body.
Relative is the volume of O2 consumed relative to body weight. Useful to compare fitness levels between
individuals.
QUESTION: What is one of the largest components of PA-related energy expenditure? ✓✓Correct Ans-
Occupational Physical Ativity
QUESTION: 5 Health related physical fitness components ✓✓Correct Ans- Cardio respiratory endurance,
body composition,
muscular strength,
muscular endurance,
and flexibility
QUESTION: 6 Skill (performance) related physical fitness components ✓✓Correct Ans- Agility, coordination,
balance, power, reaction time, and speed
QUESTION: cardiorespiratory endurance ✓✓Correct Ans- ability of circulatory system and respiratory system
to supply o2 during sustained physical activity
QUESTION: Body composition ✓✓Correct Ans- relative amounts of muscle, fat, bone, and other vital parts of
the body
QUESTION: Muscular strength ✓✓Correct Ans- Ability of muscle to exert force
QUESTION: muscular endurance ✓✓Correct Ans- ability of muscle to continue to perform without fatigue
QUESTION: flexibility ✓✓Correct Ans- ROM at a joint. as per the skeletal muscles and not any external forces.
QUESTION: Agility ✓✓Correct Ans- ability to change position of the body in space with speed and accuracy
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, QUESTION: coordination ✓✓Correct Ans- ability to use the senses together with body parts to perform tasks
smoothly and accurately
QUESTION: balance ✓✓Correct Ans- maintenance of equilibrium while stationary OR moving
QUESTION: reaction time ✓✓Correct Ans- time elapsed between stimulation and the beginning of the
reaction to said stimulus
QUESTION: speed ✓✓Correct Ans- ability to perform a movement within a short period of time
QUESTION: ACSM's weekly/daily physical activity recommendations ✓✓Correct Ans- 150 minutes Moderate
PA per week (30 min or more most days of the week), 75 minutes of vigorous intensity
QUESTION: Can most sedentary individuals safely begin a low-to moderate intensity PA Program without the
need for baseline testing or medical clearance? ✓✓Correct Ans- Yes indeed
QUESTION: Most common musculoskeletal injuries occur in what area of the body? ✓✓Correct Ans- lower
body- particularly the knee or foot
QUESTION: Who is most at risk for sudden cardiac death? ✓✓Correct Ans- Sedentary individuals performing
infrequent exercise
QUESTION: Light PA is defined as ✓✓Correct Ans- <3 MET's
QUESTION: Moderate PA is defined as ✓✓Correct Ans- 3 to <6 MET's
QUESTION: Vigorous PA is defined as ✓✓Correct Ans- >/=6 MET's
QUESTION: What is 1 MET? Why do we use METs? ✓✓Correct Ans- 1 MET = the relative oxygen consumption
at rest. or, 3.5 mL per kg per minute. It is an easy way for the general public to gauge their exercise intensity.
Also used to calculate energy expenditure over time.
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