ACSM Practice Exam
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1. What is an effective self-monitoring tool for a client who is trying to lose
weight?
- Reframe negative emotions.
- Weigh-in on a regular schedule.
- Watch exercise videos
- Find an exercise buddy.: - Weigh-in on a regular schedule.
2. What method is most appropriate for a client who uses stimulus control to
facilitate exercise participation?
• Visualization as a regular exerciser
.• Read information about the importance of exercise.
• Schedule the workouts in a calendar.
• Exercise with a friend or family member.: • Schedule the workouts in a calendar.
3. What strategy is the most appropriate to improve a client's self-efficacy?
• List all the barriers to regular exercise
.• Allow the client to exercise on their own without instruction.
• Educate the client about the risks of exercise.
• Verbally encourage the client.: • Verbally encourage the client.
4. Which best describes an individual who is in the contemplation stage, accord-
ing to the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change?
• The individual is thinking about starting an exercise program in the next 30
days.
• The individual is not thinking about starting an exercise program.
• The individual is thinking about starting an exercise program in the next year.
• The individual is thinking about starting an exercise program in the next six
months.: • The individual is thinking about starting an exercise program in the next six months.
5. Which technique helps to improve group cohesion and decreases dropout
rates among exercise groups?
.• Identifying exercises one can do on their own
• Setting individual roles for each group member
.• Teaching about the benefits of exercise
.• Creating a group identity.: • Creating a group identity.
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6. Providing information about the benefits of regular physical activity is a good
strategy to use if a client is in which stage of change?
• action
• preparation
• precontemplation
• maintenance: • precontemplation
7. Progressive muscle relaxation is an effective technique for promoting which
healthy lifestyle variable?
• flexibility
• physical function
•stress management
• muscular strength: •stress management
8. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) increase the risk of which of
the following in clients with diabetes?
• hypoglycemia
• hyperglycemia
• peripheral neuropathies
• mvocardial infarction: • hypoglycemia
9. Ideally, how long should the response time be from a collapse caused by
cardiac arrest to defibrillation with an automated external defibrillator (AED)?
• d3-5 minutes
•d6-7 minutes
• d8-9 minutes
• d10-15 minutes: • d3-5 minutes
10. Which skill goes beyond the scope of practice for an exercise physiologist?•
Referring an individual with suspected anorexia to a mental health profession-
al.
• Determining the nutritional needs for an individual with diabetes.
• Prescribing exercise for an individual with controlled hypertension.
• Giving advice on healthy eating and food preparation: • Determining the nutritional needs
for an individual with diabetes.
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1. What is an effective self-monitoring tool for a client who is trying to lose
weight?
- Reframe negative emotions.
- Weigh-in on a regular schedule.
- Watch exercise videos
- Find an exercise buddy.: - Weigh-in on a regular schedule.
2. What method is most appropriate for a client who uses stimulus control to
facilitate exercise participation?
• Visualization as a regular exerciser
.• Read information about the importance of exercise.
• Schedule the workouts in a calendar.
• Exercise with a friend or family member.: • Schedule the workouts in a calendar.
3. What strategy is the most appropriate to improve a client's self-efficacy?
• List all the barriers to regular exercise
.• Allow the client to exercise on their own without instruction.
• Educate the client about the risks of exercise.
• Verbally encourage the client.: • Verbally encourage the client.
4. Which best describes an individual who is in the contemplation stage, accord-
ing to the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change?
• The individual is thinking about starting an exercise program in the next 30
days.
• The individual is not thinking about starting an exercise program.
• The individual is thinking about starting an exercise program in the next year.
• The individual is thinking about starting an exercise program in the next six
months.: • The individual is thinking about starting an exercise program in the next six months.
5. Which technique helps to improve group cohesion and decreases dropout
rates among exercise groups?
.• Identifying exercises one can do on their own
• Setting individual roles for each group member
.• Teaching about the benefits of exercise
.• Creating a group identity.: • Creating a group identity.
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6. Providing information about the benefits of regular physical activity is a good
strategy to use if a client is in which stage of change?
• action
• preparation
• precontemplation
• maintenance: • precontemplation
7. Progressive muscle relaxation is an effective technique for promoting which
healthy lifestyle variable?
• flexibility
• physical function
•stress management
• muscular strength: •stress management
8. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) increase the risk of which of
the following in clients with diabetes?
• hypoglycemia
• hyperglycemia
• peripheral neuropathies
• mvocardial infarction: • hypoglycemia
9. Ideally, how long should the response time be from a collapse caused by
cardiac arrest to defibrillation with an automated external defibrillator (AED)?
• d3-5 minutes
•d6-7 minutes
• d8-9 minutes
• d10-15 minutes: • d3-5 minutes
10. Which skill goes beyond the scope of practice for an exercise physiologist?•
Referring an individual with suspected anorexia to a mental health profession-
al.
• Determining the nutritional needs for an individual with diabetes.
• Prescribing exercise for an individual with controlled hypertension.
• Giving advice on healthy eating and food preparation: • Determining the nutritional needs
for an individual with diabetes.
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