CANFITPRO PERSONAL TRAINING SPECIALIST UPDATED
EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔What are the four elements of a strong program design?
A) Safe, challenging, effective, sustainable
B) Effective, sustainable, enjoyable, efficient
C) Safe, efficient, enjoyable, effective
D) Effective, challenging, enjoyable, diverse - ✔✔C) Safe, efficient, enjoyable, effective
✔✔What kind of fundamental movement would a deadlift be?
A) Push
B) Pull
C) Rotation
D) Bend (hip hinge) - ✔✔D) Bend (hip hinge)
✔✔Which kind of fundamental movement would a bench press be?
A) Push
B) Pull
C) Rotation
D) Bend (hip hinge) - ✔✔A) Push
✔✔What kind of fundamental movement would a cable row?
A) Push
B) Pull
C) Rotation
D) Bend (hip hinge) - ✔✔B) Pull
✔✔Which of the following is the hardest variation for resistive exercise equipment?
A) Bodyweight
B) Gravity-assisted devices
C) TRX suspension trainers
D) Dumbbells - ✔✔C) TRX suspension trainers
✔✔Which of the following are less difficult than using a barbell for resistance training?
I. Bodyweight
II. Gravity-assisted devices
III. TRX suspension trainers
IV. Dumbbells
A) I only
B) II and IV
C) I and II
,D) I, II, and IV - ✔✔C) I and II
✔✔The skeleton provides all the following essential functions except:
A) Protection of RBCs
B) Mineral storage
C) Attachment for organs and vessels
D) Movement - ✔✔C) Attachment for organs and vessels
✔✔True or False? Ligaments connect muscle to bone to allow movement of skeletal
joints. - ✔✔False. Ligaments connect bone to bone.
✔✔What components are a part of the spinal stabilization system?
A) Central, Passive, Active
B) Central, Peripheral, Active
C) Control, Passive, Active
D) Control, Peripheral, Active - ✔✔C) Control, Passive, Active
✔✔What are the functions of the muscular system?
A) Energy production, flexibility, increased blood delivery,
B) Strength, extensibility, elasticity, endurance
C) Contractibility, mobility, endurance, strength
D) Excitability, contractility, extensibility, elasticity - ✔✔D) Excitability, contractility,
extensibility, elasticity
✔✔Which two types of muscle move involuntarily?
A) Cardiac and skeletal
B) Skeletal and smooth
C) Cardiac and smooth
D) Slow-twitch and fast-twitch - ✔✔C) Cardiac and smooth.
✔✔What are muscles made of?
A) 50% amino acids, 49% lactic acid, 1% minerals & glycogen
B) 75% water, 24% protein, 1% minerals & glycogen
C) 64% protein, 31% glucose, 5% water
D) 70% ligaments, 30% tendons - ✔✔B) 75% water, 24% protein, 1% minerals &
glycogen
✔✔Which of the following is not an example of an appropriate exercise progression?
A) Assisted pull-up with machine to lat pulldown
B) Bench press to machine cable flies
C) Leg press to squat
, D) Plank to side plank - ✔✔B) Bench press to machine cable flies
✔✔Which types of muscle move regularly in parallel?
A) Cardiac and skeletal
B) Skeletal and smooth
C) Cardiac and smooth
D) Slow-twitch and fast-twitch - ✔✔A) Cardiac and skeletal
✔✔The ____ filament consists of actin, troponin, and tropomysin, and the
_____filament consists of myosin.
A) Thin; thick
B) Thick; thin
C) Long; short
D) Sacromere; myofbril - ✔✔B) Thick; thin
✔✔Explain the sliding filament theory. - ✔✔When a muscle cell is stimulated, the thick
filaments (myosin) pull on the thin filaments (actin), causing them to slide past each
other until they completely overlap. The muscle cells convert energy (ATP) into
mechanical work (contraction).
✔✔Fast-twitch muscles are ______ , contract and fatigue ______, and produce a _____
amount of force.
A) anaerobic; quickly; large
B) anaerobic; quickly; small
C) aerobic, slowly; small
D) aerobic, slowly, large - ✔✔A) anaerobic; quickly; large
✔✔Slow-twitch muscles are ______ , contract and fatigue ______, and produce a
_____ amount of force.
A) anaerobic; quickly; large
B) anaerobic; quickly; small
C) aerobic, slowly; small
D) aerobic, slowly, large - ✔✔C) aerobic, slowly; small
✔✔The lowering phase of bicep curl causes what kind of muscle contraction?
A) Concentric
B) Eccentric
C) Isometric
D) Mesometric - ✔✔B) Eccentric
✔✔The lifting phase of a bicep curl causes what kind of muscle contraction?
A) Concentric
B) Eccentric
EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔What are the four elements of a strong program design?
A) Safe, challenging, effective, sustainable
B) Effective, sustainable, enjoyable, efficient
C) Safe, efficient, enjoyable, effective
D) Effective, challenging, enjoyable, diverse - ✔✔C) Safe, efficient, enjoyable, effective
✔✔What kind of fundamental movement would a deadlift be?
A) Push
B) Pull
C) Rotation
D) Bend (hip hinge) - ✔✔D) Bend (hip hinge)
✔✔Which kind of fundamental movement would a bench press be?
A) Push
B) Pull
C) Rotation
D) Bend (hip hinge) - ✔✔A) Push
✔✔What kind of fundamental movement would a cable row?
A) Push
B) Pull
C) Rotation
D) Bend (hip hinge) - ✔✔B) Pull
✔✔Which of the following is the hardest variation for resistive exercise equipment?
A) Bodyweight
B) Gravity-assisted devices
C) TRX suspension trainers
D) Dumbbells - ✔✔C) TRX suspension trainers
✔✔Which of the following are less difficult than using a barbell for resistance training?
I. Bodyweight
II. Gravity-assisted devices
III. TRX suspension trainers
IV. Dumbbells
A) I only
B) II and IV
C) I and II
,D) I, II, and IV - ✔✔C) I and II
✔✔The skeleton provides all the following essential functions except:
A) Protection of RBCs
B) Mineral storage
C) Attachment for organs and vessels
D) Movement - ✔✔C) Attachment for organs and vessels
✔✔True or False? Ligaments connect muscle to bone to allow movement of skeletal
joints. - ✔✔False. Ligaments connect bone to bone.
✔✔What components are a part of the spinal stabilization system?
A) Central, Passive, Active
B) Central, Peripheral, Active
C) Control, Passive, Active
D) Control, Peripheral, Active - ✔✔C) Control, Passive, Active
✔✔What are the functions of the muscular system?
A) Energy production, flexibility, increased blood delivery,
B) Strength, extensibility, elasticity, endurance
C) Contractibility, mobility, endurance, strength
D) Excitability, contractility, extensibility, elasticity - ✔✔D) Excitability, contractility,
extensibility, elasticity
✔✔Which two types of muscle move involuntarily?
A) Cardiac and skeletal
B) Skeletal and smooth
C) Cardiac and smooth
D) Slow-twitch and fast-twitch - ✔✔C) Cardiac and smooth.
✔✔What are muscles made of?
A) 50% amino acids, 49% lactic acid, 1% minerals & glycogen
B) 75% water, 24% protein, 1% minerals & glycogen
C) 64% protein, 31% glucose, 5% water
D) 70% ligaments, 30% tendons - ✔✔B) 75% water, 24% protein, 1% minerals &
glycogen
✔✔Which of the following is not an example of an appropriate exercise progression?
A) Assisted pull-up with machine to lat pulldown
B) Bench press to machine cable flies
C) Leg press to squat
, D) Plank to side plank - ✔✔B) Bench press to machine cable flies
✔✔Which types of muscle move regularly in parallel?
A) Cardiac and skeletal
B) Skeletal and smooth
C) Cardiac and smooth
D) Slow-twitch and fast-twitch - ✔✔A) Cardiac and skeletal
✔✔The ____ filament consists of actin, troponin, and tropomysin, and the
_____filament consists of myosin.
A) Thin; thick
B) Thick; thin
C) Long; short
D) Sacromere; myofbril - ✔✔B) Thick; thin
✔✔Explain the sliding filament theory. - ✔✔When a muscle cell is stimulated, the thick
filaments (myosin) pull on the thin filaments (actin), causing them to slide past each
other until they completely overlap. The muscle cells convert energy (ATP) into
mechanical work (contraction).
✔✔Fast-twitch muscles are ______ , contract and fatigue ______, and produce a _____
amount of force.
A) anaerobic; quickly; large
B) anaerobic; quickly; small
C) aerobic, slowly; small
D) aerobic, slowly, large - ✔✔A) anaerobic; quickly; large
✔✔Slow-twitch muscles are ______ , contract and fatigue ______, and produce a
_____ amount of force.
A) anaerobic; quickly; large
B) anaerobic; quickly; small
C) aerobic, slowly; small
D) aerobic, slowly, large - ✔✔C) aerobic, slowly; small
✔✔The lowering phase of bicep curl causes what kind of muscle contraction?
A) Concentric
B) Eccentric
C) Isometric
D) Mesometric - ✔✔B) Eccentric
✔✔The lifting phase of a bicep curl causes what kind of muscle contraction?
A) Concentric
B) Eccentric
