AFAA Personal Trainer Certification
Study Guide 2025/2026 Exam Questions
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Myocardial Infarction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hear attack occurs due to lack of
blood flow through the coronary arteries to the heart muscle
Ischemia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lack of blood flow
Stroke Volume - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the amount of blood pumped with each
beat or systole
Cardiac Output - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔heart rate x stroke volume. usually
measured in liters (or milileters) of blood pumped per minute
,Venous Return - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The amount of blood returned to the heart
by the veins
Valsalva Maneuver - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔occurs when a person holds his or her
breath during a strenuous activity, such as lifting weights or shoveling snow
Minute Ventilation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔total amount of air breathed per minute
Residual lung volume - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔amount of air remaining in the lungs
after a complete and total forced exhale
Forced vital capacity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔amount of air that can be forcefully
exhaled after a maximal inahle
Total lung capacity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sum of the residual volume and the
forced vital capacity
Glucose - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔body's usable form of carbohydrate
Lactic Acid - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔produced in muscles during rapid exercise
when the body cannot supply enough oxygen to the tissues
Glycolysis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a metabolic process that breaks down
carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic
acid or lactic acid and release energy for the body in the form of ATP
,Mitochondria - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a subcellular structure where oxidation takes
place
Beta oxidation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A metabolic sequence that breaks fatty
acids down to two-carbon fragments that enter the citric acid cycle as
acetyl CoA.
Krebs cycle - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the acetyl CoA formed in the first component
of aerobic metabolism enters into the citric acid cycle
Electron transport system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the final sequence of reactions
in the aerobic production of ATP
Maximal oxygen uptake - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the maximum amount of oxygen
consumed and utilized by the body during an all-out effort to exhaustion
Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔additional
oxygen consumed immediately after an exercise bout when the body is no
longer exercising
Sarcomere - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔each section of a myofibril in muscle
Actin - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔structural protein that makes up the thin filaments of
myofibrils; functions in muscle contraction
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, Anatomical Position - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔standing position with hands down
and palms facing forward
Supine - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lying on the spine
Prone - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lying face down
Axial Skeleton - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔part of the skeleton that contains skull,
vertebral column, ribs, and sternum
Synovial joints - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔have a small space between the
articulating bones that allows for a greater range of motion
Cartilage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a white, semi-opaque, fibrous connective tissue
that cushions the joints and prevents wear on the joint surfaces
Synovial membrane - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔secretes synovial fluid which
provides nourishment, lubrication, and hydrotastic cushioning for the joint
Bursae - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔liquid-filled membranes that protect soft tissues as
they pass by bony projections
Ligament - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔band of fibrous tissue that connects bone to
bone and provides joint stability.
Study Guide 2025/2026 Exam Questions
and Answers | 100% Solved
Myocardial Infarction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hear attack occurs due to lack of
blood flow through the coronary arteries to the heart muscle
Ischemia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lack of blood flow
Stroke Volume - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the amount of blood pumped with each
beat or systole
Cardiac Output - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔heart rate x stroke volume. usually
measured in liters (or milileters) of blood pumped per minute
,Venous Return - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The amount of blood returned to the heart
by the veins
Valsalva Maneuver - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔occurs when a person holds his or her
breath during a strenuous activity, such as lifting weights or shoveling snow
Minute Ventilation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔total amount of air breathed per minute
Residual lung volume - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔amount of air remaining in the lungs
after a complete and total forced exhale
Forced vital capacity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔amount of air that can be forcefully
exhaled after a maximal inahle
Total lung capacity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sum of the residual volume and the
forced vital capacity
Glucose - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔body's usable form of carbohydrate
Lactic Acid - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔produced in muscles during rapid exercise
when the body cannot supply enough oxygen to the tissues
Glycolysis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a metabolic process that breaks down
carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic
acid or lactic acid and release energy for the body in the form of ATP
,Mitochondria - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a subcellular structure where oxidation takes
place
Beta oxidation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A metabolic sequence that breaks fatty
acids down to two-carbon fragments that enter the citric acid cycle as
acetyl CoA.
Krebs cycle - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the acetyl CoA formed in the first component
of aerobic metabolism enters into the citric acid cycle
Electron transport system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the final sequence of reactions
in the aerobic production of ATP
Maximal oxygen uptake - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the maximum amount of oxygen
consumed and utilized by the body during an all-out effort to exhaustion
Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔additional
oxygen consumed immediately after an exercise bout when the body is no
longer exercising
Sarcomere - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔each section of a myofibril in muscle
Actin - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔structural protein that makes up the thin filaments of
myofibrils; functions in muscle contraction
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, Anatomical Position - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔standing position with hands down
and palms facing forward
Supine - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lying on the spine
Prone - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lying face down
Axial Skeleton - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔part of the skeleton that contains skull,
vertebral column, ribs, and sternum
Synovial joints - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔have a small space between the
articulating bones that allows for a greater range of motion
Cartilage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a white, semi-opaque, fibrous connective tissue
that cushions the joints and prevents wear on the joint surfaces
Synovial membrane - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔secretes synovial fluid which
provides nourishment, lubrication, and hydrotastic cushioning for the joint
Bursae - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔liquid-filled membranes that protect soft tissues as
they pass by bony projections
Ligament - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔band of fibrous tissue that connects bone to
bone and provides joint stability.
