ISSA Youth Fitness Trainer (YFT) Certification Exam Prep -100% Verified
Questions and Detailed Rationales- New 2026 Release
1. What makes children more susceptible to cold injury than adults?: Children have
a large body surface area in comparison to their muscle mass.
2. Rapid growth during puberty makes it difficult to achieve stability in basic
sports skills. (T/F): T
3. Motor Development: The growth of muscular coordination in a child.
4. (T/F) Personal Trainers are licensed in most states: False
5. The capability to learn physical skills based on maturation: readiness
6. Breakdown processes in the body: Catabolic
7. When does the adolescent growth spurt begin in girls: 10 -13
8. Where bone growth occurs: epiphyseal plate
9. Average body fat % in 8 year old girls: 18%
10. (T/F) Resting and maximum heart rate decline progressively during child-
hood and adolescense.: True
11. Maximal Oxygen Consumption is lower in children than adolescents or
adults. (t/F): False
12. metabolic equivalent: met
13. Hormone that controls blood sugar: insulin
14. Important carbohydrate storage molecule composed of glucose and stored
in liver and muscles: Glycogen
15. (t/F) fit children can increase metabolism 10-15 times above rest: true
16. (t/F) Glucose is the energy currency of the cell: False
17. (t/f) Children produce more lactate than adults due to smaller muscles and
lower output capacities: False
18. Terminal air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs: Alveoli
19. Spontaneous migration of substances from high to low concentration: dittu-
sion
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, 20. Shortness of breath/distresses breathing: Dyspnea
21. Blood vessels that supply oxygenated blood to tissues: Arteries
22. (t/f) Children have larger stroke volume: False
23. Whats true about pulmonary function and exercise: higher breathing frequency and
lower tidal volume
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Questions and Detailed Rationales- New 2026 Release
1. What makes children more susceptible to cold injury than adults?: Children have
a large body surface area in comparison to their muscle mass.
2. Rapid growth during puberty makes it difficult to achieve stability in basic
sports skills. (T/F): T
3. Motor Development: The growth of muscular coordination in a child.
4. (T/F) Personal Trainers are licensed in most states: False
5. The capability to learn physical skills based on maturation: readiness
6. Breakdown processes in the body: Catabolic
7. When does the adolescent growth spurt begin in girls: 10 -13
8. Where bone growth occurs: epiphyseal plate
9. Average body fat % in 8 year old girls: 18%
10. (T/F) Resting and maximum heart rate decline progressively during child-
hood and adolescense.: True
11. Maximal Oxygen Consumption is lower in children than adolescents or
adults. (t/F): False
12. metabolic equivalent: met
13. Hormone that controls blood sugar: insulin
14. Important carbohydrate storage molecule composed of glucose and stored
in liver and muscles: Glycogen
15. (t/F) fit children can increase metabolism 10-15 times above rest: true
16. (t/F) Glucose is the energy currency of the cell: False
17. (t/f) Children produce more lactate than adults due to smaller muscles and
lower output capacities: False
18. Terminal air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs: Alveoli
19. Spontaneous migration of substances from high to low concentration: dittu-
sion
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, 20. Shortness of breath/distresses breathing: Dyspnea
21. Blood vessels that supply oxygenated blood to tissues: Arteries
22. (t/f) Children have larger stroke volume: False
23. Whats true about pulmonary function and exercise: higher breathing frequency and
lower tidal volume
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