ACTION PERSONAL TRAINER EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026 PRACTICE
SOLUTION VERIFIED RESULTS
◉ For physically active adults, what percentage of calories in each
meal should come from complex carbs?
Answer: 65 percent
◉ What is the body's primary source of instant energy?
Answer: carbs
◉ What is required by human body to burn fat?
Answer: carbs
◉ Which of the following is the body's longer term energy source?
Answer: glucose and glycogen
◉ What is needed for the proper absorption of many vitamins,
mineral and supplements?
Answer: fats
◉ How do you calculate Resting Metabolic Rate?
,Answer: bodyweight x 10
◉ How many calories with a person expend for easy activities?
Answer: 3-5 calories per minute
◉ How many calories will a person expend for moderate activity?
Answer: 6-10 calories per minute
◉ How many calories will a person expend for strenuous activity?
Answer: 11-15 calories per minute
◉ How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise
foe a sedentary person?
Answer: add 20-40 percent of the RMR
◉ How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise
for an active person?
Answer: add 40-60 percent of RMR
◉ How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise
for a very active person
Answer: add 60-80 percent of rmr
, ◉ How do you determine the total caloric requirement per day?
Answer: add the RMR, plus the formal exercises, plus the daily
activity
◉ True or False: A high protein diet amounts to more muscle mass?
Answer: false
◉ What is the goal for nutrition?
Answer: to have a client in an energy balance
◉ What are the guidelines for a client to eat before participating in
physical activity?
Answer: Eat a low-fat, high carb diet daily
◉ If the planned physical activity will last longer than an hour, what
foods are recommended?
Answer: lower glycemic indexes like bananas and oatmeal
◉ Every hour of endurance exercise requires approximately how
much carbs?
Answer: 100-300
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026 PRACTICE
SOLUTION VERIFIED RESULTS
◉ For physically active adults, what percentage of calories in each
meal should come from complex carbs?
Answer: 65 percent
◉ What is the body's primary source of instant energy?
Answer: carbs
◉ What is required by human body to burn fat?
Answer: carbs
◉ Which of the following is the body's longer term energy source?
Answer: glucose and glycogen
◉ What is needed for the proper absorption of many vitamins,
mineral and supplements?
Answer: fats
◉ How do you calculate Resting Metabolic Rate?
,Answer: bodyweight x 10
◉ How many calories with a person expend for easy activities?
Answer: 3-5 calories per minute
◉ How many calories will a person expend for moderate activity?
Answer: 6-10 calories per minute
◉ How many calories will a person expend for strenuous activity?
Answer: 11-15 calories per minute
◉ How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise
foe a sedentary person?
Answer: add 20-40 percent of the RMR
◉ How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise
for an active person?
Answer: add 40-60 percent of RMR
◉ How to estimate time spent in activity outside scheduled exercise
for a very active person
Answer: add 60-80 percent of rmr
, ◉ How do you determine the total caloric requirement per day?
Answer: add the RMR, plus the formal exercises, plus the daily
activity
◉ True or False: A high protein diet amounts to more muscle mass?
Answer: false
◉ What is the goal for nutrition?
Answer: to have a client in an energy balance
◉ What are the guidelines for a client to eat before participating in
physical activity?
Answer: Eat a low-fat, high carb diet daily
◉ If the planned physical activity will last longer than an hour, what
foods are recommended?
Answer: lower glycemic indexes like bananas and oatmeal
◉ Every hour of endurance exercise requires approximately how
much carbs?
Answer: 100-300
