ACTION PERSONAL TRAINING FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Order of Fitness Assessments - ✔✔1. Non-Fatigue
2. Agility
3. Max Strength and Power
4. Sprint
5. Endurance
6. Flexibility
✔✔What is Flexibility? - ✔✔joint moves from pain free range of motion (ROM)
✔✔Corrective Flexibility? - ✔✔correct muscle imbalances and improve joint ailments;
STATIC
✔✔Active Flexibility? - ✔✔improves efficiency of neuromuscular interactions; active
isolated stretching
✔✔Functional Flexibility? - ✔✔achievement of maximum extensiblility of soft tissue and
neuromuscular control, increase power as well as strength; DYNAMIC
✔✔Periodization - ✔✔series of progressive cycles in resistance training to avoid
overtraining
-deter boredom
- keep stimulus levels up
- increase effectiveness of program
✔✔How to vary periodization? - ✔✔1. adjust resistance and load
2. change number of exercises for muscle group
3. change rep or range of exercise
✔✔Initial client assessment: General History - ✔✔includes: Occupation and lifestyle
✔✔Initial Client Assessment: Medical History - ✔✔includes: injuries and surgeries;
diseases and medical conditions; medications
✔✔Warning Signs: Life Signs - ✔✔-lack of interest
- irritability
- sleep problems
✔✔Warning Signs: Training Signs - ✔✔- deterioration of performance
- fatigue
- loss of motivation
, ✔✔Warning Signs: Health Signs - ✔✔- increased RHR
- loss of appetite
- head colds
✔✔Types of Muscle Contractions: Concentric - ✔✔shortening of muscle
✔✔Types of Muscle Contractions: Eccentric - ✔✔lengthening of muscle
✔✔Types of Muscle Contractions: Isometric - ✔✔force applied with no change in
muscle length
✔✔What are the components of a business plan? - ✔✔1. Budget
2. established policies
3. advertisements
4. profits
✔✔What are the 4 components of a good website? - ✔✔1. up to date content
2. interactive content
3. graphics and links
4. a domain name and purpose
✔✔Liabaility can be reduced by? - ✔✔ARRT:
Avoidance
Retention
Reduction
Transfer
✔✔When would a trainer send a client to someone else? - ✔✔when a clients
conditions/requests are beyond PT's scope of practice or qualifications
✔✔Caffeine Benefits? - ✔✔improve aerobic endurance during short-term, extreme
exercise
increase fat oxidation
decrease perception of pain
allow for more intensity in athletic performance
✔✔Amino Acids are used as the primary energy source when? - ✔✔when there is an
insufficient amount of carbs available
✔✔What kind of fats increase LDL's? - ✔✔Hydrogenated fats:
liquid vegetable oils when saturated fats are converted to unsaturated fats through a
process of hydrogenation
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Order of Fitness Assessments - ✔✔1. Non-Fatigue
2. Agility
3. Max Strength and Power
4. Sprint
5. Endurance
6. Flexibility
✔✔What is Flexibility? - ✔✔joint moves from pain free range of motion (ROM)
✔✔Corrective Flexibility? - ✔✔correct muscle imbalances and improve joint ailments;
STATIC
✔✔Active Flexibility? - ✔✔improves efficiency of neuromuscular interactions; active
isolated stretching
✔✔Functional Flexibility? - ✔✔achievement of maximum extensiblility of soft tissue and
neuromuscular control, increase power as well as strength; DYNAMIC
✔✔Periodization - ✔✔series of progressive cycles in resistance training to avoid
overtraining
-deter boredom
- keep stimulus levels up
- increase effectiveness of program
✔✔How to vary periodization? - ✔✔1. adjust resistance and load
2. change number of exercises for muscle group
3. change rep or range of exercise
✔✔Initial client assessment: General History - ✔✔includes: Occupation and lifestyle
✔✔Initial Client Assessment: Medical History - ✔✔includes: injuries and surgeries;
diseases and medical conditions; medications
✔✔Warning Signs: Life Signs - ✔✔-lack of interest
- irritability
- sleep problems
✔✔Warning Signs: Training Signs - ✔✔- deterioration of performance
- fatigue
- loss of motivation
, ✔✔Warning Signs: Health Signs - ✔✔- increased RHR
- loss of appetite
- head colds
✔✔Types of Muscle Contractions: Concentric - ✔✔shortening of muscle
✔✔Types of Muscle Contractions: Eccentric - ✔✔lengthening of muscle
✔✔Types of Muscle Contractions: Isometric - ✔✔force applied with no change in
muscle length
✔✔What are the components of a business plan? - ✔✔1. Budget
2. established policies
3. advertisements
4. profits
✔✔What are the 4 components of a good website? - ✔✔1. up to date content
2. interactive content
3. graphics and links
4. a domain name and purpose
✔✔Liabaility can be reduced by? - ✔✔ARRT:
Avoidance
Retention
Reduction
Transfer
✔✔When would a trainer send a client to someone else? - ✔✔when a clients
conditions/requests are beyond PT's scope of practice or qualifications
✔✔Caffeine Benefits? - ✔✔improve aerobic endurance during short-term, extreme
exercise
increase fat oxidation
decrease perception of pain
allow for more intensity in athletic performance
✔✔Amino Acids are used as the primary energy source when? - ✔✔when there is an
insufficient amount of carbs available
✔✔What kind of fats increase LDL's? - ✔✔Hydrogenated fats:
liquid vegetable oils when saturated fats are converted to unsaturated fats through a
process of hydrogenation
