PRIMARY FITOUR AQUA ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE AQUATIC FITNESS STUDY
GUIDE
●● during the early days of group exercise what type of dance exercise
class was developed which offered low impact movements with a high
intensity workout and was a class in which individuals were able to
adjust the height of the equipment to control the intensity level of the
class workout?
Answer: step aerobics
●● which term denotes the spinal movement when performing a
standing forward fold?
Answer: flexion
●● what term is used to describe the natural position of the spine when
all body parts are in proper alignment with each other?
Answer: neutral spine
●● how many vertebrae are located in the lumbar spine?
Answer: 5
,●● how many muscles in the abdominal wall fill all of the space (front,
back and sides) between the ribcage and pelvis?
Answer: 4
●● what is meant by the term "good posture"?
Answer: vertical alignment of the body
●● which two posture types are frequently combined when typically one
of the curves is more exaggerated than the other?
Answer: lordotic/kyphotic
●● what is the percentage of americans who will experience some type
of back pain at some point in their lives?
Answer: 80%
●● what type of movement is the ability to recruit muscles around a
joint to move in all the places the joint will allow?
Answer: articulation
●● what is the term that matches the phrase "designing and planning
movements to a composition"?
Answer: choreography
, ●● when timing cues for a hi/lo or dance style class the instructor should
cue at how many beats prior to change in movement?
Answer: 2
●● what type of cue is the following phrase when cueing how to
perform squats: "imagine sitting in a chair when performing squats"?
Answer: instructional
●● which plane of movement is being used when performing exercises
that require extension and flexion such as marching, knee lifts, walking
and cross country skiing?
Answer: sagittal plane
●● what type of dance aerobics class consists of movement patterns on
an elevated platform by stepping up and down?
Answer: step aerobics
●● of the positions listed below which position is NOT a safe body
position to assume during resistance training activities?
Answer: bend from the waist and keep knees straight when lifting
weights from the floor
●● which of the following is NOT a primary benefit of performing
resistance training?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE AQUATIC FITNESS STUDY
GUIDE
●● during the early days of group exercise what type of dance exercise
class was developed which offered low impact movements with a high
intensity workout and was a class in which individuals were able to
adjust the height of the equipment to control the intensity level of the
class workout?
Answer: step aerobics
●● which term denotes the spinal movement when performing a
standing forward fold?
Answer: flexion
●● what term is used to describe the natural position of the spine when
all body parts are in proper alignment with each other?
Answer: neutral spine
●● how many vertebrae are located in the lumbar spine?
Answer: 5
,●● how many muscles in the abdominal wall fill all of the space (front,
back and sides) between the ribcage and pelvis?
Answer: 4
●● what is meant by the term "good posture"?
Answer: vertical alignment of the body
●● which two posture types are frequently combined when typically one
of the curves is more exaggerated than the other?
Answer: lordotic/kyphotic
●● what is the percentage of americans who will experience some type
of back pain at some point in their lives?
Answer: 80%
●● what type of movement is the ability to recruit muscles around a
joint to move in all the places the joint will allow?
Answer: articulation
●● what is the term that matches the phrase "designing and planning
movements to a composition"?
Answer: choreography
, ●● when timing cues for a hi/lo or dance style class the instructor should
cue at how many beats prior to change in movement?
Answer: 2
●● what type of cue is the following phrase when cueing how to
perform squats: "imagine sitting in a chair when performing squats"?
Answer: instructional
●● which plane of movement is being used when performing exercises
that require extension and flexion such as marching, knee lifts, walking
and cross country skiing?
Answer: sagittal plane
●● what type of dance aerobics class consists of movement patterns on
an elevated platform by stepping up and down?
Answer: step aerobics
●● of the positions listed below which position is NOT a safe body
position to assume during resistance training activities?
Answer: bend from the waist and keep knees straight when lifting
weights from the floor
●● which of the following is NOT a primary benefit of performing
resistance training?
