ACSM STUDY GUIDE WITH UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS, GRADED A+
✔✔Generating Clients - ✔✔Word-of-mouth advertising
Fitness floor exposure
Complimentary consultations
Front desk contacts
Professional networking and Referrals
Internet and Social Marketing
✔✔Initial Client contact process - ✔✔Asses compatibility, goals, scope, style, and
schedule--> If compatible, exchange contact information and identify schedule
preferences--> Provide service introduction packet, schedule initial client consultation;
client intake form
✔✔Service introduction packet - ✔✔Health/medical history evaluation form, Medical
clearance (if necessary), Informed Consent, Client- Personal trainer agreement
✔✔Initial client consultation room temerature - ✔✔68-72, 20-22
✔✔Components of the Initial Client consultation - ✔✔1. Personal trainer-client
agreement
2. Health/Medical history evaluation form and/or Par-Q
3. Medical Clearance Form
4. Informed Consent
5. Client Goals
6. Health and fitness assessment
7. Assessment Results and Action Plan
✔✔Strain - ✔✔A stretch of tear in the muscles or tendons
✔✔Sprain - ✔✔stretch or tear in the ligaments
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔water lose above 2-3 % body weight
✔✔Maintaining fluid balance in the cell - ✔✔Sodium, chloride, and potassium
✔✔Reasons for pre-participation physical activity screening - ✔✔1. Identify those with
medical contraindications for performing physical activity
2. Identify those who should receive a medical/physical evaluation/exam and clearance
prior to performing physical activity
3. Identify those who should participate in a medically supervised physical activity
program.
4. Identify those with other health/medical concerns
, ✔✔Self guided Screening - ✔✔1. Physical activity readiness questionnaire+ (PARQ+)
2. ePARmed-X+Physical clearance follow-up Questionnaire
✔✔ePARmed-X+Physical clearance follow-up Questionnaire - ✔✔tool that a physician
can use to refer individuals to a professionally supervised physical activity program and
make recommendations for that program
✔✔Professionally supervised Screening - ✔✔1. Health History Questionnaire
2. Medical Examination/Clearance
3. Preparticipation Physical Activity Screening Process
✔✔CPT, EP-C professional screening - ✔✔Lower levels of risk
✔✔HHQ should minimally assess - ✔✔1. Family history of CMR disease
2. Personal history of various diseases including CMR
3. Surgical History
4. Past and present health behaviors (such as cigarette smoking of physical activity)
5. Current use of medications
6. History of various signs and symptoms suggested of CMR disease among other
things.
✔✔Preparticipation Physical Activity Screening Process - ✔✔1. History of physical
activity
2. Known CMR disease
3. Signs or symptoms of CMR
✔✔Signs or symptoms of CVD - ✔✔1.Pain or discomfort in the chest, neck, jaw or
others
2. Dyspnea
3. Syncope, or fainting, and dizziness during exercise
4. Orthopnea
5. Ankle edema
6 Palpitations and tachycardia
7. Intermittent claudication
8. Heart murmurs
9. Unusual fatigue or shortness of breath that occurs during light exertion or normal
activity
✔✔Dyspnea - ✔✔shortness of breath, abnormally uncomfortable awareness of
breathing
✔✔Orthopnea - ✔✔trouble breathing while lying down
✔✔Palpitation and Tachycardia - ✔✔rapid beating or fluttering of the heart; palpitation
defined as an unpleasant awareness of the forceful or rapid beating of the heart
ANSWERS, GRADED A+
✔✔Generating Clients - ✔✔Word-of-mouth advertising
Fitness floor exposure
Complimentary consultations
Front desk contacts
Professional networking and Referrals
Internet and Social Marketing
✔✔Initial Client contact process - ✔✔Asses compatibility, goals, scope, style, and
schedule--> If compatible, exchange contact information and identify schedule
preferences--> Provide service introduction packet, schedule initial client consultation;
client intake form
✔✔Service introduction packet - ✔✔Health/medical history evaluation form, Medical
clearance (if necessary), Informed Consent, Client- Personal trainer agreement
✔✔Initial client consultation room temerature - ✔✔68-72, 20-22
✔✔Components of the Initial Client consultation - ✔✔1. Personal trainer-client
agreement
2. Health/Medical history evaluation form and/or Par-Q
3. Medical Clearance Form
4. Informed Consent
5. Client Goals
6. Health and fitness assessment
7. Assessment Results and Action Plan
✔✔Strain - ✔✔A stretch of tear in the muscles or tendons
✔✔Sprain - ✔✔stretch or tear in the ligaments
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔water lose above 2-3 % body weight
✔✔Maintaining fluid balance in the cell - ✔✔Sodium, chloride, and potassium
✔✔Reasons for pre-participation physical activity screening - ✔✔1. Identify those with
medical contraindications for performing physical activity
2. Identify those who should receive a medical/physical evaluation/exam and clearance
prior to performing physical activity
3. Identify those who should participate in a medically supervised physical activity
program.
4. Identify those with other health/medical concerns
, ✔✔Self guided Screening - ✔✔1. Physical activity readiness questionnaire+ (PARQ+)
2. ePARmed-X+Physical clearance follow-up Questionnaire
✔✔ePARmed-X+Physical clearance follow-up Questionnaire - ✔✔tool that a physician
can use to refer individuals to a professionally supervised physical activity program and
make recommendations for that program
✔✔Professionally supervised Screening - ✔✔1. Health History Questionnaire
2. Medical Examination/Clearance
3. Preparticipation Physical Activity Screening Process
✔✔CPT, EP-C professional screening - ✔✔Lower levels of risk
✔✔HHQ should minimally assess - ✔✔1. Family history of CMR disease
2. Personal history of various diseases including CMR
3. Surgical History
4. Past and present health behaviors (such as cigarette smoking of physical activity)
5. Current use of medications
6. History of various signs and symptoms suggested of CMR disease among other
things.
✔✔Preparticipation Physical Activity Screening Process - ✔✔1. History of physical
activity
2. Known CMR disease
3. Signs or symptoms of CMR
✔✔Signs or symptoms of CVD - ✔✔1.Pain or discomfort in the chest, neck, jaw or
others
2. Dyspnea
3. Syncope, or fainting, and dizziness during exercise
4. Orthopnea
5. Ankle edema
6 Palpitations and tachycardia
7. Intermittent claudication
8. Heart murmurs
9. Unusual fatigue or shortness of breath that occurs during light exertion or normal
activity
✔✔Dyspnea - ✔✔shortness of breath, abnormally uncomfortable awareness of
breathing
✔✔Orthopnea - ✔✔trouble breathing while lying down
✔✔Palpitation and Tachycardia - ✔✔rapid beating or fluttering of the heart; palpitation
defined as an unpleasant awareness of the forceful or rapid beating of the heart
