Chapter 9 ACE personal trainer exam
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
If the hips, trunk, and shoulder girdle are stable it facilitates ? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Greater mobility in the legs
Glenohumeral= - CORRECT ANSWER - Mobility
Scapulothoracic= - CORRECT ANSWER - Stability
Thoracic spine= - CORRECT ANSWER - Mobility
Lumbar spine= - CORRECT ANSWER - Stability
Hip= - CORRECT ANSWER - Mobility
Knee= - CORRECT ANSWER - stability
ankle= - CORRECT ANSWER - mobility
foot= - CORRECT ANSWER - stability
if a client performs a birddog exercise with hip extension and lack of flexibility in the hip flexors
it is common to see what ? - CORRECT ANSWER - The extended leg and the hips
internally rotate in the transverse plane, thereby producing a compensated movement pattern
, If a client exhibits kyphosis and attempts to extend the thoracic spine what happens? -
CORRECT ANSWER - an increase in lumbar lordosis often occurs as compensation for
the lack of thoracic mobility
Periods of inactivity when joints are held passively in shortened positions result in what ? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Muscle shortening
A slight stretching of the sarcomere beyond its normal resting length increases its ? - CORRECT
ANSWER - spacial arrangement between the muscles contractile proteins and the
increases its force generating capacity
Muscle immobilization, passive shortening, trauma, and aging all ? - CORRECT
ANSWER - shorten muscles thereby shifting the length tension curve to the left
Muscles can shorten in as little as two to four weeks when held in ? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Passivley shortened positions without being stretched or used through a full or
functioning ROM
Passive stretching over time to a shortened muscle generally ? - CORRECT ANSWER -
will gradually add sarcomeres back in line and restore the muscles normal resting length and its
length tension relationship
Muscles rarely ever work in isolation but instead? - CORRECT ANSWER - Function as
integrated groups
Maintenance of a neutral pelvic position is achieved via opposing force couples between four
major muscle groups that all have attachments on the pelvis, what are these 4 muscle groups? -
CORRECT ANSWER - The rectus abdomis pulls upward on the anterior, inferior pelvis,
while the hip flexors pull downward on the anterior superior pelvis. On the posterior surface the
hamstrings pull downward on the posterior, inferior pelvis, while the erector spinae pull upward
on the posterior, superior pelvis
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
If the hips, trunk, and shoulder girdle are stable it facilitates ? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Greater mobility in the legs
Glenohumeral= - CORRECT ANSWER - Mobility
Scapulothoracic= - CORRECT ANSWER - Stability
Thoracic spine= - CORRECT ANSWER - Mobility
Lumbar spine= - CORRECT ANSWER - Stability
Hip= - CORRECT ANSWER - Mobility
Knee= - CORRECT ANSWER - stability
ankle= - CORRECT ANSWER - mobility
foot= - CORRECT ANSWER - stability
if a client performs a birddog exercise with hip extension and lack of flexibility in the hip flexors
it is common to see what ? - CORRECT ANSWER - The extended leg and the hips
internally rotate in the transverse plane, thereby producing a compensated movement pattern
, If a client exhibits kyphosis and attempts to extend the thoracic spine what happens? -
CORRECT ANSWER - an increase in lumbar lordosis often occurs as compensation for
the lack of thoracic mobility
Periods of inactivity when joints are held passively in shortened positions result in what ? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Muscle shortening
A slight stretching of the sarcomere beyond its normal resting length increases its ? - CORRECT
ANSWER - spacial arrangement between the muscles contractile proteins and the
increases its force generating capacity
Muscle immobilization, passive shortening, trauma, and aging all ? - CORRECT
ANSWER - shorten muscles thereby shifting the length tension curve to the left
Muscles can shorten in as little as two to four weeks when held in ? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Passivley shortened positions without being stretched or used through a full or
functioning ROM
Passive stretching over time to a shortened muscle generally ? - CORRECT ANSWER -
will gradually add sarcomeres back in line and restore the muscles normal resting length and its
length tension relationship
Muscles rarely ever work in isolation but instead? - CORRECT ANSWER - Function as
integrated groups
Maintenance of a neutral pelvic position is achieved via opposing force couples between four
major muscle groups that all have attachments on the pelvis, what are these 4 muscle groups? -
CORRECT ANSWER - The rectus abdomis pulls upward on the anterior, inferior pelvis,
while the hip flexors pull downward on the anterior superior pelvis. On the posterior surface the
hamstrings pull downward on the posterior, inferior pelvis, while the erector spinae pull upward
on the posterior, superior pelvis
