ACSM Personal Training Exam | ACTUAL Final Exam COMPLETE
MULTIPLE QUESTIONS WITH 100% RATED CORRECT ANSWERS |
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Physical activity (PA) - (answers)Defined as any bodily, musculoskeletal, movement that results
in a substantial increase in energy expenditure/caloric requirements over resting energy
expenditure.
Activities of daily living (ADL) - (answers)Represents ones ability to perform basic daily tasks
such as self-care, work related tasks and chores. Balance postural control and flexibility are
critical aspects.
Exercise - (answers)(specific, planned, structured) a type of physical activity consisting of
planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement done to improve and/or maintain one or
more components of physical fitness.
Physical Fitness - (answers)Defined as a group of characteristics a person achieves/possesses
related to physical activity and the 5 components of fitness
1. Cardiorespiratory endurance
2. Muscle endurance
3. Muscle strength
4. Flexibility
5. Body composition - (answers)The 5 components of fitness
Cardiorespiratory endurance - (answers)The ability of the circulatory and respiratory system to
supply oxygen during sustained physical activity; also termed aerobic fitness (1.5 mile walk)
Muscle endurance - (answers)Refers to a muscle's ability to perform repeated contractions at sub
maximal force (push-ups) or hold static contractions
,Muscular strength - (answers)Refers to the amount of force a muscle can exert in a single all-out
effort ( 1 rep max or 1 RM)
Flexibility - (answers)Refers to the range of motion (ROM) of a joint. It is specific to the joint
type. (sit and reach)
Body composition - (answers)Refers to the ratio of lean body mass compared to fat mass
(adipose tissue); (BMI, skin fold, hydrostatic)
Health-related fitness - (answers)Focus is on enhancing quality of daily life and preventing
disease through daily moderate-intensity physical activity
Fitness conditioning - (answers)Focus is on exercise regimens based on evidence based ACSM
recommendations for improving one or more components of fitness.
SAID Principle of Training - Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands - (answers)Indicates that
the adaptation will be specific to the demands that the exercise places upon the individual (ex.
high reps will increase muscle endurance)
FITT-VP - (answers)Considers the participant's limitations, needs and goals
Frequency: how often
Intensity: how hard
Time: duration
Type: mode
Volume: overall amount
Pattern: reoccurring program design
Progression: how to advance - (answers)FITT-VP acronym
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) - (answers)Provides the energy for every biological process. The
limited stores immediately available in the body are quickly depleted within approximately 5-10
, seconds of high intensity work. In order for the activity to continue, it must be replaced by one or
more of the body's 3 energy-producing systems. Energy currency of the cell.
ATP-CP Phosphagen System (Anaerobic) - (answers)0-30 sec of high intensity work (sprints,
weight lifting). Uses the energy released from the breakdown of creatine-phosphate (CP) bonds
to re-synthesize ATP from ADP
Anaerobic Glycolysis / Lactic Acid System Anaerobic) - (answers)30 sec to 3 minutes of high
intensity work such as 400-800m distance sprints. Utilize substrate carbohydrate / muscle
glycogen for ATP production and refers to the 'break down' of glucose.
Oxygen System (aerobic) - (answers)Fuels activities lasting more than 3 minutes. Capacity is
limited only by oxygen and fuel (calories) available to the cell. Use a mixture of the substrates
carbohydrate, fat and protein minimal for ATP production.
Oxygen deficit - (answers)Occurs in the initial stages of a cardiovascular bout of training and is
referred to as a lag in oxygen consumption relying on anaerobic metabolism primarily.
Steady state - (answers)Achieved during sustained cardiovascular exercise once oxygen being
supplied equals the oxygen being demanded upon the system.
EPOC - Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption - (answers)commonly called oxygen debt,
where by oxygen uptake remains elevated above resting levels usually lasting several minutes
post exercise. The effect is to restore CP/ATP in muscles and oxygen in the blood stream.
Cardiovascular - (answers)The ______ system functions to deliver oxygen and remove waste
from the body's tissues.
Heart - (answers)The _____ acts as the pump and blood vessels as the conduits
Sino atrial node; right - (answers)The _____ is the 'pacemaker of the heart' located in the ______
atrium
MULTIPLE QUESTIONS WITH 100% RATED CORRECT ANSWERS |
2025 LATEST UPDATED | GET IT CORRECT!!
Physical activity (PA) - (answers)Defined as any bodily, musculoskeletal, movement that results
in a substantial increase in energy expenditure/caloric requirements over resting energy
expenditure.
Activities of daily living (ADL) - (answers)Represents ones ability to perform basic daily tasks
such as self-care, work related tasks and chores. Balance postural control and flexibility are
critical aspects.
Exercise - (answers)(specific, planned, structured) a type of physical activity consisting of
planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement done to improve and/or maintain one or
more components of physical fitness.
Physical Fitness - (answers)Defined as a group of characteristics a person achieves/possesses
related to physical activity and the 5 components of fitness
1. Cardiorespiratory endurance
2. Muscle endurance
3. Muscle strength
4. Flexibility
5. Body composition - (answers)The 5 components of fitness
Cardiorespiratory endurance - (answers)The ability of the circulatory and respiratory system to
supply oxygen during sustained physical activity; also termed aerobic fitness (1.5 mile walk)
Muscle endurance - (answers)Refers to a muscle's ability to perform repeated contractions at sub
maximal force (push-ups) or hold static contractions
,Muscular strength - (answers)Refers to the amount of force a muscle can exert in a single all-out
effort ( 1 rep max or 1 RM)
Flexibility - (answers)Refers to the range of motion (ROM) of a joint. It is specific to the joint
type. (sit and reach)
Body composition - (answers)Refers to the ratio of lean body mass compared to fat mass
(adipose tissue); (BMI, skin fold, hydrostatic)
Health-related fitness - (answers)Focus is on enhancing quality of daily life and preventing
disease through daily moderate-intensity physical activity
Fitness conditioning - (answers)Focus is on exercise regimens based on evidence based ACSM
recommendations for improving one or more components of fitness.
SAID Principle of Training - Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands - (answers)Indicates that
the adaptation will be specific to the demands that the exercise places upon the individual (ex.
high reps will increase muscle endurance)
FITT-VP - (answers)Considers the participant's limitations, needs and goals
Frequency: how often
Intensity: how hard
Time: duration
Type: mode
Volume: overall amount
Pattern: reoccurring program design
Progression: how to advance - (answers)FITT-VP acronym
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) - (answers)Provides the energy for every biological process. The
limited stores immediately available in the body are quickly depleted within approximately 5-10
, seconds of high intensity work. In order for the activity to continue, it must be replaced by one or
more of the body's 3 energy-producing systems. Energy currency of the cell.
ATP-CP Phosphagen System (Anaerobic) - (answers)0-30 sec of high intensity work (sprints,
weight lifting). Uses the energy released from the breakdown of creatine-phosphate (CP) bonds
to re-synthesize ATP from ADP
Anaerobic Glycolysis / Lactic Acid System Anaerobic) - (answers)30 sec to 3 minutes of high
intensity work such as 400-800m distance sprints. Utilize substrate carbohydrate / muscle
glycogen for ATP production and refers to the 'break down' of glucose.
Oxygen System (aerobic) - (answers)Fuels activities lasting more than 3 minutes. Capacity is
limited only by oxygen and fuel (calories) available to the cell. Use a mixture of the substrates
carbohydrate, fat and protein minimal for ATP production.
Oxygen deficit - (answers)Occurs in the initial stages of a cardiovascular bout of training and is
referred to as a lag in oxygen consumption relying on anaerobic metabolism primarily.
Steady state - (answers)Achieved during sustained cardiovascular exercise once oxygen being
supplied equals the oxygen being demanded upon the system.
EPOC - Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption - (answers)commonly called oxygen debt,
where by oxygen uptake remains elevated above resting levels usually lasting several minutes
post exercise. The effect is to restore CP/ATP in muscles and oxygen in the blood stream.
Cardiovascular - (answers)The ______ system functions to deliver oxygen and remove waste
from the body's tissues.
Heart - (answers)The _____ acts as the pump and blood vessels as the conduits
Sino atrial node; right - (answers)The _____ is the 'pacemaker of the heart' located in the ______
atrium
