ACE FINAL Exam | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated 2025 | A+ Graded | 100%
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Ace Code of Ethics: - Provide safe and effective instruction Provide equal and fair treatment
Stay up to date on health and fitness research Current CPR/AED cert.
Comply with all applicable laws Maintain client confidentiality Refer clients when appropriate
Uphold and enhance public appreciation and trust Maintain clear professional boundaries
SCOPE OF PRACTICE: Nutrition: meal planning: qualified v not qualified. - -qualified to educate about
nutrition,
-but outside scope/NOT qualified to provide with meal plans, or even to tell them what to eat. Use USDA
resources on choosemyplate.gov.
SCOPE OF PRACTICE: If a client is looking for a meal plan or has specific nutritional needs... - -refer to a
registered dietician
SCOPE OF PRACTICE: Supplements: - -Outside scope of practice to recommend, prescribe, sell, or supply
nutritional supplements.
SCOPE OF PRACTICE: If a client wishes to take supplements... - refer them to a registered dietician or even a
medical doctor.
If you're required by your employer to sell supplements... - -make sure your employer has adequate
insurance coverage for you, should something negative happen, such as a client having an adverse reaction.
-Your personal training liability insurance will NOT protect you in this case since selling supplements is not
within your scope of practice.
Benefits and Components of Physical Fitness: Becoming physically improves... - -physical state
-mental state
-emotional state
In addition to weight management and weight loss, physical activity has been shown to reduce the risk of...
- various diseases.
Emotionally and mentally, physical activity helps reduce... - -stress
-anxiety
-depression
The 4 components of physical fitness: (and sometimes the 5th) - 1. Muscular Fitness
2. Cardiovascular endurance
3. Flexibility
4. Body Composition
,5. Mind/Body Vitality
Define the 4 components of physical fitness:
Muscular Fitness: Cardiovascular Endurance: Flexibility:
Body Composition:
Mind Body Vitality: - -Muscular fitness:
oMuscular strength: how much weight a person can lift at one time. 1RM.
oMuscular endurance: contracting muscle against force for an extended amount of time. (performing many
push-ups, or sit-ups for 1 minute)
-Cardiovascular endurance: the ability to efficiently use the heart and the lungs to pump blood to all
working muscles.
-Flexibility: the ability to move joints through normal range of motion
-Body Composition: the makeup of the body in terms of relative percentage of fat free mass and body fat.
-Mind body vitality: (sometimes added to this list) stresses the importance of mental and emotional health
and overall well-being.
Vasopressin: - -antidiuretic hormone
-helps reduce urinary excretion of water in response to dehydrating effects of sweating.
Aldosterone: - -acts to limit sodium excretion in the urine to help maintain electrolyte balance during
exercise
Cortisol: - helps maintain blood glucose levels during prolonged exercise.
Testosterone: - the primary male sex hormone and has muscle building effects.
In general, the hormonal response with regular endurance exercise (increases or decreases) -
decreases
and levels can be maintained in aerobically trained individuals: - insulin glucagon
growth hormone levels in endurance trained individuals. (increase or decrease) - decrease
training in combination with improves muscle insulin sensitivity more than aerobic training
alone. - resistance training
aerobic conditioning
Research shows that a combo of aerobic conditioning and resistance training is beneficial in helping control
blood glucose levels in patients with... - diabetes.
,Norepinephrine increases until intensity reaches approx... - 50% VO2 max.
Epinephrine remains unchanged until exercise levels exceed... - 60% VO2 max.
During exercise,is suppressed. - insulin
Diabetics who participate in regular exercise programs can often... - reduce their medication levels.
has the opposite effect of insulin. - Glucagon
Cortisol increases with exercise intensity and increased levels of... - physiological stress.
What kind of state do we try to maintain during aerobic exercise? - steady state.
During aerobic exercise, low intensity will allow the body to achieve... - steady state.
If the body cannot achieve a steady state, anaerobic metabolism will continue to produce...
at this point, the exerciser will have reached their... - -ATP
-anaerobic threshold.
When someone exceeds their anaerobic threshold, progressively accumulates in the blood.
The oxygen deficit and EPOC are extremely high and exercise cannot be performed for more than a few
minutes, and also the point when begins to occur. - -lactate
-hyperventilation
Define: VT1 - the first change in breathing, and occurs at approximately the first time that lactate begins to
accumulate in the blood. talking becomes uncomfortable at this point.
Define: VT2: - lactate production is very high. talking at this point is definitely not comfortable.
Increase in body temp during exercise leads to increase in rate - metabolic
With every degrees Celsius increase in body temperature, the metabolic rate doubles. - 10
, As the body returns to normal temperature, the metabolic rate... - also returns to normal levels.
4 phases in the cardiorespiratory training components of the ACE IFT model: - 1. aerobic base training
2. aerobic efficiency training
3. anaerobic endurance training
4. anaerobic power training
3 zones: - zone 1: low to moderate intensity, lower than VT1 zone 2: between VT1 and VT2
zone 3: exercise above VT2
How to monitor heart rate throughout the talk test: - heart rate monitor
when performing the talk test and in zone 1, the client's BPM should be... - below 120.
the 2 most prominent factors that influence heart rate are... - the parasympethic and sympathetic divisions
of the autonomic nervous system
What are the 3 main types of joints: - 1. fibrous
2. cartilaginous
3. synovial
Define:
Fibrous joints:
Cartilaginous joints:
Synovial joints: - 1. allow no movement
2. allow little to move movement
3. move freely and allow the skeleton to perform movements in various directions.
during cardiovascular training, the pumping action (inc/dec) as cardio output (inc/dec) . -
increases
increases
body at rest... - dominant parasympathetic nervous system.
during resistance training, action leads to a feeling of fullness in the muscle. - pump
During isometric exercises, the pump is inhibited and venous return is (increased/reduced) - reduced
Aerobic exercise results in an increase in - oxygen
Pass
Ace Code of Ethics: - Provide safe and effective instruction Provide equal and fair treatment
Stay up to date on health and fitness research Current CPR/AED cert.
Comply with all applicable laws Maintain client confidentiality Refer clients when appropriate
Uphold and enhance public appreciation and trust Maintain clear professional boundaries
SCOPE OF PRACTICE: Nutrition: meal planning: qualified v not qualified. - -qualified to educate about
nutrition,
-but outside scope/NOT qualified to provide with meal plans, or even to tell them what to eat. Use USDA
resources on choosemyplate.gov.
SCOPE OF PRACTICE: If a client is looking for a meal plan or has specific nutritional needs... - -refer to a
registered dietician
SCOPE OF PRACTICE: Supplements: - -Outside scope of practice to recommend, prescribe, sell, or supply
nutritional supplements.
SCOPE OF PRACTICE: If a client wishes to take supplements... - refer them to a registered dietician or even a
medical doctor.
If you're required by your employer to sell supplements... - -make sure your employer has adequate
insurance coverage for you, should something negative happen, such as a client having an adverse reaction.
-Your personal training liability insurance will NOT protect you in this case since selling supplements is not
within your scope of practice.
Benefits and Components of Physical Fitness: Becoming physically improves... - -physical state
-mental state
-emotional state
In addition to weight management and weight loss, physical activity has been shown to reduce the risk of...
- various diseases.
Emotionally and mentally, physical activity helps reduce... - -stress
-anxiety
-depression
The 4 components of physical fitness: (and sometimes the 5th) - 1. Muscular Fitness
2. Cardiovascular endurance
3. Flexibility
4. Body Composition
,5. Mind/Body Vitality
Define the 4 components of physical fitness:
Muscular Fitness: Cardiovascular Endurance: Flexibility:
Body Composition:
Mind Body Vitality: - -Muscular fitness:
oMuscular strength: how much weight a person can lift at one time. 1RM.
oMuscular endurance: contracting muscle against force for an extended amount of time. (performing many
push-ups, or sit-ups for 1 minute)
-Cardiovascular endurance: the ability to efficiently use the heart and the lungs to pump blood to all
working muscles.
-Flexibility: the ability to move joints through normal range of motion
-Body Composition: the makeup of the body in terms of relative percentage of fat free mass and body fat.
-Mind body vitality: (sometimes added to this list) stresses the importance of mental and emotional health
and overall well-being.
Vasopressin: - -antidiuretic hormone
-helps reduce urinary excretion of water in response to dehydrating effects of sweating.
Aldosterone: - -acts to limit sodium excretion in the urine to help maintain electrolyte balance during
exercise
Cortisol: - helps maintain blood glucose levels during prolonged exercise.
Testosterone: - the primary male sex hormone and has muscle building effects.
In general, the hormonal response with regular endurance exercise (increases or decreases) -
decreases
and levels can be maintained in aerobically trained individuals: - insulin glucagon
growth hormone levels in endurance trained individuals. (increase or decrease) - decrease
training in combination with improves muscle insulin sensitivity more than aerobic training
alone. - resistance training
aerobic conditioning
Research shows that a combo of aerobic conditioning and resistance training is beneficial in helping control
blood glucose levels in patients with... - diabetes.
,Norepinephrine increases until intensity reaches approx... - 50% VO2 max.
Epinephrine remains unchanged until exercise levels exceed... - 60% VO2 max.
During exercise,is suppressed. - insulin
Diabetics who participate in regular exercise programs can often... - reduce their medication levels.
has the opposite effect of insulin. - Glucagon
Cortisol increases with exercise intensity and increased levels of... - physiological stress.
What kind of state do we try to maintain during aerobic exercise? - steady state.
During aerobic exercise, low intensity will allow the body to achieve... - steady state.
If the body cannot achieve a steady state, anaerobic metabolism will continue to produce...
at this point, the exerciser will have reached their... - -ATP
-anaerobic threshold.
When someone exceeds their anaerobic threshold, progressively accumulates in the blood.
The oxygen deficit and EPOC are extremely high and exercise cannot be performed for more than a few
minutes, and also the point when begins to occur. - -lactate
-hyperventilation
Define: VT1 - the first change in breathing, and occurs at approximately the first time that lactate begins to
accumulate in the blood. talking becomes uncomfortable at this point.
Define: VT2: - lactate production is very high. talking at this point is definitely not comfortable.
Increase in body temp during exercise leads to increase in rate - metabolic
With every degrees Celsius increase in body temperature, the metabolic rate doubles. - 10
, As the body returns to normal temperature, the metabolic rate... - also returns to normal levels.
4 phases in the cardiorespiratory training components of the ACE IFT model: - 1. aerobic base training
2. aerobic efficiency training
3. anaerobic endurance training
4. anaerobic power training
3 zones: - zone 1: low to moderate intensity, lower than VT1 zone 2: between VT1 and VT2
zone 3: exercise above VT2
How to monitor heart rate throughout the talk test: - heart rate monitor
when performing the talk test and in zone 1, the client's BPM should be... - below 120.
the 2 most prominent factors that influence heart rate are... - the parasympethic and sympathetic divisions
of the autonomic nervous system
What are the 3 main types of joints: - 1. fibrous
2. cartilaginous
3. synovial
Define:
Fibrous joints:
Cartilaginous joints:
Synovial joints: - 1. allow no movement
2. allow little to move movement
3. move freely and allow the skeleton to perform movements in various directions.
during cardiovascular training, the pumping action (inc/dec) as cardio output (inc/dec) . -
increases
increases
body at rest... - dominant parasympathetic nervous system.
during resistance training, action leads to a feeling of fullness in the muscle. - pump
During isometric exercises, the pump is inhibited and venous return is (increased/reduced) - reduced
Aerobic exercise results in an increase in - oxygen
