ACSM-EP Exam Questions and answers with complete solutions 2025 | Verified
Underweight is classified as a body mass index (BMI) of ?
A. <19.9 kg*m2
B. <18.5 kg*m2
C. <24.9 kg*m2
D. <20.5 kg*m2 - ✔✔B
When measuring regional body circumstances, an average of duplicate measures is used provided that
those measurements do not differ by more than .
A. 3 mm
B. 10 mm
C. 5 mm
D. 12 mm - ✔✔C
Which of the following represents the demarcation point of a very high health risk for young women
when using waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) ?
A. >0.86
B. >0.95
C. >1.00
D. >1.03 - ✔✔A
Which of the following is accepted as the criterion measure of cardiorespiratory fitness?
A. Field test performace
B. Maximal volume of oxygen consumed per unit time (VO2max)
C. Body fat percentage
D. Maximal heart rate (HRmax) - ✔✔B
,When estimating VO2max using the YMCA cycle ergometer protocol, which of the following best
describes the relationship between heart rate (HR) > 110 bpm and 85% age-predicted HRmax or 70%
heart rate reserve (HRR)?
A. Logarithmic
B. Inverse
C. Curvilinear
D. Linear - ✔✔D
Which of the following variables is unique to the Rockport One-Mile Fitness Walking Test's regression
equation to estimate VO2max?
A. Age
B. HR
C. Gender
D. Body mass - ✔✔C
What is the suggested work rate for a deconditioned, female individual performing the Astrand-Rhyming
cycle ergometer protocol?
A. 150 or 300 kg*m*min-1 (25 or 50 W)
B. 300 or 450 kg*m*min-1 (50 or 75 W)
C. 450 or 600 kg*m*min-1 (75 or 100 W)
D. 600 or 900 kg*m*min-1 (100 or 150 W) - ✔✔B
The Queens College Step Test is performed for how long?
A. 45 s
B. 90 s
C. 3 min
D. 5 min - ✔✔C
Which of the following is not a general category for clinical exercise testing?
A. Prognosis
, B. Implementation
C. Evaluation
D. Diagnosis - ✔✔B
Which of the following is considered the "gold standard" to objectively measure exercise capacity?
A. Maximal exercise test using indirect calorimetry
B. Submaximal exercise test using hemodynamic responses
C. Physical exam
D. Walk/run field test - ✔✔A
Whose legal responsibility is it to supervise the clinical exercise laboratory and interpret all clinical
exercise testing results in a diagnostic setting?
A. The test administrator
B. The clinical exercise physiologist
C. The on-call physician assistant
D. The supervising physician - ✔✔D
Which of the following graded exercise protocols is most widely used in the United States in a clinical
setting?
A. Bruce treadmill protocol
B. Queens College Step Test
C. Astrand-Rhyming cycle ergometer test
D. All are used equally - ✔✔A
HR, blood pressure (BP), and electrocardiogram (ECG) should be recorded regularly during the clinical
exercise test and through at least of recovery.
A. 90 s
B. 3 min
C. 6 min
Underweight is classified as a body mass index (BMI) of ?
A. <19.9 kg*m2
B. <18.5 kg*m2
C. <24.9 kg*m2
D. <20.5 kg*m2 - ✔✔B
When measuring regional body circumstances, an average of duplicate measures is used provided that
those measurements do not differ by more than .
A. 3 mm
B. 10 mm
C. 5 mm
D. 12 mm - ✔✔C
Which of the following represents the demarcation point of a very high health risk for young women
when using waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) ?
A. >0.86
B. >0.95
C. >1.00
D. >1.03 - ✔✔A
Which of the following is accepted as the criterion measure of cardiorespiratory fitness?
A. Field test performace
B. Maximal volume of oxygen consumed per unit time (VO2max)
C. Body fat percentage
D. Maximal heart rate (HRmax) - ✔✔B
,When estimating VO2max using the YMCA cycle ergometer protocol, which of the following best
describes the relationship between heart rate (HR) > 110 bpm and 85% age-predicted HRmax or 70%
heart rate reserve (HRR)?
A. Logarithmic
B. Inverse
C. Curvilinear
D. Linear - ✔✔D
Which of the following variables is unique to the Rockport One-Mile Fitness Walking Test's regression
equation to estimate VO2max?
A. Age
B. HR
C. Gender
D. Body mass - ✔✔C
What is the suggested work rate for a deconditioned, female individual performing the Astrand-Rhyming
cycle ergometer protocol?
A. 150 or 300 kg*m*min-1 (25 or 50 W)
B. 300 or 450 kg*m*min-1 (50 or 75 W)
C. 450 or 600 kg*m*min-1 (75 or 100 W)
D. 600 or 900 kg*m*min-1 (100 or 150 W) - ✔✔B
The Queens College Step Test is performed for how long?
A. 45 s
B. 90 s
C. 3 min
D. 5 min - ✔✔C
Which of the following is not a general category for clinical exercise testing?
A. Prognosis
, B. Implementation
C. Evaluation
D. Diagnosis - ✔✔B
Which of the following is considered the "gold standard" to objectively measure exercise capacity?
A. Maximal exercise test using indirect calorimetry
B. Submaximal exercise test using hemodynamic responses
C. Physical exam
D. Walk/run field test - ✔✔A
Whose legal responsibility is it to supervise the clinical exercise laboratory and interpret all clinical
exercise testing results in a diagnostic setting?
A. The test administrator
B. The clinical exercise physiologist
C. The on-call physician assistant
D. The supervising physician - ✔✔D
Which of the following graded exercise protocols is most widely used in the United States in a clinical
setting?
A. Bruce treadmill protocol
B. Queens College Step Test
C. Astrand-Rhyming cycle ergometer test
D. All are used equally - ✔✔A
HR, blood pressure (BP), and electrocardiogram (ECG) should be recorded regularly during the clinical
exercise test and through at least of recovery.
A. 90 s
B. 3 min
C. 6 min
