AFAA CGFI Glossary Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
2-beat cueing -
correct answer ✅Counting down from 8 and providing verbal
and/or visual cues on counts 2-1, or the last two counts of a phrase.
32-count phrasing -
correct answer ✅A common musical structure used in group
fitness where there is an audible build up and closure every 32
counts.
4-beat cueing -
correct answer ✅Counting down from 8 and providing verbal
and/or visual cues on counts 4-3-2-1.
Abduction -
correct answer ✅Body segment is moving away from the midline
of the body.
Abductors -
correct answer ✅Muscles that produce abduction of a limb or
joint.
,AFAA CGFI Glossary Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
Ability to develop tension -
correct answer ✅The ability to remain the same length, increase
length, or decrease length during tension.
Action stage -
correct answer ✅The stage of change in the Transtheoretical
Model in which individuals have made specific, overt modifications
to their behavior within the past 6 months.
Active stretching -
correct answer ✅Flexibility exercises in which agonists move a
limb through a full range of motion, allowing the antagonists to
stretch.
Acute variables -
correct answer ✅Components that specify how each exercise is to
be performed.
Adaptation phase -
correct answer ✅Second stage of the GAS in which physiological
changes take place in order to meet the demands of the newly
imposed stress.
,AFAA CGFI Glossary Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
Adduction -
correct answer ✅Body segment is moving toward the midline of
the body.
Adductors -
correct answer ✅Muscles that produce adduction of a limb or
joint.
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) -
correct answer ✅Energy storage and transfer unit within the cells
of the body.
Aerobic metabolism -
correct answer ✅Chemical reactions in the body that require the
presence of oxygen to extract energy from carbohydrates, fatty
acids, and amino acids.
Aerobic -
correct answer ✅Meaning "with oxygen," the long-term energy
production cycle that occurs when sufficient oxygen is present.
, AFAA CGFI Glossary Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
Affective influence -
correct answer ✅Influence resulting from emotions.
Afferent neurons -
correct answer ✅Neurons with impulses that move toward the
spinal cord and brain from the periphery of the body and are
sensory in nature.
Agility -
correct answer ✅Ability to maintain center of gravity over a
changing base of support while changing direction at various
speeds.
Agonist -
correct answer ✅Muscle that works as the prime mover of a joint
exercise.
Alarm phase -
correct answer ✅First stage of the GAS; the initial phase of
response to a new stimuli within the Human Movement System.
Questions and Answers 2026
2-beat cueing -
correct answer ✅Counting down from 8 and providing verbal
and/or visual cues on counts 2-1, or the last two counts of a phrase.
32-count phrasing -
correct answer ✅A common musical structure used in group
fitness where there is an audible build up and closure every 32
counts.
4-beat cueing -
correct answer ✅Counting down from 8 and providing verbal
and/or visual cues on counts 4-3-2-1.
Abduction -
correct answer ✅Body segment is moving away from the midline
of the body.
Abductors -
correct answer ✅Muscles that produce abduction of a limb or
joint.
,AFAA CGFI Glossary Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
Ability to develop tension -
correct answer ✅The ability to remain the same length, increase
length, or decrease length during tension.
Action stage -
correct answer ✅The stage of change in the Transtheoretical
Model in which individuals have made specific, overt modifications
to their behavior within the past 6 months.
Active stretching -
correct answer ✅Flexibility exercises in which agonists move a
limb through a full range of motion, allowing the antagonists to
stretch.
Acute variables -
correct answer ✅Components that specify how each exercise is to
be performed.
Adaptation phase -
correct answer ✅Second stage of the GAS in which physiological
changes take place in order to meet the demands of the newly
imposed stress.
,AFAA CGFI Glossary Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
Adduction -
correct answer ✅Body segment is moving toward the midline of
the body.
Adductors -
correct answer ✅Muscles that produce adduction of a limb or
joint.
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) -
correct answer ✅Energy storage and transfer unit within the cells
of the body.
Aerobic metabolism -
correct answer ✅Chemical reactions in the body that require the
presence of oxygen to extract energy from carbohydrates, fatty
acids, and amino acids.
Aerobic -
correct answer ✅Meaning "with oxygen," the long-term energy
production cycle that occurs when sufficient oxygen is present.
, AFAA CGFI Glossary Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
Affective influence -
correct answer ✅Influence resulting from emotions.
Afferent neurons -
correct answer ✅Neurons with impulses that move toward the
spinal cord and brain from the periphery of the body and are
sensory in nature.
Agility -
correct answer ✅Ability to maintain center of gravity over a
changing base of support while changing direction at various
speeds.
Agonist -
correct answer ✅Muscle that works as the prime mover of a joint
exercise.
Alarm phase -
correct answer ✅First stage of the GAS; the initial phase of
response to a new stimuli within the Human Movement System.
