CANFITPRO PERSONAL TRAINING
SPECIALIST THEORY EXAM EXAM PREP
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION BUNDLE
●● What are the 2 categories of energy systems (not the 4 types)?
Answer: Anaerobic metabolism (no oxygen)
Aerobic metabolism (oxygen)
●● What is ATP-CP (creatine phosphagen)?
Answer: Fastest way to synthesize ATP
Maximum intensity for up to 10 seconds
Used for the start of exercise (ex: lifting heavy objects, 100m sprint)
●● What are the 2 phases of ATP-CP (creatine phosphagen)?
Answer: Provides enough fuel for 1-2 seconds of maximum muscle
effort using stored ATP
Breaks down creatine phosphate (backup ATP) to create energy
●● What is anaerobic glycolysis?
Answer: Maximum intensity for up to 2 minutes
Breaks down glycogen stored in the muscle or glucose in the blood
,Pyruvate and 2 glucose or 3 glycogen ATP molecules are formed
Used for strenuous activities (ex: basketball, boxing, wrestling, tennis)
●● What is aerobic glycolysis?
Answer: Moderate intensity for more than 2 minutes
Breaks down glucose or glycogen into pyruvate and 2 glucose or 3
glycogen molecules of ATP
Followed by the Krebs cycle and electron transport chain
Used for steady-state exercise (ex: long run, long swim, cross country
skiing)
●● What is fatty acid oxidation?
Answer: - Muscle cells use fatty acid to create ATP
- Fatty acid is hard to break down
- Used for daily living activities (ex: sitting up straight, leisurely walk)
- Fatty acid + O2 = 100ATP + CO2 +H2O + heat
●● Can all 4 types of energy systems work at the same time?
Answer: Yes
●● What does ATP stand for?
Answer: adenosine triphosphate (1 adenosine + 3 phosphate molecules)
,●● What is the heart?
Answer: Acts as a pump to create the pressure required to move blood
around the body and through blood vessels. Split into the right and left
pump, each made of an atrium and a ventricle.
●● What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
Answer: Right atrium
Right ventricle
Left atrium
Left ventricle
●● What does the right atrium do?
Answer: Receives oxygen-poor blood from the tissues and passes it to
the right ventricle.
●● What does the right ventricle do?
Answer: Receives oxygen-poor blood from the right atrium and passes it
to the lungs for waste removal and reoxygenation (pulmonary
circulation).
●● What does the left atrium do?
Answer: Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and passes it to the
left ventricle.
, ●● What does the left ventricle do?
Answer: Receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and moves the
blood away from the heart via arteries to body tissues (systemic
circulation).
●● Can the heart rate increase indefinitely?
Answer: No, your heart rate increases with exercise to maximal levels
until it plateaus.
●● What are the 4 main components of the blood circulatory system?
Answer: Veins
Arteries
Arterioles
Capillaries
●● What do veins do?
Answer: Bring blood back to the heart either from the lungs to the left
side or from body tissues to the right side.
●● What do arteries do?
Answer: Carry blood away from the heart either to the lungs from the
right side or to body tissues from the left side.
SPECIALIST THEORY EXAM EXAM PREP
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION BUNDLE
●● What are the 2 categories of energy systems (not the 4 types)?
Answer: Anaerobic metabolism (no oxygen)
Aerobic metabolism (oxygen)
●● What is ATP-CP (creatine phosphagen)?
Answer: Fastest way to synthesize ATP
Maximum intensity for up to 10 seconds
Used for the start of exercise (ex: lifting heavy objects, 100m sprint)
●● What are the 2 phases of ATP-CP (creatine phosphagen)?
Answer: Provides enough fuel for 1-2 seconds of maximum muscle
effort using stored ATP
Breaks down creatine phosphate (backup ATP) to create energy
●● What is anaerobic glycolysis?
Answer: Maximum intensity for up to 2 minutes
Breaks down glycogen stored in the muscle or glucose in the blood
,Pyruvate and 2 glucose or 3 glycogen ATP molecules are formed
Used for strenuous activities (ex: basketball, boxing, wrestling, tennis)
●● What is aerobic glycolysis?
Answer: Moderate intensity for more than 2 minutes
Breaks down glucose or glycogen into pyruvate and 2 glucose or 3
glycogen molecules of ATP
Followed by the Krebs cycle and electron transport chain
Used for steady-state exercise (ex: long run, long swim, cross country
skiing)
●● What is fatty acid oxidation?
Answer: - Muscle cells use fatty acid to create ATP
- Fatty acid is hard to break down
- Used for daily living activities (ex: sitting up straight, leisurely walk)
- Fatty acid + O2 = 100ATP + CO2 +H2O + heat
●● Can all 4 types of energy systems work at the same time?
Answer: Yes
●● What does ATP stand for?
Answer: adenosine triphosphate (1 adenosine + 3 phosphate molecules)
,●● What is the heart?
Answer: Acts as a pump to create the pressure required to move blood
around the body and through blood vessels. Split into the right and left
pump, each made of an atrium and a ventricle.
●● What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
Answer: Right atrium
Right ventricle
Left atrium
Left ventricle
●● What does the right atrium do?
Answer: Receives oxygen-poor blood from the tissues and passes it to
the right ventricle.
●● What does the right ventricle do?
Answer: Receives oxygen-poor blood from the right atrium and passes it
to the lungs for waste removal and reoxygenation (pulmonary
circulation).
●● What does the left atrium do?
Answer: Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and passes it to the
left ventricle.
, ●● What does the left ventricle do?
Answer: Receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and moves the
blood away from the heart via arteries to body tissues (systemic
circulation).
●● Can the heart rate increase indefinitely?
Answer: No, your heart rate increases with exercise to maximal levels
until it plateaus.
●● What are the 4 main components of the blood circulatory system?
Answer: Veins
Arteries
Arterioles
Capillaries
●● What do veins do?
Answer: Bring blood back to the heart either from the lungs to the left
side or from body tissues to the right side.
●● What do arteries do?
Answer: Carry blood away from the heart either to the lungs from the
right side or to body tissues from the left side.
