ACE CMES CORRECT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which of the following steps should a CMES take to prevent post-exercise
hypotension for an older-adult client who currently takes a calcium channel blocker? -
✔✔Increase duration of the cool-down period
✔✔Which of the following programs would initially be most appropriate for a 74-year-old
woman who has osteoporosis and balance issues? - ✔✔Moderate intensity resistance
training 2-3 times per week
✔✔Which of the following is the Best predictor of a clients ability to reestablish regular
exercise following a vacation? - ✔✔Having established relapse-prevention strategies
✔✔During a modified hurdle-step screen, you observe your clients pelvis rotating
toward the stance leg. Which of the following statements best describes what you would
write in your objective notes about this client? - ✔✔May indicate tightness in the raised-
leg internal rotators
✔✔Mary has been training clients and writing a fitness column for the local newspaper
for more than 10 years. Which of the following actions would violate the ACE Code of
Ethics? - ✔✔Telling a new client who has obesity that she helped the mayor to adhere
to her program and drop from 220 lbs to 150lbs.
✔✔Your communication with a clients primary care provider should be based on which
of the following objectives? - ✔✔Determining the clients physical limitations for an
exercise program
✔✔Swayback posture is a combination of postural deviations in which plane? -
✔✔Sagittal
, ✔✔You are asked to speak at your healthcare facility about the benefits of regular
exercise for improving health and quality of life. Following your talk, a woman who is
overweight approaches you and says that she is worried about becoming diabetic like
her mother. She is not currently active and is interested in learning more from you about
how exercise could help her prevent becoming diabetic. According to the stages-of-
change model, what stage is this woman currently in? - ✔✔Contemplation
✔✔You are working with a 54-year-old male client who is a long-time runner, but has
been recently having soreness in his back following longer runs. A physicians
evaluation revealed no medical reason for the soreness and the physician cleared him
to continue exercising as tolerated. You ask the client to run on the treadmill so you can
assess his running gait and notice that his right hip drops when he is in the stance
phase on his left leg. Which of the following is the most likely reason for his right hip
drop? - ✔✔Weak gluteus medius and minimus on his left side
✔✔While conducting the Thomas Test with a client, the CMES observes that the clients
lowered leg does not reach the table and the knee does not reach 80 degrees of flexion.
Which of the following would most specifically address this problem? - ✔✔Stretching
exercises for the hip flexors
✔✔Which of the following conditions is outside the scope of practice for an ACE CMES
and would warrant referral to an appropriate allied healthcare professional? -
✔✔Incorporating corrective exercises into a clients program to address low-back pain
✔✔A client is returning for sessions after a two-week break ordered by his doctor
following his recent flare up of lateral epicondylitis. He is now pain free and has been
cleared to resume his training sessions. When modifying his exercise program following
this break, which of the following exercises would be most important to include to help
prevent his lateral epicondylitis from returning? - ✔✔Eccentric exercises for the wrist
extensors
✔✔When conducting a health history interview with a client who has asthma, what
information would be most important to obtain? - ✔✔Current medication usage and
known triggers for astma attacks
✔✔You are working with a 58-year-old male client who has stable angina. During the
cardiorespiratory portion of his exercise program, he says that he is experiencing chest
discomfort. What action would be most appropriate at this time? - ✔✔Stop the exercise
immediately, instruct the client to take his nitroglycerin if pain does not subside, and
activate the EMS if necessary.
✔✔A 54 year old client has a flare up of plantar fasciitis following a marathon she
recently completed. After evaluation by her physician and three weeks of physical
therapy, she has been cleared to return to exercise as tolerated. She doesn't want to
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which of the following steps should a CMES take to prevent post-exercise
hypotension for an older-adult client who currently takes a calcium channel blocker? -
✔✔Increase duration of the cool-down period
✔✔Which of the following programs would initially be most appropriate for a 74-year-old
woman who has osteoporosis and balance issues? - ✔✔Moderate intensity resistance
training 2-3 times per week
✔✔Which of the following is the Best predictor of a clients ability to reestablish regular
exercise following a vacation? - ✔✔Having established relapse-prevention strategies
✔✔During a modified hurdle-step screen, you observe your clients pelvis rotating
toward the stance leg. Which of the following statements best describes what you would
write in your objective notes about this client? - ✔✔May indicate tightness in the raised-
leg internal rotators
✔✔Mary has been training clients and writing a fitness column for the local newspaper
for more than 10 years. Which of the following actions would violate the ACE Code of
Ethics? - ✔✔Telling a new client who has obesity that she helped the mayor to adhere
to her program and drop from 220 lbs to 150lbs.
✔✔Your communication with a clients primary care provider should be based on which
of the following objectives? - ✔✔Determining the clients physical limitations for an
exercise program
✔✔Swayback posture is a combination of postural deviations in which plane? -
✔✔Sagittal
, ✔✔You are asked to speak at your healthcare facility about the benefits of regular
exercise for improving health and quality of life. Following your talk, a woman who is
overweight approaches you and says that she is worried about becoming diabetic like
her mother. She is not currently active and is interested in learning more from you about
how exercise could help her prevent becoming diabetic. According to the stages-of-
change model, what stage is this woman currently in? - ✔✔Contemplation
✔✔You are working with a 54-year-old male client who is a long-time runner, but has
been recently having soreness in his back following longer runs. A physicians
evaluation revealed no medical reason for the soreness and the physician cleared him
to continue exercising as tolerated. You ask the client to run on the treadmill so you can
assess his running gait and notice that his right hip drops when he is in the stance
phase on his left leg. Which of the following is the most likely reason for his right hip
drop? - ✔✔Weak gluteus medius and minimus on his left side
✔✔While conducting the Thomas Test with a client, the CMES observes that the clients
lowered leg does not reach the table and the knee does not reach 80 degrees of flexion.
Which of the following would most specifically address this problem? - ✔✔Stretching
exercises for the hip flexors
✔✔Which of the following conditions is outside the scope of practice for an ACE CMES
and would warrant referral to an appropriate allied healthcare professional? -
✔✔Incorporating corrective exercises into a clients program to address low-back pain
✔✔A client is returning for sessions after a two-week break ordered by his doctor
following his recent flare up of lateral epicondylitis. He is now pain free and has been
cleared to resume his training sessions. When modifying his exercise program following
this break, which of the following exercises would be most important to include to help
prevent his lateral epicondylitis from returning? - ✔✔Eccentric exercises for the wrist
extensors
✔✔When conducting a health history interview with a client who has asthma, what
information would be most important to obtain? - ✔✔Current medication usage and
known triggers for astma attacks
✔✔You are working with a 58-year-old male client who has stable angina. During the
cardiorespiratory portion of his exercise program, he says that he is experiencing chest
discomfort. What action would be most appropriate at this time? - ✔✔Stop the exercise
immediately, instruct the client to take his nitroglycerin if pain does not subside, and
activate the EMS if necessary.
✔✔A 54 year old client has a flare up of plantar fasciitis following a marathon she
recently completed. After evaluation by her physician and three weeks of physical
therapy, she has been cleared to return to exercise as tolerated. She doesn't want to
