CANFITPRO FITNESS THEORY EXAM LATEST
VERSION UPDATE 2023-2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
What are the primary methods of planning and detecting exercise intensity?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1 - O2 uptake
2 - HR monitoring
3 - Perceived exertion
What is another way of monitoring intensity? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
RPE = rating of perceived exertion - talk test - Borg Scale
What are the 3 elements of balance to consider when planning movement
patterns? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Physiological - intensity to hi/low -
different modes in choreography
Psychosomatic - integrity - mind/body - start with mods, and break down
moves - practise then intensify - accessible to everyone
Biochemical - front/back, lateral/medial evening out - safety -
anterior/posterior - left/right, repetition, weight transfer, etc
List some ways to add variation to a movement pattern. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔1 - ROM
2 - direction (left to right, front to back)
3 - lever
4 - mode (hi/low plyometric)
5 - momentum (decreasing/increasing - eg shuffle to slow lunge)
5 - rhythm
List and defin 3 types of cueing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔V - visual -
hand signals
A - auditory - announcing - "3,2,1 switch"
K - kinesthetic - mind/body/life connection - "make an arc of a rainbow and
pull back to your pockets" for a tube pull "sit in a chair with toes flat"
What is the difference between cueing and coaching? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Coaching is the facilitation of a learning experience and is
,motivating where Cueing enables participants to follow instruction with
proper transition and flow.
What is a slow twitch fibre? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fires slowly
-lasts overtime and uses Oxygen
- works aerobically
-contains mitochondria and capillaries for O2 delivery
- contracts slowly and resist fatigue
-eg. marathon runner - needs prolonged energy
What is a fast twitch fibre? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fires and fatigues
quickly
-produces ATP/energy
-contracts quickly
-works ANAEROBICALLY (without O2)
-eg. hockey player or sprint runner
Actin and Myosin represent... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The smallest
cellular level and basic unit of muscle and contract with/as Sarcomere.
What are 2 types of miyofillaments? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Actin &
Myosin.
Actin is thin and Myosin is thick.
Each "miyofibril" is made up of... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Smaller cells
called Myofillaments.
What are "miyofillaments"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Each muscle fibre
made up of thinner fibres.
What are muscle fibres? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Skeletal muscles that
consist of bunches of long, rod shaped cells.
What are the 3 primary regions of the spine? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1 -
cervical - upper back/neck
2 - thoracic - mid back
3 - lumbar - low back
, What are the 3 types of tissues? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1 - Skeletal -
movement
2 - Smooth - lines internal organs
3 - Cardiac - heart
A "joint" is... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A place where bones meet.
(Muscle wraps around). Eg. Flexion and Extension
How do joints produce movement? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Muscles
cross the joints or articulations and attach to the bones to work. They
attach to bones at both ends.
Talk about joints movement summary. List the joint and the movements. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Shoulder/Hip - Ball & Socket - Hip Joint -
flexion/extension - abduction/adduction - circumduction - medial/lateral
rotation - elevation/depression
Elbows - Hinge Joints - flexion (biceps) /extension (triceps)
Radioulnar Joint - supination/pronation
Wrists - flexion/extension - prone/supine
Shoulder Girdle (scapulae, clavicale) - abduction (protraction) /adduction
(retraction) - elevation/depression
Vertebral Column Spine - flexion/extension/hyperextension(too far)
Knees Joint - flexion (close back)/extension (opening leg out)
Ankles/Wrists - small ball & socket - ankle joint - dorsiflexion/plantar flexion
- inversion/eversion - intertarsal joint
What is a flexion? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Bending of a joint.A
movement that creates a smaller space.
What is an extension? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Straightening of a joint.
A movement that creates a larger space.
What are the major bones of the body? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
Skull/Cranium
Scapula
Humerus - bicep bone
Pelvis
Tibia - under knee - large bone
Fibula - shin
VERSION UPDATE 2023-2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
What are the primary methods of planning and detecting exercise intensity?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1 - O2 uptake
2 - HR monitoring
3 - Perceived exertion
What is another way of monitoring intensity? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
RPE = rating of perceived exertion - talk test - Borg Scale
What are the 3 elements of balance to consider when planning movement
patterns? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Physiological - intensity to hi/low -
different modes in choreography
Psychosomatic - integrity - mind/body - start with mods, and break down
moves - practise then intensify - accessible to everyone
Biochemical - front/back, lateral/medial evening out - safety -
anterior/posterior - left/right, repetition, weight transfer, etc
List some ways to add variation to a movement pattern. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔1 - ROM
2 - direction (left to right, front to back)
3 - lever
4 - mode (hi/low plyometric)
5 - momentum (decreasing/increasing - eg shuffle to slow lunge)
5 - rhythm
List and defin 3 types of cueing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔V - visual -
hand signals
A - auditory - announcing - "3,2,1 switch"
K - kinesthetic - mind/body/life connection - "make an arc of a rainbow and
pull back to your pockets" for a tube pull "sit in a chair with toes flat"
What is the difference between cueing and coaching? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Coaching is the facilitation of a learning experience and is
,motivating where Cueing enables participants to follow instruction with
proper transition and flow.
What is a slow twitch fibre? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fires slowly
-lasts overtime and uses Oxygen
- works aerobically
-contains mitochondria and capillaries for O2 delivery
- contracts slowly and resist fatigue
-eg. marathon runner - needs prolonged energy
What is a fast twitch fibre? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fires and fatigues
quickly
-produces ATP/energy
-contracts quickly
-works ANAEROBICALLY (without O2)
-eg. hockey player or sprint runner
Actin and Myosin represent... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The smallest
cellular level and basic unit of muscle and contract with/as Sarcomere.
What are 2 types of miyofillaments? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Actin &
Myosin.
Actin is thin and Myosin is thick.
Each "miyofibril" is made up of... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Smaller cells
called Myofillaments.
What are "miyofillaments"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Each muscle fibre
made up of thinner fibres.
What are muscle fibres? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Skeletal muscles that
consist of bunches of long, rod shaped cells.
What are the 3 primary regions of the spine? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1 -
cervical - upper back/neck
2 - thoracic - mid back
3 - lumbar - low back
, What are the 3 types of tissues? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1 - Skeletal -
movement
2 - Smooth - lines internal organs
3 - Cardiac - heart
A "joint" is... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A place where bones meet.
(Muscle wraps around). Eg. Flexion and Extension
How do joints produce movement? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Muscles
cross the joints or articulations and attach to the bones to work. They
attach to bones at both ends.
Talk about joints movement summary. List the joint and the movements. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Shoulder/Hip - Ball & Socket - Hip Joint -
flexion/extension - abduction/adduction - circumduction - medial/lateral
rotation - elevation/depression
Elbows - Hinge Joints - flexion (biceps) /extension (triceps)
Radioulnar Joint - supination/pronation
Wrists - flexion/extension - prone/supine
Shoulder Girdle (scapulae, clavicale) - abduction (protraction) /adduction
(retraction) - elevation/depression
Vertebral Column Spine - flexion/extension/hyperextension(too far)
Knees Joint - flexion (close back)/extension (opening leg out)
Ankles/Wrists - small ball & socket - ankle joint - dorsiflexion/plantar flexion
- inversion/eversion - intertarsal joint
What is a flexion? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Bending of a joint.A
movement that creates a smaller space.
What is an extension? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Straightening of a joint.
A movement that creates a larger space.
What are the major bones of the body? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
Skull/Cranium
Scapula
Humerus - bicep bone
Pelvis
Tibia - under knee - large bone
Fibula - shin
