010-111 Online Practice Questions and Answers

What is the order of stretching techniques from lowest risk of injury to highest risk of injury?

A. Ballistic; slow static; proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.

B. Slow static; ballistic; proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.

C. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation; ballistic; slow static.

D. Slow static; proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation; ballistic.

What is the American College of Sports Medicine's recommendation regarding frequency to increase cardiorespiratory fitness?

A. One to two days per week

B. Two to three days per week

C. Three to five days per week

D. Four to six days per week

A 35 year-old male client has a goal of completing a sprint distance triathlon. The certified Personal Trainer prescribes an exercise regimen of swimming 2 days per week, running 3 days per week, and bicycling 2 days per week. What training principle is being used?

A. Reversibility

B. Overload

C. Progression

D. Specificity

What is the first phase of an annual training cycle?

A. Transition

B. Off-season

C. Preparatory

D. Competition

Individuals participating in a non-medically based supervised weight loss program should reduce their caloric intake by _____ kilocalories per day, and reduce their dietary fat intake to less than _____ percent of their total caloric intake.

A. 500 to 1000 kilocalories; 30%

B. 1250 to 1500 kilocalories; 35%

C. 1500 to 1750 kilocalories; 30%

D. 2000 to 2200 kilocalories; 40%

You determine that a client is over striding when they run. What would be the effect on their running performance due to this mechanical error?

A. Increase in turnover rate and decrease in running economy.

B. Increase in energy cost and increase in running economy.

C. Decrease in energy cost and decrease in braking motion.

D. Decrease in running economy and increase in braking motion.

Overtraining symptoms may include ______.

A. decreased neuromuscular strength

B. increased body weight

C. reduced submaximal heart rates

D. decreased creatine kinase levels in the skeletal muscle

What acute cardiovascular responses accompany the transition from sitting to walking?

A. Increase in heart rate, decrease in stroke volume

B. Increase in stroke volume, decrease in systolic blood pressure

C. Increase in cardiac output, and arteriovenous oxygen difference

D. Increase in diastolic blood pressure and heart rate

What is most likely the cause of light-headedness and dizziness experienced by an older adult who moves

from a lying to a standing position?

A. Decreased venous return

B. Increased blood pressure

C. Increased stroke volume

D. Decreased heart rate

Your client is a 59 year old sedentary female with a body mass index of 33 kg/m2. She has no history of heart disease herself, but her mother had a myocardial infarction at the age of 66. She is an ex-smoker who quit 15 years ago, blood pressure is consistently 135/85 mm Hg, total cholesterol is 180 mg/dL (4.6 mmol/L) with an HDL level of 30 mg/dL (0.8 mmol/L), and blood glucose is 90 mg/dL. She has come to you for advice because she wishes to improve her overall health and fitness.

If this client wanted to initiate a regular MODERATE intensity exercise routine, what is recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine prior to her participating in exercise?

A. A medical examination and maximal exercise testing is necessary.

B. A maximal exercise test only is necessary.

C. A submaximal exercise test only is necessary.

D. Neither a medical examination nor submaximal exercise testing is necessary.