CANFITPRO PTS EXAM 2 2026 FINAL
ASSESSMENT PAPER FITNESS PROGRAM
DESIGN COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
◉ 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.
◉ What do arterioles do? Answer: Microscopic blood vessels that
arteries feed into before branching into capillaries.
◉ What do capillaries do? Answer: The smallest blood vessels fed
into by the arterioles. Blood travels inside. This is how oxygen gets
from your blood to your muscle cells.
ASSESSMENT PAPER FITNESS PROGRAM
DESIGN COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
◉ 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.
◉ What do arterioles do? Answer: Microscopic blood vessels that
arteries feed into before branching into capillaries.
◉ What do capillaries do? Answer: The smallest blood vessels fed
into by the arterioles. Blood travels inside. This is how oxygen gets
from your blood to your muscle cells.
