ISSA CPT - Chapter 1 Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
Fitness Industry -
correct answer ✅Multibillion-dollar business bringing in more
than $94 billion in 2019. Includes fitness technology and wearables,
wellness programs, large and small membership-based gyms,
fitness studios, nutrition services and physical recovery services.
Who said this quote: "Eating alone will not keep a man well; he
must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing
opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health... and it is
necessary, as it appears to discern the power of various exercises,
both natural exercises and artificial, to know which of them tends
to increase flesh and which to lessen it; and not only this, but also
to proportion exercise to bulk of food, to the constitution of the
patient, to the age of the individual." -
correct answer ✅Hippocrates
Personal Fitness Trainer -
correct answer ✅A person who educates and trains clients in the
performance of safe and appropriate exercises to effectively lead
them to optimal health.
Personal trainers must be competent in: -
correct answer ✅- Exercise programming
, ISSA CPT - Chapter 1 Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
- Exercise physiology
- Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics
- Fitness assessments
- Nutrition and supplementation
- Common chronic diseases
- Basic emergency and safety procedures
- Psychological and physiological challenges throughout the stages
of life
- Human behavior and motivation
Biomechanics -
correct answer ✅The study of the mechanical laws relating to the
movement or structure of living organisms.
Chronic diseases -
correct answer ✅Conditions lasting a year or more that limit daily
activities and/or requires ongoing medical attention
Training Effect -
correct answer ✅The body's adaptation to the learned and
expected stress imposed by physical activity
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
Fitness Industry -
correct answer ✅Multibillion-dollar business bringing in more
than $94 billion in 2019. Includes fitness technology and wearables,
wellness programs, large and small membership-based gyms,
fitness studios, nutrition services and physical recovery services.
Who said this quote: "Eating alone will not keep a man well; he
must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing
opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health... and it is
necessary, as it appears to discern the power of various exercises,
both natural exercises and artificial, to know which of them tends
to increase flesh and which to lessen it; and not only this, but also
to proportion exercise to bulk of food, to the constitution of the
patient, to the age of the individual." -
correct answer ✅Hippocrates
Personal Fitness Trainer -
correct answer ✅A person who educates and trains clients in the
performance of safe and appropriate exercises to effectively lead
them to optimal health.
Personal trainers must be competent in: -
correct answer ✅- Exercise programming
, ISSA CPT - Chapter 1 Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
- Exercise physiology
- Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics
- Fitness assessments
- Nutrition and supplementation
- Common chronic diseases
- Basic emergency and safety procedures
- Psychological and physiological challenges throughout the stages
of life
- Human behavior and motivation
Biomechanics -
correct answer ✅The study of the mechanical laws relating to the
movement or structure of living organisms.
Chronic diseases -
correct answer ✅Conditions lasting a year or more that limit daily
activities and/or requires ongoing medical attention
Training Effect -
correct answer ✅The body's adaptation to the learned and
expected stress imposed by physical activity
