AEA CERTIFICATION UPDATED EXAMS SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Name the three types of muscle actions that skeletal muscle can generate -
✔✔Isotonic, isometric, isokinetic
✔✔______ is moving away from the midline of the body - ✔✔Abduction
✔✔Flexion and extension are performed primarily in the ______ plane - ✔✔Sagittal
✔✔In a third-class lever, the _____ is between the ____ and _____ - ✔✔Effort;
Fulcrum; resistance
✔✔What type of joint is the elbow? - ✔✔Hinge
✔✔Name the three natural curves of the spine - ✔✔Cervical, thoracic, lumbar
✔✔The deeper the water in which you are exercising, the more you have to consider
the center of _____ - ✔✔Buoyancy
✔✔List and define at least 6 terms used to identify joint actions - ✔✔Abduction and
adduction; elevation and depression; protraction and retraction; pronation and
, supination; inversion and eversion; hyperextension; medial rotation and lateral rotation;
circumlocution; tilt
✔✔Define anatomical position - ✔✔The body is erect, arms by the side, palms facing
forward, legs together, feet directed forward. Joints are neutral except for the forearms,
which are supinated
✔✔_____ refers to any part in the range of motion of an exercise movement that is
facilitated by the forces of gravity or buoyancy or by the proportion of the equipment -
✔✔Assisted movement
✔✔Movement toward the pool bottom with buoyant equipment is buoyancy resisted and
is usually a _____ muscle action - ✔✔Concentric
✔✔What are three key principles of exercise behavior change? - ✔✔It takes more than
goals and will power to change. There are multiple levels of influence on motivation.
Finding meaning in exercise and being healthy are important
✔✔It takes approximately _____ of sustained efforts to turn a new habit into one that
will be maintained - ✔✔Six months
✔✔T/F: Helping participants plan and self-monitor can help them stick with exercise,
since new exercises often underuse these tools. - ✔✔True
✔✔With the initiation of an exercise program, the body adapts to the physical
challenges in a few weeks; participants can expect to see positive mood and energy
benefits within _____ - ✔✔A few days
✔✔How can you use the psychosocial benefits of exercise to help your participants
sustain their motivation long term? - ✔✔Help them build an identity as an active
participant and understand how being a healthier version of themselves will make a
positive impact on their lives outside the water in their roles as parents, employees, or
colleagues
✔✔What are the three strategies for motivating participants for sustained change? -
✔✔Create a task-focused, growth-oriented climate in your work. Use a motivational
interviewing approach for individual encounters. Before they drop out, help participants
identify and proactively address barriers to their exercise goals.
✔✔The idea of a growth mind-set means to get your participants to focus on _____
rather than on their ability, especially as compared to others - ✔✔Their own effort and
improvement
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Name the three types of muscle actions that skeletal muscle can generate -
✔✔Isotonic, isometric, isokinetic
✔✔______ is moving away from the midline of the body - ✔✔Abduction
✔✔Flexion and extension are performed primarily in the ______ plane - ✔✔Sagittal
✔✔In a third-class lever, the _____ is between the ____ and _____ - ✔✔Effort;
Fulcrum; resistance
✔✔What type of joint is the elbow? - ✔✔Hinge
✔✔Name the three natural curves of the spine - ✔✔Cervical, thoracic, lumbar
✔✔The deeper the water in which you are exercising, the more you have to consider
the center of _____ - ✔✔Buoyancy
✔✔List and define at least 6 terms used to identify joint actions - ✔✔Abduction and
adduction; elevation and depression; protraction and retraction; pronation and
, supination; inversion and eversion; hyperextension; medial rotation and lateral rotation;
circumlocution; tilt
✔✔Define anatomical position - ✔✔The body is erect, arms by the side, palms facing
forward, legs together, feet directed forward. Joints are neutral except for the forearms,
which are supinated
✔✔_____ refers to any part in the range of motion of an exercise movement that is
facilitated by the forces of gravity or buoyancy or by the proportion of the equipment -
✔✔Assisted movement
✔✔Movement toward the pool bottom with buoyant equipment is buoyancy resisted and
is usually a _____ muscle action - ✔✔Concentric
✔✔What are three key principles of exercise behavior change? - ✔✔It takes more than
goals and will power to change. There are multiple levels of influence on motivation.
Finding meaning in exercise and being healthy are important
✔✔It takes approximately _____ of sustained efforts to turn a new habit into one that
will be maintained - ✔✔Six months
✔✔T/F: Helping participants plan and self-monitor can help them stick with exercise,
since new exercises often underuse these tools. - ✔✔True
✔✔With the initiation of an exercise program, the body adapts to the physical
challenges in a few weeks; participants can expect to see positive mood and energy
benefits within _____ - ✔✔A few days
✔✔How can you use the psychosocial benefits of exercise to help your participants
sustain their motivation long term? - ✔✔Help them build an identity as an active
participant and understand how being a healthier version of themselves will make a
positive impact on their lives outside the water in their roles as parents, employees, or
colleagues
✔✔What are the three strategies for motivating participants for sustained change? -
✔✔Create a task-focused, growth-oriented climate in your work. Use a motivational
interviewing approach for individual encounters. Before they drop out, help participants
identify and proactively address barriers to their exercise goals.
✔✔The idea of a growth mind-set means to get your participants to focus on _____
rather than on their ability, especially as compared to others - ✔✔Their own effort and
improvement
