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What is the purpose of the Current Good Manufacturing Practices? - ✔✔To provide guidelines to help
ensure quality and purity of products
Which muscle would be considered underactive, leading to the excessive forward trunk lean during the
overhead squat assessment? - ✔✔Gluteus maximus
For a fitness professional using the OPT model, the goal of the Stabilization Endurance phase is to focus
on which of the following aspects? - ✔✔Movement quality
Balance is best described as which of the following? - ✔✔The ability to maintain control of the body
while in a static position
What is a sufficient amount of time for a cardiorespiratory cool-down? - ✔✔c. 5 to 10 minutes
If a muscle is stretched too quickly, the muscle responds with an immediate contraction to stop the
stretch. What is this specific action called? - ✔✔d. Stretch reflex
Which vitamin has an increased risk of causing toxicity? - ✔✔a. Vitamin A
What is the correct order of segments for the spine, starting at the top? - ✔✔b. Cervical, thoracic, and
lumbar
Which of the following is a question that may promote change? - ✔✔b. What might you want to change?
Which of the following exercises provides the most challenge for the antirotational stabilizing muscles? -
✔✔d. Kettlebell RDL
, Which of the following is considered a component of NEAT? - ✔✔c. Walking
The upper trapezius works with what muscle as a force couple to create upward rotation of the scapula?
- ✔✔b. Serratus anterior
Why is it important for fitness professionals to pay attention to their personal grooming when working in
a fitness facility? - ✔✔d. Personal trainers are professionals. Having a professional appearance can help
ensure that clients treat personal trainers as the professionals they are.
If a Certified Personal Trainer helps a client make an action plan to enhance their confidence that they
can exercise on their own, what determinant of behavior are they targeting? - ✔✔a. Self-efficacy
The pathway for hormones secreted by the endocrine system may be described by which of the
following? - ✔✔b. The gland secretes the hormone, which travels through the bloodstream to reach a
target cell, where it binds to a receptor and influences a particular action.
Compared to water-soluble vitamins, which of the following is true about fat-soluble vitamins? - ✔✔b.
Fat-soluble vitamins take longer to accumulate in and deplete from the body.
What is a characteristic of type I muscle fibers? - ✔✔c. Type I fibers are "slow twitch."
Calcium is often associated with bone health, but why is it also important for muscular function? - ✔✔c.
It stimulates actin and myosin activity.
Which is involved in frontside mechanics? - ✔✔b. Lead leg
Which component of blood is primarily responsible for clotting mechanisms? - ✔✔a. Platelets
Which behavior change technique allows individuals to identify external triggers that lead them to
behave in certain ways? - ✔✔c. Self-monitoring
Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version
What is the purpose of the Current Good Manufacturing Practices? - ✔✔To provide guidelines to help
ensure quality and purity of products
Which muscle would be considered underactive, leading to the excessive forward trunk lean during the
overhead squat assessment? - ✔✔Gluteus maximus
For a fitness professional using the OPT model, the goal of the Stabilization Endurance phase is to focus
on which of the following aspects? - ✔✔Movement quality
Balance is best described as which of the following? - ✔✔The ability to maintain control of the body
while in a static position
What is a sufficient amount of time for a cardiorespiratory cool-down? - ✔✔c. 5 to 10 minutes
If a muscle is stretched too quickly, the muscle responds with an immediate contraction to stop the
stretch. What is this specific action called? - ✔✔d. Stretch reflex
Which vitamin has an increased risk of causing toxicity? - ✔✔a. Vitamin A
What is the correct order of segments for the spine, starting at the top? - ✔✔b. Cervical, thoracic, and
lumbar
Which of the following is a question that may promote change? - ✔✔b. What might you want to change?
Which of the following exercises provides the most challenge for the antirotational stabilizing muscles? -
✔✔d. Kettlebell RDL
, Which of the following is considered a component of NEAT? - ✔✔c. Walking
The upper trapezius works with what muscle as a force couple to create upward rotation of the scapula?
- ✔✔b. Serratus anterior
Why is it important for fitness professionals to pay attention to their personal grooming when working in
a fitness facility? - ✔✔d. Personal trainers are professionals. Having a professional appearance can help
ensure that clients treat personal trainers as the professionals they are.
If a Certified Personal Trainer helps a client make an action plan to enhance their confidence that they
can exercise on their own, what determinant of behavior are they targeting? - ✔✔a. Self-efficacy
The pathway for hormones secreted by the endocrine system may be described by which of the
following? - ✔✔b. The gland secretes the hormone, which travels through the bloodstream to reach a
target cell, where it binds to a receptor and influences a particular action.
Compared to water-soluble vitamins, which of the following is true about fat-soluble vitamins? - ✔✔b.
Fat-soluble vitamins take longer to accumulate in and deplete from the body.
What is a characteristic of type I muscle fibers? - ✔✔c. Type I fibers are "slow twitch."
Calcium is often associated with bone health, but why is it also important for muscular function? - ✔✔c.
It stimulates actin and myosin activity.
Which is involved in frontside mechanics? - ✔✔b. Lead leg
Which component of blood is primarily responsible for clotting mechanisms? - ✔✔a. Platelets
Which behavior change technique allows individuals to identify external triggers that lead them to
behave in certain ways? - ✔✔c. Self-monitoring
