AFAA PFT CHAPTER 5 FITNESS
ASSESSMENTS EXAM
List four benefits of fitness assessment - Correct Answers -1. shows client's current
fitness status
2. allows to compare client's progress later
3. educates and motivates the client
4. demonstrates personal fitness trainers professional prudence and knowledge
List 6 components of a fitness assessment session - Correct Answers -1. assess resting
heart rate and blood pressure (if possible)
2. assess the body composition
3. assess cardiovascular fitness
4. assess muscular fitness (strength and endurance)
5. assess fleibility
6. optional fitness assessment components
Which tests may only be perfored by licensed health care professionals in some states?
- Correct Answers -Blood pressure
What are the current blood pressure values for:
1. Hypertension
2. Pre-hypertension
3. Optimal - Correct Answers -1. 140 and up/ 90 and up
2. 120-139/80-89
3. <120/<80
list several submax exercise tests - Correct Answers -The 3 min YMCA step test, The
Rockport walking test The Rockport treadmill wlaking test
What are 4 advantages of subax CV testing - Correct Answers -1. less expensive
2. less risky (HR 70-85%)
3. less specialized equipment required
4. testing personel doesn't have to be as highly trained or qualified
List at least 5 cardirespiratory tests, indicate wheter they are max or submax - Correct
Answers -Max - 1. diagnostic exercise test
2. functional maximal exercise test
, Submax - 1. The 3 min YMCA step test
2. The Rockport walking test
3. The Rockport treadmill walking test
What is max and submax? - Correct Answers -Max - meassures exercising on maimal
heart rate (100%)
- physician's presence,
- more accurate than SUBAX
Submax - assess the client's functional aerobic fitness, shows improvement over time,
Describe the importance of body fat percent testing - Correct Answers -High percentage
of body fat may increase the risk of CVD. High body fat ->obesity
List several methods of estimating body fat % and their possible limitations - Correct
Answers -1. Hydrostatic weighting - (+-) 2,7 %
2. DEXA -(+-) 1,8 %
3. Plethysmography - (+-) 2,2 - 3,7 %
4. Near infrared internance - 5% and up
5. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (+-) 3,5 - 5 %
6. Skinfold caliper analysis (+-) 3,5 %
Whaat body fat % is considered by AFAA to be average for healthy young adults? (m
and w) - Correct Answers -Men - 15 %
Women - 25 %
List the protocols for skinfold testsing - Correct Answers -1. all measurments on the
right side of the body
2. caliper is placed directly on the skinsurface, 1cm away from the thumb and finger
3. pinch should be maintained while reading the claiper
4. wait 1-2 sec (not longer) before reading caliper
5. duplicate measurments
6. rotate through measurments sites or allow the skin to
recover
7. meticulously indentify the skin using anatomical landmarks
What are the purpose and goals of cardiovascular testing? - Correct Answers -Diagnose
the presence and/or the extent of CHD, asses cardiorespiratory fitness, show
improvement over time, help develop an appropriate level of exercise intensity
Describe the protocols for the 3 min YMCA step test - Correct Answers -1. explain the
purpose of the test, describe procedure
2. set the metronom at 96bpm, use 12 inch bench, have your client step up up down
down for 3 minutes, let them know when 1 min, 2 min passed ans 10 sec remaining
3. have your client sit down immidiately, wwithin 5 sec measure the heart rate
4. use the minute value for the recovery heart rate
ASSESSMENTS EXAM
List four benefits of fitness assessment - Correct Answers -1. shows client's current
fitness status
2. allows to compare client's progress later
3. educates and motivates the client
4. demonstrates personal fitness trainers professional prudence and knowledge
List 6 components of a fitness assessment session - Correct Answers -1. assess resting
heart rate and blood pressure (if possible)
2. assess the body composition
3. assess cardiovascular fitness
4. assess muscular fitness (strength and endurance)
5. assess fleibility
6. optional fitness assessment components
Which tests may only be perfored by licensed health care professionals in some states?
- Correct Answers -Blood pressure
What are the current blood pressure values for:
1. Hypertension
2. Pre-hypertension
3. Optimal - Correct Answers -1. 140 and up/ 90 and up
2. 120-139/80-89
3. <120/<80
list several submax exercise tests - Correct Answers -The 3 min YMCA step test, The
Rockport walking test The Rockport treadmill wlaking test
What are 4 advantages of subax CV testing - Correct Answers -1. less expensive
2. less risky (HR 70-85%)
3. less specialized equipment required
4. testing personel doesn't have to be as highly trained or qualified
List at least 5 cardirespiratory tests, indicate wheter they are max or submax - Correct
Answers -Max - 1. diagnostic exercise test
2. functional maximal exercise test
, Submax - 1. The 3 min YMCA step test
2. The Rockport walking test
3. The Rockport treadmill walking test
What is max and submax? - Correct Answers -Max - meassures exercising on maimal
heart rate (100%)
- physician's presence,
- more accurate than SUBAX
Submax - assess the client's functional aerobic fitness, shows improvement over time,
Describe the importance of body fat percent testing - Correct Answers -High percentage
of body fat may increase the risk of CVD. High body fat ->obesity
List several methods of estimating body fat % and their possible limitations - Correct
Answers -1. Hydrostatic weighting - (+-) 2,7 %
2. DEXA -(+-) 1,8 %
3. Plethysmography - (+-) 2,2 - 3,7 %
4. Near infrared internance - 5% and up
5. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (+-) 3,5 - 5 %
6. Skinfold caliper analysis (+-) 3,5 %
Whaat body fat % is considered by AFAA to be average for healthy young adults? (m
and w) - Correct Answers -Men - 15 %
Women - 25 %
List the protocols for skinfold testsing - Correct Answers -1. all measurments on the
right side of the body
2. caliper is placed directly on the skinsurface, 1cm away from the thumb and finger
3. pinch should be maintained while reading the claiper
4. wait 1-2 sec (not longer) before reading caliper
5. duplicate measurments
6. rotate through measurments sites or allow the skin to
recover
7. meticulously indentify the skin using anatomical landmarks
What are the purpose and goals of cardiovascular testing? - Correct Answers -Diagnose
the presence and/or the extent of CHD, asses cardiorespiratory fitness, show
improvement over time, help develop an appropriate level of exercise intensity
Describe the protocols for the 3 min YMCA step test - Correct Answers -1. explain the
purpose of the test, describe procedure
2. set the metronom at 96bpm, use 12 inch bench, have your client step up up down
down for 3 minutes, let them know when 1 min, 2 min passed ans 10 sec remaining
3. have your client sit down immidiately, wwithin 5 sec measure the heart rate
4. use the minute value for the recovery heart rate
