AFAA Review Exam Questions And Answers

Group Fitness Instructors should be ready and willing to answer questions about which of the following? - ANS a. The workout being presented Which teaching method consists of designing, developing, and delivering movement to group fitness participants based on the Group Fitness Instructor's own personal preferences, skill set, and knowledge of exercise selection? - ANS b. Freestyle Which of the following terms refers to the teaching method where a class template provides the overall class direction and standards while allowing instructors to manipulate other variables within those standards? - ANS b. Pre-designed class Which of the following is the primary purpose of stabilization training? - ANS c. Improved joint stability Correct Which of the following is a benefit for participants who attend pre-designed classes? - ANS c. The ability to see, feel, and visualize long-term progress Which statement best describes the differences between pre-choreographed, predesigned, and freestyle teaching methods? - ANS b. Pre-choreographed specifies the exact moves and music to be used; predesigned provides direction and a class template; freestyle is based on the instructor's personal preferences. Exercising in the strength level works to do which of the following? - ANS . Improve the ability of the body's prime movers to produce force Correct Which best describes the term modality? - ANS A mode of exercise that presents a specific stress to the body Which of the following best describes scope of practice? - ANS a.What an instructor can legally do in their professional practice Correct Which class format is most likely to combine strength, stability, flexibility, balance, and breathing techniques? - ANS d. Mind-body "Freestyle" instruction refers to the instructor's ability to do which of the following? - ANS a. Determine his or her own class plan and music selection Which of the following best describes the classifications for obesity? - ANS b. An individual who is 45 pounds over the recommended weight for height Which class format is most likely to include a combination of resistance and cardio elements, with a goal of providing a total-body workout in a military style presentation? - ANS c. Boot camp Which of the following best describes the group fitness method where every major component of a class has been created by a single person, business, or organization in order to connect a unifying theme and experience? - ANS b. Pre-choreographed class What is biomechanics the study of? - ANS a. How forces affect a living body Which of the following refers to the down stroke of the cycle? - ANS a. Knee extension Dorsiflexion - ANS bending of the foot or the toes upward (front) plantar flexion - ANS bending of the sole of the foot by curling the toes toward the ground (back) Flexion - ANS Decreases the angle of a joint extension - ANS increases the angle of a joint pre-choreographed classes - ANS all components of the class made by a person, business, organization, with a connecting theme or experience pre-design classes - ANS template that provides overall class direction while allowing instructors to manipulate other variables Freestyle classes - ANS Individual or GFI choses their own music and choreography/class plan Strength and Resistance Training - ANS increases muscular strength and endurance using opposing force for resistance HIIT and Interval - ANS alternate higher intensity work periods with moderate-to-low intensity recovery periods Mind Body - ANS Thing yoga, slow, concentrated/controlled movements sagital plane (median plane) - ANS Vertically divides the body into right and left sides transverse plane (horizontal plane) - ANS divides the body into upper and lower portions frontal plane (coronal plane) - ANS Divides the body into front and back portions. Abduction - ANS Movement away from the midline of the body Adduction - ANS Movement toward the midline of the body Eversion - ANS turning outward/away from midline Inversion - ANS turning inward/towards midline scapular rotation - ANS Shoulders in to spine Supination - ANS turning the palm upward Pronation - ANS turning the palm downward Static posture - ANS The posture your body exhibits while in a resting position dynamic posture - ANS the body during movements Multi-joint or multi-planar - ANS add rotation to the exercise supine position - ANS laying on back with face up prone position - ANS lying face down