AFAA GFI EXAM |337 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED)
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?
a. Pre-choreographed class
b. Pre-designed class
c. Branded class
d. Freestyle class - -pre choreographed class
-Which of the following best describes scope of practice?
Select one:
a. What the program director says an instructor can and cannot do
b. Limitations that do not apply to self-employed instructors
c. What an instructor can legally do in their professional practice
d. What the club owner says an instructor can and cannot do - -What an instructor can
legally do in their professional practice
-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?
Select one:
a. Resistance
b. HIIT
c. Boot camp
d. Intervals - -bootcamp
-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?
Select one:
a. Pre-designed
b. Pre-choreographed
c. Freestyle
d. Circuit - -free style
-Exercising in the strength level works to do which of the following?
Select one:
a. Improve joint flexibility
b. Improve the ability of the body's prime movers to produce force
c. Improve aerobic capacity
d. Convert body fat into lean muscle tissue - -Improve the ability of the body's prime
movers to produce force
-Which of the following is true of movement preparation?
,Select one:
a. It connects a theme, brand, or experience.
b. It is a method of choreography.
c. It considers required range of motion of a workout.
d. It focuses on slow and controlled movements. - -c. It considers required range of motion
of a workout.
(Movement preparation: a concept of a comprehensive movement preparation segment
replacing the traditional warm up. Instead of generically warming up the body, movement
prep take into account the movements are required range of motion to be included in the
main body workout.)
-Which of the following is a benefit for participants who attend pre-designed classes?
Select one:
a. The ability to see, feel, and visualize long-term progress
b. Requires less time for the pre-class planning stage
c. Provides instant brand recognition and credibility
d. Allows for experimentation for career exploration and growth - -The ability to see, feel,
and visualize long-term progress
-Which of the following best describes muscle balance?
Select one:
a. Autonomic contractions in an overactive muscle
b. Equivalent muscle length surrounding a joint
c. Strong quadriceps and weak hamstring muscles
d. Strong psoas and weak glutes - -b. Equivalent muscle length surrounding a joint
-In addition to improved quality of life and weight loss, which of the following is a another
health benefit of fitness?
Select one:
a. Reduced synchronization of motor unit firing
b. Reduced phosphorylation of myosin
c. Elevated blood pressure
d. Elevated mood - -elevated mood
-Group strength classes offer participants the opportunity to increase muscular strength
using which of the following?
Select one:
a. An opposing force
b. Contract-relax stretching
c. Cardiorespiratory endurance
d. A high number of repetitions - -an opposing force
-Indoor cycling formats are typically taught on stationary bicycles designed to do which of
the following?
Select one:
a. Simulate an outdoor experience
,b. Teach participants to exercise in the sagittal plane
c. Focus on breathing techniques
d. Provide a military-style presentation - -simulate an outdoor experience
-Which best describes the term modality?
Select one:
a. A form of exercise that presents a specific sequence of movement patterns
b. A mode of exercise that presents a specific stress to the body
c. A form of exercise that follows a specific timed pattern for each movement
d. A mode of exercise using a specific brand of equipment - -A mode of exercise that
presents a specific stress to the body
-"Freestyle" instruction refers to the instructor's ability to do which of the following?
Select one:
a. Determine his or her own class plan and music selection
b. Use a pre-designed workout provided by a specific company or organization
c. Use music formatted for a specific program
d. Teach for free at recreational parks - -Determine his or her own class plan and music
selection
-Which class format is most likely to combine strength, stability, flexibility, balance, and
breathing techniques?
Select one:
a. Cycling
b. Resistance
c. Mind-body
d. Aqua - -Mind body
-Which of the following best describes the classifications for obesity?
Select one:
a. An individual who is 25 pounds over the recommended weight for height
b. An individual who is 45 pounds over the recommended weight for height
c. An individual who is 15 pounds over the recommended weight for height
d. An individual who is 10 pounds over the recommended weight for height - -an
individual who is 45 pounds over the recommended weight for height
-Which term refers to a position on or toward the front of the body?
Select one:
a. Superior
b. Anterior
c. Medial
d. Lateral - -anterior
-From which of the following positions does horizontal abduction involve the movement of
the arm or thigh in the transverse plane to a lateral position?
Select one:
, a. Posterior
b. Inferior
c. Medial
d. Anterior - -anterior
-Which of the following terms refers to a position on or toward the back of the body?
Select one:
a. Posterior
b. Anterior
c. Lateral
d. Ipsilateral - -posterior
-Which of the following terms refers to a body part located toward or on the front side of
the body?
Select one:
a. Anterior
b. Proximal
c. Posterior
d. Superior - -anterior
-Which of the following refers to a position away from the center of the body or the point
of reference?
Select one:
a. Ipsilateral
b. Lateral
c. Inferior
d. Distal - -distal
-Which of the following refers to a bending movement in which the relative angle between
two adjacent segments decreases?
Select one:
a. Flexion
b. Eversion
c. Evulsion
d. Abduction - -flexion
-Which of the following occurs when the shoulder blades move toward the midline?
Select one:
a. Depression
b. Retraction
c. Protraction
d. Elevation - -retraction
-Which of the following refers to a form or mode of exercise that presents a specific stress
to the body?
Select one:
(VERIFIED)
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?
a. Pre-choreographed class
b. Pre-designed class
c. Branded class
d. Freestyle class - -pre choreographed class
-Which of the following best describes scope of practice?
Select one:
a. What the program director says an instructor can and cannot do
b. Limitations that do not apply to self-employed instructors
c. What an instructor can legally do in their professional practice
d. What the club owner says an instructor can and cannot do - -What an instructor can
legally do in their professional practice
-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?
Select one:
a. Resistance
b. HIIT
c. Boot camp
d. Intervals - -bootcamp
-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?
Select one:
a. Pre-designed
b. Pre-choreographed
c. Freestyle
d. Circuit - -free style
-Exercising in the strength level works to do which of the following?
Select one:
a. Improve joint flexibility
b. Improve the ability of the body's prime movers to produce force
c. Improve aerobic capacity
d. Convert body fat into lean muscle tissue - -Improve the ability of the body's prime
movers to produce force
-Which of the following is true of movement preparation?
,Select one:
a. It connects a theme, brand, or experience.
b. It is a method of choreography.
c. It considers required range of motion of a workout.
d. It focuses on slow and controlled movements. - -c. It considers required range of motion
of a workout.
(Movement preparation: a concept of a comprehensive movement preparation segment
replacing the traditional warm up. Instead of generically warming up the body, movement
prep take into account the movements are required range of motion to be included in the
main body workout.)
-Which of the following is a benefit for participants who attend pre-designed classes?
Select one:
a. The ability to see, feel, and visualize long-term progress
b. Requires less time for the pre-class planning stage
c. Provides instant brand recognition and credibility
d. Allows for experimentation for career exploration and growth - -The ability to see, feel,
and visualize long-term progress
-Which of the following best describes muscle balance?
Select one:
a. Autonomic contractions in an overactive muscle
b. Equivalent muscle length surrounding a joint
c. Strong quadriceps and weak hamstring muscles
d. Strong psoas and weak glutes - -b. Equivalent muscle length surrounding a joint
-In addition to improved quality of life and weight loss, which of the following is a another
health benefit of fitness?
Select one:
a. Reduced synchronization of motor unit firing
b. Reduced phosphorylation of myosin
c. Elevated blood pressure
d. Elevated mood - -elevated mood
-Group strength classes offer participants the opportunity to increase muscular strength
using which of the following?
Select one:
a. An opposing force
b. Contract-relax stretching
c. Cardiorespiratory endurance
d. A high number of repetitions - -an opposing force
-Indoor cycling formats are typically taught on stationary bicycles designed to do which of
the following?
Select one:
a. Simulate an outdoor experience
,b. Teach participants to exercise in the sagittal plane
c. Focus on breathing techniques
d. Provide a military-style presentation - -simulate an outdoor experience
-Which best describes the term modality?
Select one:
a. A form of exercise that presents a specific sequence of movement patterns
b. A mode of exercise that presents a specific stress to the body
c. A form of exercise that follows a specific timed pattern for each movement
d. A mode of exercise using a specific brand of equipment - -A mode of exercise that
presents a specific stress to the body
-"Freestyle" instruction refers to the instructor's ability to do which of the following?
Select one:
a. Determine his or her own class plan and music selection
b. Use a pre-designed workout provided by a specific company or organization
c. Use music formatted for a specific program
d. Teach for free at recreational parks - -Determine his or her own class plan and music
selection
-Which class format is most likely to combine strength, stability, flexibility, balance, and
breathing techniques?
Select one:
a. Cycling
b. Resistance
c. Mind-body
d. Aqua - -Mind body
-Which of the following best describes the classifications for obesity?
Select one:
a. An individual who is 25 pounds over the recommended weight for height
b. An individual who is 45 pounds over the recommended weight for height
c. An individual who is 15 pounds over the recommended weight for height
d. An individual who is 10 pounds over the recommended weight for height - -an
individual who is 45 pounds over the recommended weight for height
-Which term refers to a position on or toward the front of the body?
Select one:
a. Superior
b. Anterior
c. Medial
d. Lateral - -anterior
-From which of the following positions does horizontal abduction involve the movement of
the arm or thigh in the transverse plane to a lateral position?
Select one:
, a. Posterior
b. Inferior
c. Medial
d. Anterior - -anterior
-Which of the following terms refers to a position on or toward the back of the body?
Select one:
a. Posterior
b. Anterior
c. Lateral
d. Ipsilateral - -posterior
-Which of the following terms refers to a body part located toward or on the front side of
the body?
Select one:
a. Anterior
b. Proximal
c. Posterior
d. Superior - -anterior
-Which of the following refers to a position away from the center of the body or the point
of reference?
Select one:
a. Ipsilateral
b. Lateral
c. Inferior
d. Distal - -distal
-Which of the following refers to a bending movement in which the relative angle between
two adjacent segments decreases?
Select one:
a. Flexion
b. Eversion
c. Evulsion
d. Abduction - -flexion
-Which of the following occurs when the shoulder blades move toward the midline?
Select one:
a. Depression
b. Retraction
c. Protraction
d. Elevation - -retraction
-Which of the following refers to a form or mode of exercise that presents a specific stress
to the body?
Select one:
