ACSM CPT Certification Review Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Which of the following exercise modes allows Hamstrings
buoyancy to reduce the potential for
musculoskeletal injury?
A) Cycling Calcium, phosphorus magnesium, potassium,
B) Walking sulfur, sodium, and chloride are examples of
C) Skiing ____________.
D) Water exercise - ANSWER -D) Water A) Macrominerals
exercise B) Microminerals
C) Proteins
D) Vitamins - ANSWER -B) Microminerals
In which stage of motivational readiness is a
person who is an irregular exerciser?
A) Precontemplation Which of the following terms represents an
B) Contemplation imaginary horizontal plane passing through the
C) Preparation midsection of the body and dividing it into upper
D) Action - ANSWER -C) Preparation and lower portions?
A) Sagittal
B) Frontal
Which of the following medications is designed to C) Transverse
modify blood cholesterol levels? D) Superior - ANSWER -C) Transverse
A) Nitrates
B) Beta-blockers
C) Antihyperlipidemics A personal trainer fails to spot a client performing
D) Aspirin - ANSWER -C) heavy incline dumbbell presses and the client
Antihyperlipidemics injures himself when the dumbbell is dropped on
his face. Which of the following identify the
appropriate type of negligence displayed in this
Which of the following represents more than 90% section?
of the fat stored in the body and is composed of A) Admission
a glycerol molecule connected to three fatty B) Commission
acids? C) Omission
A) Phospholipids D) Legal - ANSWER -C) Omission
B) Cholesterol
C) Triglycerides (TG)
D) Free fatty acids - ANSWER -C) Which of the following blood pressure (BP)
Triglycerides (TG) readings would characterize hypertension in the
adult?
A) 100/60 mm Hg
Limited flexibility of which of the following muscle B) 110/70 mm Hg
groups increases the risk of low back pain? C) 120/80 mm Hg
A) Quadriceps D) 140/90 mm Hg - ANSWER -D) 140/90
B) Hamstrings mm Hg
C) Hip flexors
D) Gluteus maximus - ANSWER -B)
, ACSM CPT Certification Review Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Which of the following stages define people ANSWER -B) Body composition
having the greatest risk of relapse?
A) Precontemplation
B) Contemplation How many calories are contained in a food bar
C) Preparation that contains 5 g of fat, 30 g of carbohydrates
D) Action - ANSWER -D) Action including 4 g of fiber, and 3 g of protein?
A) 161 kcal
B) 168 kcal
Uncoordinated gait, headache, dizziness, C) 177 kcal
vomiting, and elevated body temperature are D) 193 kcal - ANSWER -A) 161 kcal
signs and symptoms of ____________.
A) Acute exposure to the cold
B) Hypothermia Verbal encouragement, material incentives, self-
C) Heat exhaustion and heat stroke praise, and use of specific contingency contracts
D) Acute altitude sickness - ANSWER -C) are examples of ___________.
Heat exhaustion and heat stroke A) Shaping
B) Reinforcement
C) Antecedent control
Moving the hand from palm up to palm down with D) Setting goals - ANSWER -B)
the elbow flexed at 90 degrees ____________. Reinforcement
A) Adducts the ulna
B) Internally rotates the radius
C) Internally rotates the humerus Which physiologic response(s) would be
D) Flexes the ulna - ANSWER -B) Internally expected to occur under conditions of high
rotates the radius ambient temperature?
A) Decreased maximal oxygen uptake
B) Decreased heart rate at rest
What is a subject's work rate in watts if he pedals C) Increased heart rate at sub maximal workload
on a Monark cycle ergometer at 50 revolutions D) Decreased maximal heart rate -
per minute (RPM) at a resistance of 2.0 kp? ANSWER -C) Increased heart rate at sub
Assume that one revolution of the cycle maximal workload
ergometer flywheel is 6 m long.
A) 10 W
B) 50 W Regular exercise will results in what chronic
C) 100 W adaptation in cardiac output (CO) during exercise
D) 200 W - ANSWER -A) 10 W at the same workload?
A) Increase
B) Decrease
Relative proportions of fat and fat-free (lean) C) No change
tissue can be reported as ___________. D) Increase during dynamic exercise only -
A) Percentage body fat ANSWER -C) No change
B) Body composition
C) Body mass index (BMI)
D) Weight-to-waist circumference ratio - Which of the following conditions is characterized
Answers Graded A+
Which of the following exercise modes allows Hamstrings
buoyancy to reduce the potential for
musculoskeletal injury?
A) Cycling Calcium, phosphorus magnesium, potassium,
B) Walking sulfur, sodium, and chloride are examples of
C) Skiing ____________.
D) Water exercise - ANSWER -D) Water A) Macrominerals
exercise B) Microminerals
C) Proteins
D) Vitamins - ANSWER -B) Microminerals
In which stage of motivational readiness is a
person who is an irregular exerciser?
A) Precontemplation Which of the following terms represents an
B) Contemplation imaginary horizontal plane passing through the
C) Preparation midsection of the body and dividing it into upper
D) Action - ANSWER -C) Preparation and lower portions?
A) Sagittal
B) Frontal
Which of the following medications is designed to C) Transverse
modify blood cholesterol levels? D) Superior - ANSWER -C) Transverse
A) Nitrates
B) Beta-blockers
C) Antihyperlipidemics A personal trainer fails to spot a client performing
D) Aspirin - ANSWER -C) heavy incline dumbbell presses and the client
Antihyperlipidemics injures himself when the dumbbell is dropped on
his face. Which of the following identify the
appropriate type of negligence displayed in this
Which of the following represents more than 90% section?
of the fat stored in the body and is composed of A) Admission
a glycerol molecule connected to three fatty B) Commission
acids? C) Omission
A) Phospholipids D) Legal - ANSWER -C) Omission
B) Cholesterol
C) Triglycerides (TG)
D) Free fatty acids - ANSWER -C) Which of the following blood pressure (BP)
Triglycerides (TG) readings would characterize hypertension in the
adult?
A) 100/60 mm Hg
Limited flexibility of which of the following muscle B) 110/70 mm Hg
groups increases the risk of low back pain? C) 120/80 mm Hg
A) Quadriceps D) 140/90 mm Hg - ANSWER -D) 140/90
B) Hamstrings mm Hg
C) Hip flexors
D) Gluteus maximus - ANSWER -B)
, ACSM CPT Certification Review Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Which of the following stages define people ANSWER -B) Body composition
having the greatest risk of relapse?
A) Precontemplation
B) Contemplation How many calories are contained in a food bar
C) Preparation that contains 5 g of fat, 30 g of carbohydrates
D) Action - ANSWER -D) Action including 4 g of fiber, and 3 g of protein?
A) 161 kcal
B) 168 kcal
Uncoordinated gait, headache, dizziness, C) 177 kcal
vomiting, and elevated body temperature are D) 193 kcal - ANSWER -A) 161 kcal
signs and symptoms of ____________.
A) Acute exposure to the cold
B) Hypothermia Verbal encouragement, material incentives, self-
C) Heat exhaustion and heat stroke praise, and use of specific contingency contracts
D) Acute altitude sickness - ANSWER -C) are examples of ___________.
Heat exhaustion and heat stroke A) Shaping
B) Reinforcement
C) Antecedent control
Moving the hand from palm up to palm down with D) Setting goals - ANSWER -B)
the elbow flexed at 90 degrees ____________. Reinforcement
A) Adducts the ulna
B) Internally rotates the radius
C) Internally rotates the humerus Which physiologic response(s) would be
D) Flexes the ulna - ANSWER -B) Internally expected to occur under conditions of high
rotates the radius ambient temperature?
A) Decreased maximal oxygen uptake
B) Decreased heart rate at rest
What is a subject's work rate in watts if he pedals C) Increased heart rate at sub maximal workload
on a Monark cycle ergometer at 50 revolutions D) Decreased maximal heart rate -
per minute (RPM) at a resistance of 2.0 kp? ANSWER -C) Increased heart rate at sub
Assume that one revolution of the cycle maximal workload
ergometer flywheel is 6 m long.
A) 10 W
B) 50 W Regular exercise will results in what chronic
C) 100 W adaptation in cardiac output (CO) during exercise
D) 200 W - ANSWER -A) 10 W at the same workload?
A) Increase
B) Decrease
Relative proportions of fat and fat-free (lean) C) No change
tissue can be reported as ___________. D) Increase during dynamic exercise only -
A) Percentage body fat ANSWER -C) No change
B) Body composition
C) Body mass index (BMI)
D) Weight-to-waist circumference ratio - Which of the following conditions is characterized
