ACSM Personal Trainer Certification Exam Test Questions and
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ADL - -One's ability to perform daily tasks FITT-VP - -Frequency (how often)
such as self care and chores Intensity (how hard)
Time (duration)
Type (mode)
Physical Activity - -Transition from rest to Volume (overall amount)
active movement Progression (how to advance)
Exercise - -Planned and structured ATP-CP Phosphagen System - -Anaerobic
physical activity to improve one or more of the 5 0-30 sec high intensity work
components of fitness sprints, weight lifting
5 Components of Fitness - -1. Anaerobic Glycolysis/Lactic Acid - -
Cardiorespiratory Endurance Anaerobic
2. Muscle Endurance Glucose & lactic acid
3. Muscle Strength :30-3 mins high intensity work
4. Flexibility 400-800m sprint, 100m swim
5. Body Composition
Oxidation System - -Fat oxidation
Types of Fitness Conditioning - -Health 3+ minutes
Related: Focuses on enhancing QoL, preventing important for endurance
disease, moderate-intensity PA capacity limited by O2 and Cals available
Fitness Conditioning: Focuses on exercise *Unfit client has decreased ability to deliver O2
regimens based on recommendations for from dec capillary density preventing delivery
improving fitness
O2 Physiological Adaptations - -1. Oxygen
SAID - -In order to improve the goal, you Deficit - initial stages of CV training bout referred
must practice the goal. Ex. If the goal is a 5K, to as lag in O2 consumption, relying on anaerobic
you must run to train for it metabolism
2. Steady State - achieved w/ sustained CV once
O2 supplied equals O2 demanded. Inc fit, reach
Rate of Remodeling - -Remodel > Damage SS faster and endurance depends how long you
--> increase training effort stay here.
Damage > Remodel --> decrease training effort 3. EPOC - O2 debt, uptake remained elevated
(or may cause overuse/injury) post exercise for several minutes (or house if
longer bout); EPOC effect is to restore CP/ATP in
muscles and O2 in blood; "after burn" effect
Signs of Over Training - -Injury, inc resting
HR, fatigued throughout day, low performance
Sino Atrial Node - -Pacemaker of the heart,
in RA, initiates contraction
, ACSM Personal Trainer Certification Exam Test Questions and
Answers Rated A+
Arteriovenous Oxygen Difference - -
Atrioventricular Node - -Slows down the Difference between oxygen content of arterial
heart contracting and venous blood
Right Chambers - -RA receives deoxy Pulmonary Ventilation - -Volume of air
blood from vena cava. Blood travels to RV exchanged per minute
through tricuspid valve. Leaves RV via
pulmonary semilunar valve to pulmonary system.
VO2 Max - -Highest rate and amount of O2
achieved at maximal physical exertion
Left Chambers - -LA receives oxy blood
from veins. Travels to LV through bicuspid valve
then to aorta through the aortic semilunar valve Acute CR Response to Aerobic Exercise - -
where it then travels through the body's arteries Increase: HR, SV, CO, AOD, BF, systolic BP,
to deliver oxygen. pulmonary ventilation, O2 consumption
Pulse Sights - -Carotid (not recommended Chronic CR Adaptations to Aerobic Exercise -
to perform on someone) -Decrease: RHR, BP, blood lactate
Brachial Increase: SV, CO
Femoral
Radial (most recommended)
Synovial Joints - -Freely movable allowing
for variety of angular, circular, and specialized
Heart Rate - -Avg is 72bpm resting (normal movements; most common type in human body
is 60-100bpm)
Good gauge for clients to see how fit they are
becoming Cardiac Muscle - -involuntary muscle
tissue
Tachycardia/Bradychardia - -Faster than
normal heart rate, >100 bpm Smooth Muscle - -involuntary muscle
Slower than normal heart rate, < 60 bpm tissue of arterial walls and organs of the body
Stroke Volume (SV) - -The amount of Skeletal Muscle - -Voluntary muscle tissue
blood pumped from the left ventricle in one beat made of striated fibers
Cardiac Output (CO) - -The amount of Type I Fibers - -Aerobic, slow twitch, slow
blood pumped from the heart in one minute oxidative, red twitch
Answers Rated A+
ADL - -One's ability to perform daily tasks FITT-VP - -Frequency (how often)
such as self care and chores Intensity (how hard)
Time (duration)
Type (mode)
Physical Activity - -Transition from rest to Volume (overall amount)
active movement Progression (how to advance)
Exercise - -Planned and structured ATP-CP Phosphagen System - -Anaerobic
physical activity to improve one or more of the 5 0-30 sec high intensity work
components of fitness sprints, weight lifting
5 Components of Fitness - -1. Anaerobic Glycolysis/Lactic Acid - -
Cardiorespiratory Endurance Anaerobic
2. Muscle Endurance Glucose & lactic acid
3. Muscle Strength :30-3 mins high intensity work
4. Flexibility 400-800m sprint, 100m swim
5. Body Composition
Oxidation System - -Fat oxidation
Types of Fitness Conditioning - -Health 3+ minutes
Related: Focuses on enhancing QoL, preventing important for endurance
disease, moderate-intensity PA capacity limited by O2 and Cals available
Fitness Conditioning: Focuses on exercise *Unfit client has decreased ability to deliver O2
regimens based on recommendations for from dec capillary density preventing delivery
improving fitness
O2 Physiological Adaptations - -1. Oxygen
SAID - -In order to improve the goal, you Deficit - initial stages of CV training bout referred
must practice the goal. Ex. If the goal is a 5K, to as lag in O2 consumption, relying on anaerobic
you must run to train for it metabolism
2. Steady State - achieved w/ sustained CV once
O2 supplied equals O2 demanded. Inc fit, reach
Rate of Remodeling - -Remodel > Damage SS faster and endurance depends how long you
--> increase training effort stay here.
Damage > Remodel --> decrease training effort 3. EPOC - O2 debt, uptake remained elevated
(or may cause overuse/injury) post exercise for several minutes (or house if
longer bout); EPOC effect is to restore CP/ATP in
muscles and O2 in blood; "after burn" effect
Signs of Over Training - -Injury, inc resting
HR, fatigued throughout day, low performance
Sino Atrial Node - -Pacemaker of the heart,
in RA, initiates contraction
, ACSM Personal Trainer Certification Exam Test Questions and
Answers Rated A+
Arteriovenous Oxygen Difference - -
Atrioventricular Node - -Slows down the Difference between oxygen content of arterial
heart contracting and venous blood
Right Chambers - -RA receives deoxy Pulmonary Ventilation - -Volume of air
blood from vena cava. Blood travels to RV exchanged per minute
through tricuspid valve. Leaves RV via
pulmonary semilunar valve to pulmonary system.
VO2 Max - -Highest rate and amount of O2
achieved at maximal physical exertion
Left Chambers - -LA receives oxy blood
from veins. Travels to LV through bicuspid valve
then to aorta through the aortic semilunar valve Acute CR Response to Aerobic Exercise - -
where it then travels through the body's arteries Increase: HR, SV, CO, AOD, BF, systolic BP,
to deliver oxygen. pulmonary ventilation, O2 consumption
Pulse Sights - -Carotid (not recommended Chronic CR Adaptations to Aerobic Exercise -
to perform on someone) -Decrease: RHR, BP, blood lactate
Brachial Increase: SV, CO
Femoral
Radial (most recommended)
Synovial Joints - -Freely movable allowing
for variety of angular, circular, and specialized
Heart Rate - -Avg is 72bpm resting (normal movements; most common type in human body
is 60-100bpm)
Good gauge for clients to see how fit they are
becoming Cardiac Muscle - -involuntary muscle
tissue
Tachycardia/Bradychardia - -Faster than
normal heart rate, >100 bpm Smooth Muscle - -involuntary muscle
Slower than normal heart rate, < 60 bpm tissue of arterial walls and organs of the body
Stroke Volume (SV) - -The amount of Skeletal Muscle - -Voluntary muscle tissue
blood pumped from the left ventricle in one beat made of striated fibers
Cardiac Output (CO) - -The amount of Type I Fibers - -Aerobic, slow twitch, slow
blood pumped from the heart in one minute oxidative, red twitch
