AFAA PERSONAL TRAINER CERTIFICATION EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Myocardial Infarction - (answer) heart attack
Wellness Continuum - (answer) a spectrum of wellness states from irreversible damage to optimum
wellness
6 Dimensions of Wellness - (answer) Emotional, Social, Intellectual, Spiritual, Physical, Occupational
Stroke Volume - (answer) the amount of blood pumped with each beat
Ischemia - (answer) inadequate blood flow to the heart
Cardiac Output - (answer) blood pumped per minute
Venous Return - (answer) taking blood back to the heart
Valsalva Maneuver - (answer) holds breath during strenuous activity
Minute Ventilation - (answer) total amount of air breathed per minute
Residual Lung Volume - (answer) amount of air needed remaining in the lungs after exhale
Forced Vital Capacity - (answer) value measured during some fitness assessments
Mini Stroke - (answer) Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Hypertension - (answer) High blood pressure, higher than 140/90
Low Back Pain - (answer) affects 80% of adults; can be prevented by strengthening abs, spinal
extensors, scapular abductors; stretching hip flexors, hamstrings, anterior chest muscles
,AFAA PERSONAL TRAINER CERTIFICATION EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Osteoporosis - (answer) loss of bone density; can be reversed/slowed with adequate weight-bearing
exercise
Physical Activity - (answer) Minimum of moderate intensity 30 min/5 days/week or vigorous intensity
20 min/ 3 days/week
Total Fat Intake - (answer) between 20%-35% of total daily calories; unsaturated fats are better
Obesity - (answer) excess body fat; BMI greater than 30kg/m2 or waist girth greater than 102cm
(male), 88cm (female)
Carb/Fat Burn Ratio - (answer) low to moderate exercise will equate to a 50/50 ratio of carbs and fat
being burned; higher intensity=less fat burn
Adensoine Triposphate (ATP) - (answer) energy-carrying biological molecule, which, when broken
down, drives cellular activities
Phosphagen System - (answer) the combination of ATP and CP (creatine phosphate) which provides
nearly all energy for short bursts (at high intensity) of activity; sprinting, jumping, throwing, kicking,
lifting heavy weights
Aerobic Oxidative System - (answer) low power/long duration, not immediate but always there,
potential to grow; uses glucose, fat, and protein (long-distance running, swimming)
Anaerobic Glycolytic System - (answer) This system provides much of the energy for sustained, high-
intensity things such as soccer, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, basketball, volleyball, tennis
Glucose - (answer) body's usable form of carbohydrate
, AFAA PERSONAL TRAINER CERTIFICATION EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Lactic Acid - (answer) Produced in muscle cells from the reduction of pyruvate (under anaerobic
conditions) to regenerate NAD+ so that glycolysis can continue. A rise in lactic acid usually accompanies
an increase in physical activity.
Glycolosis - (answer) Breaking glucose into two molecules of a compound called pyruvate; using
sugar/carbs to make energy
Mitochondria - (answer) Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production
Beta Oxidation - (answer) reaction that converts fatty acids to acetyl CoA to enter the Krebs cycle
Krebs Cycle - (answer) second stage of cellular respiration, in which pyruvic acid is broken down into
carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
Electron Transport System - (answer) a series of electron carrier molecules, found in thylakoid
membranes of chlorplasts and the inner membrane of mitochondria, that extract energy from electrons
and generate ATP or other energetic molecules.
Anaerobic Threshold - (answer) the point at which muscle metabolism converts to anaerobic
glycolysis; work becomes intense that muscles do not produce energy
Maximal Oxygen Uptake (VO2Max) - (answer) Maximum amount of oxygen consumed and utilized
during an all-out effort to exhaustion
Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) - (answer) Oxygen consumption during recovery
from exercise that is above resting rate. Equates to additional calories expended. 'Catching breath'
Muscle Tissue - (answer) Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac
Skeletal Muscle - (answer) striated and voluntary
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Myocardial Infarction - (answer) heart attack
Wellness Continuum - (answer) a spectrum of wellness states from irreversible damage to optimum
wellness
6 Dimensions of Wellness - (answer) Emotional, Social, Intellectual, Spiritual, Physical, Occupational
Stroke Volume - (answer) the amount of blood pumped with each beat
Ischemia - (answer) inadequate blood flow to the heart
Cardiac Output - (answer) blood pumped per minute
Venous Return - (answer) taking blood back to the heart
Valsalva Maneuver - (answer) holds breath during strenuous activity
Minute Ventilation - (answer) total amount of air breathed per minute
Residual Lung Volume - (answer) amount of air needed remaining in the lungs after exhale
Forced Vital Capacity - (answer) value measured during some fitness assessments
Mini Stroke - (answer) Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Hypertension - (answer) High blood pressure, higher than 140/90
Low Back Pain - (answer) affects 80% of adults; can be prevented by strengthening abs, spinal
extensors, scapular abductors; stretching hip flexors, hamstrings, anterior chest muscles
,AFAA PERSONAL TRAINER CERTIFICATION EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Osteoporosis - (answer) loss of bone density; can be reversed/slowed with adequate weight-bearing
exercise
Physical Activity - (answer) Minimum of moderate intensity 30 min/5 days/week or vigorous intensity
20 min/ 3 days/week
Total Fat Intake - (answer) between 20%-35% of total daily calories; unsaturated fats are better
Obesity - (answer) excess body fat; BMI greater than 30kg/m2 or waist girth greater than 102cm
(male), 88cm (female)
Carb/Fat Burn Ratio - (answer) low to moderate exercise will equate to a 50/50 ratio of carbs and fat
being burned; higher intensity=less fat burn
Adensoine Triposphate (ATP) - (answer) energy-carrying biological molecule, which, when broken
down, drives cellular activities
Phosphagen System - (answer) the combination of ATP and CP (creatine phosphate) which provides
nearly all energy for short bursts (at high intensity) of activity; sprinting, jumping, throwing, kicking,
lifting heavy weights
Aerobic Oxidative System - (answer) low power/long duration, not immediate but always there,
potential to grow; uses glucose, fat, and protein (long-distance running, swimming)
Anaerobic Glycolytic System - (answer) This system provides much of the energy for sustained, high-
intensity things such as soccer, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, basketball, volleyball, tennis
Glucose - (answer) body's usable form of carbohydrate
, AFAA PERSONAL TRAINER CERTIFICATION EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Lactic Acid - (answer) Produced in muscle cells from the reduction of pyruvate (under anaerobic
conditions) to regenerate NAD+ so that glycolysis can continue. A rise in lactic acid usually accompanies
an increase in physical activity.
Glycolosis - (answer) Breaking glucose into two molecules of a compound called pyruvate; using
sugar/carbs to make energy
Mitochondria - (answer) Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production
Beta Oxidation - (answer) reaction that converts fatty acids to acetyl CoA to enter the Krebs cycle
Krebs Cycle - (answer) second stage of cellular respiration, in which pyruvic acid is broken down into
carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
Electron Transport System - (answer) a series of electron carrier molecules, found in thylakoid
membranes of chlorplasts and the inner membrane of mitochondria, that extract energy from electrons
and generate ATP or other energetic molecules.
Anaerobic Threshold - (answer) the point at which muscle metabolism converts to anaerobic
glycolysis; work becomes intense that muscles do not produce energy
Maximal Oxygen Uptake (VO2Max) - (answer) Maximum amount of oxygen consumed and utilized
during an all-out effort to exhaustion
Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) - (answer) Oxygen consumption during recovery
from exercise that is above resting rate. Equates to additional calories expended. 'Catching breath'
Muscle Tissue - (answer) Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac
Skeletal Muscle - (answer) striated and voluntary
