AFAA PERSONAL TRAINING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Describe the practice of wellness? - ANS Behaivors that minimize diseases and disabilities.
List 6 dimensions that incorporate total well being. - ANS Emotional, spiritual, social,
intellectual, occupational, physical.
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention of stroke - ANS Reduce salt, alcohol, fat and
increase physical activity
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention of lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and liver
cancer - ANS Don't smoke, reduce alcohol, maintain a healthy weight
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention of diabetes - ANS Diet and increase activity
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention of COPD - ANS Don't smoke and increase
activity
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention and management of osteoporosis -
ANS Increase activity, no more than 2 alcoholic drinks per day, take calcium and vitamin D
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, 2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention and management of osteoarthritis -
ANS Minimize mechanical joint stress or trauma, avoid obesity, protect joints from injury
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention and management of back pain - ANS Proper
posture, lift things correctly, good sleep conditions
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention and management of metabolic syndrome -
ANS Maintain a healthy weight and increase activity
6 strategies for optimal well being - ANS Be physically fit, physically active, maintain a healthy
weight, eat a proper diet, don't smoke, practice good self care, practice stress management
Common screening tests for men and women from the ages of 20-50 years of age - ANS Eye
exam, dental exam, colorectal, cholesterol, blood pressure
Describe the structure of the heart - ANS Muscular organ about the size of a fist divided into
right and left sides by a wall. The right side received deoxygenated blood as it's returned from
the body, blood is pumped into the lungs where it takes on oxygen re-enters the heart on the
left side then pumps blood via arterial systems throughout the body
Myocardial infarction - ANS Heart attack due to lack of blood flow. Caused permeant damage
to cardiac muscle fibers
Ischemia - ANS Lack of blood flow
Stroke volume - ANS Amount of blood pumped per beat or systole
Cardiac output - ANS Amount of blood pumped per minute
Venus return - ANS Blood leaves the capillaries, enters venous system, then returns blood
back to the heart
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Describe the practice of wellness? - ANS Behaivors that minimize diseases and disabilities.
List 6 dimensions that incorporate total well being. - ANS Emotional, spiritual, social,
intellectual, occupational, physical.
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention of stroke - ANS Reduce salt, alcohol, fat and
increase physical activity
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention of lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and liver
cancer - ANS Don't smoke, reduce alcohol, maintain a healthy weight
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention of diabetes - ANS Diet and increase activity
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention of COPD - ANS Don't smoke and increase
activity
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention and management of osteoporosis -
ANS Increase activity, no more than 2 alcoholic drinks per day, take calcium and vitamin D
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, 2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention and management of osteoarthritis -
ANS Minimize mechanical joint stress or trauma, avoid obesity, protect joints from injury
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention and management of back pain - ANS Proper
posture, lift things correctly, good sleep conditions
2 lifestyle factors that influence the prevention and management of metabolic syndrome -
ANS Maintain a healthy weight and increase activity
6 strategies for optimal well being - ANS Be physically fit, physically active, maintain a healthy
weight, eat a proper diet, don't smoke, practice good self care, practice stress management
Common screening tests for men and women from the ages of 20-50 years of age - ANS Eye
exam, dental exam, colorectal, cholesterol, blood pressure
Describe the structure of the heart - ANS Muscular organ about the size of a fist divided into
right and left sides by a wall. The right side received deoxygenated blood as it's returned from
the body, blood is pumped into the lungs where it takes on oxygen re-enters the heart on the
left side then pumps blood via arterial systems throughout the body
Myocardial infarction - ANS Heart attack due to lack of blood flow. Caused permeant damage
to cardiac muscle fibers
Ischemia - ANS Lack of blood flow
Stroke volume - ANS Amount of blood pumped per beat or systole
Cardiac output - ANS Amount of blood pumped per minute
Venus return - ANS Blood leaves the capillaries, enters venous system, then returns blood
back to the heart
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