FITOUR PRIMARY GROUP EXERCISE
CERTIFICATION FINAL PAPER 2026
TESTED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ during the early days of group exercise what type of dance exercise
class was developed which offered low impact movements with a high
intensity workout and was a class in which individuals were able to
adjust the height of the equipment to control the intensity level of the
class workout?.
Answer: step aerobics
⩥ which term denotes the spinal movement when performing a standing
forward fold?.
Answer: flexion
⩥ what term is used to describe the natural position of the spine when all
body parts are in proper alignment with each other?.
Answer: neutral spine
⩥ how many vertebrae are located in the lumbar spine?.
Answer: 5
,⩥ how many muscles in the abdominal wall fill all of the space (front,
back and sides) between the ribcage and pelvis?.
Answer: 4
⩥ what is meant by the term "good posture"?.
Answer: vertical alignment of the body
⩥ which two posture types are frequently combined when typically one
of the curves is more exaggerated than the other?.
Answer: lordotic/kyphotic
⩥ what is the percentage of americans who will experience some type of
back pain at some point in their lives?.
Answer: 80%
⩥ what type of movement is the ability to recruit muscles around a joint
to move in all the places the joint will allow?.
Answer: articulation
⩥ what is the term that matches the phrase "designing and planning
movements to a composition"?.
Answer: choreography
, ⩥ when timing cues for a hi/lo or dance style class the instructor should
cue at how many beats prior to change in movement?.
Answer: 2
⩥ what type of cue is the following phrase when cueing how to perform
squats: "imagine sitting in a chair when performing squats"?.
Answer: instructional
⩥ which plane of movement is being used when performing exercises
that require extension and flexion such as marching, knee lifts, walking
and cross country skiing?.
Answer: sagittal plane
⩥ what type of dance aerobics class consists of movement patterns on an
elevated platform by stepping up and down?.
Answer: step aerobics
⩥ of the positions listed below which position is NOT a safe body
position to assume during resistance training activities?.
Answer: bend from the waist and keep knees straight when lifting
weights from the floor
⩥ which of the following is NOT a primary benefit of performing
resistance training?.
CERTIFICATION FINAL PAPER 2026
TESTED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ during the early days of group exercise what type of dance exercise
class was developed which offered low impact movements with a high
intensity workout and was a class in which individuals were able to
adjust the height of the equipment to control the intensity level of the
class workout?.
Answer: step aerobics
⩥ which term denotes the spinal movement when performing a standing
forward fold?.
Answer: flexion
⩥ what term is used to describe the natural position of the spine when all
body parts are in proper alignment with each other?.
Answer: neutral spine
⩥ how many vertebrae are located in the lumbar spine?.
Answer: 5
,⩥ how many muscles in the abdominal wall fill all of the space (front,
back and sides) between the ribcage and pelvis?.
Answer: 4
⩥ what is meant by the term "good posture"?.
Answer: vertical alignment of the body
⩥ which two posture types are frequently combined when typically one
of the curves is more exaggerated than the other?.
Answer: lordotic/kyphotic
⩥ what is the percentage of americans who will experience some type of
back pain at some point in their lives?.
Answer: 80%
⩥ what type of movement is the ability to recruit muscles around a joint
to move in all the places the joint will allow?.
Answer: articulation
⩥ what is the term that matches the phrase "designing and planning
movements to a composition"?.
Answer: choreography
, ⩥ when timing cues for a hi/lo or dance style class the instructor should
cue at how many beats prior to change in movement?.
Answer: 2
⩥ what type of cue is the following phrase when cueing how to perform
squats: "imagine sitting in a chair when performing squats"?.
Answer: instructional
⩥ which plane of movement is being used when performing exercises
that require extension and flexion such as marching, knee lifts, walking
and cross country skiing?.
Answer: sagittal plane
⩥ what type of dance aerobics class consists of movement patterns on an
elevated platform by stepping up and down?.
Answer: step aerobics
⩥ of the positions listed below which position is NOT a safe body
position to assume during resistance training activities?.
Answer: bend from the waist and keep knees straight when lifting
weights from the floor
⩥ which of the following is NOT a primary benefit of performing
resistance training?.
