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Personal Training Basics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How many inches is a risk factor for a woman's waist?






2. What is hyperpnea?






3. What form tells about past surgieries and risk factors for cad?






4. What are general warm ups?






5. How much room between machines?






6. How many inches is a risk factor for male waists?






7. How does a trainer place his hands when spotting a flat bench press?






8. What do you use to test a Local muscular endurance?






9. What is it called when a test is repeated with the same people within 1-3 days unless it requires maximal effort then it is 7 days?






10. What is the difference between a persons observed score and the persons true score






11. What is a procedure that is required for administering a reliable test?






12. What is an obese BMI?






13. What is the formula for a target heart rate?






14. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






15. What muscles does the bent over row underhand supinated grip isolate?






16. What is it called when a measurement of the same trait under the same conditions yields the same results from one trial to another?






17. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






18. What is a negative risk factor?






19. What is a rockport test?






20. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






21. What is amenorrhea?






22. What is the final evaluation made when a client compltes a specified training period?






23. How many sets should you do for a hypertrophy goal?






24. What do you use to test an anaerobic capacity test?






25. How much is resting metabolic rate use energy per day?






26. What is a bad waist to hip circumference for woman?






27. What is it called when a measurement of the same trait under the same conditions yields the same results from one trial to another?






28. Are leg raise and curls open or closed kinetic chain workouts?






29. What type of scores show the best - worst and inbetween scores of the participants by rankings?






30. What type of scores show the best - worst and inbetween scores of the participants by rankings?






31. What is the synthesis of a larger molecule from a smaller molecule?






32. What is a specific minimal standard that trainers can use on clients to let them know whether their score was average enough to be considered healthy?






33. How many months should you loose 10% of your weight?






34. What is a normal MET rating?






35. What are general warm ups?






36. What is the Karnonen Formula?






37. What is hyperpnea?






38. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






39. What is the tendacy of a muscle to assume a new and greater length after a passive stretch and after the load is removed?






40. How long should you hold static stretches for?






41. What is it called when you eat a lot then do a lot to loose the weight?






42. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






43. How does a trainer place his hands when spotting a flat bench press?






44. What are used to compare the preformance of an individual against another person in a like category?






45. What is the synchronization of motor units?






46. What is the formula for a target heart rate?






47. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






48. How much room between machines?






49. What is multiple sclerosis?






50. What part of the shoulder is targeted during seated front press?