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Personal Training Basics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. What is the tendacy of a muscle to assume a new and greater length after a passive stretch and after the load is removed?






2. How many calories should you drop a day to loose 1-2 pounds a week?






3. What do you use to test an agility test?






4. What is the purpose of an assesment?






5. What is a test that can differientiate the fit and non fit clients?






6. What is MET?






7. What kind of lever are the applied and resistive force on opposite sides od the fulcrum?






8. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






9. What is a stretch followed by an explosive movement?






10. How many inches is a risk factor for a woman's waist?






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






12. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






14. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






15. What intensity should you work pregnant woman out at?






16. How many calories is a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)?






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






18. With a disc problem should you do squats or deadlifts?






19. What is it called when a test tests What is supposed to be tested?






20. What part of the shoulder is blown during arm raises?






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






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






23. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






24. What is a legal doctrine by which employers can be found vigorously liable for the negligent acts of their employees?






25. What is a legal doctrine by which employers can be found vigorously liable for the negligent acts of their employees?






26. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






27. What do you use to test muscular strength?






28. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






29. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






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






31. What is the correct age for people to do plyometrics?






32. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






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






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






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






36. A trainer does a test and gets the same results 2 days later this test is?






37. What is a bad waist to hip circumference for men?






38. What is a normal MET rating?






39. How long should you hold static stretches for?






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






41. What type of flexability is the knee and elbow joints?






42. What does RPE stand for?






43. 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?






44. What is a good RPE to work old people out at?






45. What does a 1RM test for?






46. What 4 things do you need to prove when sueing trainer?






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






48. What releses cortisol?






49. What system are the lungs in?






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