FREE-BCRPA Older Adult Practice Exam

FREE SAMPLE BCRPA Older Adult Practice Exam

This is FREE SAMPLE BCRPA Older Adult Practice Exam

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Free Sample Older Adult / Senior Fitness Practice Exam

This is a free sample preparation exam for the online BCRPA Older Adult / Senior Fitness Exam. The following questions will test your current knowledge level. Please be sure to read each question carefully. Some questions will ask you to choose all that apply (extra FUN)!

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1. Walking down stairs involves lower body strength, flexibility at the ankle, knee and hip joints.  It also required the ability to balance the full body weight on a single leg. What would be the most appropriate exercise to improve stair decent?

Practice the stair decent movement without holding on to a railing

Leg presses on the incline leg press machine using 1 leg at a time

Practice the '8-foot Up-and-Go' from the Senior Fitness Test (SFT)

Practice the single-leg squat movement (partial ROM to start) while using a chair for support if required

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2. Following a cardiovascular exercise session, the post-exercise heart rate for an older adult client should be:

Less than 70% of MHR calculation

Less than 60% of MHR calculation

Less than 60% of HRR calculation

Less than 50% of MHR calculation

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3. Research indicates that as individuals age, the following also changes with regards to recovery time of older adults?

The need for recovery time between workouts remains consistant

The need for recovery time between workouts increases

The need for recovery time between workouts doubles or even triples

The need for recovery time between workouts decreases

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4. Characteristics of Parkinson's Disease are:

Most often seen in individuals 50+

Characterized by movement (tremors) and postural problems

All of these answers are correct

Considered a progressive disease

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5. Loss of tissue elasticity could increase the fragility of the bones as well as:

Increased risk of heart disease

Improved tendon strength

More resilient blood vessels

Reduced recoil during exhalation

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6. The most important factor in determining subjective age identity is:

Education

Health

Income

Marital status

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7. Why would the Transtheoretical model be helpful to fitness professionals in developing goals and strategies for the older adult?

It is important to address negative expectations about physical activity

Encourages the individual to consider starting an exercise plan

It recognizes different stages of readiness to exercise for each individual

Promotes self-efficacy

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8. The warm-up should not:

Be performed in a seated or standing position

Lead to undue fatigue that will affect performance or ability to focus

Be devoted to continuous rhythmic movements

Engage all muscle groups

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9. If your goal as a trainer is to gradually increase muscular strength of your older adult client while training them in the muscular endurance rep range (13-15+), which of the following choices is correct?

Decrease the speed of each repetition performed

Increase the speed of the repetitions performed

Increase the resistance in the 13-15+ repetition range

Increase the resistance used in the 5-8 repetition range

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10. Disablement models are frameworks used in healthcare to understand the impact of health conditions on:

Disability, functional limitations and social participation

Accident, rehabilitation, stabilization

Older adults in the "Frail" category

Arthritis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease

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11. Which of the following would generally be the preferred mode of exercise for an older adult?

Calisthenics

Swimming

Jogging

Archery

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12. Older adults have differing learning styles. A kinesthetic learning style could be best  described by which of the following statements?

 

 

 

 

Learns best by seeing the exercise done correctly

Learns best by reading a description prior to trying the exercise

Learns best by trying an activity and getting a feel for the movement

Learns best with concise verbal cues

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13. Which of the following is NOT a training principle?

Rest

Muscular Hypertrophy

SAID

Progressive Overload

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14. The trainer works with elderly clients in a wellness screening clinic on a weekly basis. Which of the following statements made by the trainer is the most therapeutic regarding their mobility?

"Your shoulder pain is normal for your age."

"Don't worry about taking that combination of medications since your doctor has prescribed them."

"Continue to exercise your joints regularly to your tolerance level."

"Why don't you begin walking 3 to 4 kilometers a day, and we'll evaluate how you feel next week."

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15. Which of the following resistance training adaptations will lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in a 70 year-old client?

1. Reduced body fat
2. Decreased resting systolic blood pressure
3. Improved endothelial function
4. Decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

1, 2 and 3 only

2, 3 and 4 only

1, 3 and 4 only

1, 2 and 4 only

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