FREE SAMPLE BCRPA Older Adult / Seniors Fitness Practice Prep Exam

This is FREE SAMPLE BCRPA Older Adult / Senior Fitness Practice Prep 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. Older adults have differing learning styles. A kinesthetic learning style could be best described by which of the following statements?

Learns best with concise verbal cues

Learns best by seeing the exercise done correctly

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

Learns best by reading a description prior to trying the exercise

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2. 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 doubles

The need for recovery time between workouts increases

The need for recovery time between workouts decreases

The need for recovery time between workouts remains consistant

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3. 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 50% of MHR calculation

Less than 60% of HRR calculation

Less than 60% of MHR calculation

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

Swimming

Calisthenics

Jogging

Archery

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5. Characteristics of Parkinson's Disease are:

All of these answers are correct

Most often seen in individuals 50+

Considered a progressive disease

Characterized by movement (tremors) and postural problems

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6. 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 resistance in the 13-15+ repetition range

Increase the speed of the repetitions performed

Increase the resistance used in the 5-8 repetition range

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7. The warm-up should not:

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

Engage all muscle groups

Be performed in a seated or standing position

Be devoted to continuous rhythmic movements

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

Reduced recoil during exhalation

Improved tendon strength

Increased risk of heart disease

More resilient blood vessels

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

Rest

SAID

Progressive Overload

Muscular Hypertrophy

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

Reduced body fat
Decreased resting systolic blood pressure
Improved endothelial function
Decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

1, 2 and 3 only

1, 2 and 4 only

2, 3 and 4 only

1, 3 and 4 only

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

Promotes self-efficacy

Encourages the individual to consider starting an exercise plan

It is important to address negative expectations about physical activity

It acknowledges individual differences in readiness to exercise

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12. 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."

"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."

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

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13. 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?

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

Practice the stair decent movement without holding on to a railing

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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14. The disablement model, adapted by the Institute of Medicine and World Health Organization (WHO) consists of three sequential and interrelated components:

Accident, rehabilitation, stabilization

None of these answers are correct

Arthritis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease

Impairments, functional limitations, disability

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15. A comprehensive balance-training program should not include activities that:

Increase a client’s awareness of his or her center of gravity

Utilize multi-sensory mechanisms

Use exercises which engage only eccentric muscle actions

Enhance the gait pattern

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