Personal Training Practice Prep Exam

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Free Sample Personal Training Practice Exam

This is a free sample preparation exam for the Personal Training Exam. The following questions will test your current knowledge level. Please be sure to read each question carefully.

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1. Which of the following methods is most accurate for assessing body composition?

Waist-to-Hip Ratio (WHR)

Body Mass Index (BMI) together with Waist-to-Hip Ratio (WHR)

Skinfold Clip Measurements

Body Mass Index (BMI)

Bioelectrical Impedance

WRONG. The correct answer is: Skinfold Clip Measurement 

Of all the responses listed for this question, the skinfold measurement method is the most accurate for assessing body composition provided the measurements are taken properly. If the technician/personal trainer performing the assessment has ample experience locating and measuring the standard sites, the results are both valid and reliable for estimating body composition.

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2. Resistance exercise augments aerobic endurance performance by which of the following?

Increased muscular strength and power

None of these answers are correct

Increased capillary density

Increased oxidative enzyme activity

Increased VO2Max

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3. All of the following are appropriate activities to use as a warm-up for an upper body resistance training workout EXCEPT:

Jumping rope

Stationary cycling

Full body dynamic warm-up

Elliptical machine with arms

Rowing machine

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4. When should the personal trainer administer an informed consent form to a client?

None of these answers are correct

Immediately after reviewing the fitness evaluation results

Before the fitness evaluation

After the first exercise session

During the physician's medical examination

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5. A 35-year-old female began an exercise program four months ago in which she has been running on the treadmill four days per week. Which of the following describes the adaptations that are most likely to occur with this program?

Increase in blood volume and a decrease in insulin sensitivity

None of these answers are correct

Increase in maximal exercise HR and a decrease in capillary density

Increase in mitochondrial density and a decrease in submaximal HR

Increase in resting systolic blood pressure and no change in diastolic blood pressure

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6. As a personal trainer, the most appropriate, long-term and safe method for weight loss includes:

Regular physical activity, including weight training and cardio

Adopting general behaviour modification techniques when it comes to food and food choices

None of these answers are correct

All of these answers are correct

Following the most current Canada Food Guide

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7. Your have a new 34 years old male client who smokes 8 cigarettes per day, has a cholesterol level of 195 mg/dL, and a total cholesterol/HDL ratio of 3.5. As a trainer, which of the following choices is correct?

Require a physician's approval prior to starting an exercise program

Recommend he see a nutritionist to help him reduce his dietary fat

Recommend he see a registered dietitian to help him reduce his cholesterol level

Ensure he has signed an informed consent form

Recommend he see a registered dietitian to help him reduce his dietary fat

WRONG. The correct answer is: Ensure he has signed an informed consent form

The client does not need to be referred to another health professional prior to training. Therefore, having him sign prerequisite forms, such as informed consent and release of liability, would be appropriate at this time.

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8. Your client would like to determine, as accurately as possible, her percent body fat.  Which of the following methods could be used if her goal is also not to spend too much money to have it completed?

1. Underwater Weighing
2. Skinfold Caliper
3. Handheld Bio-electrical Impedance
4. BMI
5. DEXA Scan

1, 2, 3 or 4 only

5 only

2 or 3 only

1 or 2 only

2, 3 or 4 only

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9. What is a major risk factor for CAD (Coronary Artery Disease)?

All of these answers are correct

Obesity

Smoking

None of these answers are correct

Family history

WRONG. The correct answer is: All of these answers are correct

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10. Which of the following movement(s) is / are performed by the Transversus abdominus?

Most superficial abdominal muscle

Compresses the abdominal area

Flexion of the spine

None of these answers are correct

Extension of the spine

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11. Which is result of:

• Heart Rate x Stroke Volume = ?

? = Cardiac Throughput

? = Cardiac Output

? = Venous Pooling

? = Cardiac Specific Training Volume

None of these answers are correct

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12. Which strategy will best ensure agreement between the client and trainer with respect to motivation and goals?

The client should be allowed by the trainer to plan the initial training activities.

The client's present level of physical fitness should be determined.

All of these answers are correct

The trainer should explore the client's expectations and prior experience.

The trainer should establish a basic program for the client to start their regimen.

WRONG. The correct answer: The trainer should explore the client's expectations and prior experience 

This response will best ensure agreement between the client and trainer with respect to motivation and goals. Finding out where a client is mentally and experientially with respect to exercise allows a trainer to develop a specific exercise program tailored to exactly what the client wants and needs. When a program is designed with client expectations and prior experience in mind, the client's motivation increases because the client was a contributor to the process.

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13. Which of the following factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?

1. HDL: 33 mg/dl
2. Family history: uncle died of stroke at age 42
3. Blood pressure: 128/88 mmHg
4. Quit smoking 60 days ago

1 and 4 only

2 and 3 only

1, 2, 3 and 4

1 and 3 only

2 and 4 only

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14. Which of the following movements would be performed in the Frontal Plane?

Incline Leg Press

Proper form during cross country skiing movement

Prone Hamstring Curls

Barbell Biceps Curls

Dumbbell Lateral Raises

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15. A 33 year-old, 5'1" (155-cm) woman has been working with a personal trainer for 6 months. During that time, the client's primary modes of exercise have been walking and jogging in an effort to lower her percent body fat. Her initial and most recent body composition tests revealed these results:

• January 1:  130 pounds (59 kgs)  Bodyfat = 30%
• June 30:  124 pounds (56 kgs)  Bodyfat = 25%

Approximately how much body fat has this client lost since her first body composition evaluation?

5 pounds (2 kg)

6 pounds (3 kg)

12 pounds (5.5 kgs)

8 pounds (4 kg)

2 pounds (1 kg)

WRONG. The correct answer is: 8 pounds (4 kgs):

• 130 pounds x .30 = 39 pounds
• 124 pounds x .25 = 31 pounds
• 39 pounds - 31 pounds = 8 pounds (4 kgs)

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