Question 1

Which is not a commonly used way of arranging a resistance training workout?

Accepted Answer

Alternating loaded and then repetitive exercises is not a commonl resistance training workout configuration. Load and repetition are actually completely different exercise variables. All other answer choices are correct.

Question 2

Which of the following is the correct term for either the total number of repetitions or the total weight lifted in a training session?

Accepted Answer

Volume is the total number of repetitions or the total weight lifted in a training session. Volume is affected by the client's resistance training capabilities and training goal.

Question 3

Your client can perform 2 more repetitions than the repetition goal on the last set for 2 consecutive sessions. According to the 2-for-2 rule, what does this indicate?

Accepted Answer

When the client can perform 2 more repetitions than the repetition goal for the final set of an exercise for 2 consecutive sessions, the load should be increased in all sets of that exercise the next session. This ensures continued forward progress in training.

Question 4

Heart rate is commonly used to assess physical intensity of activities, and its relationship to oxygen consumption is described as what?

Accepted Answer

Heart rate is commonly used to assess physical intensity of activities, and its relationship to oxygen consumption is described as linear. As the heart rate increases with exercise workload, the oxygen consumption does as well.

Question 5

What is the amount of oxygen required to continue bodily functions while at rest?

Accepted Answer

The metabolic equivalent is the amount of oxygen required to continue bodily functions while at rest. This can be used to measure exercise intensity based on how much harder an activity is, or how much more oxygen must be consumed, than being at rest.

Question 6

What type of exercise is defined as a quick, powerful movement that is preceded by a countermovement and involves the stretch-shortening cycle?

Accepted Answer

A plyometric exercise is a quick, powerful movement that is preceded by a countermovement and involves the stretch-shortening cycle. They are frequently used by athletes to improve performance in specific areas related to velocity of movement.

Question 7

What is another name for the amortization phase of a plyometric action?

Accepted Answer

Another name for the amortization phase of a plyometric action is the isometric phase. This is the period of time between the eccentric and concentric phases.

Question 8

Which client would be markedly inappropriate as a candidate for plyometric training?

Accepted Answer

A 12-year-old student athlete would be a markedly inappropriate candidate for plyometric training. Pre-pubescent children have incomplete bone growth at this age because the epiphyseal plates have not yet closed, leaving them at risk for injury to the growth of the bones.

Question 9

What type of plyometric activity involves jumping and landing in the same spot, repeatedly, with no rest between repetitions?

Accepted Answer

Jumps-in-place are a form of plyometric activity in which the client jumps and lands in the same spot, repeatedly, with no rest between repetitions. Examples of this type of action are squat jumps or tuck jumps. Rest would occur between sets of this type of activity.

Question 10

Which of the following exercises is a speed drill?

Accepted Answer

The butt kick is a speed drill. The other choices are all plyometric drills.

Question 11

What affect does supine hypotensive syndrome have on exercising during pregnancy?

Accepted Answer

Supine hypotensive syndrome requires cessation of supine positioned exercises during pregnancy. This is a result of a reduced return flow of blood due to the growing uterus.

Question 12

What effect can medications such as beta-blockers have on cardiovascular response, especially in seniors?

Accepted Answer

Especially in seniors, medications such as beta-blockers may cause a lower maximum heart rate. This must be considered when assessing, designing and implementing a fitness program for seniors.

Question 13

What is thought to be the most effective way to reduce sports-related injuries in adolescents?

Accepted Answer

Participating in 6-8 weeks of conditioning before sports begin is thought to be the most effective way to reduce sports-related injuries in adolescents. This allows the body to adjust and prepare adequately for all the demands to be placed on it when the sport-specific training begins.

Question 14

Which of the following will result in an increase in body weight?

Accepted Answer

Maintaining a positive energy balance will result in an increase in body weight. A positive energy balance means that there are more calories being consumed than being utilized in maintaining bodily metabolic functions, thus leaving extra energy to be stored.

Question 15

What is a generally safe recommendation for weight loss goals over time?

Accepted Answer

A generally safe recommendation for weight loss goals over time is an overall weight loss of 10% over 6 months time. This prevents crash diets or very low calorie diets from diminishing lean body mass or switching the body into starvation mode, whereupon it will actually store more fat.

Question 16

What are some aspects of lifestyle change support that the personal trainer can provide the client, especially one who has not had any fitness programs in the past?

Accepted Answer

Goal setting, rewards and teaching stimulus control are some aspects of lifestyle change support that the personal trainer can provide the client, especially one who has not had any fitness programs in the past. These actions support short-term weight loss and activity and long-term lifestyle changes.

Question 17

Which exercise would not be appropriate to help reduce the weight-bearing stress of exercise on an obese client?

Accepted Answer

Step aerobics would not be appropriate to help reduce the weight-bearing stress of exercise on an obese client. Step aerobics may be too high-impact for an obese client. Additionally, this activity requires good balance and the use of legs independently of each other, both of which might be difficult for an obese client.

Question 18

Which of the following is not a specific set of health conditions that may be found concurrent with disordered eating?

Accepted Answer

Euphoria, self-efficacy and body dysmorphia is not a specific set of health conditions that is associated with disordered eating. Body dysmorphia is certainly concurrent with disordered eating, but euphoria and self-efficacy are not.

Question 19

What interrelated conditions are indicative of the female athlete triad?

Accepted Answer

Disordered eating, amenorrhea and osteoporosis are indicative of the female athlete triad. This condition is a dangerous and progressive cycle in which disordered eating causes menses to cease, which eliminates the circulating hormones necessary for bone health, thus causing osteoporosis at inordinately young ages in women.

Question 20

What is the general term used to describe elevated lipid concentrations in the blood?

Accepted Answer

Hyperlipidemia is the general term used to describe elevated lipid concentrations in the blood. This includes elevated cholesterol, triglycerides and lipoproteins.

Quiz 1: Physical Therapy