Ace Personal Trainer Practice Test 1.
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Suggest scheduling her workout sessions before work or dieing her lunch hour. - ✔✔-Julie has just
completed an exercise confidenc
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Ace Personal Trainer Practice Test 1.
Questions & answers. 100% Accurate.
Graded A+
Suggest scheduling her workout sessions before work or dieing her lunch hour. - ✔✔-Julie has just
completed an exercise confidence survey as a part of her initial consultation. She indicated that she has
low confidence her ability to stick with an exercise program after a long, tiring day at work. What is the
best strategy to enhance Julie's adherence to her exercise program?
Tight upper trapezius overpowering weakness in the middle lower trapezius. - ✔✔-When performing a
seated row exercise, you notice that the clients shoulders rise up toward his ears during each repetition.
What is most likely causing this movement error?
Putting your hand where the clients head should be an instructing her to glide her head back to touch
your hand. - ✔✔-What is most appropriate method for correcting a clients form during an exercise in
which the client demonstrates an undesirable forward-head posture?
Your food diary revealed that you are taking an amount of vitamins that could potentially lead to health
problems. I encourage you to adopt the principles of the USDA dietary guidelines for Americans and
discuss your supplementation habits with your physician. - ✔✔-Your new client Sarah is a strong
believer in the practice of vitamin supplementation. After reviewing her three day food diary which
includes her supplement schedule you determine that Sarah is taking megadoses of vitamin B6 B12 and
niacin. Which of the following statements would be most appropriate when addressing Sarah regarding
her supplementation practice?
She is at risk for health problems due to access abdominal fat. - ✔✔-The initial assessment with a new
client reveals that her waistline circumference is 35 inches and her hip circumference is 34 inches which
of the following statements about these measurements is most accurate?.
Acknowledge her enthusiasm and help her develop more realistic goal and a series of achievable steps
to work towards them. - ✔✔-During the initial interview a new client claims "i want to lose 15 pounds in
the next month for my high school reunion" which of the following responses would be most
appropriate?
3 to 5 months. - ✔✔-I client wants to quickly lose the 20 pounds he has gained during the past 10 years.
Which of the following time frames would be most appropriate for him to safely achieve his weight loss
goals?
Begin with continuous exercise as tolerated below the talk test threshold and work up to 30 continuous
minutes perform five days per week. - ✔✔-Mary is a healthy 43-year-old female with no prior exercise
experience. Which initial cardiorespiratory exercise program would be most appropriate for her?
70 to 80% 1RM. - ✔✔-Henry is a healthy 29-year-old male with no prior exercise experience after an
initial muscle conditioning program that focuses first on stability and mobility followed by movement
training with 1 to 2 sets of 15 repetitions of light to moderate intensity exercise for all the major
movements henry is ready to progress to a program that will help him work towards his goal of
increasing muscle mass. Which intensity range is most appropriate for causing muscular fatigue in an
appropriate number of repetitions to facilitate muscle hypertrophy?
While some research shows that creatine may enhance muscular performance, it would be best for you
to discuss supplementation with your physician prior to taking it. - ✔✔-After several months of sticking
to his exercise program a client informs you that he is pleased with his progress and would like to
enhance his rate of building muscle mass by incorporating creatine supplementation into his current
program. Which of the following responses to this clients inquiry about creatine is most appropriate?
contemplation stage - ✔✔-Larry is a client with whom you have been working with for the past three
months. During that time, he has canceled or failed to show up for approximately 20% of scheduled
workout sessions with you. Recently, Larry's work commitments have increased and he informs you that
he will not be exercising until his workload decreases. In which stage of the transtheoreticle model of
behavioral change would Larry currently be categorized?
40 yard dash. - ✔✔-Which of the following provides the best assessment for acceleration in speed?
Hypoglycemia. - ✔✔-What is the diabetic client most likely to experience if he or she takes too much
insulin prior to an exercise session.
Decreased exercise heart rate and decreased resting heart rate. - ✔✔-When performing initial
cardiorespiratory fitness assessments with a client who is taking a beta blocker, which of the following
medication related effects should be expected?
Recurs abdominis and hamstrings.
These two muscle groups work together to create a force couple to tilt the public posteriorly when they
are tight, or shorten in link, the rectus abdominis will pull up on the front of the pelvis, while the
hamstrings will pull down on the back of the pelvis. This would keep the pelvis in position of a posterior
tilt during standing posture. - ✔✔-Postural screening performed with a new client reveals that he has a
posterior pelvic tilt and a decreased anterior curvature of the lower back. based on this information
which muscle should be as primary focus in this clients flexibility program
Cognitive Stage
With an a cognitive stage of learning clients make many errors and have highly back variable
performances. They know they are doing something wrong, but they do not know how to improve their
performance. At this stage, clients seem terribly uncoordinated and consistently perform exercises
incorrectly. - ✔✔-Cindy's first attempt at the incline bench press exercise appeared shaky and
uncoordinated. After the set, Cindy comments that she had a hard time feeling her chest muscles
working and that it was challenging to move her arms in a controlled manner. Which stage of learning
best correlates with Cindy's performance?
Reviewing a clients food journal to identify high fat choices and providing education about lower fat
options. - ✔✔-Reviewing a clients food journal to identify high fat choices and providing education
about lower fat options. Which of the following actions is with in a personal trainers scope of practice
What is a primary goal of a resistance training program consisting of three sets of 12 to 16 repetitions
for all major muscle groups - ✔✔-Muscle endurance
Typically, resistance training programs consisting of 2 to3 sets of 12 to 16 repetitions are implemented
to promote muscular endurance
You have just completed the torso muscular endurance test battery with a client. Which of the following
results from this battery of assessments should be a primary focus when designing this clients exercise
program, as it is indicated of a muscle imbalance that can lead to back pain - ✔✔-A right side bridge: left
side bridge ratio = 1.09 (85 seconds : 78 seconds)
As you are assessing a new clients static posture from the posterior view, you observe that the medial
borders and inferior angle of his scapula protrude away from the posterior surface of the back. This
pastor deviation is commonly referred to as "scapular winging" which of the following muscles should be
primary focus in his resistant training program, as it is most likely week in contributing to his postural
deviation? - ✔✔-Serratus anterior
Weakness in the straightest anterior can result in an inability of this scapular muscles to hold the medial
border of the scapula in place against the ribs. This is known as scapular weekend and results in
instability in the scapulothoracic joint that can lead to the instability and injury in the shoulder girdle and
or shoulder joint. Personal trainers who is the scapular winging should help a client strength in the
Stratus interior, as well as the rhomboids, which are also after week with scapular ween. In addition,
trainers that should help clients learn how to park there scapula by retracting in depressing the scapula.
On her health screening form, Karrie indicates that she has been diagnosed with tennis elbow. Which of
the following anatomical structures is most affected by this condition? - ✔✔-The lateral epicondyle of
the humerus
A small group training participants who enjoys the come Ottery of the group environment find yourself
feeling as though she cannot keep up with the conditioning level of other participants. What is the best
recommendation for the trainer to make for this client? - ✔✔-Offer her the opportunity to switch to
another small group training class that is a better match for her level of conditioning
At your request, a client visit his position regarding reoccurring leg pain. The physician diagnosed him
with the sciatic and instruct him to complete physical therapy for his problem. Which muscle is most
commonly involved with the sciatic due to its location relative to the sciatic nerve? - ✔✔-Piriformis
The talk test would be least appropriate for which of the following clients - ✔✔-A marathon runner
trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon
Any member of your health club has been cleared by her physician to begin an exercise program after
recently celebrating her 65th birthday which of the following exercise parameters is most appropriate
for her initial program - ✔✔-Strength training utilizing low resistance and high repetitions
During a bend and lift screen you notice a clients knees moving inword based on this assessment which
muscles are most likely week? - ✔✔-Gluteus media's and Maximus
The gluteus media's and gluteus maximus our primary abductors of the hip and as such they can prevent
hip abduction with the name moves in word during the van and left screen it is generally because the
hips are adducting which moves the distal end of the femur in word strengthening the hip abductors
would make them better prepared to resist hip abduction during squatting motions
Which of the following stages of the clients are in a relationship involves the building at mutual trust any
motional affinity that begins in the initial meeting - ✔✔-Rappor
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