Ace Personal Trainer Practice Test 1. Questions & answers. 100% Accurate. Graded A+

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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 complet... ed 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 [Show More]

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