ACE-PERSONAL-TRAINER Online Practice Questions and Answers

An ACE certified Personal Trainer is moving and intends to refer clients to a new trainer. The professional responsibility is to:

A. Gather all the records on the clients to give to the new trainer.

B. Obtain signed documentation to release the clients' records to the new trainer.

C. Have the new trainer retest and evaluate the clients.

D. Leave the records with the club manager.

Which of the following describes the ability to experience another person's world as though it were your own?

A. Rapport

B. Empathy

C. Sympathy

D. Genuineness

What represents a level of intensity where lactic acid begins to accumulate within the blood'?

A. First ventilatory threshold (VT1)

B. Second ventilatory threshold (VT2)

C. Lactate threshold

D. Tidal volume threshold

A seated leg press involves which action during the concentric phase of the prime movers?

A. Hip extension and knee extension

B. Hip extension and knee flexion

C. Hip flexion and Knee extension

D. Hip flexion and Knee flexion

Which of the following factors CANNOT be determined through graded exercise testing?

A. Heart rate recovery

B. Inadequate heart rate response to exercise

C. Decreased blood serum levels

D. Appropriate blood pressure response

What is the primary movement caused by the transverse abdominis?

A. Flexion of the lumbar spine

B. Rotation of the lumbar spine

C. Compression of the abdomen

D. Expansion of the abdomen

A personal trainer is educating a client on how to read a food label. On the label, there are 260 calories per serving, with three servings per package. There are 15 grams of carbohydrates and 10 grams of fat in each serving size. What percent of each serving size comes from carbohydrates?

A. 17

B. 23

C. 30

D. 43

What is the primary action at the glenohumeral joint during the concentric phase of a dumbbell chest press?

A. Flexion

B. Abduction

C. Horizontal adduction

D. External rotation

A 45-year-old client has been training with a personal trainer for five weeks and is now complaining of difficulty sleeping, tiredness, recurring colds, frequent thirst, and decreased appetite. In addition to training with the personal trainer twice a week, the client is working out with a daily 60 minute DVD and trying to run 15-20 miles on the weekends. Based on this information, which of the following MOST likely describes the situation?

A. The client is showing signs of overtraining. Recommend stopping all exercise for at least one to two

weeks to allow body recovery.

B. The client is showing signs of overtraining. Recommend decreasing the frequency and intensity of workouts and planning for recovery.

C. The client is showing signs of overtraining. Recommend switching to a Yoga-based program, as the running and other workouts are too hard for someone of the client's age.

D. The client is finally showing some progress. Explain that when adding new workouts to a routine, the client will experience some of these symptoms but will need to "tough it out" until it gets better with consistent effort.

Bulimia nervosa is a disorder BEST characterized by:

A. Significant loss of body weight due to inadequate caloric balance.

B. Weight loss resulting from starvation.

C. Excessive weight loss resulting from too much exercise.

D. Attempted weight loss, with periodic episodes of overeating and purging.