Full Exam

To get an accurate heart rate, use the carotid artery

Training a client for mass or bulk, the range of sets should be:

AASM does not guarantee employment, but does assist with resume writing and interview techniques

The kinetic chain consists of the following systems:

___________ is a hormone that may overproduce if consistent stress is present such as in the form of overtraining, lack of nutrition, elevated stress, and lack of sleep.

The most efficient method of measuring a prospect’s body fat would be that of the skinfold test. The use of a caliper is used to get a baseline measurement of the amount of body fat under the skin of a client. Measurements should be taken at the following areas except:

How do you get an accurate resting heart rate?

While training for bulk, is the following statement true or false? ‘Minimal cardiovascular exercise should be prescribed when building for mass and strength since most the body’s energy should be exerted on the weight training movements. Offer a cool down period to your client and suggest a light walk on the treadmill or a 10-minute ride on the exercise bike with no incline.’

With the advancement and ever evolving of fitness strategies such as group fitness, it is critical for a AASM fitness professional to stay up to date on their ______and continuing ______ on an _____ basis.

The nervous system is divided by way of the brain and skeletal system.

The hormones, triiodothyonine and thyroxin are hormones that are responsible for the metabolism of fat, carbohydrates, and protein, the heart rate, the breathing rate, the body’s temperature, the basal metabolic rate, and protein synthesis, they are located in:

In the breathing process, it consists of:

Your VO2 Max is the maximum amount of air your lungs are taking in and is a measurement of aerobic fitness.

What does cross training consist of?

AASM standards state that the best way to gain respect in this industry is to:

The CNS transmits message throughout the body by way of interneuron impulses ______ neurons and thus are receiving messages from the receptors back to the CNS ______.

During the digestive process, an alkaline juice from the pancreas and bile from the liver are poured over food. This happens in the______.

The Resting Heart Rate or RHR indicates

An example of aerobic exercise is:

The cardiovascular system is made up of the heart, lungs, arteries, veins, and arterioles.

Biomechanics consists of the study of:

The following receptors are responsible for taste and smell:

Complex carbohydrates consist of the following:

Maximum Hear Rate or MHR indicates

Anaerobic exercise is exercise that:

Hormones are secreted from the liver and brain, and transported by:

Anatomical position is where :

Muscle fibers consist of two types of fibers:

Proteins are complex organic compounds that enable _______, _______, and _______ to form their strucure.

To remedy overtraining, a CFP can implement the following to a client’s regiment:

Anaerobic activity is used for building lean muscle mass and when combining both aerobic and anaerobic activity the client will benefit from muscle building exercise and cardiovascular endurance.

There are three types of muscle:

The front of the body is called the ______ and the rear of the body is called ________.

Type 1 fibers have the following quality:

All living cells, except bile and urine, contain protein compounds.

In muscle movement, eccentric action consists of:

According to AASM standards, what are the five successful traits of a fitness professional?

Per AASM standards what are the five training principles?

Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle are all involuntary

Superior region is closest to the head

Type 2 fibers consist of the following characteristics:

LDL is considered bad cholesterol while ____ is considered good cholesterol.

The muscles that are coordinated to produce and stabilize forces at multiple planes are called:

According to AASM standards, it’s okay to date your client

Weight training is the exercise of using weights along with other exercises to produce resistance in order to reach a specific goal such as gaining lean body mass, losing weight, and building strength and endurance.

The body consists of the following regarding skeletal muscle:

Proximal and distal are opposite

A muscle that works as the prime mover of action is considered:

A good example of an assessment would be to educate the client on what it is exactly what the goal is, who is going to assist them, where it will take place, and why the goal is being accomplished.

In muscle movement, a stabilizer muscle is considered

Fitness professionals as independent contractors are afforded health benefits

Which method of training would benefit a baseball player?

True or False: There are two type of protein fibers that make up sarcomeres: thick filaments that consist of a protein called myosin and thin filaments that consist of actin, tropomyosin, and troponin.

The area closest to the center of the body is called

The axial skeleton consists of 80 bones that involve the skull, rib cage, and spinal cord.

As an AASM certified professional fitness trainer, remember that your ______ in the gym or work environment is to be a professional all day every day.

As a professional trainer, you are responsible for a client’s success. You are the one responsible for their training plan, eating plan, motivation, desire to be fit, and to change their way of life for the better.

AASM wants to have your liability insurance on file so our fitness professionals are covered in case of accident or injury, you are not held liable to the client.

The main goal of a bodybuilder is to build a proportionate body with as much quality muscle that separates each body part from each other.

A _______ movement is a movement in which the muscle is decreased in length during its motion.

ROM stands for______.

Ligaments connect bone to bone and tendons connect ________to __________.

What a professional fitness trainer needs to understand is that __________with his/her clients on an intimate basis is a taboo to the profession, in other words it is looked down on and gives our profession a __________ outlook due to the social status that we as fitness trainers are involved in at a gym setting.

What does MAP Standard stand for?

Per AASM standards, what does it mean to be a certified fitness professional?

Over training occurs when a client experiences the following:

The pigment that is found in muscle is called:

Adduction is the movement____.

The cardiovascular system is made up of the _____, ______, and _______. The respiratory system is made up of the lungs, bronchi, trachea, and alveoli. By cooperating together, these systems provide the body with oxygen and work to discard waste in the form of carbon dioxide from the body.

What are the four techniques to overcome objections?

What is an example of PAR-Q test question?

Reps and sets are the marks that count how much in a training session a client has completed.

In the midsection, the function of the transverse abdominus

Abduction is the movement____.

The heart consists of four chambers, 2 upper, 2 lower, and are all called atria

The resting metabolic rate or RMR is?

The Heart Rate Reserve indicates

Supersets are exercises that are performed in which manner?

The skeletal system consists of how many number of bones?

Force is known as pulling or pushing that may create change or a stop in movement. The force is dependent on what the force is pushing or pulling.

The 2 lower chambers of the heart are called right and left ventricles

Which is correct?

What is the Karvonen method?

Performing multiple exercises for a specific body part is called:

The skeletal system is made up of two parts: the axial system and the appendicular system.

Mass is defined as:

Adrenal glands sit at the top of which organs?

A PAR-Q is used for____.

What is the calculation for the Karvonen method?

If a client is performing a shoulder exercise moving to a chest exercise to a back exercise and so on until the entire body has been trained in an interval status, they are performing:

AASM was developed in what year?

The definition of weight:

The thyroid, located at the base of the neck, secretes the following hormones:

As an AASM professional, which insurance should be carried at all times for training purposes?

Maximum heart rate – resting heart rate = heart rate reserve

Pre-train stretching and flexibility is a vital part since it will warm up the muscles and get them lubricated for contraction.

AASM was developed by a U.S. Marine

The definition of acceleration is:

_______ is generated in the male testes, ten times more than the female produces.

Pronation is to rotate a body part outward as _______is to rotate the body part outward.