ACSM Certified Personal Trainers (ACSM-CPT) Sample Questions
ACSM Certified Personal Trainers® (ACSM-CPT®) are professionals who are passionate about helping others lead healthier lives. The candidate finds passion in this position and enjoys a career inspiring others to reach their fitness and health goals. In order to work in a variety of fitness facilities, such as health clubs, gyms, universities, corporations, and community or public fitness centres, and in positions ranging from freelance personal training to full-time and beyond, a candidate must pass the ACSM Certified Personal Trainers® (ACSM-CPT®) exam and become an ACSM-CPT. The ACSM-CPT® evaluates the readiness for behaviour adaption and provides advice on how to create attainable, client-centered wellness, fitness, and health objectives. The article provides a list of ACSM Certified Personal Trainers (ACSM-CPT) Sample Questions that cover core exam topics including –
- Initial Client Consultation and Assessment
- Exercise Programming and Implementation
- Exercise Leadership and Client Education
- Legal and Professional Responsibilities
Q1)What use does the tricuspid valve serve?
- A. A pacemaker function.
- B. To circulate blood within the heart.
- C. Prevents blood from recirculating into the left atrium.
- D. Prevents blood from backing up into the right atrium.
Correct Answer: D
Q2)What constitutes the basic unit of a muscle contraction?
- A. Myofibril
- B. Sarcomere
- C. Myosin
- D. Sarcolemma
Correct Answer: B
Q3)Which cardiac chamber is in charge of delivering oxygenated blood to the body?
- A. Right ventricle
- B. Left ventricle
- C. Right atrium
- D. Left atrium
Correct Answer: B
Q4)What is the lumbar region of the spine’s natural curve?
- A. Kyphotic curve
- B. Scoliotic curve
- C. Lordotic curve
- D. Myotic curve
Correct Answer: C
Q5)What key by-product is connected to “anaerobic” glycolysis’s generation of adenosine triphosphate?
- A. Pyruvic Acid
- B. Phosphoric Acid
- C. Citric Acid
- D. Lactic Acid
Correct Answer: D
Q6)What essential by-product links the production of adenosine triphosphate by “anaerobic” glycolysis?
- A. Hamstrings
- B. Gastrocnemius
- C. Brachioradialis
- D. Quadriceps femoris
Correct Answer: D
Q7)What is a hypertensive person’s usual resting blood pressure response to sustained aerobic exercise?
- A. The pressures in both the systole and the diastole will rise.
- B. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure will fall.
- C. Systolic blood pressure will rise while diastolic pressure stays the same.
- D. Systolic will fall, while diastolic will stay the same.
Correct Answer: B
Q8)How does the heart rate during dynamic exercise change in relation to the work rate and oxygen consumption?
- A. Exponentially
- B. Linearly
- C. Curvilinearly
- D. Inversely
Correct Answer: B
Q9)Which cardiovascular training method is most likely to result in overtraining if used frequently in ACSM Certified Personal Trainers (ACSM-CPT) ?
- A. A day of intense work followed by three days of easy work.
- B. A long day is followed by three days that are shorter in length.
- C. Two consecutive days of intense work, followed by a day of rest.
- D. A moderately demanding day followed by two light days.
Correct Answer: C
Q10)What distinguishes skeletal muscle from cardiac muscle specifically?
- A. Absence of striations
- B. Presence of branching
- C. Requires nervous system stimulation
- D. Presence of intercalated disks
Correct Answer: C
Q12)What is the ideal route for blood to travel through the heart’s chambers?
- A. Left ventricle; left atrium; right atrium; right ventricle.
- B. Right ventricle; right atrium; left atrium; left ventricle.
- C. Left atrium; right atrium; left ventricle; right ventricle.
- D. Right atrium; right ventricle; left atrium; left ventricle.
Correct Answer: D
Q13)What breathing muscles are capable of forcing an expiration?
- A. External intercostals
- B. Pectoralis minor
- C. Sternocleidomastoid
- D. Internal intercostals
Correct Answer: D
Q14)Which of the following happens when moving up an incline when running or walking?
- A. The soleus muscle’s increased flexibility
- B. The gluteus maximus exerts less force.
- C. The knee extensors exert less force.
- D. Plantar flexors that are less flexible.
Correct Answer: A
Q15)What two muscles, along with the supraspinatus and infraspinatus, make up the rotator cuff?
- A. Teres minor and scalenus
- B. Teres minor and subscapularis
- C. Teres major and scalenus
- D. Teres major and subscapularis
Correct Answer: B
Q16)Which specific muscle movement will most likely result in delayed onset muscle soreness?
- A. Concentric
- B. Eccentric
- C. Isometric
- D. Isotonic
Correct Answer: B
Q17)What happens to a muscle during an exercise’s eccentric movement phase?
- A. Shortens while contracting
- B. Shortens while relaxing
- C. Lengthens while relaxing
- D. Lengthens while contracting
Correct Answer: D
Q18)What major muscle is engaged in standing-related trunk flexion during the eccentric phase of the movement?
- A. Iliopsoas
- B. Rectus Abdominis
- C. Erector Spinae
- D. Biceps Femoris
Correct Answer: C
Q19)The forearm is extended by what muscle?
- A. Supinator teres
- B. Pronator teres
- C. Biceps brachii
- D. Triceps brachii
Correct Answer: D
Q20)What name is given to the capacity of the body to consume oxygen when exercising?
- A. Lactate threshold
- B. Anaerobic threshold
- C. Anaerobic capacity
- D. Oxygen consumption
Correct Answer: D
