ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist (All Correctly Answered)

Physical Activity (PA) correct answers body movements by muscle contraction resulting in increased caloric expenditure Exercise correct answers type of PA that is planned/structured and done to maintain/improve 1 or more components of physical fitness Physical Fitness correct answers Ability t...

Primary Physical Activity Recommendations from 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Report correct answers Everyone should participate in 150 min/week of moderate aerobic activity, 75 min/week of vigorous aerobic activity, or a combo if both. Additional health benefits are generated ...

centimeters to meters correct answers /100 inches to meters correct answers x 0.0254 inches to centimeters correct answers x 2.54 kg . m . min to Watts correct answers /6 Liters to milliliters correct answers x 1,000 miles per hour(mph) to meters per minute () correct answers x 26.8 ...

normal values bg tri, ldl, hdl correct answers BG > 100 fasting A1C 5.7% DM A1C >6.5 >126 fasting triglycerides >150 Total >200 LDL >100 HDL >40 <60 negative risk fx (good) subtract negative helps remove other forms of cholesterol in blood stream (uptakes) decrease ...

Absolute Contraindications to Exercise Testing ( name all 9 ) correct answers • A recent significant change in the resting ECG suggesting significant ischemia, recent MI (within 2 d), or other acute cardiac event • Unstable angina • Uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmias causing symptoms or hemod...

Absolute Contraindications to Exercise Testing correct answers • A recent significant change in the resting ECG suggesting significant ischemia, recent MI (within 2 d), or other acute cardiac event • Unstable angina • Uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmias causing symptoms or hemodynamic compromi...

During a medical emergency, which of the following medications is an endogenous catecholamine that can be used to increase blood flow to the heart and brain? correct answers Epinephrine If a healthy young man who weighs 80 kg exercises at an intensity of 45 mL • kg−1 • min−1 for 30 min, f...

Physical Activity correct answers Any bodily movement produced by contracting skeletal muscles, with an increase in energy expenditure. Exercise correct answers Planned, purposeful, repetitive Physical Fitness correct answers Attributes or characteristics that individuals have achieved that re...

Factors for a valid VO2 Max? correct answers RER > 1.1 Lactate >8mmol/L RPE>18 Plateu in VO2 HR @ age predicted max Drug has half life of 4 hours. IF given 1000mg, what concentration is left after 12 hours. correct answers 125mg Can HR max be changed with training? correct answers...

Underweight is classified as a BMI of correct answers <18.5 kg/m^2 When measuring regional body circumferences, an average of duplicate measures is used provided that those measurements do not differ by more than correct answers 5 mm Which of the following represents the demarcation point o...

What is used as a preparticipation health screening tool by a professional for the general (non-clinical) population? correct answers The ACSM algorithm Sedentary Known CV, metabolic, or renal disease No signs or sx Is medical clearance recommended? At what intensity? correct answers Medical...

What is the exercise participation health screening process based on? correct answers - the individual's current level of physical activity - the presence of signs or symptoms and/or known CV, metabolic, or renal disease - desired exercise intensity Goals of the ACSM participation health s...

Physical Activity correct answers Any bodily movement produced by contracting skeletal muscles, with an increase in energy expenditure. Exercise correct answers Planned, purposeful, and repetitive movement. Physical Fitness correct answers Attributes or characteristics that individuals have ac...

Demographic Factors correlating to regular exercise correct answers Age Education Ethnicity Gender Socioeconomic status How to use flexibility to create adherence to exercise correct answers Allow individuals to self-select frequency and time may positively influence adherence How to use i...