ACE PT Verified Exam Questions and
Answers
SMART goals - answerspecific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound
3 stages of motor learning - answerCognitive: Clients are trying to understand the new skill,
PT should show, tell, and do
Associative: Clients begin to master the basics and a...
3 stages of motor learning - answer✔✔Cognitive: Clients are trying to understand the new skill,
PT should show, tell, and do
Associative: Clients begin to master the basics and are ready for more specific feedback
Autonomous: Client knows the skills well, PT is doing less teaching and more monitoring
Now that they've learned the skill, the PT can introduce new exercises or routines and the
process begins again
Transtheoretical Model of Change - answer✔✔Precontemplation: People are sedentary and not
even considering an activity program, don't think being physical is important to their lives
Contemplation: People are still sedentary, begin to consider activity as important, not ready to
commit to making a change
Preparation: Some physical activity but its sporadic, mentally and physically preparing to adopt
an activity program
Action: People are engaged in regular physical activity but its been less than 6 months
Maintenance: Regular physical activity participation for longer than 6 months
FITT-VP Principle - answer✔✔Frequency
Intensity
Time
Type
Volume
Progression
*Bonus: Pattern
Aerobic FITT-VP recomendations - answer✔✔Frequency: 5 days/week moderate, 3 vigorous or
combination
Intensity: Moderate-vigorous for most adults, light-moderate for deconditioned individuals
Time: 30-60 min moderate, 20-60 min vigorous, <20 min for sedentary individuals
Type: Continuous and rhythmic
Volume: 500-1000 MET min/week, 7000 steps/day
Progression: Adjust duration, frequency, and/or intensity
*Bonus- Pattern: One session or 10 min sessions
Resistance FITT-VP recomendations - answer✔✔Frequency: train each major muscle group 2-3
days/week
Intensity:
20-50% 1-RM in older adults to improve power
40-50% 1-RM (light) for older people
50% 1-RM (light-moderate) to improve muscular endurance
60-70% 1-RM (moderate-vigorous) for novice to intermediate exercisers
>80% 1-RM (vigorous) for experienced
Time: N/A
Type: Multi-joint followed by single-joint
Repetitions: 8-12 for most
10-15 for middle aged to older people starting exercise
15-20 to improve muscular endurance
Sets: 2-4 sets for most adults
1 set for new exercisers or elderly
<2 sets to improve muscular endurance
Progression: More resistance, more repetitions per set, increasing frequency
Pattern = Rest 2-3 min between sets, rest of 48 hours between sessions
Function-Health-Fitness-Performance Continuum - answer✔✔Progression of exercise programs
Function: Improves activities of daily living
Health: Improved overall health, stability/mobility, balance training
-Primary goal for previously sedentary individuals
Fitness: Goal for most experienced exercisers
Performance: Athletes
ACE IFT Model - answer✔✔Cardiorespiratory: Base -> Fitness -> Performance
Muscular training: Functional -> Movement -> load/speed
Cardiorespiratory IFT steps - answer✔✔Base: Zone 1 = Moderate intensity (below VT1, RPE 3-
4), progress to fitness when the person can complete 20 min of cardiorespiratory exercise
Fitness: Integrate vigorous-intensity intervals (RPE 5-6, VT1-VT2)
Performance: Moderate-vigorous intensity, RPE 7-10 and VT2 or above intervals
Muscular IFT Steps - answer✔✔Functional: Postural stability and kinetic-chain mobility,
improve muscular endurance, flexibility, core function, balance
Movement: Include movements in all 5 planes of motion, maintain form
Load/speed: Add weight (load), increase speed, agility, quickness, and power
Talk test - answer✔✔Below VT1: Can perform the exercises and talk in complete sentences
At VT1: More difficult to talk. Lactate threshold
VT1-VT2: Has to take breaths between sentences
At VT2: Lactate increases steadily, very difficult to talk
PAR-Q - answer✔✔Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire
Pre-exercise screening
Overview of health history
Allows the PT to determine if the client needs a dr's approval to exercise
Beta blockers - answer✔✔Reduce blood pressure
Resting HR: Dec
Exercise HR: Dec
Exercise Capacity: dec VO2 max with acute administration and inc with chronic administration
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