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The first priority when meeting a prospective client is to gather information on the client’s goals and objectives.
Which of the following is NOT one of the primary purposes of a pre-participation screening?
Identifying those individuals with medical conditions who should participate in medically supervised programs
Identifying the absence or presence of known disease
Identifying the individual’s stage of behavioral change
Identifying individuals with medical contraindications who should be excluded from exercise or physical activity
Is your doctor currently prescribing drugs (for example, water pills) for your blood pressure or heart condition? In the past month, have you had chest pain when you were not doing physical activity?
Take part in a fitness appraisal before beginning exercise
Talk with a doctor before beginning to exercise or undergoing a fitness appraisal
Delay becoming much more physically active until feeling better
Slowly and progressively start becoming more physically active
Which of the following is considered a positive risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease?
Serum cholesterol of 195 mg/dL
HDL cholesterol of 66 mg/dL
Body mass index of 28 kg/m2
Systolic blood pressure of 143 mmHg
After how long a period of inactivity following an injury does disuse atrophy in the muscles surrounding the injury begin?
Two weeks
Two months
Two days
Two hours
Which of these medications causes a dose-related decrease in a person’s resting, exercise, and maximal heart rates?
Beta blockers
Antidepressants
Diuretics
Antihistamines
Which of the following must be included as part of every client’s pre-participation screening?
Body-composition testing
Movement screens
Health-risk appraisal
Static posture assessment
_______________ represents the pressure that is exerted on the artery walls as blood remains in the arteries during the filling phase of the cardiac cycle.
Maximal blood pressure
Systolic blood pressure
Diastolic blood pressure
Resting blood pressure
A client’s blood-pressure reading is 124/78 mmHg. How should the personal trainer classify this client?
Normal
Prehypertension
Stage 2 hypertension
Stage 1 hypertension
Which of the following statements about the ratings of perceived exertion scale is MOST accurate?
When using ratings of perceived exertion, men tend to underestimate exertion, while women tend to overestimate exertion.
When using the 6–20 scale, an RPE of 11 is considered “somewhat hard”
When using the 0–10 scale, an RPE of 6 corresponds to a heart rate of 60 bpm
Most deconditioned individuals find using the RPE scale to be very easy and intuitive