ACSM 040-444 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

ACSM 040-444 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 41:

  The three functions of the Participant-Centered Education and Counseling Model include

  A. Identifying high-risk situations, developing a plan for these situations, and eliminating "all-or- none" thinking.
  B. Information gathering, developing a helping relationship, and participant education and counseling.
  C. Exhibiting empathy, legitimizing a client's concerns, and forming a partnership.
  D. Assessing, asking questions, and establishing a supportive relationship.
  B. Information gathering, developing a helping relationship, and participant education and counseling.

• Question 42:

  Increased after load associated with increased peripheral resistance as a result of aging causes

  A. Left ventricular hypertrophy.
  B. Kidney failure.
  C. Liver damage.
  D. Liver failure.
  A. Left ventricular hypertrophy.

• Question 43:

  One important aspect of staff competency is ensuring that staff members are well trained and kept up to date. Which of the following organizations has recently launched the Registry for Clinical Exercise Physiologists?

  A. AACVPR.
  B. American College of Physicians.
  C. American Heart Association.
  D. ACSM.
  D. ACSM.

• Question 44:

  What condition can cause ST-segment elevation?

  A. Digitalis toxicity.
  B. Hypocalcemia.
  C. Hypokalemia.
  D. Acutepericarditis.
  D. Acutepericarditis.

• Question 45:

  The goal for the obese exercise participant should be to

  A. Sweat as much as possible.
  B. Exercise at 85% of HRR.
  C. Perform resistance exercise three to five times per week.
  D. Expend 300 to 500 calories per exercise session.
  D. Expend 300 to 500 calories per exercise session.

• Question 46:

  When a motor unit is stimulated by a single nerve impulse, it responds by contracting one time and then relaxing. This is called a

  A. Twitch.
  B. Summation.
  C. Tetanus.
  D. Summary.
  A. Twitch.

• Question 47:

  Which of the following is NOT a muscle type?

  A. Skeletal.
  B. Smooth.
  C. Cardiac.
  D. Generic.
  D. Generic.

• Question 48:

  Strenuous exercise can predispose children to which of the following?

  A. Osteoporosis.
  B. Osteoarthritis.
  C. Malignant tumors.
  D. Epiphysitis.
  D. Epiphysitis.

• Question 49:

  All of the following statements are true regarding long bones EXCEPT

  A. Thediaphysis is composed of compact bone.
  B. The epiphysis consists of spongy bone.
  C. Most bones of the axial skeleton are of this type.
  D. The central shaft encases themedullary canal.
  C. Most bones of the axial skeleton are of this type.

• Question 50:

  The increases as a result of physical training in elderly persons. This occurs for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

  A. In men, the increase is a function of improved central and peripheral adaptations.
  B. In women, the increase is a function of improved peripheral adaptations.
  C. In both men and women, regular aerobic exercise slows the decline with aging.
  D. In both men and women, regular aerobic exercise speeds the decline with aging.
  D. In both men and women, regular aerobic exercise speeds the decline with aging.