030-444 ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist Questions and Answers

Not important, because members do not care.

Important, primarily because it adds spice to marketing materials.

Not a good idea, because certified staff will increase your payroll.

Important, primarily because it adds a standard of knowledge and credibility to your facility.

Goal setting.

Rewards.

Contracts.

Knowledge testing.

1.5 kg.

2.07 kg.

0.25 pounds.

0.45 pounds.

Scooped-out depression of the ST segment produced by digitalis.

Elevation of the PR interval produced by digitalis.

Shortening of the QT interval produced by digitalis.

Prolongation of the QRS complex produced by digitalis.

They create problems with staff egos.

They reduce memberships.

They create successful programs and reduce problems.

They create more work for the staff and reduce feedback.

A business plan.

A survey.

Management factors.

Budget categories.

-30°.

60°.

90°.

120°.

(From Goldberger AL: Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach, 6th ed. St

Louis, Mosby, 1999, p 55.)

8.9 pounds.

12.0 pounds.

26.0 pounds.

34.3 pounds.

They inform the manager which employees are performing poorly.

They indicate which members are problematic and should be dismissed.

They document and give details of any incident or problem that occurs.

State laws often require them.

RBBB.

Third-degree AV block.

First-degree AV block.

Mobitz I.

9.11 mL . kg-1 . min-1

11.9 mL . kg-1 . min-1

24 mL . kg-1 . min-1

20.81 mL . kg-1 . min-1

Data analysis.

Goals assessment.

Outcomes assessment.

Budget assessment.

Selling memberships at any cost is key.

You know more than they do, so be aggressive.

Honesty and an understanding of the needs of the potential member are always the

best way.

Long-term agreements make more money than short-term agreements.

Is based on historical features of program administration.

Adapts to trends in program services.

Is limited in scope and practice.

Is the same for the entire client population served.

Voicing his or her opinion.

Joining fitness organizations, and subscribing to fitness journals.

Buying fitness videos.

Reading the newspaper.

All records must be kept by the program director/manager under lock and key.

Data must be available to all individuals who need to see it.

Data should be kept on file for at least 1 year before being discarded.

Sensitive information (e.g., participant's name) needs to be protected.

Disordered eating.

Osteoporosis.

Amenorrhea.

Anemia.

An individual's level of fitness.

The risk of cardiovascular or orthopedic injury.

Any previous history participating in organized sports.

Individual preference and exercise objectives.

The possible need to splint painful joints forprotection.

Periods of acute inflammation result in decreased pain and joint stiffness.

The possibility of gait abnormalities as compensation for pain or stiffness.

The need to avoid exercise of warm, swollenjoints.

Record body weight daily, and report weight gains to a physician.

Note signs and symptoms (e.g., dyspnea, intolerance to activities of daily living), and report them to a physician.

Do not palpate the pulse during daily activities or periods of light- headedness, because an irregular pulse is normal and occurs at various times during the day.

Both A and B.

Super sets.

Split routines.

Plyometrics.

Periodization.

Hypertensive response.

Increased ischemia.

Improved anginal thresholds.

Severe hypotension.

Avoiding muscle strengthening exercises that involve low resistance.

Avoiding activities that involve the Valsalva maneuver.

Monitoring a client who is taking diuretics for arrhythmias.

Avoiding exercise if resting systolic BP is greater than 200 mm Hg or diastolic BP is greater than 115 mm Hg.

20 minutes continuously.

30 minutes continuously.

Multiple sessions of more than 10 minutes in duration throughout the day.

Two sessions of 20 minutes throughout the day.

Having a personal trainer.

Proper breathing.

Speed of movement.

Body mechanics.

Sweat as much as possible.

Exercise at 85% of HRR.

Perform resistance exercise three to five times per week.

Expend 300 to 500 calories per exercise session.

Diabetes.

Skin cancer.

Coronary artery disease.

Colon cancer.

Performing four to six repetitions per set.

Using high resistance.

Incorporating high repetitions.

Performing isometric exercises only.

The client exhibits mild cardiac symptoms of angina, occurring intermittently during exercise and sometimes at home while reading.

The client has a functional capacity of greater than 8 MET with hemodynamic responses appropriate to this level of exercise.

The client is noncompliant with smoking cessation and weight loss intervention programs.

The client is unable to palpate HR, deliver RPEs, or maintain steady workload intensity during activity.

A referred pain from a herniated lumbar disk.

Rotator cuff strain or impingement.

angina.

Advanced stages of multiple sclerosis.

Bulimia.

Anorexia nervosa.

Chronic dieting.

Yo-yo dieting.

They tend to consume less overall energy than men.

They tend to consume less dairy products.

They tend to consume less protein from meat sources.

All of the above.

Perhaps the most important feature of the mission statement is its clarity or understandability.

The mission statement should elucidate the program's goals.

There should be a different mission statement for each program or, perhaps, even a different mission statement for each component of a program.

A program's mission statement generally is fixed.

40% to 60% of maximum HR, 20 to 30 minutes continuously, 3 days per week.

50% to 70% of HRR, 20 to 30 minutes (multiple sessions of 5-10 min), 3 days per week.

40% to 60% of maximum HR, 20 to 30 minutes (multiple sessions of 5-10 min), 3 days per week.

50% to 70% of HRR, 20 to 30 minutes continuously, 3 days per week

195 bpm.

166 bpm.

177 bpm.

102 bpm.

Fruits, beans, and oats.

Meat and dairy foods.

Wheat bran and whole wheat products.

All of the above.

Continuous cycling activity at 70% of Vo2 max for 30 minutes.

Use of dyspnea scales, RPE scales, and pursed-lip breathing instruction.

Intermittent bouts of activity on a variety of modalities (exercise followed by short rest).

Encouraging the client to achieve an intensity either at or above the anaerobic threshold.

Be stored away for safekeeping.

Be revised as the program's policies and/or procedures are modified.

Be viewed as a document in progress.

Contain program information ranging from the organizational structure to the

facility's maintenance schedule.

Increase portion sizes at meals.

Eat more high-calorie foods (e.g., candy bars, soft drinks).

Eat one extra meal per day.

Snack on energy- and nutrient-dense foods (e.g., fig bars, nuts and dried fruit).

Electrical

Chemical

Mechanical

Emotional

34.84 mL . kg-1. min-1

34.48 mL . kg-1. min-1

38.34 mL . kg-1. min-1

43.83 mL . kg-1. min-1

To increase exposure for the facility and sell its services.

To become involved in local politics.

To improve staff morale.

To make the staff work harder.

1.5 kg.

2.07 kg.

0.25 pounds.

0.45 pounds.

12.91 mL . kg-1 . min-1

14.61 mL . kg-1 . min-1

16.41 mL . kg-1 . min-1

22.89 mL . kg-1 . min-1

5.59 MET.

3.30 MET.

2.30 MET.

3.02 MET.