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1. "Pick a spot on the floor and keep your eyes
on it" is a
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mistake?
trouble balancing
2. 2-beat cueing is best represented by which of
the following?
"8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, squat,
right!"
3. A participant in your class exhibits dyspnea.
What is the best recommendation for this participant?
Take a prolonged break
4. A person affected by the hormone relaxin
should avoid what type exercise?
Plyometric
5. According to pre-class set-up procedures, the
instructor should arrive early and do what?
Check the equipment
and sound system, and
resolve technical difficulties.
6. After class, a participant approaches you, the
instructor, about knee pain. What is the appropriate response?
Refer the participant to
a physician or physical
therapist.
7. An instructor has been teaching the same format in the same time slot for several years. In
the past few months, he has found it hard to
get motivated to teach, and class numbers have
declined. After thinking about it, he decides to
attend a workshop on a new format and asks
for a meeting with his supervisor to discuss
changing the class. What does this scenario represent?
Long-term evaluation
8. As a new instructor, you have a goal to foster
class growth and promote retention by building
rapport and marketing yourself. What is the best
way to help you accomplish this goal?
Share your personal fitness message before or
after class.
9. Cardiac output is represented by what formulas?
SV x HR = Q
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10. Cardio should be the primary mode of exercise
for which type of participant?
Obese
11. During a class, what is the transition component
designed to do?
Reduce the workout intensity to pre-workout
levels
12. From which of the following positions does horizontal abduction involve the movement of the
arm or thigh in the transverse plane to a lateral
position?
Anterior
13. For the general population, what percentage of
total daily calories should come from carbohydrates?
45 - 65%
14. Group Fitness Instructors should aim to keep
music volume to no higher than what decibel
(db) level?
85
15. Exercising in the strength level works to do
what?
Improve the ability
of the body's prime
movers to produce force
16. he Transtheoretical Model asserts people
progress through stages of change in what type
of pattern?
Cyclical
17. How many components of class design does
AFAA recommend?
5
18. Group strength classes offer participants the
opportunity to increase muscular strength using what?
An opposing force
19. If an instructor suspects a participant may
be suffering from dehydration, the instructor
should seek help immediately if the participant
shows what signs?
Dizziness
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20. How would you cue a participant in warrior III
pose with uneven hips?
"Press through the heel
and point the toes toward the floor".
21. How should lyrical songs best be used in the
fitness classroom?
Select songs with lyrics
that match and support
the movements used.
22. In a HIIT class with repetitive jumping activities,
which exercises would be most important to include as movement prep?
Static stretching of the
calves and adductors
23. In a strength and resistance class, which set
of variables is most appropriate for strength or
muscular development?
6-12 reps
24. In class, you see a participant doing a push-up
with an arched lower back. What is the appropriate cue to correct this?
"Engage glutes and
abs."
25. In lower crossed syndrome, the latissimus dorsi
is often short, and what is often lengthened?
Gluteus maximus
26. In order to build rapport with participants, an instructor should focus on what type of activities?
Using participant's
names during class to
recognize them for doing something well.
27. In order to create physiological changes, an exercise stimulus must be applied in what way?
At an intensity greater
than the body is accustomed to receiving
28. In order to facilitate supportive communication,
Group Fitness Instructors should implement
this approach into their teaching style
Using "I" statements
rather than "you" statements
29. In the action stage of the Transtheoretical Model,
individuals make specific, overt modifications in
their lifestyle within what timeframe?
The past 6 months
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30. In what type of teaching style must an instructor
cue while facing participants?
Mirroring
31. Instructors can use 32-count phrasing to track
time and reps during class. At 128 BPM, how
many seconds will a single 32-count phrase take
to complete?
15
32. Modality focus should align with what? Intended outcome
33. Monitoring participant intensity is most important during which component of a group workout?
Body of workout
34. Rather than "don't let your shoulders rise up,"
an instructor focusing on inclusive and participant-centered teaching could say what?
"Try to keep your shoulders down."
35. The drawing-in maneuver recruits local core stabilizers by drawing-in which area toward the
spine?
Navel
36. The synergistic action of muscle groups to produce movement around a joint is known as
what?
Force-couple
37. The Transtheoretical Model asserts people
progress through stages of change in what type
of pattern?
Cyclical
38. To overload the cardiorespiratory system,
achieve the desired adaptations, and improve
cardiovascular fitness, which type of training
may be employed?
Zone training
39. Unstable hips is a common form mistake for
what cycle position?
Standing flat
40. Boot camp
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Using strategies such as poker cards, group
tasks, and pyramid circuits is most commonly
used in what type of class?
41. What effect does the hormone relaxin have on
women who are pregnant?
Decreases joint stab [Show Less]