FITOUR Primary Personal Training Exam
Questions and Answers
Personal Trainer - Correct Answers -A qualified fitness professional who is hired by a
client to assist in reaching a particular health/fitness goal.
Personal training - Correct Answers -A fitness training program that joins a personal
trainer with a client to establish a mutual, respectful, and beneficial partnership in order
to reach a particular health/fitness goal.
Anatomy - Correct Answers -Structure of the human body.
Skeletal - Correct Answers -What type of muscle provides the force necessary to move
the body?
Myology - Correct Answers -The study of muscles
Osteology - Correct Answers -The study of bones
Bone - Correct Answers -The anatomical structure that provides support, movement,
and protection for the body.
Joint - Correct Answers -The point at which two or more bones come together or make
contact is called a _________.
Arthrology - Correct Answers -What is the study of joints called?
Articulation - Correct Answers -What is movement at a joint?
Diathrodial - Correct Answers -The ______ type of joint is a joint that has an articular
cavity or separation present to allow movement.
Irregular - Correct Answers -The _______ subclass of diarthrodial joint includes carpals
and tarsals.
Hinge - Correct Answers -This subclass of diarthrodial joints includes where there
humerus meets the ulna.
, Pivot - Correct Answers -This subclass of diarthrodial joint includes the humerus and
radius.
Condyloid - Correct Answers -This subclass of diarthrodial joint includes the radiocarpal.
Saddle - Correct Answers -This subclass of the diarthrodial joint includes the first
carpometacarpal (thumb).
Ball and socket - Correct Answers -This subclass of the diarthrodial joint includes the
shoulder and hip.
Synovial - Correct Answers -The _______ joint is a joint that does not have an articular
cavity or separation present to allow movement.
Cartilaginous - Correct Answers -This subclass of synovial joint includes disks between
the vertebrae of the spine.
Fibrous - Correct Answers -This subclass of the synovial joint includes the sutures of
the skull or the connecting points of the six bones of the pelvic girdle.
Ligamentous - Correct Answers -This subclass of the synovial joint includes mid-union
of the forearm between the ulna and radius.
Physiology - Correct Answers -The study of human body function is called ________.
40 - Correct Answers -About what percentage of body weight comes from skeletal
muscle?
Epimysium - Correct Answers -What is the outer layer of the skeletal muscle that
surrounds the entire muscle and separates the muscle from the surrounding tissues and
organs?
Flexibility - Correct Answers -What is the ability to move a muscle or joint through its full
range of motion without feeling discomfort or pain?
Muscular strength - Correct Answers -What is the ability of a muscle to generate the
max amount of force?
Muscular endurance - Correct Answers -What is the ability of a muscle to perform
repetitive contractions over an adequate period of time to cause muscular fatigue?
24-48, 72 - Correct Answers -Avoid working the same muscle group _______ hours
apart but not after more than _____ hours
Perimysium - Correct Answers -What is the center layer of the muscle that contains
blood vessels and nerves which maintain blood flow and innervate the fascicle?
Questions and Answers
Personal Trainer - Correct Answers -A qualified fitness professional who is hired by a
client to assist in reaching a particular health/fitness goal.
Personal training - Correct Answers -A fitness training program that joins a personal
trainer with a client to establish a mutual, respectful, and beneficial partnership in order
to reach a particular health/fitness goal.
Anatomy - Correct Answers -Structure of the human body.
Skeletal - Correct Answers -What type of muscle provides the force necessary to move
the body?
Myology - Correct Answers -The study of muscles
Osteology - Correct Answers -The study of bones
Bone - Correct Answers -The anatomical structure that provides support, movement,
and protection for the body.
Joint - Correct Answers -The point at which two or more bones come together or make
contact is called a _________.
Arthrology - Correct Answers -What is the study of joints called?
Articulation - Correct Answers -What is movement at a joint?
Diathrodial - Correct Answers -The ______ type of joint is a joint that has an articular
cavity or separation present to allow movement.
Irregular - Correct Answers -The _______ subclass of diarthrodial joint includes carpals
and tarsals.
Hinge - Correct Answers -This subclass of diarthrodial joints includes where there
humerus meets the ulna.
, Pivot - Correct Answers -This subclass of diarthrodial joint includes the humerus and
radius.
Condyloid - Correct Answers -This subclass of diarthrodial joint includes the radiocarpal.
Saddle - Correct Answers -This subclass of the diarthrodial joint includes the first
carpometacarpal (thumb).
Ball and socket - Correct Answers -This subclass of the diarthrodial joint includes the
shoulder and hip.
Synovial - Correct Answers -The _______ joint is a joint that does not have an articular
cavity or separation present to allow movement.
Cartilaginous - Correct Answers -This subclass of synovial joint includes disks between
the vertebrae of the spine.
Fibrous - Correct Answers -This subclass of the synovial joint includes the sutures of
the skull or the connecting points of the six bones of the pelvic girdle.
Ligamentous - Correct Answers -This subclass of the synovial joint includes mid-union
of the forearm between the ulna and radius.
Physiology - Correct Answers -The study of human body function is called ________.
40 - Correct Answers -About what percentage of body weight comes from skeletal
muscle?
Epimysium - Correct Answers -What is the outer layer of the skeletal muscle that
surrounds the entire muscle and separates the muscle from the surrounding tissues and
organs?
Flexibility - Correct Answers -What is the ability to move a muscle or joint through its full
range of motion without feeling discomfort or pain?
Muscular strength - Correct Answers -What is the ability of a muscle to generate the
max amount of force?
Muscular endurance - Correct Answers -What is the ability of a muscle to perform
repetitive contractions over an adequate period of time to cause muscular fatigue?
24-48, 72 - Correct Answers -Avoid working the same muscle group _______ hours
apart but not after more than _____ hours
Perimysium - Correct Answers -What is the center layer of the muscle that contains
blood vessels and nerves which maintain blood flow and innervate the fascicle?
