NASM/AFAA Group Fitness Instructor Exam Prep| 155
QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
"Pick a spot on the floor and keep your eyes on it" is a cue to which correct common form
mistake? - -trouble balancing
2-beat cueing is best represented by which of the following? - -"8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, squat,
right!"
A participant in your class exhibits dyspnea. What is the best recommendation for this
participant? - -Take a prolonged break
A person affected by the hormone relaxin should avoid what type exercise? - -
Plyometric
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.
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.
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
,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.
Cardiac output is represented by what formulas? - -SV x HR = Q
Cardio should be the primary mode of exercise for which type of participant? - -
Obese
During a class, what is the transition component designed to do? - -Reduce the
workout intensity to pre-workout levels
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
For the general population, what percentage of total daily calories should come from
carbohydrates? - -45 - 65%
Group Fitness Instructors should aim to keep music volume to no higher than what decibel
(db) level? - -85
Exercising in the strength level works to do what? - -Improve the ability of the body's
prime movers to produce force
he Transtheoretical Model asserts people progress through stages of change in what type
of pattern? - -Cyclical
How many components of class design does AFAA recommend? - -5
, Group strength classes offer participants the opportunity to increase muscular strength
using what? - -An opposing force
If an instructor suspects a participant may be suffering from dehydration, the instructor
should seek help immediately if the participant shows what signs? - -Dizziness
How would you cue a participant in warrior III pose with uneven hips? - -"Press
through the heel and point the toes toward the floor".
Monitoring participant intensity is most important during which component of a group
workout? - -Body of workout
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."
The drawing-in maneuver recruits local core stabilizers by drawing-in which area toward the
spine? - -Navel
The synergistic action of muscle groups to produce movement around a joint is known as
what? - -Force-couple
The Transtheoretical Model asserts people progress through stages of change in what type
of pattern? - -Cyclical
To overload the cardiorespiratory system, achieve the desired adaptations, and improve
cardiovascular fitness, which type of training may be employed? - -Zone training
QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
"Pick a spot on the floor and keep your eyes on it" is a cue to which correct common form
mistake? - -trouble balancing
2-beat cueing is best represented by which of the following? - -"8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, squat,
right!"
A participant in your class exhibits dyspnea. What is the best recommendation for this
participant? - -Take a prolonged break
A person affected by the hormone relaxin should avoid what type exercise? - -
Plyometric
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.
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.
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
,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.
Cardiac output is represented by what formulas? - -SV x HR = Q
Cardio should be the primary mode of exercise for which type of participant? - -
Obese
During a class, what is the transition component designed to do? - -Reduce the
workout intensity to pre-workout levels
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
For the general population, what percentage of total daily calories should come from
carbohydrates? - -45 - 65%
Group Fitness Instructors should aim to keep music volume to no higher than what decibel
(db) level? - -85
Exercising in the strength level works to do what? - -Improve the ability of the body's
prime movers to produce force
he Transtheoretical Model asserts people progress through stages of change in what type
of pattern? - -Cyclical
How many components of class design does AFAA recommend? - -5
, Group strength classes offer participants the opportunity to increase muscular strength
using what? - -An opposing force
If an instructor suspects a participant may be suffering from dehydration, the instructor
should seek help immediately if the participant shows what signs? - -Dizziness
How would you cue a participant in warrior III pose with uneven hips? - -"Press
through the heel and point the toes toward the floor".
Monitoring participant intensity is most important during which component of a group
workout? - -Body of workout
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."
The drawing-in maneuver recruits local core stabilizers by drawing-in which area toward the
spine? - -Navel
The synergistic action of muscle groups to produce movement around a joint is known as
what? - -Force-couple
The Transtheoretical Model asserts people progress through stages of change in what type
of pattern? - -Cyclical
To overload the cardiorespiratory system, achieve the desired adaptations, and improve
cardiovascular fitness, which type of training may be employed? - -Zone training
