ACSM 020-222 ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist Exam Practice Test

A physician should be present during the testing procedures.

Exercise testing should not be performed until the condition improves.

Exercise testing will not provide accurate assessment of health-related fitness.

Professional judgment about the risks and benefits of testing should determine whether to conduct an assessment.

Hypotension.

Cold, clammy skin.

Tachycardia and slurred speech.

Bronchospasms and hyperventilation.

Each piece of equipment should be painted a specific color for easy identification.

Use of emergency equipment should be practiced routinely.

Emergency equipment should include pencils, not pens.

Emergency equipment should be kept clean at all times.

Poor Signage in the facility.

Extrinsic factors – intensity, terrain, equipment.

Intrinsic factors-frequency, attitude, ender.

Membership type

Tremor.

Confusion.

Bradycardia.

Slurred speech.

The combination of the ambulance and the emergency room.

Critical for the staff to be able to respond adequately to an emergency.

The protocol used to practice safety plans.

Required by most health departments.

Hyperglycemia.

Strain.

Overuse injury.

Hypoglyeemia.

Records of each exercise session.

Records of attendance.

Records of all emergency situations.

Manuals for all emergency equipment.

It controls breathing and the Valsalva maneuver.

It helps to regulate carbohydrate utilization during cardiovascular exercise.

It helps to regulate body temperature and electrolyte balance. s

It helps to prevent blood pooling during the cool-down.

The progression should be gradual and slow.

The progression should be at specific increments based on a calendar schedule (e.g. add 10% every 2 weeks).

Be aggressive in increasing the program to increase fitness

Progress the program only when the client feels ready.

Implement measures to stop disease.

Make patients look healthy.

Implement preventive measures to reduce the risk of medical emergencies.

Develop a plan to reduce the physical demands of exercise testing.

Fifth intercostal space, left sternal border.

Midclavicular line, fourth intercostal space.

Fourth intercostal space, right sternal border.

Midclavicular line, lateral to the xiphoid process.

Immediately terminate the test if muscular fatigue occurs.

Initiate the test termination process when cardiac complications occur.

Initiate the test termination process when intermittent premature ventricular contractions are detected on ECG.

Immediately terminate the test when intermittent premature ventricular contractions are detected on ECG.

Conduct a submaximal stress test without the presence of a physician.

Conduct a maximal diagnostic stress test in the presence of a physician.

Use a questionnaire to evaluate activity, and do not conduct a test.

Start the client exercising slowly, and test after 6 weeks.

Teach the client how to warm-up and cool-down.

Instruct the client on safety procedureswhen using the facility.

Conduct a preparticipation screening.

Instruct the client on how to use the exercise equipment safely.

Disease-free ROM about a joint.

Effort-free ROM about a joint.

Habitually used ROM about a joint.

Pain-free ROM about a joint.

It can divide the body into bone, muscle, and fat components.

It assumes standard densities for bone, muscle, and fat.

It can divide the body into visceral and subcutaneous fat components.

It is a direct method of assessing body composition.

Signs and/or symptoms of cardiopulmonary disease.

Signs and/or symptoms of metabolic disease.

Two or more major risk factors for CAD.

Male older than 40 years with a history of clinical depression.

Unstable angina

Psychosis.

Suspected myocarditis.

Moderate valvular heart disease.

An old inferior MI.

A MI that is healing.

Reversible myocardial ischemia.

The need for multiple bypass surgery.

Maintaining a safe environment by not putting the client in danger.

Making sure that the data collected are accurate.

Completing the test.

Encouragement and support.

A state agency that licenses medical facilities.

A federal agency that sets standards for staff and patient safety.

An agency that certifies a managed care organization.

A state agency that inspects emergency protocols within medical facilities.