Emergency procedures and safety include which of the following?
A. Injury prevention.
B. Basic principles for exercise training.
C. Metabolic injuries.
D. Emergency consequences.
What is OSHA?
A. A state agency that licenses medical facilities.
B. A federal agency that sets standards for staff and patient safety.
C. An agency that certifies a managed care organization.
D. A state agency that inspects emergency protocols within medical facilities.
The preparation of professional staff should include training in
A. Advanced basic life support and ENT.
B. CPR and basic life support.
C. CPR and EMS.
D. Advanced cardiac life support and ENT.
How should a fitness instructor advise a client with regard to progression of the exercise program?
A. The progression should be gradual and slow.
B. The progression should be at specific increments based on a calendar schedule (e.g. add 10% every 2 weeks).
C. Be aggressive in increasing the program to increase fitness
D. Progress the program only when the client feels ready.
Prevention strategies of staff and clients must include
A. Following the rules.
B. Keeping the facility clean.
C. Hiring good front-desk staff.
D. Developing clever, unique programs.
Which of the following are symptoms of hypoglycemia?
A. Hypotension.
B. Cold, clammy skin.
C. Tachycardia and slurred speech.
D. Bronchospasms and hyperventilation.
Adults age physiologically at individual rates. Therefore, adults of any specified age will vary widely in their physiologic responses to exercise testing. Special consideration should be given to older adults when giving a fitness test, because
A. Age is often accompanied by de conditioning and disease.
B. Age predisposes older adults to clinical depression and neurologic diseases.
C. Older adults cannot be physically stressed beyond 75% of age-adjusted maximum.
D. Older adults are not as motivated to exercise as those who are younger.
A "cold spot" detected in the inferior portion of the left ventricle during a stress test that resolves 3 hours later most likely indicates
A. An old inferior MI.
B. A MI that is healing.
C. Reversible myocardial ischemia.
D. The need for multiple bypass surgery.
What action should you take for a 55-year-old client who has three risk factors for heart disease and complains of fatigue on exertion?
A. Conduct a submaximal stress test without the presence of a physician.
B. Conduct a maximal diagnostic stress test in the presence of a physician.
C. Use a questionnaire to evaluate activity, and do not conduct a test.
D. Start the client exercising slowly, and test after 6 weeks.
Lead V1 is located at the
A. Fifth intercostal space, left sternal border.
B. Midclavicular line, fourth intercostal space.
C. Fourth intercostal space, right sternal border.
D. Midclavicular line, lateral to the xiphoid process.
