Exam 1: Certifications

Mr. Fibrillation collapses during your vigorous Breakfast Club workout. Upon inspecting him, you realize his heart is not beating. You realize that the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) will be a crucial part of the CPR action plan. List the STRONGEST reason that the AED will play such an important role in the next 5 minutes of his life?

An accident occurs on LaToya's watch during her 5:45AM WAKEUP class. She dutifully fills out an accident report. Which of the following was not a proper entry in the accident report?

Group Fitness Instructors work on a day-to-day basis with apparently healthy clients. As such, their work should be limited by their education, training, and state laws. A term used to define the roles of different players in the health and fitness continuum is:

One of the methods of mitigating risk in the health club setting is to implement the concept of informed consent. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be an element of obtaining informed consent as described by the American Council on Exercise (ACE)?

You can never be too rich, too famous or have too much insurance. Unfortunately, in today's litigious society, it's not just the medical practitioner who has to be protected by many kinds of insurance. One of the policies that may come into play is an "umbrella liability policy". Which of the following is the BEST description of the coverage provided by this kind of insurance?

Delilah teaches an advanced yoga class twice a week at the local gym as an independent contractor. In the parking lot, she runs into one of her former group class members, Tina, and suggests that they go inside to "catch up." On the way inside, Tina member trips on an ill-placed energy bar and falls and breaks a hip. What is MOST likely to be Delilah's legal dilemma?

Facilities looking to offer a full spectrum of classes to their members should look to ACE's Integrated Fitness Training (IFT) model. Which of the following is the MOST accurate depiction of the progression shown in the Functional Movement & Resistance Training element of the IFT model?

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be part of the scope of practice of the Group Fitness Instructor?

A fitness participant is injured during group class. Which type of coverage would protect the instructor in the event of a legal suit by the participant?

The Group Fitness Instructor (GFI) must be prepared for many contingencies during class. Which are the following is LEAST likely to be a certification or training required by the GFI?

Chuck John works as a full-time employee at Feel So Good health club. He runs the aquatics program and occasionally gets called into the rotation as an Aquatic Aerobics Instructor. On Tuesday, he is injured performing a deck-based butt-kicker demo. Which insurance is MOST likely to be called on to pay for his medical treatment?

In a society overburdened by regulation, a common complaint is that certification and licensure standards are erected by professionals in order to restrict others from entering the workforce as competitors. This is not supposed to be so. Instead, which of the following BEST expresses the primary purpose of certification and licensure regulations?

The ACE Group Fitness Instructor Certification is designed to test the competence of individuals to do WHICH of the following:

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) has received third-party accreditation from WHICH of the following prestigious parties:

Group Fitness Instructors who integrate ACE's Integrated Fitness Training (IFT) model will notice that there is no specific mention of flexibility training in the model. Instead, there are two training components that comprise the ACE IFT model - Cardiorespiratory training, and Functional Movement & Resistance Training. Which of the following is the MOST accurate explanation of why flexibility is not included in this model?

One of the basic defenses against litigation in the event of injury is the concept of "assumption of risk". Which of the following is UNLIKELY to be an element of proving assumption of risk?