Screening
Practice Quiz C-25
Practice Quiz C-25
1. Certified Medical-Fitness Technicians do NOT provide Medical Clearance for medical-fitness services.
2. Only licensed medical doctors are authorized to give Medical Clearance.
3. Certified Medical-Fitness Technicians simply determine the NEED for medical clearance.
4. Most individuals do not need Medical Clearance in order to safely participate in medical-fitness services.
5. "Screening for Medical Clearance" is the standardized protocol that Medical-Fitness Technicians follow to determine whether an individual needs to obtain medical clearance from a medical doctor before they are allowed to participate in medical-fitness services.
6. The screening procedure is designed to answer the question: "Does this individual need to obtain Medical Clearance?"
7. A positive screen means: Yes, the individual needs to obtain medical clearance.
8. A negative screen means: No, the individual does not need to obtain medical clearance.
9. Medical-Fitness Technicians should assume that an individual referred by a physician for medical-fitness services has already been "Medically Cleared" and therefore does NOT need to be screened for medical clearance.
10. Every individual needs to be screened for medical clearance before participating in medical-fitness services.
- A. True
- B. False
2. Only licensed medical doctors are authorized to give Medical Clearance.
- A. True
- B. False
3. Certified Medical-Fitness Technicians simply determine the NEED for medical clearance.
- A. True
- B. False
4. Most individuals do not need Medical Clearance in order to safely participate in medical-fitness services.
- A. True
- B. False
5. "Screening for Medical Clearance" is the standardized protocol that Medical-Fitness Technicians follow to determine whether an individual needs to obtain medical clearance from a medical doctor before they are allowed to participate in medical-fitness services.
- A. True
- B. False
6. The screening procedure is designed to answer the question: "Does this individual need to obtain Medical Clearance?"
- A. True
- B. False
7. A positive screen means: Yes, the individual needs to obtain medical clearance.
- A. True
- B. False
8. A negative screen means: No, the individual does not need to obtain medical clearance.
- A. True
- B. False
9. Medical-Fitness Technicians should assume that an individual referred by a physician for medical-fitness services has already been "Medically Cleared" and therefore does NOT need to be screened for medical clearance.
- A. True
- B. False
10. Every individual needs to be screened for medical clearance before participating in medical-fitness services.
- A. True
- B. False
The correct answers are:
1-A, 2-, 3-A, 4-A, 5-A, 6-A, 7-A, 8-A, 9-B, 1o-A
1-A, 2-, 3-A, 4-A, 5-A, 6-A, 7-A, 8-A, 9-B, 1o-A
Screening Scenarios
1. When screening a client for medical clearance, you discover that his doctor has told him that he has "stable angina" (chest pain with exertion).
2. When screening a client for medical clearance, you discover that he experiences pain in his left calf when he walks more than a hundred yards.
3. When screening a client for medical clearance, you discover that she is asymptomatic, but she had a mild heart attack over 1 year ago, completed cardiac rehab, and has been exercising 20 minutes per day, 6 days a week, since her 65th birthday 4 months ago.
4. When screening a client for medical clearance, you discover that she is asymptomatic and has no medical history of a heart-related condition, but she has been walking only 15 minutes 2-3 times per week for the past month.
5. When screening a client for medical clearance, you discover that he is asymptomatic, has no significant medical history, and has not exercised for more than 1 year.
- A. The screen is positive, so medical clearance is required.
- B. The screen is negative, so medical clearance is not required.
- C. The screen is indeterminate, so more information is needed.
2. When screening a client for medical clearance, you discover that he experiences pain in his left calf when he walks more than a hundred yards.
- A. The screen is positive, so medical clearance is required.
- B. The screen is negative, so medical clearance is not required.
- C. The screen is indeterminate, so more information is needed.
3. When screening a client for medical clearance, you discover that she is asymptomatic, but she had a mild heart attack over 1 year ago, completed cardiac rehab, and has been exercising 20 minutes per day, 6 days a week, since her 65th birthday 4 months ago.
- A. The screen is positive, so medical clearance is required.
- B. The screen is negative, so medical clearance is not required.
- C. The screen is indeterminate, so more information is needed.
4. When screening a client for medical clearance, you discover that she is asymptomatic and has no medical history of a heart-related condition, but she has been walking only 15 minutes 2-3 times per week for the past month.
- A. The screen is positive, so medical clearance is required.
- B. The screen is negative, so medical clearance is not required.
- C. The screen is indeterminate, so more information is needed.
5. When screening a client for medical clearance, you discover that he is asymptomatic, has no significant medical history, and has not exercised for more than 1 year.
- A. The screen is positive, so medical clearance is required.
- B. The screen is negative, so medical clearance is not required.
- C. The screen is indeterminate, so more information is needed.
The correct answers are:
1-A, 2-A, 3-B, 4-B, 5-B
1-A, 2-A, 3-B, 4-B, 5-B