Practise ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist® (ACSM-CEP®) with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) · Exam Content Outline effective July 10, 2025, with the 2024 performance-domain table. The workbook label Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist (RCEP) refers to a legacy ACSM designation consolidated into ACSM-CEP, as confirmed by ACSM's May 6, 2025 announcement. This guide follows the evidenced current successor examination and preserves the assigned historical slug.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
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- Clinical Exercise Physiologist
- ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist Exam Content Outline
- ACSM Candidate Handbook
- Home Blood Pressure Measurement Instructions
- How Do Beta Blocker Drugs Affect Exercise?
- Pulse Oximeter Basics
- Diabetes & Prediabetes Tests
- ATS/ACCP Statement on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
- An Official ERS/ATS Technical Standard: Field Walking Tests in Chronic Respiratory Disease
- Target Heart Rate Calculation
- 2024 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Slide Set
- 2019 ACR/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee
- Exercising With Diabetes Complications
- Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment for Hypoglycemia
- Your Rights and Care Standards: A Guide for People with Type 1 Diabetes
- Warning Signs of a Heart Attack
- Breathing Exercises for Better Lung Health
- Physical Activity When You Have Cancer
- Getting Active to Control High Blood Pressure
- Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, Second Edition: Executive Summary
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Symptom Impact and Consideration Chart
- Motivational Interviewing in Practice
- Tool: Teach-Back
- Theory at a Glance: A Guide for Health Promotion Practice, Second Edition
- Design Training: Learning Objectives
- Minimum Necessary Requirement
ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist® (ACSM-CEP®)
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