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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Improved skill in performing the exercise
150 mm
2. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Upper body strength
Increasing aerobic endurance
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Improved skill in performing the exercise
3. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Phosphagen
Increased concentration of GLUT
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
4. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Reliable
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Back squat
2349 kilocalories
5. A 30 year old female client is an avid 5 kilometer runner but she would like to improve her time. What test is the most appropriate to estimate this client's VO2 max?
Improved skill in performing the exercise
1.5 mile run
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Improved skill in performing the exercise
6. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
3RM hang clean
Greater genetic variation
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
'Good job! Next month - you do not have to take the time to fill out your own walking workout card - I'll do it for you!'
7. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
150 mm
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Oxidative
8. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
'Good job! Next month - you do not have to take the time to fill out your own walking workout card - I'll do it for you!'
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
9. What is an example of negative reinforcement a personal trainer says to a client who just completed a month of consistently walking three times per week?
10. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
2349 kilocalories
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Sitting quietly
11. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Sitting quietly
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Integrated
Motor unit recruitment increases
12. A 52 year old male client's resting blood pressure was 130/82 during the initial assessment. When measuring his blood pressure one month later - to what level of mercury (Hg) should the bladder be inflated?
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Phosphagen
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
150 mm
13. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Phosphagen
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
14. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Sitting quietly
Greater genetic variation
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
15. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
'Good job! Next month - you do not have to take the time to fill out your own walking workout card - I'll do it for you!'
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Improved skill in performing the exercise
16. A 21 year old male client had the following results: 72 inches tall - Weight: 210 lbs - 1RM bench: 200 lbs - 1RM leg press: 400 lbs - Situps: 50 - Sit and Reach: 15 inches. What should be his primary exercise goal?
Upper body strength
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Motor unit recruitment increases
Back squat
17. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Upper body strength
Increase pennation
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Greater genetic variation
18. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Motor unit recruitment increases
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
'Good job! Next month - you do not have to take the time to fill out your own walking workout card - I'll do it for you!'
19. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Reliable
Increased concentration of GLUT
Decreased VO2 max
20. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Decreased VO2 max
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Sitting quietly
21. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
9 weeks
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Decreased VO2 max
22. What is true regarding bone health?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Decreased bone mineral density is related to an increased risk of fracture.AND Bone mineral density is promoted by chronic participation in a physically-active lifestyle.
23. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
24. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Oxidative
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Integrated
Phosphagen
25. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
2349 kilocalories
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Increased concentration of GLUT
26. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Decreased VO2 max
Integrated
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
27. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Decreased VO2 max
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
28. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Back squat
3RM hang clean
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
29. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
9 weeks
3RM hang clean
30. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Decreased VO2 max
150 mm
50 year old femaile who has COPD
31. A 21 year old male client had the following results: 72 inches tall - Weight: 210 lbs - 1RM bench: 200 lbs - 1RM leg press: 400 lbs - Situps: 50 - Sit and Reach: 15 inches. What should be his primary exercise goal?
Upper body strength
Integrated
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
32. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Motor unit recruitment increases
Oxidative
33. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Decreased bone mineral density is related to an increased risk of fracture.AND Bone mineral density is promoted by chronic participation in a physically-active lifestyle.
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
5
150 mm
34. What change will increase concentric force production?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Reliable
Increase pennation
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
35. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Improved skill in performing the exercise
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
36. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Upper body strength
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
37. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
9 weeks
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
1.5 mile run
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
38. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
2349 kilocalories
3RM hang clean
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
39. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Increasing aerobic endurance
3RM hang clean
Increased concentration of GLUT
40. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?
41. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?
42. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
2349 kilocalories
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
9 weeks
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
43. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
'Good job! Next month - you do not have to take the time to fill out your own walking workout card - I'll do it for you!'
Integrated
44. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Reliable
Increase pennation
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
45. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
3RM hang clean
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
46. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
150 mm
9 weeks
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
47. A 35 year old female began an exercise program four months ago in which she has been running on a treadmill four days per week. What describes the adaptations that are most likely to occur with this program?
Greater genetic variation
2349 kilocalories
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
48. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
49. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
'Good job! Next month - you do not have to take the time to fill out your own walking workout card - I'll do it for you!'
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
5
3RM hang clean
50. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?