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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Improved skill in performing the exercise
2. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
3. 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?
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Greater genetic variation
Upper body strength
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
4. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Increase pennation
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Increased concentration of GLUT
5. 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
1.5 mile run
Decreased VO2 max
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
6. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
5
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
9 weeks
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
7. What composes total lung capacity?
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Upper body strength
8. A 39 year old female client performed a submaximal bicycle ergometer test and had her VO2 max estimated as 30.2 ml x kg-1 x min-1. She weighs 136 pounds and is 66 inches tall. Her body fat is 24% and resting blood pressure is 124/84 mmHg. What should
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
3RM hang clean
Increasing aerobic endurance
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
9. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?
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10. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
1.5 mile run
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Upper body strength
Motor unit recruitment increases
11. What is true regarding bone health?
Increase pennation
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.
Decreased VO2 max
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
12. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
13. What change will increase concentric force production?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Increase pennation
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
14. A 39 year old female client performed a submaximal bicycle ergometer test and had her VO2 max estimated as 30.2 ml x kg-1 x min-1. She weighs 136 pounds and is 66 inches tall. Her body fat is 24% and resting blood pressure is 124/84 mmHg. What should
Increasing aerobic endurance
Integrated
Decreased VO2 max
3RM hang clean
15. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Phosphagen
Decreased VO2 max
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Increasing aerobic endurance
16. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Phosphagen
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
17. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
Increased concentration of GLUT
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
3RM hang clean
Motor unit recruitment increases
18. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
19. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Reliable
Oxidative
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Increase pennation
20. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Oxidative
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Greater genetic variation
Integrated
21. 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?
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22. 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?
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23. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Integrated
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Sitting quietly
Greater genetic variation
24. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Increased concentration of GLUT
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
25. 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!'
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
26. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
1.5 mile run
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
27. Taking into consideration REE - which of the following is the approximate daily caloric need of a 45 year old - 176 pound male client who has a very light activity level?
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
2349 kilocalories
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
28. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Decreased VO2 max
'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!'
Greater genetic variation
29. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
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.
30. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
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.
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
31. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Reliable
Integrated
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Greater genetic variation
32. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Oxidative
5
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
33. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Increase pennation
34. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Oxidative
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
2349 kilocalories
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
35. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Increasing aerobic endurance
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Greater genetic variation
36. What change will increase concentric force production?
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
5
5
Increase pennation
37. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?
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38. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
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.
Oxidative
Upper body strength
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
39. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
3RM hang clean
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Decreased VO2 max
40. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Integrated
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
41. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
42. 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?
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Upper body strength
43. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Increased concentration of GLUT
Integrated
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
44. A personal trainer performs a skinfold body composition test on a client. If the same test is performed two days later with the same body fat percentage result - this test and the result are said to be...
Upper body strength
Reliable
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
45. which of the following describes the process of fast glycolysis?
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46. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
9 weeks
'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!'
Increased concentration of GLUT
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
47. What is true regarding bone health?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
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.
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Reliable
48. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Back squat
Phosphagen
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Decreased VO2 max
49. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
50. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Motor unit recruitment increases
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Motor unit recruitment increases
Phosphagen
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