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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?






2. What change will increase concentric force production?






3. which of the following describes the process of fast glycolysis?


4. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?






5. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?






6. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?






7. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events






8. 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?


9. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)






10. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?






11. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength






12. 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?






13. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease






14. 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?






15. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?






16. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength






17. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle






18. What composes total lung capacity?






19. 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?






20. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?






21. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?


22. What should be included in a an informed consent?






23. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?






24. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?






25. What is true regarding bone health?






26. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers






27. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?






28. 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






29. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?






30. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers






31. 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...






32. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?






33. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?






34. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?






35. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?






36. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?






37. What change will increase concentric force production?






38. How many servings of the 'bread - cereal - rice - and pasta' group does this meal provide? 1.5 cups cooked oatmeal 1 cup 1% milk 3/4 cup apple juice 2 slices wheat toast with 2 tablespoons peanut butter






39. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?






40. 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?






41. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?






42. 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?






43. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness






44. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?


45. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?


46. How many servings of the 'bread - cereal - rice - and pasta' group does this meal provide? 1.5 cups cooked oatmeal 1 cup 1% milk 3/4 cup apple juice 2 slices wheat toast with 2 tablespoons peanut butter






47. What should be included in a an informed consent?






48. 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?






49. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






50. 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...