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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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1. 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
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
2349 kilocalories
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength

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

3. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Decreased VO2 max

4. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Motor unit recruitment increases

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

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

7. 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?
Increase pennation
'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!'
Upper body strength
9 weeks

8. 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?
Reliable
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
150 mm
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?

10. 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?
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Phosphagen
150 mm

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

12. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Increase pennation
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client

13. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Greater genetic variation
'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!'
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.

14. An example of an outcome goal...

15. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Greater genetic variation
Sitting quietly
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Back squat

16. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Decreased VO2 max
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus

17. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Phosphagen
Motor unit recruitment increases
Integrated
1.5 mile run

18. 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...
Increasing aerobic endurance
Reliable
9 weeks
Greater genetic variation

19. 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
Reliable
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Increasing aerobic endurance
150 mm

20. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Decreased VO2 max
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Oxidative

21. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Decreased VO2 max
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force

22. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Increase pennation
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Motor unit recruitment increases

23. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Motor unit recruitment increases
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
1.5 mile run
Sitting quietly

24. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force

25. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
3RM hang clean
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
1.5 mile run

26. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Improved skill in performing the exercise
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Decreased VO2 max

27. What is true regarding bone health?
Increased concentration of GLUT
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Increased concentration of GLUT
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.

28. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
3RM hang clean
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh

29. 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?

30. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
5
Reliable
Greater genetic variation

31. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint

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

33. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client

34. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound

35. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
1.5 mile run
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
'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!'
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client

36. 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?
Sitting quietly
Upper body strength
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR

37. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Upper body strength
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Back squat
Integrated

38. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
50 year old femaile who has COPD
2349 kilocalories
Decreased VO2 max
2349 kilocalories

39. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Reliable
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus

40. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Integrated
Back squat
5

41. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Oxidative
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Integrated

42. 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?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference

43. What change will increase concentric force production?
Greater genetic variation
Increase pennation
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Oxidative

44. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Increased concentration of GLUT
9 weeks
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
50 year old femaile who has COPD

45. 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
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago

46. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Sitting quietly
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.

47. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
Increase pennation
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Upper body strength
3RM hang clean

48. What composes total lung capacity?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
1.5 mile run

49. 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
150 mm
2349 kilocalories

50. 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?