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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?






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






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






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


5. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






7. 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?






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


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






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






11. What is true regarding bone health?






12. What composes total lung capacity?






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






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






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






16. An example of an outcome goal...


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






18. What composes total lung capacity?






19. 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...






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


21. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?






22. 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






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






24. What change will increase concentric force production?






25. 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?






26. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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


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






29. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






31. 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?






32. 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?






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






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






35. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?






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


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






38. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?






39. 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?






40. 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?






41. 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?


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






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






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






46. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon






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






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






49. 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?






50. 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?