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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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1. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Oxidative
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity

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

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3. What should be included in a an informed consent?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Back squat

4. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
5
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Decreased VO2 max

5. 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
9 weeks
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Motor unit recruitment increases

6. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Reliable

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?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
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.
Upper body strength
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose

8. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
2349 kilocalories
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
3RM hang clean

9. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
150 mm
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference

10. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
1.5 mile run
Greater genetic variation
2349 kilocalories

11. What composes total lung capacity?
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Reliable
Oxidative
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity

12. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Increased concentration of GLUT

13. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Oxidative

14. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
50 year old femaile who has COPD
150 mm
5
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference

15. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Phosphagen
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force

16. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
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
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Increasing aerobic endurance

17. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
3RM hang clean

18. What should be included in a an informed consent?
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Reliable

19. 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
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Motor unit recruitment increases
3RM hang clean

20. 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?
Motor unit recruitment increases
2349 kilocalories
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test

21. 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?
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Decreased VO2 max
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR

22. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Back squat
Upper body strength
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium

23. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
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.
50 year old femaile who has COPD

24. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Increase pennation
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength

25. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
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.
5
Oxidative

26. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Upper body strength
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Integrated
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension

27. What is true regarding bone health?
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
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. 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?
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.
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Increased concentration of GLUT
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus

29. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Integrated
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Decreased VO2 max

30. 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...
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
3RM hang clean
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Reliable

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?
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
2349 kilocalories
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint

32. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Oxidative
150 mm
Greater genetic variation
Increase pennation

33. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
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
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Motor unit recruitment increases

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

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35. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Increasing aerobic endurance
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Integrated
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference

36. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Greater genetic variation
Motor unit recruitment increases
Reliable
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR

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

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38. What is true regarding bone health?
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
9 weeks
Increasing aerobic endurance
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.

39. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Integrated
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus

40. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Reliable
5

41. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit 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.
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound

42. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Phosphagen
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago

43. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
9 weeks
Sitting quietly

44. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
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.
150 mm
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension

45. 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?
Increasing aerobic endurance
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Upper body strength
9 weeks

46. 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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47. 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
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
5
Increasing aerobic endurance
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh

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?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
1.5 mile run

49. 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
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
5
Oxidative

50. What composes total lung capacity?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
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.
3RM hang clean
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity