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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
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?
Increase pennation
Upper body strength
1.5 mile run
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.
2. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Phosphagen
Back squat
Reliable
1.5 mile run
3. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Integrated
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Phosphagen
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
4. 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
Upper body strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
150 mm
5. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
3RM hang clean
1.5 mile run
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
6. What should be included in a an informed consent?
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
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
7. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Increased concentration of GLUT
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
8. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
9. What composes total lung capacity?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
2349 kilocalories
1.5 mile run
Phosphagen
10. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Improved skill in performing the exercise
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Phosphagen
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
11. 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?
12. 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...
Increased concentration of GLUT
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Motor unit recruitment increases
Reliable
13. 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
1.5 mile run
150 mm
Upper body strength
14. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
Oxidative
Decreased VO2 max
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Sitting quietly
15. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
'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!'
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Oxidative
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
16. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Back squat
Greater genetic variation
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
17. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Increase pennation
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.
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
18. 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
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Increasing aerobic endurance
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?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
2349 kilocalories
Phosphagen
150 mm
20. What composes total lung capacity?
150 mm
150 mm
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
2349 kilocalories
21. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Integrated
Upper body strength
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Increasing aerobic endurance
22. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Integrated
Greater genetic variation
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
23. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Greater genetic variation
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Increase pennation
24. 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?
150 mm
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Greater genetic variation
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
25. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
5
Improved skill in performing the exercise
9 weeks
26. 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
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Sitting quietly
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
27. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
3RM hang clean
150 mm
28. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
3RM hang clean
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Increased concentration of GLUT
Phosphagen
29. which of the following describes the process of fast glycolysis?
30. which of the following describes the process of fast glycolysis?
31. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Greater genetic variation
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
32. What is true regarding bone health?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
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.
Increasing aerobic endurance
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
33. 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
5
Greater genetic variation
3RM hang clean
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
34. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
35. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
1.5 mile run
36. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?
37. 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
Motor unit recruitment increases
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
38. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
5
Back squat
Decreased VO2 max
Improved skill in performing the exercise
39. 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
Improved skill in performing the exercise
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Oxidative
Increasing aerobic endurance
40. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Increasing aerobic endurance
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
41. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Upper body strength
42. 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
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
9 weeks
43. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
3RM hang clean
Integrated
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
44. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Increasing aerobic endurance
Sitting quietly
Integrated
45. 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?
Increasing aerobic endurance
3RM hang clean
2349 kilocalories
Improved skill in performing the exercise
46. 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
Reliable
3RM hang clean
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
47. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Phosphagen
Decreased VO2 max
Phosphagen
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
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?
1.5 mile run
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
49. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?
50. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'