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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
5
Sitting quietly
Increased concentration of GLUT
2. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
50 year old femaile who has COPD
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Decreased VO2 max
Integrated
3. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
4. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
3RM hang clean
Increase pennation
Increased concentration of GLUT
5. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
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.
Back squat
6. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Reliable
7. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Oxidative
Back squat
8. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Reliable
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Motor unit recruitment increases
9. What is true regarding bone health?
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.
Motor unit recruitment increases
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Increase pennation
10. 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
Sitting quietly
Decreased VO2 max
Integrated
5
11. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Phosphagen
Integrated
Upper body strength
1.5 mile run
12. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
150 mm
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
13. 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.
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
14. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Sitting quietly
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Oxidative
15. which of the following describes the process of fast glycolysis?
16. 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?
17. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Oxidative
18. 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?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Increased concentration of GLUT
Integrated
1.5 mile run
19. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
150 mm
Decreased VO2 max
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
20. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?
21. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Greater genetic variation
5
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Oxidative
22. What composes total lung capacity?
1.5 mile run
Back squat
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
150 mm
23. 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
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
24. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Greater genetic variation
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
25. An example of an outcome goal...
26. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?
27. 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...
Integrated
Reliable
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
28. 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?
29. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
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.
2349 kilocalories
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
30. 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!'
3RM hang clean
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Oxidative
31. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Upper body strength
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Integrated
32. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?
33. 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
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
34. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
3RM hang clean
Increase pennation
1.5 mile run
35. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Greater genetic variation
Sitting quietly
1.5 mile run
36. 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
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Oxidative
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
37. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Decreased VO2 max
Motor unit recruitment increases
Reliable
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
38. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Sitting quietly
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
3RM hang clean
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
39. 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
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
2349 kilocalories
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
40. 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?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Decreased VO2 max
150 mm
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
41. 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?
Motor unit recruitment increases
5
Upper body strength
Decreased VO2 max
42. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Increasing aerobic endurance
1.5 mile run
Greater genetic variation
150 mm
43. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Decreased VO2 max
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
2349 kilocalories
Sitting quietly
44. 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
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Sitting quietly
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
45. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?
46. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Decreased VO2 max
Improved skill in performing the exercise
47. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
50 year old femaile who has COPD
48. What composes total lung capacity?
Integrated
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
'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!'
49. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Phosphagen
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
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
50. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Greater genetic variation
Oxidative
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium