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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






3. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?






4. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?






5. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?






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






7. 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?






8. What is true regarding bone health?






9. 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?






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






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






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






13. 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?


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






15. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






16. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.






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






18. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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...






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


26. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?






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






28. An example of an outcome goal...


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?






37. 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?


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






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






40. 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






41. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






43. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?






44. What composes total lung capacity?






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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?






50. 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?