NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Back squat
9 weeks
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Reliable


2. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
150 mm
Greater genetic variation
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force


3. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Sitting quietly
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Increased concentration of GLUT


4. 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...
Motor unit recruitment increases
Reliable
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Phosphagen


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

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6. 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 VO2 max
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.
Reliable
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR


7. An example of an outcome goal...

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8. 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
Increasing aerobic endurance
'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!'
Decreased VO2 max
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR


9. 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?
Reliable
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
1.5 mile run
Increased concentration of GLUT


10. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Integrated
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength


11. 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.
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
5
Improved skill in performing the exercise


12. 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?
Upper body strength
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference


13. 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?
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
150 mm
2349 kilocalories


14. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Integrated
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Increase pennation


15. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
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 VO2 max
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.


16. 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
Integrated
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR


17. What composes total lung capacity?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
3RM hang clean
Phosphagen


18. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
9 weeks
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass


19. 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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20. What change will increase concentric force production?
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Increase pennation
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Improved skill in performing the exercise


21. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
'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!'
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.
Oxidative


22. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
3RM hang clean
Greater genetic variation
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force


23. 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...
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Reliable
Oxidative
Increasing aerobic endurance


24. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Decreased VO2 max
Reliable


25. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
9 weeks
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in 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.


26. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Back squat
5
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh


27. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Decreased VO2 max
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


28. 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
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


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

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30. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose


31. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Sitting quietly
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Upper body strength


32. What is true regarding bone health?
Reliable
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.
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity


33. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Increasing aerobic endurance
Decreased VO2 max


34. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Greater genetic variation
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Integrated
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'


35. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
9 weeks
Sitting quietly
Increase pennation
Improved skill in performing the exercise


36. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Increase pennation
'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!'
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force


37. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Reliable


38. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Upper body strength
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


39. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
9 weeks


40. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Increasing aerobic endurance
Sitting quietly
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength


41. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Phosphagen
Sitting quietly
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'


42. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
150 mm
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose


43. 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?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
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


44. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
150 mm
Integrated
Oxidative
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference


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

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47. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Back squat
Phosphagen
Upper body strength
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago


48. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
'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!'
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


49. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Motor unit recruitment increases
3RM hang clean
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'


50. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Greater genetic variation
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'