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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)






2. 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?






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


4. What composes total lung capacity?






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






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






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






8. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






9. 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...






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






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






12. 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?






13. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness






14. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?






15. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






17. 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






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






19. 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...






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






21. What composes total lung capacity?






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


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






24. 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?


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






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






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






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






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


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






31. 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?






32. What is true regarding bone health?






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


34. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?






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






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






37. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon






38. An example of an outcome goal...


39. 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?






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






41. 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






42. 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?






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






44. 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?






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






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






47. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness






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






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






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