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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






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






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






6. 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?


7. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






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






10. 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?


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






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






14. 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?






15. 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...






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






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






18. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






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






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






22. What change will increase concentric force production?






23. 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?






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


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






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






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






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






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






30. 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?






31. 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?






32. An example of an outcome goal...


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?






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






35. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






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






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






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


40. 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?






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


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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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?






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






50. 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...