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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?






2. What composes total lung capacity?






3. An example of an outcome goal...


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






5. 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?






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






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






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






9. 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?






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






11. 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...






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






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






14. 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?






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






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






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


18. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






19. 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






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






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






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






23. What is true regarding bone health?






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. What is true regarding bone health?






26. 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?


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






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






29. 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?






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


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






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


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






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






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






36. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






38. 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?


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






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






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






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






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






44. 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?






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






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






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






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






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