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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?






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






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






4. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






5. 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?






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






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






8. An example of an outcome goal...


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






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






11. 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?






12. 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...






13. 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?






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






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






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






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






18. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






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






21. What change will increase concentric force production?






22. 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






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






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






25. 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?






26. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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


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






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






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






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






33. 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...






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


35. 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?


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






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






38. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






47. 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?






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






49. 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?


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