NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What change will increase concentric force production?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Greater genetic variation
Increase pennation
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force


2. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Phosphagen
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
50 year old femaile who has COPD


3. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Sitting quietly
Integrated


4. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Phosphagen
50 year old femaile who has COPD
5


5. 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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6. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
5
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago


7. 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...
Oxidative
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Reliable


8. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Motor unit recruitment increases
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh


9. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
Back squat
3RM hang clean
150 mm
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity


10. 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
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Phosphagen
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
5


11. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Integrated
Greater genetic variation


12. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Motor unit recruitment increases
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
'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!'
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference


13. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Back squat
9 weeks
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement


14. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
5
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Motor unit recruitment increases


15. What is true regarding bone health?
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
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.
3RM hang clean
Integrated


16. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
'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 ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass


17. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Motor unit recruitment increases
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Decreased VO2 max


18. 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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19. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Phosphagen
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
'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!'


20. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Sitting quietly
2349 kilocalories
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago


21. 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
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Increasing aerobic endurance
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement


22. 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
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
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


23. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Improved skill in performing the exercise
50 year old femaile who has COPD


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


25. What is true regarding bone health?
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
50 year old femaile who has COPD
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. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Greater genetic variation
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Decreased VO2 max


27. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Upper body strength
Increase pennation
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.


28. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Phosphagen
Integrated
150 mm


29. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
5
3RM hang clean
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh


30. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Phosphagen
1.5 mile run
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement


31. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Oxidative
3RM hang clean
'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!'


32. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Reliable
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
150 mm
Decreased VO2 max


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...
1.5 mile run
'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!'
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Reliable


34. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
Increase pennation
Motor unit recruitment increases
Increasing aerobic endurance
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint


35. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Reliable
Reliable
9 weeks
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client


36. An example of an outcome goal...

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

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38. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Increase pennation
Oxidative
2349 kilocalories
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus


39. What composes total lung capacity?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Increase pennation
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


40. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
'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!'
Greater genetic variation
9 weeks


41. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test


42. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
50 year old femaile who has COPD
9 weeks
Oxidative


43. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
1.5 mile run
Greater genetic variation


44. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Motor unit recruitment increases
2349 kilocalories
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force


45. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
9 weeks


46. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
'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 ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose


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

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48. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
'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!'
Sitting quietly
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Increased concentration of GLUT


49. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Upper body strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Oxidative
Decreased VO2 max


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

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