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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Reliable
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
1.5 mile run
2. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
50 year old femaile who has COPD
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Reliable
Oxidative
3. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
150 mm
Increase pennation
Increased concentration of GLUT
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
4. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
2349 kilocalories
3RM hang clean
Reliable
5. What should be included in a an informed consent?
2349 kilocalories
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
6. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
9 weeks
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
7. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Oxidative
Improved skill in performing the exercise
8. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
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.
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Greater genetic variation
9. 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?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
1.5 mile run
10. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Upper body strength
Motor unit recruitment increases
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
11. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?
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12. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Motor unit recruitment increases
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
13. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Decreased VO2 max
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Greater genetic variation
14. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Motor unit recruitment increases
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Reliable
15. 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
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Oxidative
Increasing aerobic endurance
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
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?
Back squat
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Increasing aerobic endurance
Decreased VO2 max
17. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
18. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Integrated
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Upper body strength
19. 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?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Upper body strength
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
1.5 mile run
20. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
3RM hang clean
150 mm
Improved skill in performing the exercise
21. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
1.5 mile run
Improved skill in performing the exercise
9 weeks
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
22. What is true regarding bone health?
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Reliable
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
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.
23. 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?
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24. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Decreased VO2 max
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Greater genetic variation
Back squat
25. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Sitting quietly
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Motor unit recruitment increases
3RM hang clean
26. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Motor unit recruitment increases
1.5 mile run
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
27. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
3RM hang clean
Decreased VO2 max
Increased concentration of GLUT
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
28. 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
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Increase pennation
150 mm
5
29. 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?
5
150 mm
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
30. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Greater genetic variation
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
31. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
9 weeks
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
32. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Sitting quietly
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
33. What composes total lung capacity?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Phosphagen
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
5
34. 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...
Decreased VO2 max
Reliable
Back squat
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
35. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Integrated
Increasing aerobic endurance
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Improved skill in performing the exercise
36. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
5
Reliable
Oxidative
3RM hang clean
37. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
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.
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
38. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
'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!'
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
39. 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?
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
3RM hang clean
Upper body strength
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
40. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Increase pennation
41. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
1.5 mile run
Motor unit recruitment increases
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
42. 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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43. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Sitting quietly
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
5
44. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
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.
Sitting quietly
150 mm
9 weeks
45. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
2349 kilocalories
Sitting quietly
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.
Oxidative
46. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Phosphagen
Back squat
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
150 mm
47. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?
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48. 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?
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49. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Phosphagen
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
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
50. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Decreased VO2 max
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Decreased VO2 max