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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?






2. 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?






3. 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?






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


22. 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?


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






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






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






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






27. 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...






28. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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


30. 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?






31. 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...






32. What composes total lung capacity?






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






34. What is true regarding bone health?






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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


41. What composes total lung capacity?






42. 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?






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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