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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.






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






3. 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?






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






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






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

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7. 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?






8. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






10. 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?






11. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. An example of an outcome goal...

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19. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






21. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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?

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23. What composes total lung capacity?






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






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






26. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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?

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






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






38. What is true regarding bone health?






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






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






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






42. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






43. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






47. 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...






48. An example of an outcome goal...

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






50. 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?