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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. An example of an outcome goal...


2. 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






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






4. 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?






5. 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






6. 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?


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






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






9. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






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






12. 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?






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


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






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


16. What is true regarding bone health?






17. What is true regarding bone health?






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






19. 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






20. 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?






21. 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?






22. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






32. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. An example of an outcome goal...


49. What composes total lung capacity?






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