NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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. 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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2. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Reliable
Oxidative
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Increased concentration of GLUT


3. 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
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Improved skill in performing the 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!'
5


4. What change will increase concentric force production?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Increase pennation
'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!'


5. 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?
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Decreased VO2 max
150 mm


6. What is true regarding bone health?
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.
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Back squat
50 year old femaile who has COPD


7. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Sitting quietly
Reliable
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference


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

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9. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
3RM hang clean
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Motor unit recruitment increases


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

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11. Taking into consideration REE - which of the following is the approximate daily caloric need of a 45 year old - 176 pound male client who has a very light activity level?
2349 kilocalories
3RM hang clean
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
1.5 mile run


12. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Decreased VO2 max
Greater genetic variation
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.


13. 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?
Integrated
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
Upper body strength


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

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15. 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
150 mm
Increase pennation
9 weeks


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
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR


17. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Integrated
150 mm
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint


18. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Increase pennation
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago


19. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
2349 kilocalories
3RM hang clean
9 weeks
Upper body strength


20. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Motor unit recruitment increases
Reliable
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


21. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Integrated
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh


22. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Increased concentration of GLUT
'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!'
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
2349 kilocalories


23. 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 concentration of GLUT
Sitting quietly
Back squat
5


24. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
50 year old femaile who has COPD
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client


25. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Reliable
Motor unit recruitment increases
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Decreased VO2 max


26. What is true regarding bone health?
Upper body strength
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.
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
2349 kilocalories


27. 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
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
'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!'
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity


28. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
9 weeks
Increase pennation
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength


29. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint


30. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
1.5 mile run
Sitting quietly
Increasing aerobic endurance
Phosphagen


31. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Motor unit recruitment increases
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength


32. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Motor unit recruitment increases
Oxidative


33. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
9 weeks
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass


34. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Oxidative
150 mm
Motor unit recruitment increases
Greater genetic variation


35. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old 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!'
Motor unit recruitment increases
1.5 mile run
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh


36. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Sitting quietly
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
2349 kilocalories


37. 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
Reliable
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.
2349 kilocalories


38. 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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39. 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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40. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Motor unit recruitment increases
Reliable
3RM hang clean


41. 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.
5
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
9 weeks


42. 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?
5
Sitting quietly
150 mm
Upper body strength


43. 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
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Phosphagen
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test


44. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Increase pennation
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Greater genetic variation


45. 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...
'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!'
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Reliable


46. What change will increase concentric force production?
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Improved skill in performing the exercise
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Increase pennation


47. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
150 mm
Increasing aerobic endurance
'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!'


48. 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?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Reliable


49. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Decreased VO2 max
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Increasing aerobic endurance


50. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Greater genetic variation
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension