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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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1. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
9 weeks
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client

2. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Sitting quietly
Oxidative
Back squat
Reliable

3. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Motor unit recruitment increases
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
2349 kilocalories

4. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
2349 kilocalories
Motor unit recruitment increases

5. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Increased concentration of GLUT
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Phosphagen

6. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Upper body strength
50 year old femaile who has COPD

7. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
150 mm
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client

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

9. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
3RM hang clean
Sitting quietly
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension

10. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Greater genetic variation
Motor unit recruitment increases

11. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength

12. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Greater genetic variation

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

14. What change will increase concentric force production?
Phosphagen
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Increase pennation
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.

15. 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?
Phosphagen
Upper body strength
Reliable
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago

16. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Back squat
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
3RM hang clean

17. 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
Increasing aerobic endurance
Motor unit recruitment increases
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Improved skill in performing the exercise

18. 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?
Upper body strength
5
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Increasing aerobic endurance

19. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
Motor unit recruitment increases
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
150 mm
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.

20. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Integrated
9 weeks

21. What change will increase concentric force production?
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
Increase pennation
Oxidative

22. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Increasing aerobic endurance
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint

23. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
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.
Motor unit recruitment increases
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound

24. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Oxidative
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Reliable
Phosphagen

25. 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?
3RM hang clean
'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!'
2349 kilocalories
50 year old femaile who has COPD

26. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
3RM hang clean

27. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Phosphagen
Motor unit recruitment increases
Increased concentration of GLUT
Increasing aerobic endurance

28. What is true regarding bone health?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
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.

29. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a 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!'
Increased concentration of GLUT
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference

30. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Back squat

31. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
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.
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client

32. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female 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.
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Motor unit recruitment increases
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh

33. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
'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!'
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Upper body strength
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound

34. 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?
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client

35. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
50 year old femaile who has COPD
1.5 mile run
2349 kilocalories

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

37. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
3RM hang clean
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Sitting quietly

38. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Improved skill in performing the exercise

39. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Phosphagen
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus

40. 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
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
5

41. 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...
Improved skill in performing the exercise
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Reliable

42. 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...
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
1.5 mile run
Decreased VO2 max
Reliable

43. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Oxidative
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint

44. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Phosphagen
Back squat

45. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
50 year old femaile who has COPD
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh

46. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Integrated
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference

47. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
2349 kilocalories
9 weeks

48. What composes total lung capacity?
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength

49. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint

50. 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?
Sitting quietly
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Back squat
150 mm