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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?






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






3. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






4. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






5. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






7. 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?


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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






15. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?






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






17. 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?


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






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


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






21. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






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






24. An example of an outcome goal...


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






26. 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...






27. 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?






28. What composes total lung capacity?






29. What is true regarding bone health?






30. 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?






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






32. 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?






33. 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






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






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






36. An example of an outcome goal...


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What is true regarding bone health?






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






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






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






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






50. What composes total lung capacity?