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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Greater genetic variation
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client

2. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
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.
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Oxidative
Reliable

3. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Greater genetic variation
9 weeks
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Increased concentration of GLUT

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

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

6. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
1.5 mile run
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Motor unit recruitment increases

7. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Increased concentration of GLUT
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength

8. 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
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
150 mm

9. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Improved skill in performing the exercise

10. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
5
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus

11. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Upper body strength
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh

12. 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.
Increasing aerobic endurance
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force

13. What change will increase concentric force production?
9 weeks
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Integrated
Increase pennation

14. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Motor unit recruitment increases
9 weeks
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test

15. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
9 weeks

16. 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?
150 mm
Integrated
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Sitting quietly

17. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Upper body strength
1.5 mile run
Improved skill in performing the exercise

18. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Upper body strength
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Greater genetic variation
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago

19. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
5
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Back squat

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

21. 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...
Phosphagen
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Reliable
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength

22. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
3RM hang clean
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity

23. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?

24. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
5
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Integrated
Phosphagen

25. What composes total lung capacity?
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Increasing aerobic endurance
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.
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity

26. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
3RM hang clean
Integrated
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force

27. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Sitting quietly
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength

28. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
150 mm
2349 kilocalories
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension

29. 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
5
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Upper body strength
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference

30. 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?
1.5 mile run
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Phosphagen
Upper body strength

31. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Motor unit recruitment increases
'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!'
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
9 weeks

32. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Decreased VO2 max
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Back squat
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.

33. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Back squat
5
Increased concentration of GLUT

34. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Increasing aerobic endurance

35. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
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
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
5

36. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
3RM hang clean
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Reliable
Phosphagen

37. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
1.5 mile run
Improved skill in performing the exercise

38. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Integrated
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement

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?
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.
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Back squat
9 weeks

40. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Oxidative
9 weeks
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus

41. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
5
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
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.

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. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Reliable

43. What change will increase concentric force production?
Increase pennation
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Decreased VO2 max
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client

44. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Sitting quietly
Motor unit recruitment increases
'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!'
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass

45. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
150 mm
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'

46. 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?
1.5 mile run
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Back squat
Motor unit recruitment increases

47. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Integrated
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity

48. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
2349 kilocalories
Back squat
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium

49. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
1.5 mile run
Back squat
3RM hang clean
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension

50. 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?
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Greater genetic variation
2349 kilocalories
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity