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






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






3. An example of an outcome goal...


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






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






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






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






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






9. 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?






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






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






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






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


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






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






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?






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






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


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






20. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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


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






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






25. 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?






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


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






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






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






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






31. What composes total lung capacity?






32. What is true regarding bone health?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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...






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






43. 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?






44. 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?






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






46. 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?






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


48. 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?






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






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