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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
3RM hang clean
Oxidative
Increasing aerobic endurance
2. 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
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Increasing aerobic endurance
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
150 mm
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
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Oxidative
4. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
5. An example of an outcome goal...
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6. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
9 weeks
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Reliable
7. 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...
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Reliable
'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!'
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
8. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
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. 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?
Motor unit recruitment increases
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
2349 kilocalories
Motor unit recruitment increases
10. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Increased concentration of GLUT
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
11. 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
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Greater genetic variation
12. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
9 weeks
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
13. 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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14. An example of an outcome goal...
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15. What composes total lung capacity?
9 weeks
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Increasing aerobic endurance
16. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?
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17. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Integrated
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
9 weeks
18. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Increasing aerobic endurance
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
19. 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
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
150 mm
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
5
20. 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
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Motor unit recruitment increases
5
21. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Increasing aerobic endurance
50 year old femaile who has COPD
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
22. 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?
Greater genetic variation
9 weeks
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
23. What is true regarding bone health?
'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!'
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Decreased VO2 max
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.
24. What change will increase concentric force production?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
'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!'
Increase pennation
25. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Oxidative
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Integrated
'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!'
26. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Increased concentration of GLUT
27. 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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28. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
3RM hang clean
Increase pennation
Increased concentration of GLUT
5
29. What is true regarding bone health?
'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!'
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the 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.
Improved skill in performing the exercise
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?
Increase pennation
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.
Upper body strength
Decreased VO2 max
31. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
3RM hang clean
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
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.
32. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Motor unit recruitment increases
Integrated
Back squat
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
33. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
3RM hang clean
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
34. 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?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Motor unit recruitment increases
50 year old femaile who has COPD
2349 kilocalories
35. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Decreased VO2 max
36. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
50 year old femaile who has COPD
37. 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
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
38. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
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
Upper body strength
39. 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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40. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
3RM hang clean
Back squat
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
41. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
9 weeks
Greater genetic variation
Increase pennation
42. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Sitting quietly
Back squat
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
43. 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
Increasing aerobic endurance
Integrated
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
44. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Phosphagen
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
45. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
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
Integrated
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
46. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
'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!'
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
47. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
150 mm
Phosphagen
5
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
48. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Upper body strength
Decreased VO2 max
Improved skill in performing the exercise
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
49. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Upper body strength
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
50. 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
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Increased concentration of GLUT
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client