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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
1.5 mile run
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Upper body strength
2. What change will increase concentric force production?
5
Increase pennation
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
3. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Oxidative
Decreased VO2 max
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
4. What change will increase concentric force production?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Increase pennation
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Decreased VO2 max
5. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
9 weeks
Decreased VO2 max
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
6. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Motor unit recruitment increases
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Integrated
7. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Decreased VO2 max
Oxidative
Increase pennation
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
8. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
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
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
9. which of the following describes the process of fast glycolysis?
10. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Integrated
Increased concentration of GLUT
11. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
3RM hang clean
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
2349 kilocalories
12. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Motor unit recruitment increases
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
13. 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
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Increase pennation
Improved skill in performing the exercise
14. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
15. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?
16. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Back squat
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
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
Upper body strength
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
5
Increasing aerobic endurance
18. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?
19. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
20. What is true regarding bone health?
Increase pennation
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Phosphagen
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.
21. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Sitting quietly
Improved skill in performing the exercise
22. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?
23. 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
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Motor unit recruitment increases
5
24. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
25. 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
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Sitting quietly
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
26. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Sitting quietly
Improved skill in performing the exercise
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
27. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
2349 kilocalories
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
28. 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?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Upper body strength
29. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Increased concentration of GLUT
Decreased VO2 max
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
30. which of the following describes the process of fast glycolysis?
31. 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
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Upper body strength
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
32. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Integrated
Phosphagen
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
33. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?
34. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Phosphagen
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Integrated
35. What composes total lung capacity?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Reliable
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
36. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Increase pennation
Greater genetic variation
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
150 mm
37. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
'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!'
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
38. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Upper body strength
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Phosphagen
39. 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?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
150 mm
40. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Phosphagen
Motor unit recruitment increases
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
150 mm
41. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
5
42. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
3RM hang clean
3RM hang clean
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
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
Back squat
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Phosphagen
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
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
45. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Decreased VO2 max
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
46. 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?
47. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Improved skill in performing the exercise
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.
48. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Back squat
Increasing aerobic endurance
49. 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
150 mm
5
Increasing aerobic endurance
Oxidative
50. 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...
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Integrated
Reliable
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement