NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
2349 kilocalories
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint


2. 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
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
3RM hang clean
'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!'


3. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Increase pennation
9 weeks
Motor unit recruitment increases


4. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Greater genetic variation
9 weeks
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
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.


5. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
1.5 mile run
'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
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


6. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
3RM hang clean
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Upper body strength
Increasing aerobic endurance


7. 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
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Increasing aerobic endurance
'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!'
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.


8. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Back squat


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

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10. 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?
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.
Upper body strength
Integrated


11. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
1.5 mile run
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass


12. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
'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!'
Increased concentration of GLUT
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.


13. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Upper body strength
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.


14. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Increasing aerobic endurance
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
5
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force


15. 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?
9 weeks
150 mm
Increasing aerobic endurance
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR


16. 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'
Phosphagen
Improved skill in performing the exercise
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client


17. 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'
Sitting quietly
Increased concentration of GLUT
150 mm


18. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Back squat
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Integrated


19. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Oxidative


20. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Increased concentration of GLUT
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint


21. An example of an outcome goal...

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22. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Reliable
9 weeks
Increasing aerobic endurance
Upper body strength


23. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Increasing aerobic endurance
Motor unit recruitment increases
Phosphagen
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose


24. 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...
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Increase pennation
Phosphagen
Reliable


25. An example of an outcome goal...

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26. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
'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 VO2 max
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Greater genetic variation


27. 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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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?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Phosphagen
Greater genetic variation


29. What should be included in a an informed consent?
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
3RM hang clean
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR


30. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Integrated
3RM hang clean
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.
Decreased VO2 max


31. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
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!'
Increase pennation
3RM hang clean


32. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Back squat
Increasing aerobic endurance
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


33. 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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34. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Increasing aerobic endurance
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Integrated


35. What change will increase concentric force production?
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Increase pennation


36. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Reliable
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
150 mm
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago


37. 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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38. which of the following describes the process of fast glycolysis?

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39. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
9 weeks
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
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.


40. 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?
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Upper body strength
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Sitting quietly


41. What is true regarding bone health?
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
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.


42. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
150 mm
Oxidative
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client


43. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Decreased VO2 max


44. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
3RM hang clean
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Increased concentration of GLUT
50 year old femaile who has COPD


45. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity


46. What composes total lung capacity?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Integrated
Decreased VO2 max


47. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Back squat
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.


48. 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?
Motor unit recruitment increases
Upper body strength
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
1.5 mile run


49. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Increasing aerobic endurance
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.


50. 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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