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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?






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






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






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






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






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






7. What composes total lung capacity?






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






9. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?






10. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?






11. 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?






12. 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






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






14. 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?






15. What is true regarding bone health?






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






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






18. 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?






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


20. What composes total lung capacity?






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






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






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






24. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?






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






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






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






28. 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...






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


30. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?






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






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






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?






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






39. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?






40. An example of an outcome goal...


41. 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






42. 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?






43. 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?






44. 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






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


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






47. 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?






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


49. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?






50. What change will increase concentric force production?