NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
2349 kilocalories
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Sitting quietly
50 year old femaile who has COPD


2. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Sitting quietly
Improved skill in performing the exercise
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Increasing aerobic endurance


3. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Back squat
Motor unit recruitment increases
150 mm
9 weeks


4. What composes total lung capacity?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Increased concentration of GLUT
1.5 mile run
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test


5. 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
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
3RM hang clean
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound


6. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Motor unit recruitment increases
Decreased VO2 max
Upper body strength
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force


7. 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?
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
1.5 mile run
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Integrated


8. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
5
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Motor unit recruitment increases


9. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Greater genetic variation
5
5


10. 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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11. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Motor unit recruitment increases
9 weeks
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test


12. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
2349 kilocalories
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Decreased VO2 max
Integrated


13. An example of an outcome goal...

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14. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
1.5 mile run
Sitting quietly
Integrated
Back squat


15. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
150 mm
Reliable
3RM hang clean
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement


16. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
3RM hang clean
5
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


17. 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
2349 kilocalories
Motor unit recruitment increases
1.5 mile run


18. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
5
Motor unit recruitment increases
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength


19. What should be included in a an informed consent?
5
5
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Increasing aerobic endurance


20. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
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5
Increasing aerobic endurance
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint


21. 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?
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Increasing aerobic endurance
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Upper body strength


22. 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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23. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
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
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Upper body strength


24. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Integrated
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound


25. 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
'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!'
Upper body strength
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension


26. 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
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Increasing aerobic endurance
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement


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 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?
Upper body strength
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
50 year old femaile who has COPD
5


29. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Greater genetic variation


30. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Reliable
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass


31. 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
Back squat
Upper body strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client


32. 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?
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
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.
1.5 mile run
Greater genetic variation


33. 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?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Upper body strength
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR


34. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Increased concentration of GLUT
Increasing aerobic endurance
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity


35. An example of an outcome goal...

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36. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
5
Phosphagen


37. 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?
5
150 mm
Sitting quietly
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.


38. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Integrated
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound


39. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Increase pennation
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
3RM hang clean


40. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
1.5 mile run
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Phosphagen


41. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Sitting quietly
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh


42. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Improved skill in performing the exercise


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?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Increasing aerobic endurance
2349 kilocalories
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound


44. 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
Integrated
Increased concentration of GLUT
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.


45. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
3RM hang clean
Integrated
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
50 year old femaile who has COPD


46. What is true regarding bone health?
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.
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


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

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48. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Oxidative
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client


49. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Oxidative
Increased concentration of GLUT
'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!'


50. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Phosphagen
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass