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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. An example of an outcome goal...

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2. 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?






3. An example of an outcome goal...

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






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






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






7. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?






8. What composes total lung capacity?






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






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






11. 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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12. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?






13. 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?






14. 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?






15. 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?






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






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






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






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






20. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?






21. 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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22. 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






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






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...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What change will increase concentric force production?






36. What should be included in a an informed consent?






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






38. 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?






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?






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






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

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






43. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?






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






45. 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?






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






47. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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

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49. 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...






50. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers