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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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?






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






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






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






25. An example of an outcome goal...

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






27. What change will increase concentric force production?






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

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29. 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?






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

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






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?






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. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






36. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?






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






45. What composes total lung capacity?






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






47. What is true regarding bone health?






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






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






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







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