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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?






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






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






4. 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?






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






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






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






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






10. 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?






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






12. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






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






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






17. An example of an outcome goal...

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18. 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?






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






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






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






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






24. An example of an outcome goal...

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






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






27. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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?






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






30. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






32. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






34. 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?






35. 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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36. What is true regarding bone health?






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






38. 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?






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






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






41. 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?






42. What composes total lung capacity?






43. 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






44. What is true regarding bone health?






45. What composes total lung capacity?






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






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






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






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

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