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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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






2. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






4. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






6. What composes total lung capacity?






7. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. An example of an outcome goal...

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16. What is true regarding bone health?






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






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






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






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






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. 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?






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






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






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






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






27. 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?






28. 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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29. 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






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






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

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32. 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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33. 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?






34. 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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35. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






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






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






39. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






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







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