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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)






2. 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?






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






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






5. 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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6. 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






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






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






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






10. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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

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






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






14. 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?






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






16. 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?






17. 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?






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

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






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






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






22. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






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






25. 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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What is true regarding bone health?






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






38. 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






39. What is true regarding bone health?






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






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






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






43. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






44. What composes total lung capacity?






45. 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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46. What composes total lung capacity?






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






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






50. 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?