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






2. 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






3. 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?






4. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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?


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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. What composes total lung capacity?






36. 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?






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






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






39. 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?






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






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


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


43. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?


44. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?


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






46. 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






47. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






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