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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?






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






3. A personal trainer performs a skinfold body composition test on a client. If the same test is performed two days later with the same body fat percentage result - this test and the result are said to be...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What composes total lung capacity?






12. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






14. 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






15. 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?


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






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






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






19. What change will increase concentric force production?






20. What is true regarding bone health?






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






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






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






24. An example of an outcome goal...


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






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






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


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






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. An example of an outcome goal...


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






32. 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?






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






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






35. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






37. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






38. 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?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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?






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






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






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