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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus

2. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
150 mm
50 year old femaile who has COPD

3. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Oxidative

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

5. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Back squat
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference

6. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Motor unit recruitment increases
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Integrated

7. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Increase pennation
5
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Decreased VO2 max

8. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Motor unit recruitment increases
5
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Oxidative

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

10. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Greater genetic variation

11. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
5
Upper body strength
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago

12. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Motor unit recruitment increases
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Phosphagen

13. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Back squat
Improved skill in performing the exercise

14. An example of an outcome goal...

15. What change will increase concentric force production?
3RM hang clean
Increased concentration of GLUT
Increase pennation
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity

16. 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?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
1.5 mile run
Sitting quietly

17. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
9 weeks
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Increasing aerobic endurance
Oxidative

18. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
2349 kilocalories
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Increased concentration of GLUT
Back squat

19. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Decreased VO2 max
Motor unit recruitment increases
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test

20. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
150 mm
Decreased bone mineral density is related to an increased risk of fracture.AND Bone mineral density is promoted by chronic participation in a physically-active lifestyle.
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test

21. 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?
Upper body strength
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Reliable
Decreased VO2 max

22. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
2349 kilocalories
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
3RM hang clean
Improved skill in performing the exercise

23. What is true regarding bone health?
5
9 weeks
Decreased bone mineral density is related to an increased risk of fracture.AND Bone mineral density is promoted by chronic participation in a physically-active lifestyle.
50 year old femaile who has COPD

24. What change will increase concentric force production?
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Increase pennation
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound

25. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium

26. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
Integrated
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
9 weeks
'Good job! Next month - you do not have to take the time to fill out your own walking workout card - I'll do it for you!'

27. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Increased concentration of GLUT
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force

28. An example of an outcome goal...

29. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
2349 kilocalories
3RM hang clean
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Increase pennation

30. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Increased concentration of GLUT
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client

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

32. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Greater genetic variation
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Motor unit recruitment increases

33. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
'Good job! Next month - you do not have to take the time to fill out your own walking workout card - I'll do it for you!'
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement

34. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test

35. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Upper body strength
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
3RM hang clean
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus

36. 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...
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Reliable
Upper body strength

37. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Sitting quietly
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
5
Increase pennation

38. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Sitting quietly
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR

39. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Oxidative
Phosphagen
9 weeks

40. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
Sitting quietly
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Decreased VO2 max
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago

41. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Integrated
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force

42. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Increasing aerobic endurance
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Greater genetic variation

43. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Improved skill in performing the exercise
'Good job! Next month - you do not have to take the time to fill out your own walking workout card - I'll do it for you!'
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose

44. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
3RM hang clean
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Decreased bone mineral density is related to an increased risk of fracture.AND Bone mineral density is promoted by chronic participation in a physically-active lifestyle.

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

46. 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?
150 mm
Phosphagen
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Integrated

47. 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?

48. 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?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Back squat
2349 kilocalories

49. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Increased concentration of GLUT
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Back squat

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