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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?






2. 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?






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






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


5. 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...






6. 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?


7. What change will increase concentric force production?






8. What is true regarding bone health?






9. An example of an outcome goal...


10. 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?






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






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






13. 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?






14. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






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?






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






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






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


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






21. 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?






22. 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?






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






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


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






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






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






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






29. What is true regarding bone health?






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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?






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


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






40. 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?






41. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






42. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






43. What composes total lung capacity?






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






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






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






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






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






49. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






50. An example of an outcome goal...