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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness






2. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






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






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?


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






7. 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






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






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


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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






22. 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...






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






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






25. 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?






26. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






29. 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?


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






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






32. 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?






33. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






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






37. What is true regarding bone health?






38. 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...






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. 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






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






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






43. An example of an outcome goal...


44. What change will increase concentric force production?






45. What composes total lung capacity?






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






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






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






49. What is true regarding bone health?






50. 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?