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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?






2. An example of an outcome goal...


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






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






5. What composes total lung capacity?






6. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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?






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






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






15. 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?






16. 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?






17. 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






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






19. 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...






20. 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?






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






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






23. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






25. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






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


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


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






31. 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?






32. 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...






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






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






35. 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?






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






37. 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?






38. 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?






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






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


41. What change will increase concentric force production?






42. What composes total lung capacity?






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






44. What is true regarding bone health?






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






46. 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?






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






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






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