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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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1. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






4. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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

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6. 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?






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. What composes total lung capacity?






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






16. An example of an outcome goal...

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






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






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






20. 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?






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






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






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






24. 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?






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






26. 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






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






28. 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?






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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?






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






33. 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?






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

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






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






37. What is true regarding bone health?






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

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

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






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

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42. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






43. 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...






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






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






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






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






48. An example of an outcome goal...

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






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






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