NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What should be included in a an informed consent?
150 mm
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
3RM hang clean


2. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
'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!'
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.
Oxidative
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force


3. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Decreased VO2 max
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Improved skill in performing the exercise
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.


4. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Increase pennation
'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!'
Back squat
Motor unit recruitment increases


5. 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?
Greater genetic variation
Increasing aerobic endurance
Upper body strength
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.


6. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Phosphagen
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound


7. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Increase pennation
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Upper body strength
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity


8. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Phosphagen


9. 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
Increasing aerobic endurance
1.5 mile run
2349 kilocalories
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.


10. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Reliable
1.5 mile run
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
3RM hang clean


11. 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...
Reliable
Upper body strength
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Decreased VO2 max


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

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13. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
9 weeks


14. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
2349 kilocalories
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity


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?
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
50 year old femaile who has COPD
5
2349 kilocalories


16. 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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17. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
9 weeks
9 weeks
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test


18. What is true regarding bone health?
Oxidative
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.
Increase pennation
Oxidative


19. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Reliable
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Phosphagen


20. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
9 weeks
3RM hang clean
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Motor unit recruitment increases


21. What composes total lung capacity?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
'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!'
Sitting quietly
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension


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

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23. What change will increase concentric force production?
Increase pennation
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement


24. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
2349 kilocalories
2349 kilocalories
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium


25. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
150 mm
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
3RM hang clean


26. 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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27. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
1.5 mile run
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength


28. What is true regarding bone health?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
50 year old femaile who has COPD
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
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.


29. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)
Motor unit recruitment increases
Upper body strength
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference


30. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Increase pennation
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Motor unit recruitment increases


31. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
9 weeks
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client


32. 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?
Increasing aerobic endurance
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR


33. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
9 weeks
Upper body strength
Increasing aerobic endurance
Increased concentration of GLUT


34. An example of an outcome goal...

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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?
Upper body strength
5
3RM hang clean
Sitting quietly


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

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37. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
150 mm
3RM hang clean
Sitting quietly
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound


38. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Decreased VO2 max
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.


39. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Decreased VO2 max
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus


40. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Back squat
Increased concentration of GLUT
Reliable
Increasing aerobic endurance


41. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Phosphagen
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Motor unit recruitment increases


42. An example of an outcome goal...

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43. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
50 year old femaile who has COPD
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Integrated


44. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Phosphagen
Increase pennation


45. 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
'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!'
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Back squat
Increasing aerobic endurance


46. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Phosphagen
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh


47. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
Phosphagen
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
1.5 mile run


48. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
'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!'
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
3RM hang clean
Oxidative


49. 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
Phosphagen
1.5 mile run
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension


50. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Increasing aerobic endurance
Increased concentration of GLUT
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference