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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Greater genetic variation
2. What should be included in a an informed consent?
3RM hang clean
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Greater genetic variation
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?
9 weeks
Back squat
Sitting quietly
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
4. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Greater genetic variation
1.5 mile run
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.
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?
Integrated
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
1.5 mile run
Phosphagen
7. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
Integrated
Increased concentration of GLUT
Oxidative
Improved skill in performing the exercise
8. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Increased concentration of GLUT
9. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Improved skill in performing the exercise
1.5 mile run
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
10. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Oxidative
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
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
Increasing aerobic endurance
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.
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
12. What factors discovered at a preparticipation health appraisal screening reveal a client's risk of coronary artery disease?
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
13. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
3RM hang clean
14. What composes total lung capacity?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Reliable
15. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
50 year old femaile who has COPD
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?
Increase pennation
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Integrated
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
18. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
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.
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
19. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Increased concentration of GLUT
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.
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?
Sitting quietly
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Upper body strength
Oxidative
21. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
Sitting quietly
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
150 mm
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
22. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Reliable
3RM hang clean
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Motor unit recruitment increases
23. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
9 weeks
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
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?
'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!'
150 mm
Greater genetic variation
Increase pennation
25. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
2349 kilocalories
9 weeks
Motor unit recruitment increases
1.5 mile run
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
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
5
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
27. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
3RM hang clean
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Decreased VO2 max
150 mm
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?
Upper body strength
Motor unit recruitment increases
Phosphagen
Decreased VO2 max
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
Sitting quietly
5
Back squat
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
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
3RM hang clean
2349 kilocalories
5
Increasing aerobic endurance
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?
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
Oxidative
1.5 mile run
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
32. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Back squat
Oxidative
Decreased VO2 max
Integrated
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?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Integrated
150 mm
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?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
2349 kilocalories
Increased concentration of GLUT
Motor unit recruitment increases
36. Describe what a client would be doing to allow the oxidative system to contribute the greatest percentage toward total ATP production.
150 mm
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Sitting quietly
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
37. What is true regarding bone health?
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
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.
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
3RM hang clean
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
Improved skill in performing the exercise
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...
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Sitting quietly
Improved skill in performing the 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...
9 weeks
Reliable
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
44. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
Decreased VO2 max
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
5
1.5 mile run
45. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
150 mm
Greater genetic variation
Decreased VO2 max
46. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Reliable
5
Integrated
47. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Improved skill in performing the exercise
1.5 mile run
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
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?
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Increasing aerobic endurance
Back squat
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
50. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
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.
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Increasing aerobic endurance
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
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