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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
2. What change will increase concentric force production?
Increase pennation
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Oxidative
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
3. Factors that may increase the standard error of measurement of a pushup test to assess muscular strength
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
4. An example of an outcome goal...
5. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Oxidative
Reliable
3RM hang clean
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
6. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Increased concentration of GLUT
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
'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!'
7. What composes total lung capacity?
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
Greater genetic variation
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Increasing aerobic endurance
8. What is most likely to occur as a result of aerobic endurance overtraining?
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
9 weeks
Decreased VO2 max
9. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Phosphagen
5
9 weeks
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
10. This describes the properties of Type I and Type II muscle fibers
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
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
11. An example of an outcome goal...
12. 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?
Phosphagen
Sitting quietly
Oxidative
Upper body strength
13. 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?
1.5 mile run
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Decreased VO2 max
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
14. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
'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!'
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Integrated
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
15. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
3RM hang clean
Motor unit recruitment increases
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
'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!'
16. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
9 weeks
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Back squat
17. What should a personal trainer do during the initial meeting with a new client?
18. What should be included in a an informed consent?
1.5 mile run
'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!'
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
19. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Oxidative
Oxidative
20. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
Back squat
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
An inexperienced personal trainer - an injured client - testing a female client
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
21. A client with a high risk stratification for coronary artery disease
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
22. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Back squat
5
23. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?
Motor unit recruitment increases
Oxidative
Phosphagen
50 year old femaile who has COPD
24. What is true regarding bone health?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the 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.
3RM hang clean
Integrated
25. Clients possessing predominantly Type II muslce fibers in their lower body probably would perform well in which of the events
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
26. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
9 weeks
9 weeks
150 mm
27. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?
Reliable
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Improved skill in performing the exercise
HDLs: 33 mg/dL AND quit smoking 60 days ago
28. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
Greater genetic variation
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
50 year old femaile who has COPD
29. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon
150 mm
Muscle spindle = Rapid muscle length change Golgi tendon organ = increase in muscle tension
Increase pennation
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
30. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle
Oxidative
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Motor unit recruitment increases
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?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
Increase pennation
32. What is a point along the self-determination or regulation continuum is a client who is highly intrinsically motivated?
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Integrated
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
At 90 degrees of flexion - because the moment arm is at it's longest length.
33. What composes total lung capacity?
Greater genetic variation
Integrated
Residual lung volume AND forced vital capacity
5
34. What is most responsible for the strength gain a client would experience following three weeks of a beginning resistance training program?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
Improved skill in performing the exercise
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
9 weeks
35. 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?
36. At what point during the upward movement phase of the standing barbell curl exercise can the biceps brachii muscles produce the greatest torque?
37. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
Oxidative
3RM hang clean
150 mm
38. 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?
Before Exercise - 1 pint (.5 liters) 2 hours before After exercise - 1 pint (.5 liter) for each lost pound
150 mm
1.5 mile run
2349 kilocalories
39. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Reliable
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
40. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?
Motor unit recruitment increases
Increase pennation
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
41. What skinfold sites should a personal trainer select when applying a three-site SKF equation to a 45 year old female client?
Greater genetic variation
Evaluate the client's level of exercise readiness AND Discuss the client's goals for his or her exercise program.
Triceps - Suprailium - Thigh
Olympic weightlifting AND 100 meter sprint
42. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
9 weeks
50 year old femaile who has COPD
Increasing aerobic endurance
43. What excercise mode requires the client to produce the most power?
Benefits associated with participation AND Responsibilities of the client
Heart rate - Stroke volume - a-vo2 difference
3RM hang clean
Increased concentration of GLUT
44. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise
Greater genetic variation
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
150 mm
Abdominal muscle activity - diaphragm movement - ribcage movement
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
Increasing aerobic endurance
Increase pennation
Inconsistent or interrupted sleep - nonpurposeful decreases in lean body mass - leveled-off improvements or losses in muscular strength
Increased = mitochondrial density - Decreased = submax exercise HR
46. What are the most influential age-related changes that may decrease a client's ability to exhibit muscular strength?
Reliable
Back squat
Decreased ability to produce force rapidly AND decreased muscle mass
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
47. What is true regarding bone health?
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
'I want to be able to bench press more than my friend'
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.
Back squat
48. What change in the body's substrate use and enzyme levels is due to an adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise?
Increased concentration of GLUT
Type I = high endurance Type II = high force
Increasing aerobic endurance
150 mm
49. Recommended sequence of tests that promotes the most accurate results when assessing general fitness
150 mm
1. Skinfold measurements 2. sit and reach test 3. push-up test 4. Rockport walking test
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Myofilament - myofibril - fiber - fasciculus
50. What change will increase concentric force production?
A breakdown of glycogen - it's end product is converted to lactic acid - a breakdown of glucose
Arteries - capillaries - veins - right atrium
Increase pennation
Sitting quietly