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