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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What composes total lung capacity?






2. 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?






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. What is true regarding bone health?






5. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?






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






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






8. What composes total lung capacity?






9. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






11. 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?






12. 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?






13. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?






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






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






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






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


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


19. 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






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






21. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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


23. 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?






24. What is the correct sequence of structures that the blood passes through after it leaves the left ventricle






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






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






27. 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






28. How many weeks will it take a 220 lb client to reach a goal weight of 200 lbs?






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






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






31. 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?


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






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






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






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






36. What is true regarding bone health?






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






38. What guidelines should the personal trainer recommend to a client to promote proper fluid intake?






39. 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?






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






41. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






42. 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






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






44. 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?


45. 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?






46. An example of an outcome goal...


47. What controls the expansion and recoil of the lungs to create air exchange during heavy breathing?






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






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






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