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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






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






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






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






5. An example of an outcome goal...


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






7. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






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






11. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






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






13. 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?






14. What change in muscle length and tension are associated with a muscle spindle and a Golgi tendon






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






16. What composes total lung capacity?






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


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






19. 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?


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






21. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)






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






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






24. 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?






25. 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?






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






27. What is the correct sequence of components from smallest muscle structure to largest muscle structure?






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






29. 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...






30. An example of an outcome goal...


31. 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






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






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






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


35. What energy systems is capable of producing the greatest amount (capacity) of ATP?






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






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






38. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?






39. What change will increase concentric force production?






40. What is most likely to occur during a se of 10 reps at 75% of the 1RM for the squat exercise?






41. What energy system is capable of producing ATP at the greatest rate?






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






43. 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?


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






45. What are the components of oxygen uptake (vo2)






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


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






48. What is true regarding bone health?






49. 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?






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