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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam

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






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






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






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


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






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


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






8. 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?






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






10. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






16. Using 220 lb for each and allowing 90 degrees of knee flexion at the bottom of each movement - what excercise produces the most work?






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






25. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






26. 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






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






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






29. What change will increase concentric force production?






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






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






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






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






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






35. What change will increase concentric force production?






36. 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?






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






38. 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?






39. Symptoms of overtraining from resistance exercise...






40. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






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






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






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






47. Three cognitive benefits provided by exercise






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






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






50. What composes total lung capacity?