NSCA-CPT Practice Exam

The PAR-Q is a simple questionnaire designed to screen for readiness for low to moderate intensity training.

The informed consent form is where your client acknowledges their "assumption of risk", serves as evidence of disclosure of risks and communicates the potential dangers of exercise. It does not release liability.

Of the above options, it is only necessary to get medical clearance for a client who has severe cardiovascular disease. The health risk of exercising with severe cardiovascular disease outweighs the health risk of not engaging in regular exercise. Aerobic exercise performed safely under the supervision of a qualified personal trainer will be more helpful than harmful for all of the other conditions listed above. If a client ever shares that they feel uncomfortable about exercising without physician advice, it is always appropriate to encourage the client to contact their physician if they independently want to do so.

It's important to focus on sociobehavioral aspects of the trainer-client relationship during your initial meeting. This is more important than inducing physiologic adaptation. Building rapport and trust with a client will increase your client's exercise adherence, and will enable them to more readily adhere to your exercise prescription later on in the client-trainer relationship. Rapport is the most important thing to focus on building before all other sociobehavioral aspects of the trainer-client relationship. Developing an effective workout plan should be handled outside of the initial consultation.

When ATP is broken down at the end of fast glycolysis, it is broken down to ADP. Stored phosphate ions can be used to resynthesize ATP by adding a phosphate group to ADP. This allows for muscle activity to continue slightly longer than if resynthesis didn't occur.

The sarcomere is found within each muscle fiber (cell) and contains both actin and myosin. It is considered the basic contractile unit of a muscle.

The concentric phase of contraction occurs when agonist muscles are shortening. This is when muscle force is greater than the resistance force, enabling the body to accelerate in a positive direction. This happens during a bodyweight squat as the individual's muscles overcome the resistance force of their bodyweight and gravity. The eccentric phase is when the muscle is lengthening and the isometric phase is when there is no change in muscle length. A movement is isokinetic when it occurs at a fixed velocity throughout the range of motion, but this is usually limited to special equipment like an isokinetic dynamometer.

Skeletal muscle fibers are multinucleated. As muscles hypertrophy, more nuclei get added to support their increased growth and size. Muscle tissue found in organs like the lung or kidney are considered smooth muscle tissue and not skeletal muscle tissue.

A normal range for resting heart rate is between 60 BPM and 100 BPM. In certain circumstances, lower heart rates may be referred to as brachycardia. Higher heart rates may be referred to as tachycardia.

Clients training for muscular strength should do so by focusing on training with 6 reps or less. Training in the 6-12 rep range would be most effective for hypertrophy. Training with 12-15 reps would be better for improving muscular endurance.

Water aerobics are generally considered safer for older clients and clients with osteoporosis. This is because they are low-impact. Running, stair climbing, and dancing all involve high ground reaction forces whenever the client steps into the ground forcefully.

A person exercising for the purpose of general fitness should rest for 30-90 seconds in between sets of a resistance exercise.

When training for hypertrophy an individual performs a large number of exercises with short recovery periods, which does not facilitate a simple 5% increase for every exercise. Therefore, when training for hypertrophy intensity increases are determined on an individual basis.