NSCA-CPT Exam Preparation: Comprehensive Guide to Personal Trainer Certification, Exams of Medicine

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NSCA-CPT Questions with Answers

Personal trainers MATER. What does MATER stand for? ✔ - Motivate

• Assess
• Train
• Educate
• Refer During the initial interview, the personal trainer and client assess _______, develop _____, and establish a client-trainer ______. ✔ - Compatibility
• Goals
• Agreement What are the 7 steps of the Client Consultation and Health Appraisal? ✔ 1 - Schedule interview 2 - Conduct interview 3 - Health forms 4 - Evaluate for risk factors/disease 5 - Assess results 6 - Refer when necessary 7 - Obtain medical clearence The scope of practice of the personal trainer involves the responsibility to interview potential clients to gather and assess pertinent information regarding their _____ ____, ______ ______, and _____ in order to safely and effectively meet their individual health and fitness objectives. ✔ - Personal health
• Medical conditions
• Lifestyle Progressive degenerative process associated with CAD through which the endothelial lining of the arterial walls becomes hardened. ✔ Atherosclerosis What is the age risk factor threshold? ✔ - Men >= 45
• Women >= 55 What is the cigarette smoking risk factor threshold? ✔ Current smoker, within 6 months, or exposure to tobacco smoke

What is the sedentary risk factor threshold? ✔ Not participating in at least 30 minutes of exercise 3 days/week for at least 3 months What is the obesity risk factor threshold? ✔ Men - BMI >= 30, or waist girth of 102 cm (40") Women - BMI >= 30, waist girth of 88 cm (35") What is the dyslipidemia risk factor threshold? ✔ - LDL >= 130 mg/dl or HDL of <40 mg/dl or total serum level > 200 mg/dl

• Lipid lowering medication What are the prediabetes risk factor threshold? ✔ fasting plasma glucose >= 100 mg/dl 9 signs of CAD ✔ 1 - Pain in arm/neck/jaw 2 - Shortness of breath 3 - Dizziness/Syncope 4 - Orthopnea 5 - Andle edema 6 - Tachycardia 7 - Intermittent claudication 8 - Heart murmur 9 - Fatigue For those with diagnosed or difficult-to-detect cardiac diseases, the ____ almost always outweigh the ____. ✔ - Risks
• Benefits A client must seek physician clearance for exercise testing and participation if they meet which 4 criteria? ✔ 1 - Answered yes to any PAR-Q questions 2 - Any signs/symptoms of cardiovascular disease 3 - At moderate risk and wants to train vigorously 4 - High risk and wants to train, moderate to vigorously In cases in which referral is considered necessary, it is the personal trainer's responsibility to encourage _____ _____ as a reasonable and safe course of action. ✔ Medical clearance What is the order of the 5 general fitness tests? ✔ 1 - Resting 2 - Nonfatiguing 3 - Strength 4 - Local muscular endurance

5 - Submax aerobic What is the order of the 8 athletic performance tests? ✔ 1 - Resting 2 - Nonfatiguing 3 - Agility 4 - Max power and strength 5 - Sprint 6 - Local muscular endurance 7 - Anaerobic capacity 8 - Max/Submax aerobic(1 hour recovery prior) A BMI of <18.5 is considered ______. ✔ Underweight A BMI in the range of 18.5-24.9 is considered ______. ✔ Normal A BMI in the range of 25-29.9 is considered _____. ✔ Overweight A BMI in the range of 30-34.9 is considered _____. ✔ Obese class 1 A BMI in the range of 35-39.9 is considered _____. ✔ Obese class 2 A BMI of >= 40 is considered _____. ✔ Extreme obesity What are the 8 CAD risk factors? ✔ 1 - Age 2 - Family history 3 - Smoker 4 - Sedentary 5 - Obese 6 - Hypertension 7 - Dyslipidemia 8 - Prediabetes What is prediabetic risk factor threshold? ✔ Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) of >= 100 mg/dl Ankle Flip 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump?

3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Low 2 - Vertical 3 - Feet shoulder width 4 - Double 5 - None Skip 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump(2)? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Low 2 - Horizontal and Vertical 3 - One leg lifted, 90° hip/knee flexion 4 - Reciprocal 5 - Countermovement Standing Long Jump 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Low 2 - Horizontal 3 - Half squat 4 - Double arm 5 - Countermovement Double-Leg Vertical Jump 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Low 2 - Vertical 3 - Upright, feet shoulder width 4 - Double arm 5 - Countermovement Jump to Box

1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump(2)? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Low 2 - Vertical, slightly horizontal 3 - Feet shoulder width 4 - Double arm 5 - Countermovement Double-Leg Hop 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Medium 2 - Horizontal 3 - Feet shoulder width, arms at side, knees slightly bent 4 - Double arm 5 - Quick countermovement Alternate-Leg Bound-Double Arm 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump(2)? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Medium 2 - Horizontal/Vertical 3 - Feet shoulder width 4 - Double arm 5 - Job, left foot forward Split Squat Jump 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Medium 2 - Vertical 3 - Lunge 4 - Double or none 5 - Countermovement

Double-Leg Tuck Jump 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Medium 2 - Vertical 3 - Feet shoulder width/knees slight bend/ chest out/ shoulders back 4 - Double arm 5 - Quick countermovement Front Barrier Hop 1 - Intensity(2)? 2 - Direction of jump? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Medium 2 - Horizontal/Vertical 3 - Feet shoulder width 4 - Double arm 5 - Countermovement Jump From Box 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - Medium 2 - Vertical 3 - Feet shoulder width, on box 4 - None 5 - Step from box Depth Jump 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - High 2 - Vertical 3 - Feet shoulder width, on box

4 - Double arm 5 - Step from box Later Bounding 1 - Intensity? 2 - Direction of jump? 3 - Beginning position? 4 - Arm action? 5 - Prep movement? ✔ 1 - High 2 - Lateral 3 - Stand on one leg 4 - Double arm 5 - none Chest Press(ball) Intensity? ✔ Low Depth Push-Up Intensity? ✔ Medium 45-Degree Sit-Up Intensity? ✔ Medium Stationary Arm Swing Intensity? ✔ Low Ankling Intensity? ✔ Low Butt Kicker Intensity? ✔ Low High Knee Drill Intensity? ✔ Low to moderate Fast Leg Drill Intensity? ✔ High

Uphill Sprint Intensity? ✔ High Partner-Resisted Sprinting Intensity? ✔ High Downhill Sprint Intensity? ✔ High Partner-Assisted Towing Intensity? ✔ High Formula to determine 1RM? ✔ WR/30 + W