2026 NCEP CERTIFICATION CORRECT
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔Start a program with an Assesment - ✔✔Baseline - Expectation
✔✔Overhead Squat Assesment - ✔✔Full Body mobility - weakness
✔✔Standard Body Assesment - ✔✔1) Head & Neck
Not tilted rotated forward or back
2) Shoulders
Level not elevated depressed or rolled
Scapulae - shoulder blades Neutral 3-4 inches apart
3) Spine
Aligned straight no scoliosis.
Three components of the spine
Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacrum
4) Pelvis- level
No Anterior - Grandma
No Posterior - Grandpa
Tilt
5) Hip Joints
Neutral Not adducted or abducted.
6) Knees
Straight not in or out
7) Feet and Ankles
Parallel or toeing out slightly
✔✔5 Components of healthy eating - ✔✔1) 5-6 Meals
2)Water 1/2 body weight in ounces 96 ounces
, 3)Supplements - Balanced Diet
4)Reduce Fat Intakes
5) Reduction in Sugar and Processed foods
✔✔Six Essential Nutrients - ✔✔Proteins - 4 calories
Carbohydrates - 4 Cals
Fats - 9 Calories
Vitamins -0 Calories
Minerals -0 Calories
Water - 0 calories
✔✔What is Muscle - ✔✔Active Fat burning Tissue
✔✔What is Fat - ✔✔Non Active tissue burns no calories
✔✔Three types of Fats - ✔✔Saturated - Good
Unsaturated
Trans Fat - NOT good
✔✔Body is made up of: - ✔✔60% water
✔✔Omega 3 fish oils - ✔✔Good fat recommended
✔✔Calorie is? - ✔✔Unit of Energy
✔✔Two types Diabetis - ✔✔Type 1 Insulin Dependent
Type 2
Non Insulin Dependent
✔✔Methods to measure body fat - ✔✔Skin Calipers
Electro Impedance
Hydrostatic
Bod Pod
Most Accurate
Bod Pod
Least Accurate
Skin caliper
Most Common
Hand held electro impedence
✔✔Standard Error of Estimate for fat measurement - ✔✔+\- 2.7%
✔✔7 Primary movements - ✔✔Push
Pull
Bend
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔Start a program with an Assesment - ✔✔Baseline - Expectation
✔✔Overhead Squat Assesment - ✔✔Full Body mobility - weakness
✔✔Standard Body Assesment - ✔✔1) Head & Neck
Not tilted rotated forward or back
2) Shoulders
Level not elevated depressed or rolled
Scapulae - shoulder blades Neutral 3-4 inches apart
3) Spine
Aligned straight no scoliosis.
Three components of the spine
Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacrum
4) Pelvis- level
No Anterior - Grandma
No Posterior - Grandpa
Tilt
5) Hip Joints
Neutral Not adducted or abducted.
6) Knees
Straight not in or out
7) Feet and Ankles
Parallel or toeing out slightly
✔✔5 Components of healthy eating - ✔✔1) 5-6 Meals
2)Water 1/2 body weight in ounces 96 ounces
, 3)Supplements - Balanced Diet
4)Reduce Fat Intakes
5) Reduction in Sugar and Processed foods
✔✔Six Essential Nutrients - ✔✔Proteins - 4 calories
Carbohydrates - 4 Cals
Fats - 9 Calories
Vitamins -0 Calories
Minerals -0 Calories
Water - 0 calories
✔✔What is Muscle - ✔✔Active Fat burning Tissue
✔✔What is Fat - ✔✔Non Active tissue burns no calories
✔✔Three types of Fats - ✔✔Saturated - Good
Unsaturated
Trans Fat - NOT good
✔✔Body is made up of: - ✔✔60% water
✔✔Omega 3 fish oils - ✔✔Good fat recommended
✔✔Calorie is? - ✔✔Unit of Energy
✔✔Two types Diabetis - ✔✔Type 1 Insulin Dependent
Type 2
Non Insulin Dependent
✔✔Methods to measure body fat - ✔✔Skin Calipers
Electro Impedance
Hydrostatic
Bod Pod
Most Accurate
Bod Pod
Least Accurate
Skin caliper
Most Common
Hand held electro impedence
✔✔Standard Error of Estimate for fat measurement - ✔✔+\- 2.7%
✔✔7 Primary movements - ✔✔Push
Pull
Bend
