NSCA CPT EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● What part within the muscle fiber stores glycogen and myoglobin
and is made up of lipids, enzymes and various types of cellular
organelles?
Answer: Sarcoplasm
●● What is the function of calcium in the muscle stimulation process?
Answer: Binds with troponin to open up binding sites
●● What controls the process of changing membrane potential in the
nerve cell membrane by allowing sodium ions to rush into the cell?
Answer: Sodium-potassium pump
●● What relays information to the central nervous system about changes
in the body and limbs' positions due to muscular motions?
Answer: Proprioceptors
●● Which part of the muscle fiber senses changes in the tension of the
muscle?
Answer: Golgi tendon organs
,●● What type of tissue has a form called serous, which is fluid-filled?
Answer: Fascia
●● Which organ system is responsible for transport of nutrients, removal
of waste and overall environmental maintenance to support the body's
function?
Answer: Cardiovascular
●● Which components of an electrocardiogram represent the electrical
stimulus as it passes through the atrial and ventricular myocardium?
Answer: QRS complex and P wave
●● When would it not be abnormal to observe a systolic pressure
measurement of 220 to 260?
Answer: During aerobic exercise
●● Which of the following is not a part of the body's respiratory center?
Answer: Alveolar group
●● What term describes the total process of the breakdown of food
molecules to release energy and the subsequent use of that energy to
build up new molecules within the body?
Answer: Metabolic
,●● Which of the following is not true about lactic acid?
Answer: It causes an artificial sense of energy in muscles during
exercise
●● What is the term for the oxygen uptake that is maintained to restore
the body to pre-exercise condition?
Answer: Oxygen debt
●● Which of the following factors affects the ability to determine actual
work done during resistance training?
Answer: Angle of weight movement during the exercise
●● Which type of muscle arrangement resembles the layout of a feather,
with angled fibers?f
Answer: Pennate
●● Which of the following correctly indicates the two factors that make
up fluid resistance?
Answer: Surface drag and form drag
●● All of the following are factors that affect adaptations to resistance
training EXCEPT?
Answer: Diet
, ●● Which of the following changes in the body's relationship to insulin
could greatly affect the status of a diabetic's health as aging occurs?
Answer: Increased sensitivity to insulin due to long term aerobic training
●● What is the most commonly recommended daily intake of
carbohydrates for non-performance individuals?
Answer: 5-6 grams per kilogram of body weight
●● What is the recommended dietary allowance for male and female
adults for calcium (in milligrams per day)?
Answer: 1000
●● What is it called when the body experiences a relaxing effect due to a
cascade of certain events catalyzed by exercise?
Answer: Thermogenic effect
●● Which of the following is not advisable for effective goal setting
with a fitness client?
Answer: Goals need to be rigid and fixed in order to be able to
effectively measure their success
●● What has the most impact on raising a client's self-efficacy?
Answer: Achieving success
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● What part within the muscle fiber stores glycogen and myoglobin
and is made up of lipids, enzymes and various types of cellular
organelles?
Answer: Sarcoplasm
●● What is the function of calcium in the muscle stimulation process?
Answer: Binds with troponin to open up binding sites
●● What controls the process of changing membrane potential in the
nerve cell membrane by allowing sodium ions to rush into the cell?
Answer: Sodium-potassium pump
●● What relays information to the central nervous system about changes
in the body and limbs' positions due to muscular motions?
Answer: Proprioceptors
●● Which part of the muscle fiber senses changes in the tension of the
muscle?
Answer: Golgi tendon organs
,●● What type of tissue has a form called serous, which is fluid-filled?
Answer: Fascia
●● Which organ system is responsible for transport of nutrients, removal
of waste and overall environmental maintenance to support the body's
function?
Answer: Cardiovascular
●● Which components of an electrocardiogram represent the electrical
stimulus as it passes through the atrial and ventricular myocardium?
Answer: QRS complex and P wave
●● When would it not be abnormal to observe a systolic pressure
measurement of 220 to 260?
Answer: During aerobic exercise
●● Which of the following is not a part of the body's respiratory center?
Answer: Alveolar group
●● What term describes the total process of the breakdown of food
molecules to release energy and the subsequent use of that energy to
build up new molecules within the body?
Answer: Metabolic
,●● Which of the following is not true about lactic acid?
Answer: It causes an artificial sense of energy in muscles during
exercise
●● What is the term for the oxygen uptake that is maintained to restore
the body to pre-exercise condition?
Answer: Oxygen debt
●● Which of the following factors affects the ability to determine actual
work done during resistance training?
Answer: Angle of weight movement during the exercise
●● Which type of muscle arrangement resembles the layout of a feather,
with angled fibers?f
Answer: Pennate
●● Which of the following correctly indicates the two factors that make
up fluid resistance?
Answer: Surface drag and form drag
●● All of the following are factors that affect adaptations to resistance
training EXCEPT?
Answer: Diet
, ●● Which of the following changes in the body's relationship to insulin
could greatly affect the status of a diabetic's health as aging occurs?
Answer: Increased sensitivity to insulin due to long term aerobic training
●● What is the most commonly recommended daily intake of
carbohydrates for non-performance individuals?
Answer: 5-6 grams per kilogram of body weight
●● What is the recommended dietary allowance for male and female
adults for calcium (in milligrams per day)?
Answer: 1000
●● What is it called when the body experiences a relaxing effect due to a
cascade of certain events catalyzed by exercise?
Answer: Thermogenic effect
●● Which of the following is not advisable for effective goal setting
with a fitness client?
Answer: Goals need to be rigid and fixed in order to be able to
effectively measure their success
●● What has the most impact on raising a client's self-efficacy?
Answer: Achieving success
