NSCA-CSCS PRACTICAL APPLIED: EXERCISE
TECHNIQUE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following performance scenarios for a sports team would benefit most from
an agility training drill where the athlete sprints at a coach and makes a cut opposite the
direction the coach points?
A. offensive play
B. defensive play
C. goal tending - Correct Answers -A. offensive play
An effective warm-up should be structured to include which of the following actions in
order?
A. raise physiological factors, dynamic movement, sport-specific movements
B. elevate body temperature, static and dynamic stretching, sport-specific movements
C. raise physiological factors, dynamic stretching and mobility, sport-specific activities -
Correct Answers -C. raise physiological factors, dynamic stretching and mobility, sport-
specific activities
Which of the following foot contact and body positions should result in a more
propulsive resultant ground reaction force when performing weighted sled pushes?
A. foot contact in line with the athlete's center of gravity
B. foot contact in front of the athlete's center of gravity
C. foot contact behind their center of gravity - Correct Answers -C. foot contact behind
their center of gravity
The performance of active recovery following an intense training session has shown the
greatest impact on which of the following?
A reduced muscular fatigue
B. positive psychological outcomes
C. decreased blood lactate removal - Correct Answers -B. positive psychological
outcomes
When conducting a warm-up with a need to increase an athlete's range of motion, what
method of stretching should be included?
A. ballistic stretching
B. dynamic stretching
C. static stretching - Correct Answers -C. static stretching
An athlete has been performing the medicine ball chest pass exercise and is ready to
progress in intensity. Which of the following is the most appropriate?
A. two hand side-to-side medicine ball throw
B. power drop with medicine ball
TECHNIQUE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following performance scenarios for a sports team would benefit most from
an agility training drill where the athlete sprints at a coach and makes a cut opposite the
direction the coach points?
A. offensive play
B. defensive play
C. goal tending - Correct Answers -A. offensive play
An effective warm-up should be structured to include which of the following actions in
order?
A. raise physiological factors, dynamic movement, sport-specific movements
B. elevate body temperature, static and dynamic stretching, sport-specific movements
C. raise physiological factors, dynamic stretching and mobility, sport-specific activities -
Correct Answers -C. raise physiological factors, dynamic stretching and mobility, sport-
specific activities
Which of the following foot contact and body positions should result in a more
propulsive resultant ground reaction force when performing weighted sled pushes?
A. foot contact in line with the athlete's center of gravity
B. foot contact in front of the athlete's center of gravity
C. foot contact behind their center of gravity - Correct Answers -C. foot contact behind
their center of gravity
The performance of active recovery following an intense training session has shown the
greatest impact on which of the following?
A reduced muscular fatigue
B. positive psychological outcomes
C. decreased blood lactate removal - Correct Answers -B. positive psychological
outcomes
When conducting a warm-up with a need to increase an athlete's range of motion, what
method of stretching should be included?
A. ballistic stretching
B. dynamic stretching
C. static stretching - Correct Answers -C. static stretching
An athlete has been performing the medicine ball chest pass exercise and is ready to
progress in intensity. Which of the following is the most appropriate?
A. two hand side-to-side medicine ball throw
B. power drop with medicine ball
