NASM CPT 7TH EDITION 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔systolic pressure - ✔✔the upper number in the fraction that measures blood
pressure, the pressure when the heart contracts
✔✔diastolic pressure - ✔✔the lower number in BP reading, the pressure when heart
relaxes ( fills with blood between beats)
✔✔Breathing: inspiration and expiration - ✔✔inspiration is inhale, expiration is exhale
✔✔Valsalva maneuver - ✔✔holding breath during an intense muscle contraction, which
can reduce blood flow to the brain and cause dizziness or fainting (not for people with
high BP)
✔✔Diffusion - ✔✔getting oxygen from environment into the tissues of the body
✔✔Tachypnea - ✔✔fast breathing, more than 24 breaths per minute
✔✔Bradypnea - ✔✔slow breathing, fewer than 8 breaths per minute
✔✔Dyspnea - ✔✔shortness of breath, or labored breathing
✔✔intercalated discs - ✔✔help hold cardiac muscles together
✔✔ Obesity - ✔✔BMI of 30 or higher
✔✔Overweight - ✔✔BMI over 25
✔✔OPT Model - ✔✔stabilization-strength endurance-muscular development-max
strength-power
✔✔Acute Disease - ✔✔symptoms develop rapidly
✔✔Chronic Disease - ✔✔persists for long duration, cannot be cured altogether
✔✔LDL cholesterol - ✔✔Bad- Should be less than 100
✔✔HDL cholesterol - ✔✔Good- Should be kept around 60
✔✔Type 1 Diabetes - ✔✔Genetic- cannot prevented
✔✔Type 2 Diabetes - ✔✔obesity is a primary indicator, insulin resistant
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔systolic pressure - ✔✔the upper number in the fraction that measures blood
pressure, the pressure when the heart contracts
✔✔diastolic pressure - ✔✔the lower number in BP reading, the pressure when heart
relaxes ( fills with blood between beats)
✔✔Breathing: inspiration and expiration - ✔✔inspiration is inhale, expiration is exhale
✔✔Valsalva maneuver - ✔✔holding breath during an intense muscle contraction, which
can reduce blood flow to the brain and cause dizziness or fainting (not for people with
high BP)
✔✔Diffusion - ✔✔getting oxygen from environment into the tissues of the body
✔✔Tachypnea - ✔✔fast breathing, more than 24 breaths per minute
✔✔Bradypnea - ✔✔slow breathing, fewer than 8 breaths per minute
✔✔Dyspnea - ✔✔shortness of breath, or labored breathing
✔✔intercalated discs - ✔✔help hold cardiac muscles together
✔✔ Obesity - ✔✔BMI of 30 or higher
✔✔Overweight - ✔✔BMI over 25
✔✔OPT Model - ✔✔stabilization-strength endurance-muscular development-max
strength-power
✔✔Acute Disease - ✔✔symptoms develop rapidly
✔✔Chronic Disease - ✔✔persists for long duration, cannot be cured altogether
✔✔LDL cholesterol - ✔✔Bad- Should be less than 100
✔✔HDL cholesterol - ✔✔Good- Should be kept around 60
✔✔Type 1 Diabetes - ✔✔Genetic- cannot prevented
✔✔Type 2 Diabetes - ✔✔obesity is a primary indicator, insulin resistant
