NFPT EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS NEWEST VERSION

NFPT EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS NEWEST VERSION 1. What are the 6 components of wellness? - ANSWER Social Health- Relationships, etc. Physical Health-See 5 components Intellectual Health- Capacity for new info Cognitive Health- Mental health, way we see world Emotional Health- self-esteem, self awareness, etc. Spiritual Health-connection with higher power 2. 5 components of fitness - ANSWER Cardiorespiratory Conditioning (endurance Muscular conditioning Muscular Strength Flexibility (ROM) Body Composition 3. The condition of your current state of being, related to absence of disease or injury. - ANSWER Health 4. ADL - ANSWER Activities of Daily Living 5. 3 influential aspects of behavior that will contribute to positivity. - ANSWER Predisposing factors, ex knowledge Enabling factors, ex. skills, resources Reinforcing factors, ex praise from others. 6. Muscular System - ANSWER Produces force, maintains posture, allows for movement, produces heat 7. Skeletal System - ANSWER Body's structural support and protection 8. Circulatory System - ANSWER Pumps blood to/from body. Sustained by heart and lungs. 9. Respiratory System - ANSWER Deals with breathing. O in CO2 out 10. Nervous System - ANSWER Communicates all autonomic and voluntary messages to all body parts with the brain, spinal chord, and nerves. 11. How many grams of carbs should an average adult ingest? - ANSWER 156 12. Only usable form of simple sugar - ANSWER glucose 13. In the absence of ____during intense aerobic activity, muscle tissue will be _______ to provide for the balance of energy needed to keep up with the demand - ANSWER glucose, cannibalized 14. Glycemic Index - ANSWER Measure of the impact on blood sugar based on quality of carbohydrate 15. Glycemic load - ANSWER Measure of impact on blood sugar based on quantity of carbohydrate 16. *Look at glycemic load in textbook - ANSWER 17. What are bad cholesterols called? What are good cholesterols called? - ANSWER LDL (Low density lipoproteins), HDL (High density lipoproteins) 18. During periods of inactivity, do insulin receptors become more or less responsive? - ANSWER Less 19. Ligament - ANSWER Fibrous tissue that hold joints together. less elastic than tendons. 20. Tendons - ANSWER Connects muscle to bone. Formed from fibrous tissue. Much stronger than muscle. 21. Cartilage - ANSWER Covers the end of each bone 22. Synovial Fluid - ANSWER thin film of slippery fluid that separate cartilage. 23. Flexion and Extension - ANSWER Flexion: bending of joint that decreases the angle. Extension: straightening of a joint that increases the angle. 24. Circumduction - ANSWER circular movement of the joint. Ex. arm circles 25. Later flexion - ANSWER side bends 26. Eversion and Inversion - ANSWER Eversion: rotating foot so the sole of the foot points away from the other. Inversion: sole of the foot points toward the other. 27. Lateral Rotation and Medial Rotation - ANSWER Lateral: rotating limb away from the center of the body. Medial Rotation: rotating limb toward the center of the body. 28. Retraction and Protraction - ANSWER Retraction: posterior (toward the back of the body) movement of the arm at the shoulder. scapula pinches. Protraction: anterior movement (toward the front of the body) of the arm at the shoulder. scapula separates. 29. 3 Main Classifications of Joints - ANSWER 1) Ligamentous: immovable. Between bones of the skull. 2) Cartilaginous: slightly moveable. discs between spinal vertebrae. 3) Synovial: highly movable. Ball and socket, Pivot. 30. Shoulder Complex - ANSWER Sternoclavicular (SC): saddle type Acromioclavicular (AC): gliding Glenohumeral (GH): ball and socket, multi axial movement 31. Rotator Cuff - ANSWER Supraspinatus Infraspinatus Teres Minor Subscapularis 32. Chest Muscles - ANSWER Pectoralis Major: Adduction and flexion of the humerus. Pectoralis Minor: Depress and protracts the scapula. 33. Shoulder Muscles - ANSWER Deltoids: abduction of the humerus; medial rotation of the humerus. 34. Forearm Muscles (Posterior, Superficial/Intermediate) - ANSWER Brachioradialis Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis Extensor Digitorum Extensor Digiti Minimi Extensor Carpi Ulnaris 35. Anatomical plane dividing body into left and right - ANSWER Sagittal plane 36. Joint movement that decreases the angle between bones - ANSWER Flexion 37. Moving a limb away from the body's midline - ANSWER Abduction 38. Primary anatomical plane for trunk rotation - ANSWER Transverse plane