NASM EXAM SCRIPT 2026 VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● nervous system functions.
Answer: 1. sensory: changes in the environment
2. integrative: analyze and interpret
3. motor: the neuromuscular response
●● Central nervous system (CNS).
Answer: brain and spinal cord; coordinates activity of the body
●● Peripheral nervous system (PNS).
Answer: nerves connecting the CNS to the rest of the body and
environment.
subdivisions:
- somatic
- autonomic
- parasympathetic
- sympathetic
,●● Somatic.
Answer: - apart of the PNS
- serves outer areas of the body and skeletal muscle; voluntary
●● Autonomic.
Answer: - apart of the PNS
- involuntary systems (e.g., heart, digestion).
subdivisions:
- parasympathetic
- sympathetic
●● Parasympathetic.
Answer: - apart of the autonomic system of the PNS
- decreases activation during rest and recovery.
●● Sympathetic.
Answer: - apart of the autonomic system of the PNS
- increases activation to prep for activity.
●● neuron.
Answer: functional unit of the nervous system.
,- motor (efferent)
- sensory (afferent)
●● motor neurons.
Answer: - efferent
- transmit nerve impulses from CNS to effector sites.
●● sensory neurons.
Answer: - afferent
- respond to stimuli; transmit nerve impulses from effector sites to CNS.
●● mechanoreceptors.
Answer: sense distortion in body tissues.
●● Joint receptors.
Answer: respond to pressure, acceleration, and deceleration of joints.
●● Golgi tendon organs (GTO).
Answer: sense changes in muscular tension.
●● Muscle spindles.
, Answer: sense changes in muscle length.
●● Tendons.
Answer: connect muscle to bone; provide anchor for muscles to produce
force.
●● Fascia.
Answer: outer layer of connective tissue surrounding a muscle.
●● Fascicles.
Answer: bundle of individual muscle fibers.
●● Muscle fiber.
Answer: cellular components and myofibrils encased in a plasma
membrane.
●● Sarcomere.
Answer: produces muscular contraction; repeating sections of actin and
myosin.
●● Sliding filament theory.
Answer: thick and thin filaments slide past one another, shortening the
entire sarcomere.
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● nervous system functions.
Answer: 1. sensory: changes in the environment
2. integrative: analyze and interpret
3. motor: the neuromuscular response
●● Central nervous system (CNS).
Answer: brain and spinal cord; coordinates activity of the body
●● Peripheral nervous system (PNS).
Answer: nerves connecting the CNS to the rest of the body and
environment.
subdivisions:
- somatic
- autonomic
- parasympathetic
- sympathetic
,●● Somatic.
Answer: - apart of the PNS
- serves outer areas of the body and skeletal muscle; voluntary
●● Autonomic.
Answer: - apart of the PNS
- involuntary systems (e.g., heart, digestion).
subdivisions:
- parasympathetic
- sympathetic
●● Parasympathetic.
Answer: - apart of the autonomic system of the PNS
- decreases activation during rest and recovery.
●● Sympathetic.
Answer: - apart of the autonomic system of the PNS
- increases activation to prep for activity.
●● neuron.
Answer: functional unit of the nervous system.
,- motor (efferent)
- sensory (afferent)
●● motor neurons.
Answer: - efferent
- transmit nerve impulses from CNS to effector sites.
●● sensory neurons.
Answer: - afferent
- respond to stimuli; transmit nerve impulses from effector sites to CNS.
●● mechanoreceptors.
Answer: sense distortion in body tissues.
●● Joint receptors.
Answer: respond to pressure, acceleration, and deceleration of joints.
●● Golgi tendon organs (GTO).
Answer: sense changes in muscular tension.
●● Muscle spindles.
, Answer: sense changes in muscle length.
●● Tendons.
Answer: connect muscle to bone; provide anchor for muscles to produce
force.
●● Fascia.
Answer: outer layer of connective tissue surrounding a muscle.
●● Fascicles.
Answer: bundle of individual muscle fibers.
●● Muscle fiber.
Answer: cellular components and myofibrils encased in a plasma
membrane.
●● Sarcomere.
Answer: produces muscular contraction; repeating sections of actin and
myosin.
●● Sliding filament theory.
Answer: thick and thin filaments slide past one another, shortening the
entire sarcomere.
