NASM CPT EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

NASM CPT EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. nervous system
Answer:
communication network within the body.

Question:
2. nervous system functions
Answer:
1. sensory: changes in the environment
2. integrative: analyze and interpret
3. motor: the neuromuscular response

Question:
3. Central nervous system (CNS)
Answer:
brain and spinal cord; coordinates activity of the body

Question:
4. Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Answer:
nerves connecting the CNS to the rest of the body and environment.
subdivisions:
- somatic
- autonomic
- parasympathetic
- sympathetic

Question:
5. Somatic
Answer:
- apart of the PNS
- serves outer areas of the body and skeletal muscle; voluntary

Question:
6. Autonomic
Answer:
- apart of the PNS
- involuntary systems (e.g., heart, digestion).
subdivisions:
- parasympathetic
- sympathetic

,Question:
7. Parasympathetic
Answer:
- apart of the autonomic system of the PNS
- decreases activation during rest and recovery.

Question:
8. Sympathetic
Answer:
- apart of the autonomic system of the PNS
- increases activation to prep for activity.

Question:
9. neuron
Answer:
functional unit of the nervous system.
- motor (efferent)
- sensory (afferent)




Question:
10. motor neurons
Answer:
- efferent
- transmit nerve impulses from CNS to effector sites.

Question:
11. sensory neurons
Answer:
- afferent
- respond to stimuli; transmit nerve impulses from effector sites to CNS.

Question:
12. mechanoreceptors
Answer:
sense distortion in body tissues.

,Question:
13. Joint receptors
Answer:
respond to pressure, acceleration, and deceleration of joints.

Question:
14. Golgi tendon organs (GTO)
Answer:
sense changes in muscular tension.

Question:
15. Muscle spindles
Answer:
sense changes in muscle length.

Question:
16. Tendons
Answer:
connect muscle to bone; provide anchor for muscles to produce force.




Question:
17. Fascia
Answer:
outer layer of connective tissue surrounding a muscle.

, Question:
18. Fascicles
Answer:
bundle of individual muscle fibers.




Question:
19. Muscle fiber
Answer:
cellular components and myofibrils encased in a plasma membrane.




Question:
20. Sarcomere