NASM BODYBUILDING EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE 2024 /2025
What are the three mechanisms involved in exercise-induced muscle
hypertrophy?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ a. Mechanical tension, muscle
damage and metabolic stress
Bodybuilders tend to demonstrate weakness of which muscle group?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ c. Rotator cuff
A bodybuilder has tight (overactive) chest, hip flexors and calves and
weak (underactive) rotator cuff, rhomboids and gluteals. Which
statement is correct?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ b. The bodybuilder should
stretch his chest, hip flexors and calves
Which of the following training systems involves the completion of a
number of carefully-selected resistance exercises arranged sequentially,
with a short recovery between the exercises (stations)?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ b. Circuit training
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the
implementation of core training into a hypertrophy training program?
, Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ b. Perform a low-volume of
core exercises prior to resistance training
What muscles are intimately involved in the arm-curl exercise besides
the biceps brachii to carry out the movement?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ a. Brachialis and brachioradialis
Ted begins a running regimen and subsequently over the next 30 days
improves his cardiorespiratory endurance, but does not increase upper-
body muscularity. His body's adaptation in this situation is best defined
by which principle?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ c. Principle of specificity
Sally is a former bodybuilder who stopped training five years ago.
Subsequently Sally has lost noticeable muscle size and body weight.
Which principle explains the changes occurring to her physique?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ b. Principle of reversibility
Bill carefully designed his workouts to increase in volume, intensity and
frequency over the next 30 days to maximize his ability to grow muscle.
Which training principle is Bill following to improve his physique?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ a. Principle of overload
On Monday, Jill trains her chest, shoulders, and triceps. Thursday, she
trains her back, biceps, and legs. This is an example of what type of
resistance training system?
CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE 2024 /2025
What are the three mechanisms involved in exercise-induced muscle
hypertrophy?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ a. Mechanical tension, muscle
damage and metabolic stress
Bodybuilders tend to demonstrate weakness of which muscle group?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ c. Rotator cuff
A bodybuilder has tight (overactive) chest, hip flexors and calves and
weak (underactive) rotator cuff, rhomboids and gluteals. Which
statement is correct?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ b. The bodybuilder should
stretch his chest, hip flexors and calves
Which of the following training systems involves the completion of a
number of carefully-selected resistance exercises arranged sequentially,
with a short recovery between the exercises (stations)?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ b. Circuit training
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the
implementation of core training into a hypertrophy training program?
, Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ b. Perform a low-volume of
core exercises prior to resistance training
What muscles are intimately involved in the arm-curl exercise besides
the biceps brachii to carry out the movement?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ a. Brachialis and brachioradialis
Ted begins a running regimen and subsequently over the next 30 days
improves his cardiorespiratory endurance, but does not increase upper-
body muscularity. His body's adaptation in this situation is best defined
by which principle?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ c. Principle of specificity
Sally is a former bodybuilder who stopped training five years ago.
Subsequently Sally has lost noticeable muscle size and body weight.
Which principle explains the changes occurring to her physique?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ b. Principle of reversibility
Bill carefully designed his workouts to increase in volume, intensity and
frequency over the next 30 days to maximize his ability to grow muscle.
Which training principle is Bill following to improve his physique?
Select one: - CORRECT ANSWER :/ a. Principle of overload
On Monday, Jill trains her chest, shoulders, and triceps. Thursday, she
trains her back, biceps, and legs. This is an example of what type of
resistance training system?
