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NCCPT EXAM LATEST UPDATE 300+ QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025
personal trainer - Answer: student/empathetic teacher of movement and functions
of human body the internal and external forces that act upon it and who
professionally motivates, plans, ans monitors benefits of fitness, exercise and
nutrition as it is related to a client's health related goals
fusiform muscles - Answer: Parallel muscle: have a parallel arrangement and are
spindle shaped, tapering at each end (e.g., biceps brachii).
high potential for high amounts of shortening and high velocity movement of body
penniform muscles - Answer: fibers that run diagonally with respect to tendon
running through muscle, feather shaped and fascicles are short and run at angle -
high force power producing muscles
bipennate muscle - Answer: gastrocnemius, soleus, vastus lateralis & rectus
femoris
multi-pennate muscle - Answer: deltoid and gluteus maximus examples of
6 steps to resistance exercise - Answer: determine motion
direction of rotation
starting position
monitor joint position and stabilization
monitor path of motion
determine and monitor ROM
Passive ROM - Answer: Movements that are performed by the examiner with the
athlete relaxed.
Active ROM - Answer: Is movement initiated and completed by the athlete without
assistance.
Resisted ROM - Answer: athlete attempts to move against the resistance applied by
the examiner
vertebral column - Answer: made up of cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx
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33 - Answer: How many vertebrae are there?
Spinal Motions - Answer: flexion, extension, rotation, lateral flexion
#1 cause of back pain - Answer: long periods out of neutral spine
30-40% - Answer: how much does the intradiskal pressure increase when someone
goes from a standing position to a seated position
both upper and lower abs - Answer: training the rectus abdominis creates emphasis
on
trunk - Answer: back extensors, lateral flexors, anterior abdomen all stabilize
neutral position - Answer: Position when the body is properly aligned and the
distribution of weight throughout the spine is equal
stability - Answer: when beginning a strength program what proceeds mobility
Law of Facilitation - Answer: When an impulse has passed once through a certain
set of neurons to the exclusion of others, it tends to take the same course of future
occasions and each time it traverses this path the resistance is less.
seated posture trainer exercise - Answer: To teach proper body alignment and
increase postural control and strength.
abdominal coordination - Answer: the ability to stabilize the pelvis and lumbar
curvature while simultaneously raising and lowering the leg
back extension machine - Answer: control movement all the way through do not
allow machine to push into slouched position
16 characteristics of a personal trainer - Answer: knowledge, empathetic,
professional, psychology, companionship, communicator, teacher, patient,
considerate, versatile, salesman, proactive, scope, visual, auditory, and kinesthetic
legal concerns of personal trainers - Answer: being prepared in emergency
situations, pre-activity health screening, interpreting results, development of
physical activity recommendations and parameters, instruction & supervision
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failure to perform health screening - Answer: what increases likelihood of legal
claims?
employers - Answer: responsible and liable for actions of employees
protective documents - Answer: what is important to use to meet legal needs
liability insurance - Answer: recommended to obtain for independent contractors
professionalism - Answer: punctuality, appearance, presentation, knowledge, &
hygiene
Vicarious Liability - Answer: employers are responsible for negligent acts or
omissions of employees
Do not diagnose - Answer: when a client complains about pain in joints
Exercise Physiology - Answer: study of cellular functions in human body during
and after exercise
cell - Answer: most basic unit of life
ATP/Creatine Phosphate System, Glycolysis, Aerobic Oxidation - Answer: what
are the 3 energy systems
ATP/Creatine Phosphate System, Glycolysis - Answer: anaerobic energy systems
Aerobic Oxidative System - Answer: aerobic energy system
anaerobic systems - Answer: which energy system does not need oxygen
ATP-CP system activities - Answer: weight lifting, sprints, tennis
Glycolysis - Answer: breakdown of carbohydrates to pyruvate or lactate (lasts 10s-
3min)
lactate threshold - Answer: Sudden rise in blood lactate during incremental
exercise
NCCPT EXAM LATEST UPDATE 300+ QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025
personal trainer - Answer: student/empathetic teacher of movement and functions
of human body the internal and external forces that act upon it and who
professionally motivates, plans, ans monitors benefits of fitness, exercise and
nutrition as it is related to a client's health related goals
fusiform muscles - Answer: Parallel muscle: have a parallel arrangement and are
spindle shaped, tapering at each end (e.g., biceps brachii).
high potential for high amounts of shortening and high velocity movement of body
penniform muscles - Answer: fibers that run diagonally with respect to tendon
running through muscle, feather shaped and fascicles are short and run at angle -
high force power producing muscles
bipennate muscle - Answer: gastrocnemius, soleus, vastus lateralis & rectus
femoris
multi-pennate muscle - Answer: deltoid and gluteus maximus examples of
6 steps to resistance exercise - Answer: determine motion
direction of rotation
starting position
monitor joint position and stabilization
monitor path of motion
determine and monitor ROM
Passive ROM - Answer: Movements that are performed by the examiner with the
athlete relaxed.
Active ROM - Answer: Is movement initiated and completed by the athlete without
assistance.
Resisted ROM - Answer: athlete attempts to move against the resistance applied by
the examiner
vertebral column - Answer: made up of cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx
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33 - Answer: How many vertebrae are there?
Spinal Motions - Answer: flexion, extension, rotation, lateral flexion
#1 cause of back pain - Answer: long periods out of neutral spine
30-40% - Answer: how much does the intradiskal pressure increase when someone
goes from a standing position to a seated position
both upper and lower abs - Answer: training the rectus abdominis creates emphasis
on
trunk - Answer: back extensors, lateral flexors, anterior abdomen all stabilize
neutral position - Answer: Position when the body is properly aligned and the
distribution of weight throughout the spine is equal
stability - Answer: when beginning a strength program what proceeds mobility
Law of Facilitation - Answer: When an impulse has passed once through a certain
set of neurons to the exclusion of others, it tends to take the same course of future
occasions and each time it traverses this path the resistance is less.
seated posture trainer exercise - Answer: To teach proper body alignment and
increase postural control and strength.
abdominal coordination - Answer: the ability to stabilize the pelvis and lumbar
curvature while simultaneously raising and lowering the leg
back extension machine - Answer: control movement all the way through do not
allow machine to push into slouched position
16 characteristics of a personal trainer - Answer: knowledge, empathetic,
professional, psychology, companionship, communicator, teacher, patient,
considerate, versatile, salesman, proactive, scope, visual, auditory, and kinesthetic
legal concerns of personal trainers - Answer: being prepared in emergency
situations, pre-activity health screening, interpreting results, development of
physical activity recommendations and parameters, instruction & supervision
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failure to perform health screening - Answer: what increases likelihood of legal
claims?
employers - Answer: responsible and liable for actions of employees
protective documents - Answer: what is important to use to meet legal needs
liability insurance - Answer: recommended to obtain for independent contractors
professionalism - Answer: punctuality, appearance, presentation, knowledge, &
hygiene
Vicarious Liability - Answer: employers are responsible for negligent acts or
omissions of employees
Do not diagnose - Answer: when a client complains about pain in joints
Exercise Physiology - Answer: study of cellular functions in human body during
and after exercise
cell - Answer: most basic unit of life
ATP/Creatine Phosphate System, Glycolysis, Aerobic Oxidation - Answer: what
are the 3 energy systems
ATP/Creatine Phosphate System, Glycolysis - Answer: anaerobic energy systems
Aerobic Oxidative System - Answer: aerobic energy system
anaerobic systems - Answer: which energy system does not need oxygen
ATP-CP system activities - Answer: weight lifting, sprints, tennis
Glycolysis - Answer: breakdown of carbohydrates to pyruvate or lactate (lasts 10s-
3min)
lactate threshold - Answer: Sudden rise in blood lactate during incremental
exercise
