NASM-PES Practice Exam #1 2025
Questions and Answers
Plyometric-strength exercises are designed to do which of the following?
a. Improve dynamic joint stabilization
b. Improve reactive joint stabilization
c. Improve dynamic neuromuscular efficiency
d. Improve reactive strength - ANSWER✔✔-a. Improve dynamic joint stabilization
Training the muscle and tendon's ability to load eccentrically and rapidly release energy
concentrically is known as which of the following?
a. Load-torque curve
b. Force-velocity curve
c. Stride cycle
d. Stretch-shortening cycle - ANSWER✔✔-d. Stretch-shortening cycle
According to the text, which type of mental imagery is MOST effective for improving
sports performance?
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,a. Visual
b. Olfactory
c. Auditory
d. Kinesthetic - ANSWER✔✔-d. Kinesthetic
Which type of feedback is used after the completion of an exercise to help inform the
athlete about the outcome of what was just performed?
a. Knowledge of performance
b. Knowledge of repetition
c. Knowledge of results
d. Knowledge of proprioception - ANSWER✔✔-c. Knowledge of results
When performing an exercise in the transverse plane, around which of the following
axes does the movement occur?
a. Longitudinal
b. Coronal
c. Contralateral
d. Anterior-posterior - ANSWER✔✔-a. Longitudinal
Which coordinated muscle action does balance-stabilization training improve?
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,a. Rapid acceleration
b. Reciprocal inhibition
c. Dynamic deceleration
d. Co-contraction - ANSWER✔✔-d. Co-contraction
When training in Phase 4: Maximal Strength, how many times per week should an
athlete participate in resistance training?
a. 2 to 4
b. 5 to 7
c. 5 to 6
d. 3 to 7 - ANSWER✔✔-a. 2 to 4
What principle states that when a muscle is stimulated to contract, it contracts
completely?
a. All-or-none
b. Total contraction
c. Complete
d. All-at-once - ANSWER✔✔-a. All-or-none
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, Which phase of the OPT model supersets a traditional strength exercise (e.g. barbell
squats) with a plyometric/power exercise of similar joint mechanics (e.g. squat jumps)
to enhance prime mover strength and rate of force production?
a. Phase 5: Power
b. Phase 4: Maximal Strength
c. Phase 3: Hypertrophy
d. Phase 6: Maximal Power - ANSWER✔✔-a. Phase 5: Power
Which type of training overloads the stretch-shortening cycle to enhance
neuromuscular efficiency, improve rate of force production, and reduce neuromuscular
inhibition?
a. Hypertrophy
b. Core
c. Circuit
d. Plyometric - ANSWER✔✔-d. Plyometric
Which sport would benefit from the inclusion of assisted drills in an SAQ program?
a. Basketball
b. Hockey
c. Volleyball
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Questions and Answers
Plyometric-strength exercises are designed to do which of the following?
a. Improve dynamic joint stabilization
b. Improve reactive joint stabilization
c. Improve dynamic neuromuscular efficiency
d. Improve reactive strength - ANSWER✔✔-a. Improve dynamic joint stabilization
Training the muscle and tendon's ability to load eccentrically and rapidly release energy
concentrically is known as which of the following?
a. Load-torque curve
b. Force-velocity curve
c. Stride cycle
d. Stretch-shortening cycle - ANSWER✔✔-d. Stretch-shortening cycle
According to the text, which type of mental imagery is MOST effective for improving
sports performance?
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,a. Visual
b. Olfactory
c. Auditory
d. Kinesthetic - ANSWER✔✔-d. Kinesthetic
Which type of feedback is used after the completion of an exercise to help inform the
athlete about the outcome of what was just performed?
a. Knowledge of performance
b. Knowledge of repetition
c. Knowledge of results
d. Knowledge of proprioception - ANSWER✔✔-c. Knowledge of results
When performing an exercise in the transverse plane, around which of the following
axes does the movement occur?
a. Longitudinal
b. Coronal
c. Contralateral
d. Anterior-posterior - ANSWER✔✔-a. Longitudinal
Which coordinated muscle action does balance-stabilization training improve?
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,a. Rapid acceleration
b. Reciprocal inhibition
c. Dynamic deceleration
d. Co-contraction - ANSWER✔✔-d. Co-contraction
When training in Phase 4: Maximal Strength, how many times per week should an
athlete participate in resistance training?
a. 2 to 4
b. 5 to 7
c. 5 to 6
d. 3 to 7 - ANSWER✔✔-a. 2 to 4
What principle states that when a muscle is stimulated to contract, it contracts
completely?
a. All-or-none
b. Total contraction
c. Complete
d. All-at-once - ANSWER✔✔-a. All-or-none
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, Which phase of the OPT model supersets a traditional strength exercise (e.g. barbell
squats) with a plyometric/power exercise of similar joint mechanics (e.g. squat jumps)
to enhance prime mover strength and rate of force production?
a. Phase 5: Power
b. Phase 4: Maximal Strength
c. Phase 3: Hypertrophy
d. Phase 6: Maximal Power - ANSWER✔✔-a. Phase 5: Power
Which type of training overloads the stretch-shortening cycle to enhance
neuromuscular efficiency, improve rate of force production, and reduce neuromuscular
inhibition?
a. Hypertrophy
b. Core
c. Circuit
d. Plyometric - ANSWER✔✔-d. Plyometric
Which sport would benefit from the inclusion of assisted drills in an SAQ program?
a. Basketball
b. Hockey
c. Volleyball
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