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NASM CES FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS / EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+|
Which of the following is an example of an activation (isolated
strengthening) technique?
Select one:
a. Standing Cable External Rotation
b. Alternating-leg Lunge, Curl to Press
c. Single-arm Row to Arrow
d. Step-up to Overhead Press - ANSWER-a. Standing Cable
External Rotation
What is the best knee joint action for optimal concentric
recruitment of the quadriceps during the Standing Cable
Quadriceps exercise?
Select one:
a. Knee flexion
b. Knee extension
c. Abduction
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d. Adduction - ANSWER-b. Knee extension
Integrated dynamic movement involves which of the following?
Select one:
a. Heavy loads and fast tempos
b. Heavier loads and slow tempos
c. Low loads and controlled movements
d. No load and controlled movements - ANSWER-c. Low loads
and controlled movements
What is the purpose of activation techniques within the Corrective
Exercise Continuum?
Select one:
a. To stimulate overactive muscles
b. To increase underactivity of tissue
c. To lengthen overactive tissue
d. To reeducate underactive tissue - ANSWER-d. To reeducate
underactive tissue
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Which of the following movements is predominately performed in
the frontal plane?
Select one:
a. Walking stairs
b. Front lunges
c. Squats
d. Side shuffling - ANSWER-d. Side shuffling
Which of the following is the last component of the Corrective
Exercise Continuum?
Select one:
a. Lengthening techniques
b. Activation techniques
c. Integration techniques
d. Inhibitory techniques - ANSWER-c. Integration techniques
Which of the following is the most appropriate, immediate
progression for a two-legged exercise with minimal challenge to
stability?
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Select one:
a. An alternating leg exercise
b. A lunge exercise
c. A single-leg exercise
d. A hopping exercise - ANSWER-a. An alternating leg exercise
Integration techniques are used to
Select one:
a. increase the extensibility, length, and range of motion of
neuromyofascial tissues.
b. release tension and/or decrease activity of overactive
neuromyofascial tissues.
c. reeducate and/or increase activation of underactive tissues.
d. retrain the collective synergistic function of all muscles through
functionally progressive movements. - ANSWER-d. retrain the
collective synergistic function of all muscles through functionally
progressive movements.
Many injuries occur during eccentric deceleration in the frontal
and transverse plane as a result of the inability to
NASM CES FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS / EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+|
Which of the following is an example of an activation (isolated
strengthening) technique?
Select one:
a. Standing Cable External Rotation
b. Alternating-leg Lunge, Curl to Press
c. Single-arm Row to Arrow
d. Step-up to Overhead Press - ANSWER-a. Standing Cable
External Rotation
What is the best knee joint action for optimal concentric
recruitment of the quadriceps during the Standing Cable
Quadriceps exercise?
Select one:
a. Knee flexion
b. Knee extension
c. Abduction
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d. Adduction - ANSWER-b. Knee extension
Integrated dynamic movement involves which of the following?
Select one:
a. Heavy loads and fast tempos
b. Heavier loads and slow tempos
c. Low loads and controlled movements
d. No load and controlled movements - ANSWER-c. Low loads
and controlled movements
What is the purpose of activation techniques within the Corrective
Exercise Continuum?
Select one:
a. To stimulate overactive muscles
b. To increase underactivity of tissue
c. To lengthen overactive tissue
d. To reeducate underactive tissue - ANSWER-d. To reeducate
underactive tissue
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Which of the following movements is predominately performed in
the frontal plane?
Select one:
a. Walking stairs
b. Front lunges
c. Squats
d. Side shuffling - ANSWER-d. Side shuffling
Which of the following is the last component of the Corrective
Exercise Continuum?
Select one:
a. Lengthening techniques
b. Activation techniques
c. Integration techniques
d. Inhibitory techniques - ANSWER-c. Integration techniques
Which of the following is the most appropriate, immediate
progression for a two-legged exercise with minimal challenge to
stability?
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Select one:
a. An alternating leg exercise
b. A lunge exercise
c. A single-leg exercise
d. A hopping exercise - ANSWER-a. An alternating leg exercise
Integration techniques are used to
Select one:
a. increase the extensibility, length, and range of motion of
neuromyofascial tissues.
b. release tension and/or decrease activity of overactive
neuromyofascial tissues.
c. reeducate and/or increase activation of underactive tissues.
d. retrain the collective synergistic function of all muscles through
functionally progressive movements. - ANSWER-d. retrain the
collective synergistic function of all muscles through functionally
progressive movements.
Many injuries occur during eccentric deceleration in the frontal
and transverse plane as a result of the inability to
