NASM CPT-7 Exam Questions and Answers
1. SWOT Analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
2. CEUs: continuing education units; 2.0 units of CEU must be completed every 2 years
3. Extrinsic Motivation: participating in an activity or behavior in order to get a reward or
recognition from others
4. Intrinsic Motivation: engaging in an activity or behavior because they feel satisfaction
5. Process Goals: focus on the actions an individual must engage in during performance to
execute or perform well
6. Outcome Goals: targets for performance that focus on the end result of the activity
7. Instrumental Support: actions that directly facilitate a behavior to happen, ex- driving
someone to the gym
8. Emotional Support: The encouragement and positive reinforcement that is provided from an
individual to another, which includes being caring, empathetic, and showing concern
9. Informational Support: Providing accurate, current, and informative information, ex- from
trainers
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, 10. Companionship Support: When someone engages in a behavior with an individual,
ex- exercising with a friend or partner
11. Precontemplation: Individual is either unaware or not interested in making a change
within the next 6 months
12. Contemplation: Individual does not currently exercise, but is planning to start within 6
months
13. Preparation: Individual is planning to begin exercising soon, and has taken steps
toward it, and may even be sporadically exercising
14. Action: Individual has been exercising for less than 6 months
15. Maintenance: Individual has been exercising consistently for 6 months or more
16. SMART Goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely
17. Osteoblasts: Special cells that form and lay down new bone tissue
18. Osteoclasts: Special cells that break down and remove old bone tissue
19. Vertebral Column: Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx
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1. SWOT Analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
2. CEUs: continuing education units; 2.0 units of CEU must be completed every 2 years
3. Extrinsic Motivation: participating in an activity or behavior in order to get a reward or
recognition from others
4. Intrinsic Motivation: engaging in an activity or behavior because they feel satisfaction
5. Process Goals: focus on the actions an individual must engage in during performance to
execute or perform well
6. Outcome Goals: targets for performance that focus on the end result of the activity
7. Instrumental Support: actions that directly facilitate a behavior to happen, ex- driving
someone to the gym
8. Emotional Support: The encouragement and positive reinforcement that is provided from an
individual to another, which includes being caring, empathetic, and showing concern
9. Informational Support: Providing accurate, current, and informative information, ex- from
trainers
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, 10. Companionship Support: When someone engages in a behavior with an individual,
ex- exercising with a friend or partner
11. Precontemplation: Individual is either unaware or not interested in making a change
within the next 6 months
12. Contemplation: Individual does not currently exercise, but is planning to start within 6
months
13. Preparation: Individual is planning to begin exercising soon, and has taken steps
toward it, and may even be sporadically exercising
14. Action: Individual has been exercising for less than 6 months
15. Maintenance: Individual has been exercising consistently for 6 months or more
16. SMART Goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely
17. Osteoblasts: Special cells that form and lay down new bone tissue
18. Osteoclasts: Special cells that break down and remove old bone tissue
19. Vertebral Column: Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx
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