NFPT EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Question and Answer (2026/2027) |
Detailed Rationales
• SPICES . CORRECT ANSWER: Social health, physical health, intellectual Health,
cognitive health, emotional health, spiritual health
• Cardiorespiratory conditioning . CORRECT ANSWER: Endurance
• Muscular endurance . CORRECT ANSWER: The amount of strength that can be
repeated several times
• Muscular strength . CORRECT ANSWER: The amount of strength in one
repetition
• Flexibility . CORRECT ANSWER: The range of motion in given joints
• Body composition . CORRECT ANSWER: The amount of body fat relative to the
total weight or as compared to the lean mass
• What are three additional factors that are specific to the fitness regimens of
athletes and sports teams? . CORRECT ANSWER: Agility, speed and Mobility
• Intellectual health . CORRECT ANSWER: The capacity to assimilate and integrate
new information into one's thinking and thought processes
• Cognitive health . CORRECT ANSWER: Often grouped with mental health as it
has mostly to do with how we process information in the brain. It includes the
way we see, or conceptualized, the world around it includes brain functioning in
the areas of conceptual and perceptual skill, language learning as well as many
other brain development functions
• Emotional health . CORRECT ANSWER: Includes self-esteem, self-awareness,
self-acceptance, self-image and our capacities to deal with adversity and stress.
This includes our ability to intimate, not just sexual, with a significant other.
,• Spiritual health . CORRECT ANSWER: This is focused on the connection of
ourselves with a higher power, a sense of purpose, self-actualization, and an inner
Joy. It is often described as self-acceptance, repentance for misdeeds, a
willingness to give to and forgive others and a desire to seek peace with the
community and World overall
• Why is it important to touch on all things spices related as a personal trainer? .
CORRECT ANSWER: Think about it and perhaps write a blog post
• What are the three categories of motivating factors for positive behavior .
CORRECT ANSWER: Predisposing factors, enabling factors and reinforcing factors
• Predisposing factors include . CORRECT ANSWER: Knowledge, attitude, believe,
values and perceptions
• Enabling factors . CORRECT ANSWER: Skills, resources, physical and mental
capabilities
• Reinforcing factors . CORRECT ANSWER: Praise from others comma rewards,
encouragement and recognition
• Which factors does the personal trainer typically fall into . CORRECT ANSWER:
Reinforcing factors. We can recognize how the other two factors promote or
inhibit positive behavior and we can work to reinforce positive behavior with
forms of encouragement
• What are some things that can be added to life to invoke positive change? .
CORRECT ANSWER: Taking time for Meaningful reflection, reading a book, being
creative, socializing with friends and family, adding a physical component and
healthy eating to daily living
• What areas of exercise therapy would require a highly trained exercise
physiologist or physician to prescribe appropriate regimens . CORRECT ANSWER:
Cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, joint injury, or obesity / metabolic
disorders which include diabetes and hypertension
, • What is the purpose of muscles . CORRECT ANSWER: To produce Force,
maintain posture, allow for movement and produces Heat
• All muscle action originates and is controlled by what? . CORRECT ANSWER: The
brain which sends and receives signals through the nervous system
• What gets pulled during a muscle contraction? . CORRECT ANSWER: Tendons,
the strong connective tissue that connects muscles to bones
• What are the two points of muscle . CORRECT ANSWER: Origin and insertion
• Define muscle origin . CORRECT ANSWER: The origin is considered the point at
which the muscle joins the stationary bone at the end closest to the center of the
body
• Define muscle insertion . CORRECT ANSWER: Insertion is the point at which the
muscle joints moving boat. When a muscle contracts the insertion moves toward
the origin
• How many muscles are in the average adult body . CORRECT ANSWER: 656
muscles
• Muscles are joined together to form muscle groups to execute bodily
movement. They can get shorter and pull but they cannot push. True or false? .
CORRECT ANSWER: True
• In muscle groups, when one group pulls the other group pulls back and as one
team pulls the other team relaxes. True or false? . CORRECT ANSWER: True
• What are the three muscle types? . CORRECT ANSWER: Skeletal, smooth and
cardiac muscles
• What are the two subtypes of muscles? . CORRECT ANSWER: Involuntary and
voluntary
• How many muscles are voluntary and how many bones do they control? .
CORRECT ANSWER: 430 of our muscles are voluntary controlling 206 bones
Question and Answer (2026/2027) |
Detailed Rationales
• SPICES . CORRECT ANSWER: Social health, physical health, intellectual Health,
cognitive health, emotional health, spiritual health
• Cardiorespiratory conditioning . CORRECT ANSWER: Endurance
• Muscular endurance . CORRECT ANSWER: The amount of strength that can be
repeated several times
• Muscular strength . CORRECT ANSWER: The amount of strength in one
repetition
• Flexibility . CORRECT ANSWER: The range of motion in given joints
• Body composition . CORRECT ANSWER: The amount of body fat relative to the
total weight or as compared to the lean mass
• What are three additional factors that are specific to the fitness regimens of
athletes and sports teams? . CORRECT ANSWER: Agility, speed and Mobility
• Intellectual health . CORRECT ANSWER: The capacity to assimilate and integrate
new information into one's thinking and thought processes
• Cognitive health . CORRECT ANSWER: Often grouped with mental health as it
has mostly to do with how we process information in the brain. It includes the
way we see, or conceptualized, the world around it includes brain functioning in
the areas of conceptual and perceptual skill, language learning as well as many
other brain development functions
• Emotional health . CORRECT ANSWER: Includes self-esteem, self-awareness,
self-acceptance, self-image and our capacities to deal with adversity and stress.
This includes our ability to intimate, not just sexual, with a significant other.
,• Spiritual health . CORRECT ANSWER: This is focused on the connection of
ourselves with a higher power, a sense of purpose, self-actualization, and an inner
Joy. It is often described as self-acceptance, repentance for misdeeds, a
willingness to give to and forgive others and a desire to seek peace with the
community and World overall
• Why is it important to touch on all things spices related as a personal trainer? .
CORRECT ANSWER: Think about it and perhaps write a blog post
• What are the three categories of motivating factors for positive behavior .
CORRECT ANSWER: Predisposing factors, enabling factors and reinforcing factors
• Predisposing factors include . CORRECT ANSWER: Knowledge, attitude, believe,
values and perceptions
• Enabling factors . CORRECT ANSWER: Skills, resources, physical and mental
capabilities
• Reinforcing factors . CORRECT ANSWER: Praise from others comma rewards,
encouragement and recognition
• Which factors does the personal trainer typically fall into . CORRECT ANSWER:
Reinforcing factors. We can recognize how the other two factors promote or
inhibit positive behavior and we can work to reinforce positive behavior with
forms of encouragement
• What are some things that can be added to life to invoke positive change? .
CORRECT ANSWER: Taking time for Meaningful reflection, reading a book, being
creative, socializing with friends and family, adding a physical component and
healthy eating to daily living
• What areas of exercise therapy would require a highly trained exercise
physiologist or physician to prescribe appropriate regimens . CORRECT ANSWER:
Cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, joint injury, or obesity / metabolic
disorders which include diabetes and hypertension
, • What is the purpose of muscles . CORRECT ANSWER: To produce Force,
maintain posture, allow for movement and produces Heat
• All muscle action originates and is controlled by what? . CORRECT ANSWER: The
brain which sends and receives signals through the nervous system
• What gets pulled during a muscle contraction? . CORRECT ANSWER: Tendons,
the strong connective tissue that connects muscles to bones
• What are the two points of muscle . CORRECT ANSWER: Origin and insertion
• Define muscle origin . CORRECT ANSWER: The origin is considered the point at
which the muscle joins the stationary bone at the end closest to the center of the
body
• Define muscle insertion . CORRECT ANSWER: Insertion is the point at which the
muscle joints moving boat. When a muscle contracts the insertion moves toward
the origin
• How many muscles are in the average adult body . CORRECT ANSWER: 656
muscles
• Muscles are joined together to form muscle groups to execute bodily
movement. They can get shorter and pull but they cannot push. True or false? .
CORRECT ANSWER: True
• In muscle groups, when one group pulls the other group pulls back and as one
team pulls the other team relaxes. True or false? . CORRECT ANSWER: True
• What are the three muscle types? . CORRECT ANSWER: Skeletal, smooth and
cardiac muscles
• What are the two subtypes of muscles? . CORRECT ANSWER: Involuntary and
voluntary
• How many muscles are voluntary and how many bones do they control? .
CORRECT ANSWER: 430 of our muscles are voluntary controlling 206 bones
