NSCA CPT COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
REVIEW SHEET
●● During the initial interview, the personal trainer and client assess
_______, develop _____, and establish a client-trainer ______.
Answer: - Compatibility
- Goals
- Agreement
●● What are the 7 steps of the Client Consultation and Health
Appraisal?
Answer: 1 - Schedule interview
2 - Conduct interview
3 - Health forms
4 - Evaluate for risk factors/disease
5 - Assess results
6 - Refer when necessary
7 - Obtain medical clearence
●● The scope of practice of the personal trainer involves the
responsibility to interview potential clients to gather and assess pertinent
information regarding their _____ ____, ______ ______, and _____ in
,order to safely and effectively meet their individual health and fitness
objectives.
Answer: - Personal health
- Medical conditions
- Lifestyle
●● Progressive degenerative process associated with CAD through
which the endothelial lining of the arterial walls becomes hardened.
Answer: Atherosclerosis
●● What is the age risk factor threshold?
Answer: - Men >= 45
- Women >= 55
●● What is the cigarette smoking risk factor threshold?
Answer: Current smoker, within 6 months, or exposure to tobacco
smoke
●● What is the sedentary risk factor threshold?
Answer: Not participating in at least 30 minutes of exercise 3 days/week
for at least 3 months
●● What is the obesity risk factor threshold?
, Answer: Men - BMI >= 30, or waist girth of 102 cm (40")
Women - BMI >= 30, waist girth of 88 cm (35")
●● What is the dyslipidemia risk factor threshold?
Answer: - LDL >= 130 mg/dl or HDL of <40 mg/dl or total serum level
> 200 mg/dl
- Lipid lowering medication
●● What are the prediabetes risk factor threshold?
Answer: fasting plasma glucose >= 100 mg/dl
●● 9 signs of CAD
Answer: 1 - Pain in arm/neck/jaw
2 - Shortness of breath
3 - Dizziness/Syncope
4 - Orthopnea
5 - Andle edema
6 - Tachycardia
7 - Intermittent claudication
8 - Heart murmur
9 - Fatigue
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
REVIEW SHEET
●● During the initial interview, the personal trainer and client assess
_______, develop _____, and establish a client-trainer ______.
Answer: - Compatibility
- Goals
- Agreement
●● What are the 7 steps of the Client Consultation and Health
Appraisal?
Answer: 1 - Schedule interview
2 - Conduct interview
3 - Health forms
4 - Evaluate for risk factors/disease
5 - Assess results
6 - Refer when necessary
7 - Obtain medical clearence
●● The scope of practice of the personal trainer involves the
responsibility to interview potential clients to gather and assess pertinent
information regarding their _____ ____, ______ ______, and _____ in
,order to safely and effectively meet their individual health and fitness
objectives.
Answer: - Personal health
- Medical conditions
- Lifestyle
●● Progressive degenerative process associated with CAD through
which the endothelial lining of the arterial walls becomes hardened.
Answer: Atherosclerosis
●● What is the age risk factor threshold?
Answer: - Men >= 45
- Women >= 55
●● What is the cigarette smoking risk factor threshold?
Answer: Current smoker, within 6 months, or exposure to tobacco
smoke
●● What is the sedentary risk factor threshold?
Answer: Not participating in at least 30 minutes of exercise 3 days/week
for at least 3 months
●● What is the obesity risk factor threshold?
, Answer: Men - BMI >= 30, or waist girth of 102 cm (40")
Women - BMI >= 30, waist girth of 88 cm (35")
●● What is the dyslipidemia risk factor threshold?
Answer: - LDL >= 130 mg/dl or HDL of <40 mg/dl or total serum level
> 200 mg/dl
- Lipid lowering medication
●● What are the prediabetes risk factor threshold?
Answer: fasting plasma glucose >= 100 mg/dl
●● 9 signs of CAD
Answer: 1 - Pain in arm/neck/jaw
2 - Shortness of breath
3 - Dizziness/Syncope
4 - Orthopnea
5 - Andle edema
6 - Tachycardia
7 - Intermittent claudication
8 - Heart murmur
9 - Fatigue
