NSPA CERTIFICATION EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

NSPA CERTIFICATION EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE)
Answer:
measures intensity of cardiorespiratory exercise

Question:
PAR-Q (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire)
Answer:
minimum standard for entry into a low-to moderate- intensity exercise program

Question:
Valsalva maneuver
Answer:
holding breath during an intense muscle contraction, which can reduce blood flow to
the heart and increase blood pressure

Question:
Korotkoff sound phase 5
Answer:
Sound during the measuring of BP when the diastolic pressure is heard.

Question:
Agonist
Answer:
The muscle with primary responsibility for a given movement

Question:
Antagonist
Answer:
muscles that oppose or reverse a movement

Question:
actin and myosin
Answer:
contractile proteins in muscle

Question:
synergist muscle
Answer:
Muscle that assists a prime mover

, Question:
Stabilizer muscles
Answer:
Muscles that support or stabilize the body while the prime movers and the synergists
perform the movement patterns.

Question:
hypertrophy
Answer:
An increase in cross-sectional area of a muscle.

Question:
Hyperplasia
Answer:
increase in number of cells in a muscle

Question:
Ectomorph
Answer:
Somatotype characterized by small frame, thin muscles, and low body fat.

Question:
Endomorph
Answer:
Somatotype characterized by apple/pear shape, small bone diameter, and higher body
fat percentage.

Question:
Mesomorph
Answer:
Somatotype characterized by square shape, wide shoulders, large bone diameter, and
low body fat percentage.

Question:
eccentric contraction
Answer:
muscle lengthens as it maintains tension

Question:
concentric contraction
Answer:
muscle shortens as it maintains tension

Question:
motor unit
Answer:
A motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates