NFPT Actual Questions and Correct Answers
Q1
ADLs stands for:
Answer: Activities of Daily Living
Q2
Which exercise concern(s) would you, as a personal trainer, recommend that your client see a
highly trained physiologist or physician for a determination and prescription of an appropriate
training regime?
Answer: Respiratory disease; Joint injury; Cardiovascular disease
Q3
The strong connective tissue that connects muscle to bone is called
Answer: tendon
Q4
There is an average of
Answer: muscles in the adult human body. 656
Q5
The average adult has how many bones?
Answer: 206
Q6
A tough but flexible connective tissue that covers the end of each bone is called
Answer: cartilage
Q7
Blood travels away from the heart, carrying oxygenated blood to the body, through
Answer: ; and deoxygenated blood comes back to the heart through . arteries; veins
, Q8
This muscle controls the overall breathing process. As it contracts it flattens, causing air to be
sucked into the lungs; and when it relaxes the air in the lungs is forced out.
Answer: Diaphragm
Q9
What division of the nervous system sends and receives information, and contains the brain and
spinal cord?
Answer: Central Nervous System (CNS)
Q10
What part of the digestive system does most absorption of nutrients occur?
Answer: Small intestine
Q11
The Knee is
Answer: to the hip and to the ankle. distal; proximal
Q12
A tendon;
Answer: Connects muscle to bone
Q13
Ligaments are
Answer: elastic than tendons and are prone to tearing than tendons. less; more
Q14
Commonly called the 'Prime Movers', these are the muscles that contract to create the ROM
through the joint, they are the muscles primarily responsible for the movement.
Answer: Agonists
Q1
ADLs stands for:
Answer: Activities of Daily Living
Q2
Which exercise concern(s) would you, as a personal trainer, recommend that your client see a
highly trained physiologist or physician for a determination and prescription of an appropriate
training regime?
Answer: Respiratory disease; Joint injury; Cardiovascular disease
Q3
The strong connective tissue that connects muscle to bone is called
Answer: tendon
Q4
There is an average of
Answer: muscles in the adult human body. 656
Q5
The average adult has how many bones?
Answer: 206
Q6
A tough but flexible connective tissue that covers the end of each bone is called
Answer: cartilage
Q7
Blood travels away from the heart, carrying oxygenated blood to the body, through
Answer: ; and deoxygenated blood comes back to the heart through . arteries; veins
, Q8
This muscle controls the overall breathing process. As it contracts it flattens, causing air to be
sucked into the lungs; and when it relaxes the air in the lungs is forced out.
Answer: Diaphragm
Q9
What division of the nervous system sends and receives information, and contains the brain and
spinal cord?
Answer: Central Nervous System (CNS)
Q10
What part of the digestive system does most absorption of nutrients occur?
Answer: Small intestine
Q11
The Knee is
Answer: to the hip and to the ankle. distal; proximal
Q12
A tendon;
Answer: Connects muscle to bone
Q13
Ligaments are
Answer: elastic than tendons and are prone to tearing than tendons. less; more
Q14
Commonly called the 'Prime Movers', these are the muscles that contract to create the ROM
through the joint, they are the muscles primarily responsible for the movement.
Answer: Agonists
