NCSF CPT EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
SHEET FULL PRACTICE SET 150
◉ What muscle lies below the mid-fibers of the trapezius and causes
scapular retraction?
Answer: Rhomboids major
◉ During the pull-up exercise, the _____ are the prime movers.
Answer: Teres major and latissimus dorsi
◉ Tight hip flexors often lead to an increased lordotic curve of the
_____ spine.
Answer: Lumbar
◉ Completing three minutes of moderate intensity exercise would
use fuel primarily from which metabolic pathway?
Answer: Anaerobic metabolism of carbohydrates
◉ In general, it takes _____ before protein synthesis will enhance a
muscle's size and the respective motor unit's force capabilities.
Answer: 6 - 8 weeks
,◉ A motor nerve and all of the muscle fibers it innervates is called a
_____.
Answer: motor unit
◉ What initiates a muscle contraction by binding troponin?
Answer: Calcium
◉ What is/are used to make ATP anaerobically during high intensity
exercise, making it a key dietary fuel source for activity?
Answer: Carbohydrates
◉ Which minerals play a role in cellular fluid balance and affects risk
of dehydration during exercise?
Answer: Sodium, chloride, and potassium.
◉ What may cause inhibition to muscle cell contractility during
physical activity?
Answer: Lactic acid
◉ Suppose that after several weeks of training a client's VO2max
increased from 34 ml/kg/min-1 to 38 ml/kg/min-1. What
physiological adaptions played a role in the improvement?
, Answer: An increase in O2 extraction and increased cardiac output
due to training
◉ The _____ muscle fiber is largest in diameter and has the greatest
potential for increases in size.
Answer: Type IIb
◉ Endurance athletes usually have a lower heart rate at rest due to
_____.
Answer: A greater stroke volume
◉ A person's unique adaption response to a particular resistance
training program is primarily due to _____.
Answer: Differences in muscle fiber concentrations
◉ What is not an adaptive change in the nervous system in response
to resistance training?
Answer: Increased protein syntheses
◉ What is the primary reason it is necessary to take longer rest
periods between subsequent sets of near maximal resistance
training exercise for optimal strength gains?
Answer: To replenish creatine phosphate in the muscle tissue
AND SOLUTIONS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
SHEET FULL PRACTICE SET 150
◉ What muscle lies below the mid-fibers of the trapezius and causes
scapular retraction?
Answer: Rhomboids major
◉ During the pull-up exercise, the _____ are the prime movers.
Answer: Teres major and latissimus dorsi
◉ Tight hip flexors often lead to an increased lordotic curve of the
_____ spine.
Answer: Lumbar
◉ Completing three minutes of moderate intensity exercise would
use fuel primarily from which metabolic pathway?
Answer: Anaerobic metabolism of carbohydrates
◉ In general, it takes _____ before protein synthesis will enhance a
muscle's size and the respective motor unit's force capabilities.
Answer: 6 - 8 weeks
,◉ A motor nerve and all of the muscle fibers it innervates is called a
_____.
Answer: motor unit
◉ What initiates a muscle contraction by binding troponin?
Answer: Calcium
◉ What is/are used to make ATP anaerobically during high intensity
exercise, making it a key dietary fuel source for activity?
Answer: Carbohydrates
◉ Which minerals play a role in cellular fluid balance and affects risk
of dehydration during exercise?
Answer: Sodium, chloride, and potassium.
◉ What may cause inhibition to muscle cell contractility during
physical activity?
Answer: Lactic acid
◉ Suppose that after several weeks of training a client's VO2max
increased from 34 ml/kg/min-1 to 38 ml/kg/min-1. What
physiological adaptions played a role in the improvement?
, Answer: An increase in O2 extraction and increased cardiac output
due to training
◉ The _____ muscle fiber is largest in diameter and has the greatest
potential for increases in size.
Answer: Type IIb
◉ Endurance athletes usually have a lower heart rate at rest due to
_____.
Answer: A greater stroke volume
◉ A person's unique adaption response to a particular resistance
training program is primarily due to _____.
Answer: Differences in muscle fiber concentrations
◉ What is not an adaptive change in the nervous system in response
to resistance training?
Answer: Increased protein syntheses
◉ What is the primary reason it is necessary to take longer rest
periods between subsequent sets of near maximal resistance
training exercise for optimal strength gains?
Answer: To replenish creatine phosphate in the muscle tissue
