NASM CPT EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED
A+
⩥ Mechanical effect that occurs from myofascial rolling.
Answer: Compress to the local myofascia, relaxes the tissues by
increasing bloodflow
⩥ What causes coronary heart disease?.
Answer: atherosclerosis
⩥ Phase 4 of OPT Model.
Answer: Maximal strength
⩥ Phase 3 of OPT Model.
Answer: Muscular Development
⩥ Phase 2 of OPT Model.
Answer: Strength Endurance Training
⩥ Phase 1 of OPT Model.
Answer: Stabilization Endurance Training
,⩥ Phase 5 of OPT Model.
Answer: Power Training
⩥ Wolff's Law.
Answer: A bone grows or remodels in response to forces or demands
placed upon it
⩥ specificity principle.
Answer: standard which states that gradual increase of a physical
demand on the body will improve fitness
⩥ Archimedes' Principle.
Answer: the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the
fluid displaced by the object
⩥ The TRX Rip Trainer should be most beneficial to which of the
following phases of the OPT model?.
Answer: Phases 1, 2, and 5
⩥ What are the primary levels of the OPT model.
Answer: Stabilization, Strength, Power
,⩥ What does the electron transport chain do?.
Answer: uses the high-energy electrons from glycolysis and the Krebs
cycle to convert ADP into ATP
⩥ maintenance stage.
Answer: has been consistently exercising for 6 months or more-less
tempted to stop-continues indefinitely
⩥ action stage.
Answer: has been exercising for up to 6 months
⩥ contemplation stage.
Answer: stage of change in which people are considering changing
behavior in the next 6 months but have taken no steps to start
⩥ precontemplation stage.
Answer: stage of change in which people have made no changes or plans
to change
⩥ preparation stage.
Answer: stage of change in which people are getting ready to make a
change within the next month
, ⩥ To quantify body compositional (fat mass loss) changes (A Fitness
assessment measure).
Answer: Body composition measurement
⩥ Core stability is defined as.
Answer: The ability to maintain position stabilizing spine while
extremities are moving
⩥ Arthokinematics.
Answer: joint motion (unseen)
3 major types: roll, slide, spin
⩥ Osteokinematics.
Answer: movement of bones around a joint axis (visible)
⩥ Biomechanics.
Answer: The science concerned with the internal and external forces
acting on the human body and the effects produced by these forces.
⩥ Kinesiology.
Answer: study of movement
⩥ type 1 osteoporosis.
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED
A+
⩥ Mechanical effect that occurs from myofascial rolling.
Answer: Compress to the local myofascia, relaxes the tissues by
increasing bloodflow
⩥ What causes coronary heart disease?.
Answer: atherosclerosis
⩥ Phase 4 of OPT Model.
Answer: Maximal strength
⩥ Phase 3 of OPT Model.
Answer: Muscular Development
⩥ Phase 2 of OPT Model.
Answer: Strength Endurance Training
⩥ Phase 1 of OPT Model.
Answer: Stabilization Endurance Training
,⩥ Phase 5 of OPT Model.
Answer: Power Training
⩥ Wolff's Law.
Answer: A bone grows or remodels in response to forces or demands
placed upon it
⩥ specificity principle.
Answer: standard which states that gradual increase of a physical
demand on the body will improve fitness
⩥ Archimedes' Principle.
Answer: the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the
fluid displaced by the object
⩥ The TRX Rip Trainer should be most beneficial to which of the
following phases of the OPT model?.
Answer: Phases 1, 2, and 5
⩥ What are the primary levels of the OPT model.
Answer: Stabilization, Strength, Power
,⩥ What does the electron transport chain do?.
Answer: uses the high-energy electrons from glycolysis and the Krebs
cycle to convert ADP into ATP
⩥ maintenance stage.
Answer: has been consistently exercising for 6 months or more-less
tempted to stop-continues indefinitely
⩥ action stage.
Answer: has been exercising for up to 6 months
⩥ contemplation stage.
Answer: stage of change in which people are considering changing
behavior in the next 6 months but have taken no steps to start
⩥ precontemplation stage.
Answer: stage of change in which people have made no changes or plans
to change
⩥ preparation stage.
Answer: stage of change in which people are getting ready to make a
change within the next month
, ⩥ To quantify body compositional (fat mass loss) changes (A Fitness
assessment measure).
Answer: Body composition measurement
⩥ Core stability is defined as.
Answer: The ability to maintain position stabilizing spine while
extremities are moving
⩥ Arthokinematics.
Answer: joint motion (unseen)
3 major types: roll, slide, spin
⩥ Osteokinematics.
Answer: movement of bones around a joint axis (visible)
⩥ Biomechanics.
Answer: The science concerned with the internal and external forces
acting on the human body and the effects produced by these forces.
⩥ Kinesiology.
Answer: study of movement
⩥ type 1 osteoporosis.
