NFPT Test Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: If you want to build new mitochondria (to improve the endurance capability of the
working muscles by increasing energy storage capacity) while also purposely expending as much
stored glycogen as possible (in order to maximize fat mobilization during recovery), you should
stay in which rep range?
Answer: 20-25
Question 2: Water content of muscle is about {74%} of its weight.
Answer: 74-76%
Question 3: List and briefly describe the six (6) components of wellness, using the acronym
mnemonic, "SPICES"
Answer: 1) social health: how having genuine interactions with people face to face is crucial to our
social health and overall wellbeing; 2) Physical health: has 5 components dealing with endurace,
muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, and body composition.; 3) Intellectual Health: how
we integrate new information; 4) Cognitive Health: How we process information in our brains; 5)
Emotional Health: How we view ourselves and our relationships; 6) Spiritual Health: Having a
connection with a higher power.;
Question 4: Abduction
Answer: Movement away from the body or body part's midline; lifting your arm up to the horizontal
position at your side
Question 5: Adduction
Answer: Movement toward the body or body part's midline; lowering your arm from the horizontal
position back down to your side
Question 6: Extension
Answer: The straightening of a joint that increases the angle; reaching out your arm, straightening at
elbow
Question 7: Flexion
Answer: The bending of a joint that decreases the angle; bending at elbow
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, Question 8: Internal Rotation
Answer: Movement of body part towards the axis/towards center of body
Question 9: External Rotation
Answer: Movement of body part away from axis/away from center of body
Question 10: Retraction
Answer: Backward (posterior) movement of a body part; generally referring to scapulae and
skull/cervical spine
Question 11: Protraction
Answer: Forward (anterior) movement of a body part; generally referring to scapulae and
skull/cervical spine
Question 12: Hyperextension
Answer: Extension beyond normal limits, over extended; a body part or joint is bent backwards too far
Question 13: Hypoextension
Answer: Extension that is less than normal, under-extended; not being able to extend at the knee
because of a tight hamstring
Question 14: Gliding
Answer: Movement of non-angular joints over each other
Question 15: Deviation
Answer: Departure from the midline
Question 16: Pronation
Answer: Palm of hand turning downward into a posterior position when arm is down at side; the
inward roll of the foot/arch decreased during normal walking motion
Question 17: Supination
Answer: Palm of hand turning upward into an anterior position when arm is down at side; the outward
roll of the foot/arch heightened during normal walking motion
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Question 1: If you want to build new mitochondria (to improve the endurance capability of the
working muscles by increasing energy storage capacity) while also purposely expending as much
stored glycogen as possible (in order to maximize fat mobilization during recovery), you should
stay in which rep range?
Answer: 20-25
Question 2: Water content of muscle is about {74%} of its weight.
Answer: 74-76%
Question 3: List and briefly describe the six (6) components of wellness, using the acronym
mnemonic, "SPICES"
Answer: 1) social health: how having genuine interactions with people face to face is crucial to our
social health and overall wellbeing; 2) Physical health: has 5 components dealing with endurace,
muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, and body composition.; 3) Intellectual Health: how
we integrate new information; 4) Cognitive Health: How we process information in our brains; 5)
Emotional Health: How we view ourselves and our relationships; 6) Spiritual Health: Having a
connection with a higher power.;
Question 4: Abduction
Answer: Movement away from the body or body part's midline; lifting your arm up to the horizontal
position at your side
Question 5: Adduction
Answer: Movement toward the body or body part's midline; lowering your arm from the horizontal
position back down to your side
Question 6: Extension
Answer: The straightening of a joint that increases the angle; reaching out your arm, straightening at
elbow
Question 7: Flexion
Answer: The bending of a joint that decreases the angle; bending at elbow
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, Question 8: Internal Rotation
Answer: Movement of body part towards the axis/towards center of body
Question 9: External Rotation
Answer: Movement of body part away from axis/away from center of body
Question 10: Retraction
Answer: Backward (posterior) movement of a body part; generally referring to scapulae and
skull/cervical spine
Question 11: Protraction
Answer: Forward (anterior) movement of a body part; generally referring to scapulae and
skull/cervical spine
Question 12: Hyperextension
Answer: Extension beyond normal limits, over extended; a body part or joint is bent backwards too far
Question 13: Hypoextension
Answer: Extension that is less than normal, under-extended; not being able to extend at the knee
because of a tight hamstring
Question 14: Gliding
Answer: Movement of non-angular joints over each other
Question 15: Deviation
Answer: Departure from the midline
Question 16: Pronation
Answer: Palm of hand turning downward into a posterior position when arm is down at side; the
inward roll of the foot/arch decreased during normal walking motion
Question 17: Supination
Answer: Palm of hand turning upward into an anterior position when arm is down at side; the outward
roll of the foot/arch heightened during normal walking motion
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