NASM CES UPDATED Actual Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Rhomboid, lower trapezius - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A 1-arm Stability Ball Cobra targets
which of the following group of muscles?
Biceps femoris (short head) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- During a Single-leg Squat
assessment, a client's knee moves inward on the stance leg. Which of the following muscles
are most likely overactive?
18% - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What percentage of the adolescent and teenager
population are estimated to be overweight?
Internal oblique (same side as stance leg) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- During the Single-leg
Squat assessment, the compensation of "outward trunk rotation" is mostly attributed by
underactivity of which muscle?
a. Latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major/minor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Placing the
hands on the hips during the modified Overhead Squat assessment directly removes the
stretch placed on which muscles?
a. Thoracic spine extension
b. Knee valgus
c. Foot/ankle inversion
d. Ankle plantar flexion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Long distance runners with iliotibial
band syndrome will most likely exhibit which of the following patterns of dysfunction during
the gait cycle?
Lateral view - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- During the Overhead Squat assessment, which
view is best to observe the existence of excessive spinal flexion?
a. Erector spinae, thoracolumbar fascia, sacrotuberous ligament, biceps femoris
b. Gluteus medius, tensor fascia latae, hamstring complex, quadratus lumborum
c. External rotators, adductor complex, internal and external oblique muscles
,d. Latissimus dorsi, gluteus maximus, biceps femoris, vastus medialis oblique - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- What are the major contributors to the anterior oblique subsystem?
a. Shoulder impingement
b. Shoulder dislocation
c. Frozen shoulder
d. Glenohumeral osteoarthritis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What is the most prevalent
diagnosis of shoulder impairment?
a. 1 second isometric hold at end-range and 1 second on the eccentric
b. 2 seconds isometric hold at end-range and 2 seconds on the eccentric
c. 2 seconds isometric hold at end-range and 4 seconds on the eccentric
d. 3 seconds isometric hold at end-range and 2 seconds on the eccentric - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- What is the recommended duration for each repetition during isolated
strengthening?
a. Glenohumeral
b. Proximal radioulnar
c. Radiocarpal
d. Carpometacarpal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following joints is primarily
responsible for forearm pronation and supination?
a. Gamma loop
b. Muscle balance
c. Force-couple
d. Length-tension - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The serratus anterior, upper trapezius, middle
trapezius, and lower trapezius provide divergent tension to the scapula when the arm is
laterally raised. This is an example of what type of relationship?
a. Foot eversion, ankle abduction, and knee internal rotation
b. Foot inversion, knee abduction, and hip external rotation
c. Ankle dorsiflexion, knee internal rotation, and hips flexion
, d. Ankle eversion, knee flexion, and hip adduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of
the following combined joint motions are involved in lower extremity supination?
a. Pectoralis major
b. Erector spinae
c. Lower trapezius
d. Suboccipitals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following muscles would be
most appropriate to activate for the impairment of scapular winging during the push-up
assessment?
a. Posterior tibialis
b. Biceps femoris (short head)
c. Vastus medialis oblique
d. Popliteus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which muscle isometrically stabilizes the foot and
ankle?
a. To retrain the synergistic function of the kinetic chain
b. To release tension in overactive tissues
c. To decrease activity of the muscle spindle
d. To increase intramuscular coordination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the
following is the most appropriate rationale for using isolated strengthening?
a. Sternocleidomastoid and suboccipitals
b. Longus coli and longus capitis
c. Supraspinatus and subscapularis
d. Teres major and teres minor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A client performs the Sit-up
Maneuver assessment. During the assessment, the client's head migrates forward at the
beginning of the movement. Which of the following muscles are most likely overactive?
a. Sagittal
b. Frontal
c. Transverse
and CORRECT Answers
Rhomboid, lower trapezius - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A 1-arm Stability Ball Cobra targets
which of the following group of muscles?
Biceps femoris (short head) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- During a Single-leg Squat
assessment, a client's knee moves inward on the stance leg. Which of the following muscles
are most likely overactive?
18% - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What percentage of the adolescent and teenager
population are estimated to be overweight?
Internal oblique (same side as stance leg) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- During the Single-leg
Squat assessment, the compensation of "outward trunk rotation" is mostly attributed by
underactivity of which muscle?
a. Latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major/minor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Placing the
hands on the hips during the modified Overhead Squat assessment directly removes the
stretch placed on which muscles?
a. Thoracic spine extension
b. Knee valgus
c. Foot/ankle inversion
d. Ankle plantar flexion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Long distance runners with iliotibial
band syndrome will most likely exhibit which of the following patterns of dysfunction during
the gait cycle?
Lateral view - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- During the Overhead Squat assessment, which
view is best to observe the existence of excessive spinal flexion?
a. Erector spinae, thoracolumbar fascia, sacrotuberous ligament, biceps femoris
b. Gluteus medius, tensor fascia latae, hamstring complex, quadratus lumborum
c. External rotators, adductor complex, internal and external oblique muscles
,d. Latissimus dorsi, gluteus maximus, biceps femoris, vastus medialis oblique - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- What are the major contributors to the anterior oblique subsystem?
a. Shoulder impingement
b. Shoulder dislocation
c. Frozen shoulder
d. Glenohumeral osteoarthritis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What is the most prevalent
diagnosis of shoulder impairment?
a. 1 second isometric hold at end-range and 1 second on the eccentric
b. 2 seconds isometric hold at end-range and 2 seconds on the eccentric
c. 2 seconds isometric hold at end-range and 4 seconds on the eccentric
d. 3 seconds isometric hold at end-range and 2 seconds on the eccentric - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- What is the recommended duration for each repetition during isolated
strengthening?
a. Glenohumeral
b. Proximal radioulnar
c. Radiocarpal
d. Carpometacarpal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following joints is primarily
responsible for forearm pronation and supination?
a. Gamma loop
b. Muscle balance
c. Force-couple
d. Length-tension - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The serratus anterior, upper trapezius, middle
trapezius, and lower trapezius provide divergent tension to the scapula when the arm is
laterally raised. This is an example of what type of relationship?
a. Foot eversion, ankle abduction, and knee internal rotation
b. Foot inversion, knee abduction, and hip external rotation
c. Ankle dorsiflexion, knee internal rotation, and hips flexion
, d. Ankle eversion, knee flexion, and hip adduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of
the following combined joint motions are involved in lower extremity supination?
a. Pectoralis major
b. Erector spinae
c. Lower trapezius
d. Suboccipitals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following muscles would be
most appropriate to activate for the impairment of scapular winging during the push-up
assessment?
a. Posterior tibialis
b. Biceps femoris (short head)
c. Vastus medialis oblique
d. Popliteus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which muscle isometrically stabilizes the foot and
ankle?
a. To retrain the synergistic function of the kinetic chain
b. To release tension in overactive tissues
c. To decrease activity of the muscle spindle
d. To increase intramuscular coordination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the
following is the most appropriate rationale for using isolated strengthening?
a. Sternocleidomastoid and suboccipitals
b. Longus coli and longus capitis
c. Supraspinatus and subscapularis
d. Teres major and teres minor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A client performs the Sit-up
Maneuver assessment. During the assessment, the client's head migrates forward at the
beginning of the movement. Which of the following muscles are most likely overactive?
a. Sagittal
b. Frontal
c. Transverse
