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NCSF Pt 2 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers A+
Increased vasodilation occurs with use of what supplement? - Answer✔Nitric Oxide
What is the minimum grams of fiber recommended in the daily diet? - Answer✔20
___ content lowers the insulin response to a meal - Answer✔Fiber
Consuming __ prior to aerobic exercise reduces catabolism of protein - Answer✔Carbohydrates
___ is an amino acid which is purported to stimulate the growth hormone production -
Answer✔L-arginine
What measurement of body composition is has limited accuracy for individuals with large
amounts of muscle mass? - Answer✔Circumference (girth) measurements
What is a healthy dietary recommendation for our 17 year-old male client who is trying to add
muscle mass while resistance training for four days a week? - Answer✔He should strive for a
positive caloric balance of roughly 150-450 calories per day to ensure he meets his protein
requirements
What does not increase testing accuracy for a skinfold assessment? - Answer✔Pinching at least 7
sites
What isn't associated with a calorically-restrictive or starvation diet? - Answer✔The body
experiences an increase in metabolism
Obese classification with body fat percentage - Answer✔Males-25%
Females-32%
After calculating your client's resting metabolic rate to be ~2,200 calories/day, she performs a
24-hour food recall which indicates approximately 2,500 calories were consumed. What can you
determine from this? - Answer✔Nothing until you calculate voluntary caloric expenditure
What would cause a disproportionately-low abdominal skinfold measurement on a middle-aged
male client with a visible large abdominal area? - Answer✔Excessive amounts of visceral fat
storage
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Your female client wants to tone up. While she has enough fat stored throughout her body to
justify becoming leaner, she is a ta visibly healthy body weight. What is the best field assessment
to measure body fat given her appearance? - Answer✔Skinfold measures
How should you explain the need for regular aerobic activity within a weight loss program to
your client who thinks they can simply alter their diet and perform resistance training twice a
week to achieve desired results? - Answer✔Aerobic exercises will help create a negative caloric
balance
Fat cells are metabolized aerobically
Increasing VO2 max improves anaerobix training by reducing necessary rest interval time
(All of the above)
Your female client does not want to "bulk up" from weight training. Which of the following set-
rep schematics performed in three, 60-minute sessions per week would have the greatest desired
adaptation effect? - Answer✔4 sets per exercise at 65% 1RM, 15 reps, 30-45 second rest
intervals, total body emphasis
When reducing dietary fat intake, ___ should make up the majority of dietary lipids consumed? -
Answer✔Monounsaturated fat
Proper execution of the single-leg Romanian deadlift will dynamically stretch the -
Answer✔Gastrocnemius
The risk of blood pooling after a high-intensity training session is minimized by ____ -
Answer✔Blood pooling
The device used to measure specific joint angles during a flexibility assessment is referred to as a
___ - Answer✔Goniometer
Excess EPOC can result in - Answer✔An increase in the metabolic rate
Which back exercise employs the biceps to the greatest degree? - Answer✔Chin-ups
A dramatic increase in what cardiovascular measurement is a risk factor during aerobic training?
- Answer✔Systolic blood pressure
Exercising at high altitudes is difficult for individuals who are not accustomed to it because -
Answer✔There is less oxygen in the air
Approximately how many calories does the body use per liter of consumed oxygen - Answer✔5
calories
When focusing on hypertrophy training, you should anticipate seeing increases in lean mass after
___ weeks - Answer✔8-10 weeks
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NCSF Pt 2 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers A+
Increased vasodilation occurs with use of what supplement? - Answer✔Nitric Oxide
What is the minimum grams of fiber recommended in the daily diet? - Answer✔20
___ content lowers the insulin response to a meal - Answer✔Fiber
Consuming __ prior to aerobic exercise reduces catabolism of protein - Answer✔Carbohydrates
___ is an amino acid which is purported to stimulate the growth hormone production -
Answer✔L-arginine
What measurement of body composition is has limited accuracy for individuals with large
amounts of muscle mass? - Answer✔Circumference (girth) measurements
What is a healthy dietary recommendation for our 17 year-old male client who is trying to add
muscle mass while resistance training for four days a week? - Answer✔He should strive for a
positive caloric balance of roughly 150-450 calories per day to ensure he meets his protein
requirements
What does not increase testing accuracy for a skinfold assessment? - Answer✔Pinching at least 7
sites
What isn't associated with a calorically-restrictive or starvation diet? - Answer✔The body
experiences an increase in metabolism
Obese classification with body fat percentage - Answer✔Males-25%
Females-32%
After calculating your client's resting metabolic rate to be ~2,200 calories/day, she performs a
24-hour food recall which indicates approximately 2,500 calories were consumed. What can you
determine from this? - Answer✔Nothing until you calculate voluntary caloric expenditure
What would cause a disproportionately-low abdominal skinfold measurement on a middle-aged
male client with a visible large abdominal area? - Answer✔Excessive amounts of visceral fat
storage
1
, ©Jason MacConnell 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Your female client wants to tone up. While she has enough fat stored throughout her body to
justify becoming leaner, she is a ta visibly healthy body weight. What is the best field assessment
to measure body fat given her appearance? - Answer✔Skinfold measures
How should you explain the need for regular aerobic activity within a weight loss program to
your client who thinks they can simply alter their diet and perform resistance training twice a
week to achieve desired results? - Answer✔Aerobic exercises will help create a negative caloric
balance
Fat cells are metabolized aerobically
Increasing VO2 max improves anaerobix training by reducing necessary rest interval time
(All of the above)
Your female client does not want to "bulk up" from weight training. Which of the following set-
rep schematics performed in three, 60-minute sessions per week would have the greatest desired
adaptation effect? - Answer✔4 sets per exercise at 65% 1RM, 15 reps, 30-45 second rest
intervals, total body emphasis
When reducing dietary fat intake, ___ should make up the majority of dietary lipids consumed? -
Answer✔Monounsaturated fat
Proper execution of the single-leg Romanian deadlift will dynamically stretch the -
Answer✔Gastrocnemius
The risk of blood pooling after a high-intensity training session is minimized by ____ -
Answer✔Blood pooling
The device used to measure specific joint angles during a flexibility assessment is referred to as a
___ - Answer✔Goniometer
Excess EPOC can result in - Answer✔An increase in the metabolic rate
Which back exercise employs the biceps to the greatest degree? - Answer✔Chin-ups
A dramatic increase in what cardiovascular measurement is a risk factor during aerobic training?
- Answer✔Systolic blood pressure
Exercising at high altitudes is difficult for individuals who are not accustomed to it because -
Answer✔There is less oxygen in the air
Approximately how many calories does the body use per liter of consumed oxygen - Answer✔5
calories
When focusing on hypertrophy training, you should anticipate seeing increases in lean mass after
___ weeks - Answer✔8-10 weeks
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