NASM PES EXAMS SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Visual - ✔✔Which of the following is an input that the Human Movement System
uses to establish balance?
✔✔Concussion - ✔✔Which of the following injuries often goes unrecognized and
unreported?
✔✔Task-oriented - ✔✔A coach focused on initiating structure and accomplishing a set
of objectives and goals is using which type of leadership style?
✔✔General Adaptation Syndrome - ✔✔Which predictable pattern best describes the
adaptation to stress the body follows to maintain a state of physiological balance (or
homeostasis)?
✔✔Global core stabilizers - ✔✔The quadratus lumborum, psoas major, external
obliques, portions of the internal obliques, rectus abdominus, gluteus medius, and
adductor complex are classified as which of the following?
✔✔Drawing-in Maneuver - ✔✔Which of the following techniques is critical for
maintaining stability in the sacroiliac joint?
✔✔Scar - ✔✔What type of tissue develops in the body following an injury?
✔✔Function - ✔✔The focus of a core training program must be on which of the
following?
✔✔Kinesethetic - ✔✔According to the text, which type of mental imagery is MOST
effective for improving sports performance?
✔✔Quickness - ✔✔If a coach removes cones from a W or box drill and replaces them
with an auditory cue, which training is utilized?
✔✔Vertical jump - ✔✔Which of the following exercises provides an example of a
muscle's ability to use stored energy?
✔✔Hip flexor complex, erector spinae, latissimus dorsi - ✔✔What muscles are probably
overactive when an athlete's low back arches during an overhead squat assessment?
✔✔Static - ✔✔What type of stretching helps improve soft tissue extensibility by taking
the muscle to the point of tension and holding for 30 seconds?
, ✔✔Outcome-oriented - ✔✔A team focused on winning and being better than others
operates in which kind of environment?
✔✔4 weeks - ✔✔What is the duration that the average athlete will spend training in
Phase 2: Strength Endurance?
✔✔Functional - ✔✔Sports-specific, integrated, progressive, and systematic are
characteristics of which type of program?
✔✔Back extension - ✔✔Which of the following is an example of a core-strength
exercise?
✔✔Stabilization - ✔✔If the squat jump exercise is performed with a 3-5 second hold
upon landing, in which level of the OPT model does it belong?
✔✔Extrinsic motivation - ✔✔Winning the Stanley Cup is an example of which of the
following?
✔✔Epimysium - ✔✔What is the outermost layer of connective tissue that surrounds
muscle?
✔✔Henneman's size principle - ✔✔Which of the following is the principle that states that
faster motor units with larger axons are recruited second when more force and power
are needed?
✔✔Creatine - ✔✔Which of the following must be taken over a period of weeks in
conjunction with training to demonstrate an ergogenic effect?
✔✔Periodization - ✔✔What is the term for the systematic approach to program design
using the General Adaptation Syndrome and the principle of specificity to produce
adaptations?
✔✔Rate coding - ✔✔What refers to the rate at which any individual nerve fiber transmits
impulses per unit of time?
✔✔Bench press - ✔✔Which of the following exercises is MOST appropriate for an
athlete training in the Strength Level (Phases 2,3,4) of the OPT model?
✔✔Beta-glucans - ✔✔Supplementation of which nutrient has been shown to reduce the
incidence of post-marathon upper respiratory infection in runners?
✔✔External resistance - ✔✔Which integrated training variable utilizes tubing, cable
machines, or dumbbells?
ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Visual - ✔✔Which of the following is an input that the Human Movement System
uses to establish balance?
✔✔Concussion - ✔✔Which of the following injuries often goes unrecognized and
unreported?
✔✔Task-oriented - ✔✔A coach focused on initiating structure and accomplishing a set
of objectives and goals is using which type of leadership style?
✔✔General Adaptation Syndrome - ✔✔Which predictable pattern best describes the
adaptation to stress the body follows to maintain a state of physiological balance (or
homeostasis)?
✔✔Global core stabilizers - ✔✔The quadratus lumborum, psoas major, external
obliques, portions of the internal obliques, rectus abdominus, gluteus medius, and
adductor complex are classified as which of the following?
✔✔Drawing-in Maneuver - ✔✔Which of the following techniques is critical for
maintaining stability in the sacroiliac joint?
✔✔Scar - ✔✔What type of tissue develops in the body following an injury?
✔✔Function - ✔✔The focus of a core training program must be on which of the
following?
✔✔Kinesethetic - ✔✔According to the text, which type of mental imagery is MOST
effective for improving sports performance?
✔✔Quickness - ✔✔If a coach removes cones from a W or box drill and replaces them
with an auditory cue, which training is utilized?
✔✔Vertical jump - ✔✔Which of the following exercises provides an example of a
muscle's ability to use stored energy?
✔✔Hip flexor complex, erector spinae, latissimus dorsi - ✔✔What muscles are probably
overactive when an athlete's low back arches during an overhead squat assessment?
✔✔Static - ✔✔What type of stretching helps improve soft tissue extensibility by taking
the muscle to the point of tension and holding for 30 seconds?
, ✔✔Outcome-oriented - ✔✔A team focused on winning and being better than others
operates in which kind of environment?
✔✔4 weeks - ✔✔What is the duration that the average athlete will spend training in
Phase 2: Strength Endurance?
✔✔Functional - ✔✔Sports-specific, integrated, progressive, and systematic are
characteristics of which type of program?
✔✔Back extension - ✔✔Which of the following is an example of a core-strength
exercise?
✔✔Stabilization - ✔✔If the squat jump exercise is performed with a 3-5 second hold
upon landing, in which level of the OPT model does it belong?
✔✔Extrinsic motivation - ✔✔Winning the Stanley Cup is an example of which of the
following?
✔✔Epimysium - ✔✔What is the outermost layer of connective tissue that surrounds
muscle?
✔✔Henneman's size principle - ✔✔Which of the following is the principle that states that
faster motor units with larger axons are recruited second when more force and power
are needed?
✔✔Creatine - ✔✔Which of the following must be taken over a period of weeks in
conjunction with training to demonstrate an ergogenic effect?
✔✔Periodization - ✔✔What is the term for the systematic approach to program design
using the General Adaptation Syndrome and the principle of specificity to produce
adaptations?
✔✔Rate coding - ✔✔What refers to the rate at which any individual nerve fiber transmits
impulses per unit of time?
✔✔Bench press - ✔✔Which of the following exercises is MOST appropriate for an
athlete training in the Strength Level (Phases 2,3,4) of the OPT model?
✔✔Beta-glucans - ✔✔Supplementation of which nutrient has been shown to reduce the
incidence of post-marathon upper respiratory infection in runners?
✔✔External resistance - ✔✔Which integrated training variable utilizes tubing, cable
machines, or dumbbells?
