NCCPT CPT EXAM PART 1 |2025 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
2025/2026 |ALREADY GRADED A+
Pre-activity health screen of patients, interpreting results,
development of physical activity recommendations,
supervision and instruction of physical activity, etc Greatest
legal concerns for Personal trainers
Are employers responsible for the actions of their
employees? CORRECT ANSWER--
Yes
T/F: You should have liability insurance if working as an
independent contractor? CORRECT ANSWER--
True
4 chambers of the heart
Right and left ventricles. Right and left artiums
3 energy systems
ATP/Creatine-Phosphate, Glycolysis, Aerobic Oxidation
Prime mover for bench press? CORRECT ANSWER--
Pec. Major
Antagonist for bench press?
CORRECT ANSWER--
Rhomboids, Trapezius,
Posterior Deltoids Stabilizers
for bench press? CORRECT
ANSWER--
Rotator Cuff
What causes post exercise soreness? CORRECT ANSWER--
Microtrauma to muscle tissue
How to treat post exercise soreness? CORRECT ANSWER--
PRICE, stretching, active rest and hydrate
What happens in systolic and diastolic phases of blood
pressure? CORRECT ANSWER--
In systolic, the pressure in ventricular contraction and diastolic is
pressure in ventricular filling
Muscle fiber type that has Slow shortening velocities, red,
,endurance, fatigue resistant, large mitochondria, high
myoglobin, rich capillary supply, postural, and tonic?
CORRECT ANSWER--
Slow Twitch
Muscle fiber type that has high shortening velocities,
fatigue quickly, large amount of actin and myosin
filaments, WHITE, prime mover. phasic and easily inhibited
Fast Twitch
Target Heart Rate for 45 year old with a Resting Heart Rate of
60 bpm? CORRECT ANSWER--
106-135 bpm.
All or none theory? CORRECT ANSWER--
Innervated myofiber contracts all the way or not at all
Concentric
contraction
Shortening of muscle
fibers Eccentric
contraction
Lengthening of muscle
fibers Two functions
of blood
Transports oxygen and nutrients and remove wastes and co2
Definition of OBLA
, Onset of Blood Lactate Accumlation
Equations determine Max HR and training HR in a CV
workout for patient? CORRECT ANSWER--
(220-age)x%=THR
(220-age)-RHRX%+RHR=THR
Gradual cycling of specificity, intensity, volume, duration
and frequency to achieve goal
Concept of periodicity
What's the valsalva
maneuver? CORRECT
ANSWER-- Exhaling forcibly
with the glottis closed ATP
mean? CORRECT ANSWER--
Adenosine TriPhosphate
What systems kicks in to provide ATP if longer than 10
seconds
Glycolytic System
How long does Glycolysis last? CORRECT ANSWER--
ten seconds to 3 minutes
An agonist or prime mover performs desired motions, the
antagonist are neurologically inhibited
Reciprocal inhibition
When the agonist and antagonist contract at the same time
Co contraction
Muscles that have their distal tendon close to the joint axis
Spurt Muscle
Example of spurt muscle
Bicep Brachii
Muscle in body that crosses two joints and produces
motion at more than one joint
Double jointed muscle
Major decrease in strength, aerobic capacity after time
without exercise
Reversibility
Nerve impulses from receptors toward the CNS
Afferent information
A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
2025/2026 |ALREADY GRADED A+
Pre-activity health screen of patients, interpreting results,
development of physical activity recommendations,
supervision and instruction of physical activity, etc Greatest
legal concerns for Personal trainers
Are employers responsible for the actions of their
employees? CORRECT ANSWER--
Yes
T/F: You should have liability insurance if working as an
independent contractor? CORRECT ANSWER--
True
4 chambers of the heart
Right and left ventricles. Right and left artiums
3 energy systems
ATP/Creatine-Phosphate, Glycolysis, Aerobic Oxidation
Prime mover for bench press? CORRECT ANSWER--
Pec. Major
Antagonist for bench press?
CORRECT ANSWER--
Rhomboids, Trapezius,
Posterior Deltoids Stabilizers
for bench press? CORRECT
ANSWER--
Rotator Cuff
What causes post exercise soreness? CORRECT ANSWER--
Microtrauma to muscle tissue
How to treat post exercise soreness? CORRECT ANSWER--
PRICE, stretching, active rest and hydrate
What happens in systolic and diastolic phases of blood
pressure? CORRECT ANSWER--
In systolic, the pressure in ventricular contraction and diastolic is
pressure in ventricular filling
Muscle fiber type that has Slow shortening velocities, red,
,endurance, fatigue resistant, large mitochondria, high
myoglobin, rich capillary supply, postural, and tonic?
CORRECT ANSWER--
Slow Twitch
Muscle fiber type that has high shortening velocities,
fatigue quickly, large amount of actin and myosin
filaments, WHITE, prime mover. phasic and easily inhibited
Fast Twitch
Target Heart Rate for 45 year old with a Resting Heart Rate of
60 bpm? CORRECT ANSWER--
106-135 bpm.
All or none theory? CORRECT ANSWER--
Innervated myofiber contracts all the way or not at all
Concentric
contraction
Shortening of muscle
fibers Eccentric
contraction
Lengthening of muscle
fibers Two functions
of blood
Transports oxygen and nutrients and remove wastes and co2
Definition of OBLA
, Onset of Blood Lactate Accumlation
Equations determine Max HR and training HR in a CV
workout for patient? CORRECT ANSWER--
(220-age)x%=THR
(220-age)-RHRX%+RHR=THR
Gradual cycling of specificity, intensity, volume, duration
and frequency to achieve goal
Concept of periodicity
What's the valsalva
maneuver? CORRECT
ANSWER-- Exhaling forcibly
with the glottis closed ATP
mean? CORRECT ANSWER--
Adenosine TriPhosphate
What systems kicks in to provide ATP if longer than 10
seconds
Glycolytic System
How long does Glycolysis last? CORRECT ANSWER--
ten seconds to 3 minutes
An agonist or prime mover performs desired motions, the
antagonist are neurologically inhibited
Reciprocal inhibition
When the agonist and antagonist contract at the same time
Co contraction
Muscles that have their distal tendon close to the joint axis
Spurt Muscle
Example of spurt muscle
Bicep Brachii
Muscle in body that crosses two joints and produces
motion at more than one joint
Double jointed muscle
Major decrease in strength, aerobic capacity after time
without exercise
Reversibility
Nerve impulses from receptors toward the CNS
Afferent information
A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates
