NASM VIRTUAL COACHING TEST PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔hard disk drive or HDD - ✔✔a data-storage device, which has a physical spinning
disk where information or date is stored, written, or deleted
✔✔solid-state drive or SSD - ✔✔a data-storage device that uses no physical spinning or
moving parts to store, write, or delete data
✔✔Kelvin (K) - ✔✔How the appearance of light is measured
measured 1,000 - 10,000 K
Lower end has a far-red tinge while the high end has a blue overtone
✔✔megapixel - ✔✔1 million pixels
✔✔Dynamic Microphone - ✔✔Rugged, durable mic; uses small coil that moves within a
magnetic field to produce a signal
Good for cancelling out background noise
✔✔Condenser Microphone - ✔✔A high-quality, sensitive microphone for critical sound
pickup.
Made of capacitor plates
Not as durable
✔✔Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) - ✔✔energy expended doing everyday
activities not related to exercise
✔✔Approximately when were the first wearable fitness trackers introduced? - ✔✔1981
✔✔process goal - ✔✔a goal defined as the method or alteration of habits used to
achieve that goal
✔✔performance goals - ✔✔a goal defined by setting a new achievement within the
performance being measured
✔✔performance data - ✔✔data including alterations in any marker in which
improvement or maintenance is looking to be achieved
✔✔rapport - ✔✔a relationship built on an agreement of mutual respect and
understanding of the respective roles and empathy that allows for clear and effective
communication
✔✔stages of change model - ✔✔precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action,
maintenance
, ✔✔ambivalence - ✔✔the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
regarding an outcome or individual
✔✔sustain talk - ✔✔Talk that represents and predicts movement away from change.
✔✔discord - ✔✔a breach in the fitness professional-client relationship that can pull
attention away from the original relationship intention
✔✔virtual assessments - ✔✔questionnarie/survey; physiological; posture, movement,
and ability; and muscular endurance
✔✔the 6 categories of the Lifestyle and Health History Questionnaire - ✔✔exercise,
diet, lifestyle, occupation, recreation, and medical
✔✔anthropometric assessment - ✔✔quantitative measurementz of the physical body w/
commonly assessed components, including height, weight, BMI, and body
circumference
✔✔BMI formula (metric) - ✔✔weight (kg) / height (m^2)
✔✔BMI formula (imperial) - ✔✔703 * weight (lbs)/ [height (in)]^2
✔✔abnormal obesity as a waist-to-hip ratio in males and females - ✔✔males = > 0.90;
females = > 0.85
✔✔Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) - ✔✔A method of assessing body
composition by running a low-level electrical current through the body.
✔✔apley scratch test - ✔✔Tests for limitations in motions of the upper extremity (tests
the flexibility of the joints). Each motion is performed bilaterally to compare.
✔✔electrocardiography (ECG) pros and cons - ✔✔pros - clinical gold standard
cons - multiple electrodes; diminished accuracy when measured at wrist alone
✔✔photoplethysmography (PPG) - ✔✔pros - cost-effective; less invasive; provides an
estimation of additional biometrics
cons - less motion-tolerant
✔✔normal resting heart rate - ✔✔60-100 bpm
✔✔heart rate variability (HRV) - ✔✔the measurement in time intervals between
heartbeats, most commonly reported in milliseconds
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔hard disk drive or HDD - ✔✔a data-storage device, which has a physical spinning
disk where information or date is stored, written, or deleted
✔✔solid-state drive or SSD - ✔✔a data-storage device that uses no physical spinning or
moving parts to store, write, or delete data
✔✔Kelvin (K) - ✔✔How the appearance of light is measured
measured 1,000 - 10,000 K
Lower end has a far-red tinge while the high end has a blue overtone
✔✔megapixel - ✔✔1 million pixels
✔✔Dynamic Microphone - ✔✔Rugged, durable mic; uses small coil that moves within a
magnetic field to produce a signal
Good for cancelling out background noise
✔✔Condenser Microphone - ✔✔A high-quality, sensitive microphone for critical sound
pickup.
Made of capacitor plates
Not as durable
✔✔Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) - ✔✔energy expended doing everyday
activities not related to exercise
✔✔Approximately when were the first wearable fitness trackers introduced? - ✔✔1981
✔✔process goal - ✔✔a goal defined as the method or alteration of habits used to
achieve that goal
✔✔performance goals - ✔✔a goal defined by setting a new achievement within the
performance being measured
✔✔performance data - ✔✔data including alterations in any marker in which
improvement or maintenance is looking to be achieved
✔✔rapport - ✔✔a relationship built on an agreement of mutual respect and
understanding of the respective roles and empathy that allows for clear and effective
communication
✔✔stages of change model - ✔✔precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action,
maintenance
, ✔✔ambivalence - ✔✔the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
regarding an outcome or individual
✔✔sustain talk - ✔✔Talk that represents and predicts movement away from change.
✔✔discord - ✔✔a breach in the fitness professional-client relationship that can pull
attention away from the original relationship intention
✔✔virtual assessments - ✔✔questionnarie/survey; physiological; posture, movement,
and ability; and muscular endurance
✔✔the 6 categories of the Lifestyle and Health History Questionnaire - ✔✔exercise,
diet, lifestyle, occupation, recreation, and medical
✔✔anthropometric assessment - ✔✔quantitative measurementz of the physical body w/
commonly assessed components, including height, weight, BMI, and body
circumference
✔✔BMI formula (metric) - ✔✔weight (kg) / height (m^2)
✔✔BMI formula (imperial) - ✔✔703 * weight (lbs)/ [height (in)]^2
✔✔abnormal obesity as a waist-to-hip ratio in males and females - ✔✔males = > 0.90;
females = > 0.85
✔✔Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) - ✔✔A method of assessing body
composition by running a low-level electrical current through the body.
✔✔apley scratch test - ✔✔Tests for limitations in motions of the upper extremity (tests
the flexibility of the joints). Each motion is performed bilaterally to compare.
✔✔electrocardiography (ECG) pros and cons - ✔✔pros - clinical gold standard
cons - multiple electrodes; diminished accuracy when measured at wrist alone
✔✔photoplethysmography (PPG) - ✔✔pros - cost-effective; less invasive; provides an
estimation of additional biometrics
cons - less motion-tolerant
✔✔normal resting heart rate - ✔✔60-100 bpm
✔✔heart rate variability (HRV) - ✔✔the measurement in time intervals between
heartbeats, most commonly reported in milliseconds
