NASM 7th Edition – Answers To Factual Questions
What percentage of adults are do not meet recommended activity
guidelines? Correct Answer - 80%
BMI Normal Correct Answer - 18.5-24.9
Overweight BMI Correct Answer - 25-29.9
Obese BMI Correct Answer - over 30
Bad Blood Pressure Correct Answer - Hypertension= 140/90
normal blood pressure Correct Answer - 120/80
140 Correct Answer - systolic It is specifically the maximum
arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
90 Correct Answer - Diastolic- relating to the phase of the
heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers
to fill with blood.
LDL Correct Answer - bad cholesterol
HDL Correct Answer - good cholesterol
Type 1 diabetes Correct Answer - Childhood onset (Less than
10% of diabetics)
type 2 diabetes Correct Answer - Insulin resistant
4/5 or or 80% Correct Answer - of people have lower back
pain
,SWOT analysis Correct Answer - strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, threats
4P's of marketing Correct Answer - Product, Price, Place,
Promotion
2.0 CEU's Correct Answer - Is required to renewal NASM (.19
from CEUS and .1 CPR)
Amotivation Correct Answer - Describes when someone is not
motivated to engage
extrinsic motivation Correct Answer - reward/ recognition
intristic motivation Correct Answer - YOU feel a sense of
satisfaction (They will when they feel competent or a sense of
belonging or a sense of autonomy/ control)
Stages of change Correct Answer - Pre= no plan to exercise,
Contemplation= planning to in 6 months, Preparation= works out
but not regularly, Action= Exercising regularly but not 6 months,
Maintenance+ 6+ months of exercise. Termination= Never going
back
specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely Correct Answer -
GOALS
I like to exercise because I enjoy taking care of my health and well
being is an example of... Correct Answer - Intrinsic
Your client just started working out but hasn't been doing it for 6
months, what stage if change are they in? Correct Answer -
Action
,Your client wants to lose 10-lbs in 5 days, This isnt a SMART goal
due to Correct Answer - Attainable
Nervous System: Correct Answer - Basic Unit neuron
(Dendrite, axon, cell body)
central nervous system Correct Answer - brain and spinal cord
PNS (peripheral nervous system) Correct Answer - Everything
coming out of the spinal column and mechanoreceptions
Mechanoreceptions: Correct Answer - Muscle Spindle (Think
stretch), Golgi Tendon Organ (Think Tension and foam rolling), Joint
Receptors
Three Stages of Learning Correct Answer - cognitive
(Learning), associative (Beginning to understand), autonomous
(Learned skill, no thought)
Skelton System Correct Answer - 206 bones, (axial 8-, 126 in
appendicular
Basic unit Correct Answer - Osteon (Blasts BUILD up, clasts
CLAW down
Longest Bone in the human body Correct Answer - Femur,
Smallest Bone Correct Answer - Incus, malleus, stapes (Inner
Ear)
Ligament Correct Answer - Bone to bone (ACL)
Tendon Correct Answer - muscle to bone (Achillies)
, Muscular System Basic Unit: Correct Answer - Sarcomere,
myofibrils (Actin & myosin= larger of the two)
What is glucose stored as? Correct Answer - glycogen
Motor unit Correct Answer - Single neuron cell and all the
associated muscle fibers it innervates.
Z-Line Correct Answer - Meeting point of each sacromere
sliding filament theory Correct Answer - muscle contractions
involving actin and myosin sliding past one another shortening the
muscle during a concentric muscle contraction
Capillaries Correct Answer - Smallest blood vessels and the
site of exchange of elements between the blood and the tissues
Your client just performed 1 set of 20 reps during the stabilization
endurance phase on a bosu ball. They looked down at the ground
the entire time and had a fixed stare. What phase of learning are
they in? Correct Answer - Cognitive
Which connective tissue connects bone to bone? Correct Answer -
ligaments
The Human Movement System (Kinetic Chain) consists of the...
Correct Answer - Muscular, Skeletal, and Nervous System
Neurons are comprised of which three parts? Correct Answer -
cell body, axon, dendrites
Heart Anatomy: Correct Answer - Upper Chambers,
atriums,
lower chamber
What percentage of adults are do not meet recommended activity
guidelines? Correct Answer - 80%
BMI Normal Correct Answer - 18.5-24.9
Overweight BMI Correct Answer - 25-29.9
Obese BMI Correct Answer - over 30
Bad Blood Pressure Correct Answer - Hypertension= 140/90
normal blood pressure Correct Answer - 120/80
140 Correct Answer - systolic It is specifically the maximum
arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
90 Correct Answer - Diastolic- relating to the phase of the
heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers
to fill with blood.
LDL Correct Answer - bad cholesterol
HDL Correct Answer - good cholesterol
Type 1 diabetes Correct Answer - Childhood onset (Less than
10% of diabetics)
type 2 diabetes Correct Answer - Insulin resistant
4/5 or or 80% Correct Answer - of people have lower back
pain
,SWOT analysis Correct Answer - strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, threats
4P's of marketing Correct Answer - Product, Price, Place,
Promotion
2.0 CEU's Correct Answer - Is required to renewal NASM (.19
from CEUS and .1 CPR)
Amotivation Correct Answer - Describes when someone is not
motivated to engage
extrinsic motivation Correct Answer - reward/ recognition
intristic motivation Correct Answer - YOU feel a sense of
satisfaction (They will when they feel competent or a sense of
belonging or a sense of autonomy/ control)
Stages of change Correct Answer - Pre= no plan to exercise,
Contemplation= planning to in 6 months, Preparation= works out
but not regularly, Action= Exercising regularly but not 6 months,
Maintenance+ 6+ months of exercise. Termination= Never going
back
specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely Correct Answer -
GOALS
I like to exercise because I enjoy taking care of my health and well
being is an example of... Correct Answer - Intrinsic
Your client just started working out but hasn't been doing it for 6
months, what stage if change are they in? Correct Answer -
Action
,Your client wants to lose 10-lbs in 5 days, This isnt a SMART goal
due to Correct Answer - Attainable
Nervous System: Correct Answer - Basic Unit neuron
(Dendrite, axon, cell body)
central nervous system Correct Answer - brain and spinal cord
PNS (peripheral nervous system) Correct Answer - Everything
coming out of the spinal column and mechanoreceptions
Mechanoreceptions: Correct Answer - Muscle Spindle (Think
stretch), Golgi Tendon Organ (Think Tension and foam rolling), Joint
Receptors
Three Stages of Learning Correct Answer - cognitive
(Learning), associative (Beginning to understand), autonomous
(Learned skill, no thought)
Skelton System Correct Answer - 206 bones, (axial 8-, 126 in
appendicular
Basic unit Correct Answer - Osteon (Blasts BUILD up, clasts
CLAW down
Longest Bone in the human body Correct Answer - Femur,
Smallest Bone Correct Answer - Incus, malleus, stapes (Inner
Ear)
Ligament Correct Answer - Bone to bone (ACL)
Tendon Correct Answer - muscle to bone (Achillies)
, Muscular System Basic Unit: Correct Answer - Sarcomere,
myofibrils (Actin & myosin= larger of the two)
What is glucose stored as? Correct Answer - glycogen
Motor unit Correct Answer - Single neuron cell and all the
associated muscle fibers it innervates.
Z-Line Correct Answer - Meeting point of each sacromere
sliding filament theory Correct Answer - muscle contractions
involving actin and myosin sliding past one another shortening the
muscle during a concentric muscle contraction
Capillaries Correct Answer - Smallest blood vessels and the
site of exchange of elements between the blood and the tissues
Your client just performed 1 set of 20 reps during the stabilization
endurance phase on a bosu ball. They looked down at the ground
the entire time and had a fixed stare. What phase of learning are
they in? Correct Answer - Cognitive
Which connective tissue connects bone to bone? Correct Answer -
ligaments
The Human Movement System (Kinetic Chain) consists of the...
Correct Answer - Muscular, Skeletal, and Nervous System
Neurons are comprised of which three parts? Correct Answer -
cell body, axon, dendrites
Heart Anatomy: Correct Answer - Upper Chambers,
atriums,
lower chamber
