NASM CPT 7 Exam – Questions With Objective
Answers
What best describes an essential amino acid?
Select one:
a. An amino acid that must be obtained via diet, as it is not produced
by the body
b. An amino acid that is available in all protein foods
c. An amino acid that is in all types of foods
d. An amino acid that is required after a workout Correct Answer
- a. An amino acid that must be obtained via diet, as it is not
produced by the body
Which of the following exercises is typically used to measure
maximum strength of the upper extremities during a pushing
movement?
Select one:
a. Overhead press assessment
b. Bench press strength assessment
c. Pushing assessment
d. Pulling assessment Correct Answer - b. Bench press strength
assessment
Which muscles are typically underactive in association with upper
crossed syndrome?
Select one:
a. Abdominals
b. Upper trapezius
c. Hip flexors
d. Lower trapezius Correct Answer - d. Lower trapezius
What is the primary function of the local muscles of the core?
Select one:
,a. Generate large amounts of force during trunk movement
b. Move the trunk
c. Stabilize vertebral segments
d. Transfer load between the upper and lower extremities
Feedback Correct Answer - c. Stabilize vertebral segments
When family members are not supportive of exercise-related
behaviors, it can be viewed as which of the following?
Select one:
a. A barrier to exercise
b. Ambivalence toward exercise
c. Amotivation to exercise
d. An influence on exercise Correct Answer - a. A barrier to
exercise
What behavior change technique is a specific plan that drives
behavior by identifying cues toward action?
Select one:
a. Implementation intention
b. Self-monitoring
c. Guided practice
d. Coping plan Correct Answer - a. Implementation intention
What are three postural distortion patterns to look for in static
postural assessments?
Select one:
a. Low-back arches, shoulders elevate, and head juts forward
b. Knee dominance, upper crossed syndrome, and lower crossed
syndrome
c. Pes planus distortion syndrome, lower crossed syndrome, and
upper crossed syndrome
d. Pes planus distortion syndrome, knees cave inward, and arms fall
forward
,Feedback Correct Answer - c. Pes planus distortion syndrome,
lower crossed syndrome, and upper crossed syndrome
What are the two divisions of the skeletal system?
Select one:
a. Anterior and posterior
b. Upper and lower
c. Osteoclasts and osteoblasts
d. Axial and appendicular Correct Answer - d. Axial and
appendicular
Through an integrated and systematic approach, which order of
phases of training is correct?
Select one:
a. Stabilization Endurance, Muscular Development, Power, Maximal
Strength, and Strength Endurance
b. Muscular Development, Power, Strength Endurance, Stabilization
Endurance, and Maximal Strength
c. Stabilization Endurance, Strength Endurance, Muscular
Development, Maximal Strength, and Power
d. Strength Endurance, Stabilization Endurance, Maximal Strength,
Muscular Development, and Power Correct Answer - c.
Stabilization Endurance, Strength Endurance, Muscular
Development, Maximal Strength, and Power
What is a drop set?
Select one:
a. A system that alternates a heavy resistance exercise with an
explosive power exercise that is biomechanically similar in
movement
b. An approach that involves performing a set to failure, then
removing a small percentage of the load and continuing with the set
c. A progressive or regressive step approach that either increases
weight with each set or decreases weight with each set
, d. A system that consists of a series of exercises that an individual
performs one after the other, with minimal rest between each
exercise Correct Answer - b. An approach that involves
performing a set to failure, then removing a small percentage of the
load and continuing with the set
Humans can learn new things at any stage of life, due to which
process that causes the brain to reform neural pathways?
Select one:
a. Neuromotor skills
b. Neurocircuitry
c. Neuroplasticity
d. Remodeling
Feedback Correct Answer - c. Neuroplasticity
It is most important to improve balance in this population to
decrease their fear of falling.
Select one:
a. College athletes
b. Young females
c. Older individuals
d. Those with ankle sprains Correct Answer - c. Older
individuals
What best describes the all-or-nothing principle?
Select one:
a. A motor unit will either contract maximally or not at all.
b. The switch from type IIa to type IIx muscle fibers
c. The switch from type I to type II muscle fibers
d. All muscle fibers contract, or none at all do.
Feedback Correct Answer - a. A motor unit will either contract
maximally or not at all.
Answers
What best describes an essential amino acid?
Select one:
a. An amino acid that must be obtained via diet, as it is not produced
by the body
b. An amino acid that is available in all protein foods
c. An amino acid that is in all types of foods
d. An amino acid that is required after a workout Correct Answer
- a. An amino acid that must be obtained via diet, as it is not
produced by the body
Which of the following exercises is typically used to measure
maximum strength of the upper extremities during a pushing
movement?
Select one:
a. Overhead press assessment
b. Bench press strength assessment
c. Pushing assessment
d. Pulling assessment Correct Answer - b. Bench press strength
assessment
Which muscles are typically underactive in association with upper
crossed syndrome?
Select one:
a. Abdominals
b. Upper trapezius
c. Hip flexors
d. Lower trapezius Correct Answer - d. Lower trapezius
What is the primary function of the local muscles of the core?
Select one:
,a. Generate large amounts of force during trunk movement
b. Move the trunk
c. Stabilize vertebral segments
d. Transfer load between the upper and lower extremities
Feedback Correct Answer - c. Stabilize vertebral segments
When family members are not supportive of exercise-related
behaviors, it can be viewed as which of the following?
Select one:
a. A barrier to exercise
b. Ambivalence toward exercise
c. Amotivation to exercise
d. An influence on exercise Correct Answer - a. A barrier to
exercise
What behavior change technique is a specific plan that drives
behavior by identifying cues toward action?
Select one:
a. Implementation intention
b. Self-monitoring
c. Guided practice
d. Coping plan Correct Answer - a. Implementation intention
What are three postural distortion patterns to look for in static
postural assessments?
Select one:
a. Low-back arches, shoulders elevate, and head juts forward
b. Knee dominance, upper crossed syndrome, and lower crossed
syndrome
c. Pes planus distortion syndrome, lower crossed syndrome, and
upper crossed syndrome
d. Pes planus distortion syndrome, knees cave inward, and arms fall
forward
,Feedback Correct Answer - c. Pes planus distortion syndrome,
lower crossed syndrome, and upper crossed syndrome
What are the two divisions of the skeletal system?
Select one:
a. Anterior and posterior
b. Upper and lower
c. Osteoclasts and osteoblasts
d. Axial and appendicular Correct Answer - d. Axial and
appendicular
Through an integrated and systematic approach, which order of
phases of training is correct?
Select one:
a. Stabilization Endurance, Muscular Development, Power, Maximal
Strength, and Strength Endurance
b. Muscular Development, Power, Strength Endurance, Stabilization
Endurance, and Maximal Strength
c. Stabilization Endurance, Strength Endurance, Muscular
Development, Maximal Strength, and Power
d. Strength Endurance, Stabilization Endurance, Maximal Strength,
Muscular Development, and Power Correct Answer - c.
Stabilization Endurance, Strength Endurance, Muscular
Development, Maximal Strength, and Power
What is a drop set?
Select one:
a. A system that alternates a heavy resistance exercise with an
explosive power exercise that is biomechanically similar in
movement
b. An approach that involves performing a set to failure, then
removing a small percentage of the load and continuing with the set
c. A progressive or regressive step approach that either increases
weight with each set or decreases weight with each set
, d. A system that consists of a series of exercises that an individual
performs one after the other, with minimal rest between each
exercise Correct Answer - b. An approach that involves
performing a set to failure, then removing a small percentage of the
load and continuing with the set
Humans can learn new things at any stage of life, due to which
process that causes the brain to reform neural pathways?
Select one:
a. Neuromotor skills
b. Neurocircuitry
c. Neuroplasticity
d. Remodeling
Feedback Correct Answer - c. Neuroplasticity
It is most important to improve balance in this population to
decrease their fear of falling.
Select one:
a. College athletes
b. Young females
c. Older individuals
d. Those with ankle sprains Correct Answer - c. Older
individuals
What best describes the all-or-nothing principle?
Select one:
a. A motor unit will either contract maximally or not at all.
b. The switch from type IIa to type IIx muscle fibers
c. The switch from type I to type II muscle fibers
d. All muscle fibers contract, or none at all do.
Feedback Correct Answer - a. A motor unit will either contract
maximally or not at all.
