NASM CPT 7 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Over head squat assessment (Excessive forward trunk) ANSW✅✅Overactive:
Hip flexors
Gastrocnemius/Soleus
Rectus abdominis and external obliques (supplemental abdominal muscles)
Underactive:
Gluteus maximus
Hamstrings complex
Lumbar extensors
Over head squat assessment (Low-back arches) ANSW✅✅Overactive:
Hip flexors (rectus femoris, psoas, TFL)
Lumber extensors (low-back muscles)
Latissmus dorsi (large back muscle)
Underactive:
Gluteus maximus
Hamstring complex
Abdominals
Over head squat assessment (Arms fall forward) ANSW✅✅Overactive:
Latissmus dorsi
Pectoralis major and minor (chest muscles)
Teres major (posterior shoulder muscles)
Underactive:
Middle and lower back trapezius (mid-back muscle)
Rhomboids (muscle near shoulder blades)
Posterior deltoids (back of shoulder muscles)
Portions of rotator cuffs (small muscles stabilizing the shoulder)
, Self-myofascial release (foam rolling) ANSW✅✅Stretching technique that focuses on the neural
system and fascial system in the body (the fibrous tissue separting muscle tissue) — uses gentle
pressure to break up knots within muscle through autogenic inhibition
Muscle spindles ANSW✅✅receptors sensitive to change in length of the muscle and the rate of
that change (change in length, stretch reflex, cause contraction)
Golgi tendons organs (GTO) ANSW✅✅Receptors sensitive to change in muscular tension and of
that change (attach to tendons, change in muscle tension, cause relaxation)
autogenic inhibition ANSW✅✅The process by which neural impulses that sense tension are
greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the
muscle spindles.
reciprocal inhibition ANSW✅✅When an agonist receives a signal to contract, its functional
antagonist also receives an inhibitory signal allowing it to lengthen.
Altered reciprocal inhibition ANSW✅✅Occurs when an overactive agonist muscle decreases the
neural drive to its functional antagonist.
Synergistic Dominance ANSW✅✅The neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when
inappropriate muscles take over the function of a weak or inhibited prime mover.
Altered length-tension ANSW✅✅When a muscle's resting length is too short or too long, reducing
the amount of force it can produce.
Heart Rate Reserve (HRR) formula ANSW✅✅[(208-(0.7 X age))-resting heart rate] X desired
percentage for training + resting heart rate= the heart rate max.
(HRR) desired percentage ANSW✅✅between 64% and 76% of your maximum heart rate
(HRR) maximum heart rate ANSW✅✅208-(0.7 X age)
CORRECT ANSWERS
Over head squat assessment (Excessive forward trunk) ANSW✅✅Overactive:
Hip flexors
Gastrocnemius/Soleus
Rectus abdominis and external obliques (supplemental abdominal muscles)
Underactive:
Gluteus maximus
Hamstrings complex
Lumbar extensors
Over head squat assessment (Low-back arches) ANSW✅✅Overactive:
Hip flexors (rectus femoris, psoas, TFL)
Lumber extensors (low-back muscles)
Latissmus dorsi (large back muscle)
Underactive:
Gluteus maximus
Hamstring complex
Abdominals
Over head squat assessment (Arms fall forward) ANSW✅✅Overactive:
Latissmus dorsi
Pectoralis major and minor (chest muscles)
Teres major (posterior shoulder muscles)
Underactive:
Middle and lower back trapezius (mid-back muscle)
Rhomboids (muscle near shoulder blades)
Posterior deltoids (back of shoulder muscles)
Portions of rotator cuffs (small muscles stabilizing the shoulder)
, Self-myofascial release (foam rolling) ANSW✅✅Stretching technique that focuses on the neural
system and fascial system in the body (the fibrous tissue separting muscle tissue) — uses gentle
pressure to break up knots within muscle through autogenic inhibition
Muscle spindles ANSW✅✅receptors sensitive to change in length of the muscle and the rate of
that change (change in length, stretch reflex, cause contraction)
Golgi tendons organs (GTO) ANSW✅✅Receptors sensitive to change in muscular tension and of
that change (attach to tendons, change in muscle tension, cause relaxation)
autogenic inhibition ANSW✅✅The process by which neural impulses that sense tension are
greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the
muscle spindles.
reciprocal inhibition ANSW✅✅When an agonist receives a signal to contract, its functional
antagonist also receives an inhibitory signal allowing it to lengthen.
Altered reciprocal inhibition ANSW✅✅Occurs when an overactive agonist muscle decreases the
neural drive to its functional antagonist.
Synergistic Dominance ANSW✅✅The neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when
inappropriate muscles take over the function of a weak or inhibited prime mover.
Altered length-tension ANSW✅✅When a muscle's resting length is too short or too long, reducing
the amount of force it can produce.
Heart Rate Reserve (HRR) formula ANSW✅✅[(208-(0.7 X age))-resting heart rate] X desired
percentage for training + resting heart rate= the heart rate max.
(HRR) desired percentage ANSW✅✅between 64% and 76% of your maximum heart rate
(HRR) maximum heart rate ANSW✅✅208-(0.7 X age)
