NSCA CSCS FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL 2025)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
Following a period of chronic high-intensity resistance
training, a variety of physiological adaptations take
place in a number of systems within the body that
promote improved athletic performance in
strength/power activities. If an elite athlete were to
undergo 12 weeks of heavy strength training, which of
the following adaptations would NOT be expected
consequent to this type of anaerobic exercise?
A. A transition from Type 2x to type 2a muscle fiber
B. increased pennation angle in certain muscle groups
C. reduced sarcoplasmic reticulum and T-tubule density
D. elevated sodium-potassium ATPase activity -
<,Answers>>>Reduced sarcoplasmic reticulum and T-
tubule density
What type of plyometric drill is the double-leg vertical
jump?
a. depth jumps
b. jumps in place
c. multiple hops and jumps
d. standing jumps - <,Answers>>>d. standing jumps
, NSCA CSCS FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL 2025)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
Which of the following is the BEST recommendation
for an athlete working on the start and acceleration
phases of sprinting?
a. "All of your arm action should come from your
elbows."
b. "Keep your eyes focused on the ground."
c. "Jump your first stride to beat your competitors out of
the blocks."
d. "Place your hands wide apart in your four-point
stance." - <,Answers>>>b. "Keep your eyes focused on
the ground."
What type of training method increases an athlete's
lactate threshold the MOST?
a. LSD
b. interval
c. plyometric
d. resistance - <,Answers>>>b. interval
Performing which of the following movements during a
flexibility test invalidates the test?
a. ballistic
, NSCA CSCS FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL 2025)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
b. PNF
c. static
d. stretch-hold - <,Answers>>>a. ballistic
Female basketball players typically have what
percentage of body fat?
a. less than 9
b. 14 to 18
c. 21 to 25
d. more than 30 - <,Answers>>>c. 21 to 25
Which of the following work-to-rest ratios is associated
with training the phosphagen energy system?
a. 1:1
b. 1:4
c. 1:5
d. 1:12 - <,Answers>>>d. 1:12
Which of the following characteristics describes a
motor unit?
a. can adjust its force production based on the size of
the action potential
, NSCA CSCS FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL 2025)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
b. can react at varying speeds based on the magnitude
of the stimulus
c. contains one motor neuron for each muscle fiber
d. contains the same type of muscle fibers -
<,Answers>>>d. contains the same type of muscle
fibers
Which of the following characteristics describes slow-
twitch muscle fibers?
a. high contraction speed
b. low power output
c. high anaerobic enzyme content
d. low resistance to fatigue - <,Answers>>>b. low
power output
Which of the following movements of the extremities
occur in the frontal plane during the wide-grip lat
pulldown exercise?
a. flexion
b. horizontal abduction
c. rotation
d. transverse adduction - <,Answers>>>b. horizontal
abduction
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
Following a period of chronic high-intensity resistance
training, a variety of physiological adaptations take
place in a number of systems within the body that
promote improved athletic performance in
strength/power activities. If an elite athlete were to
undergo 12 weeks of heavy strength training, which of
the following adaptations would NOT be expected
consequent to this type of anaerobic exercise?
A. A transition from Type 2x to type 2a muscle fiber
B. increased pennation angle in certain muscle groups
C. reduced sarcoplasmic reticulum and T-tubule density
D. elevated sodium-potassium ATPase activity -
<,Answers>>>Reduced sarcoplasmic reticulum and T-
tubule density
What type of plyometric drill is the double-leg vertical
jump?
a. depth jumps
b. jumps in place
c. multiple hops and jumps
d. standing jumps - <,Answers>>>d. standing jumps
, NSCA CSCS FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL 2025)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
Which of the following is the BEST recommendation
for an athlete working on the start and acceleration
phases of sprinting?
a. "All of your arm action should come from your
elbows."
b. "Keep your eyes focused on the ground."
c. "Jump your first stride to beat your competitors out of
the blocks."
d. "Place your hands wide apart in your four-point
stance." - <,Answers>>>b. "Keep your eyes focused on
the ground."
What type of training method increases an athlete's
lactate threshold the MOST?
a. LSD
b. interval
c. plyometric
d. resistance - <,Answers>>>b. interval
Performing which of the following movements during a
flexibility test invalidates the test?
a. ballistic
, NSCA CSCS FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL 2025)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
b. PNF
c. static
d. stretch-hold - <,Answers>>>a. ballistic
Female basketball players typically have what
percentage of body fat?
a. less than 9
b. 14 to 18
c. 21 to 25
d. more than 30 - <,Answers>>>c. 21 to 25
Which of the following work-to-rest ratios is associated
with training the phosphagen energy system?
a. 1:1
b. 1:4
c. 1:5
d. 1:12 - <,Answers>>>d. 1:12
Which of the following characteristics describes a
motor unit?
a. can adjust its force production based on the size of
the action potential
, NSCA CSCS FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL 2025)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
b. can react at varying speeds based on the magnitude
of the stimulus
c. contains one motor neuron for each muscle fiber
d. contains the same type of muscle fibers -
<,Answers>>>d. contains the same type of muscle
fibers
Which of the following characteristics describes slow-
twitch muscle fibers?
a. high contraction speed
b. low power output
c. high anaerobic enzyme content
d. low resistance to fatigue - <,Answers>>>b. low
power output
Which of the following movements of the extremities
occur in the frontal plane during the wide-grip lat
pulldown exercise?
a. flexion
b. horizontal abduction
c. rotation
d. transverse adduction - <,Answers>>>b. horizontal
abduction
