NSCA Personal Trainer Certification
questions with verified answers
during completion of the health appraisal process - ANS ✔✔When should the personal trainer
administer an informed consent form to a client?
at the initial client consultation meeting - ANS ✔✔When should the personal trainer administer
the client-personal trainer agreement?
establishing the client/trainer agreement - ANS ✔✔Which of the following should be part of the
initial interview with a new client?
during the health appraisal screening - ANS ✔✔When should the client fill out the medical
history form?
health appraisal - ANS ✔✔What should be completed after the initial interview?
compound set - ANS ✔✔Doing two different exercises back to back, with no rest in-between,
for the same muscle group.
hemoglobin levels - ANS ✔✔A client exercises three times per week for 30 min at 70-85% of
HRmax. What is MOST likely to increase after six months?
strength - ANS ✔✔A high-intensity resistance training program using 3-minute rest periods
between sets and exercises is designed PRIMARILY to improve what?
, squat jump - ANS ✔✔What exercise is the MOST appropriate to include for a client beginning a
plyometric program for the first time?
replace the barbell bench press with the incline chest press - ANS ✔✔What modification should
be made to the client's program at the beginning of her second trimester?
systole - ANS ✔✔What is a measure of the pressure exerted against the arterial walls during
ventricular contraction?
7 - ANS ✔✔When using a 1-10 RPE scale, what is considered a "hard" exercise intensity?
flexors - ANS ✔✔A client has chronic low back pain due to anterior pelvic tilt. The personal
trainer should incorporate exercises to improve hip flexibility of what?
increased blood volume - ANS ✔✔What is a common physiological change that occurs during
the second and third trimester of pregnancy?
multi-directional lunges - ANS ✔✔A client complains of chronic hamstring strains when running
the bases playing softball. She is currently pain free, but would like to be prepared for the start
of the upcoming summer season. What hamstring exercises is MOST appropriate for this client?
dumbbells - ANS ✔✔A client consults with a personal trainer about purchasing equipment in
order to train at home. The client is working towards competing in fitness competitions and
needs to work on hypertrophy of the muscles. Which equipment selections would be the most
appropriate recommendation?
negative reinforcement - ANS ✔✔A personal trainer eliminates the last sprint interval of an
exercise session because the client gave full effort on the first five. What technique was used?
body fat - ANS ✔✔A decrease in what will reduce the risk of developing metabolic syndrome?
questions with verified answers
during completion of the health appraisal process - ANS ✔✔When should the personal trainer
administer an informed consent form to a client?
at the initial client consultation meeting - ANS ✔✔When should the personal trainer administer
the client-personal trainer agreement?
establishing the client/trainer agreement - ANS ✔✔Which of the following should be part of the
initial interview with a new client?
during the health appraisal screening - ANS ✔✔When should the client fill out the medical
history form?
health appraisal - ANS ✔✔What should be completed after the initial interview?
compound set - ANS ✔✔Doing two different exercises back to back, with no rest in-between,
for the same muscle group.
hemoglobin levels - ANS ✔✔A client exercises three times per week for 30 min at 70-85% of
HRmax. What is MOST likely to increase after six months?
strength - ANS ✔✔A high-intensity resistance training program using 3-minute rest periods
between sets and exercises is designed PRIMARILY to improve what?
, squat jump - ANS ✔✔What exercise is the MOST appropriate to include for a client beginning a
plyometric program for the first time?
replace the barbell bench press with the incline chest press - ANS ✔✔What modification should
be made to the client's program at the beginning of her second trimester?
systole - ANS ✔✔What is a measure of the pressure exerted against the arterial walls during
ventricular contraction?
7 - ANS ✔✔When using a 1-10 RPE scale, what is considered a "hard" exercise intensity?
flexors - ANS ✔✔A client has chronic low back pain due to anterior pelvic tilt. The personal
trainer should incorporate exercises to improve hip flexibility of what?
increased blood volume - ANS ✔✔What is a common physiological change that occurs during
the second and third trimester of pregnancy?
multi-directional lunges - ANS ✔✔A client complains of chronic hamstring strains when running
the bases playing softball. She is currently pain free, but would like to be prepared for the start
of the upcoming summer season. What hamstring exercises is MOST appropriate for this client?
dumbbells - ANS ✔✔A client consults with a personal trainer about purchasing equipment in
order to train at home. The client is working towards competing in fitness competitions and
needs to work on hypertrophy of the muscles. Which equipment selections would be the most
appropriate recommendation?
negative reinforcement - ANS ✔✔A personal trainer eliminates the last sprint interval of an
exercise session because the client gave full effort on the first five. What technique was used?
body fat - ANS ✔✔A decrease in what will reduce the risk of developing metabolic syndrome?
