NASM AFAA TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is a proper progression for a burpee? -
correct answer ✅Add a tuck jump
Which of the following refers to how a human body responds to
stress? -
correct answer ✅General Adaption Syndrome
During a class, what is the transition component designed to do? -
correct answer ✅Reduce the workout intensity to pre-workout
levels
When the goal is to increase strength, which of the following
adaptations occur? -
correct answer ✅skeletal muscle fibre enlargement
Which of the following terms refers to vessels that transport blood
from the capillaries toward the heart? -
correct answer ✅veins
Which of the following consist of the first seven vertebrae starting
at the top of the spinal column and provide support and motion for
,NASM AFAA TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
the head? -
correct answer ✅cervical vertebrae
Which of the following best describes the muscle action for muscles
of the movement system during bracing? -
correct answer ✅co-contraction
In class, you see a participant doing a push-up with an arched lower
back. What is the appropriate cue to correct this? -
correct answer ✅engage glutes
What is the recommended repetition range for endurance training
in a strength-based class? -
correct answer ✅12-20
Which of the following activates the core through the pulling of the
navel towards the spine? -
correct answer ✅drawing in maneuver
Which term refers to the arching of the lumbar spine and is
associated with tight hip flexors, lengthened abdominals, and low-
, NASM AFAA TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
back pain? -
correct answer ✅lordosis
Exercising in the strength level works to do which of the following?
-
correct answer ✅Improve the ability of the body's prime movers
to produce force
Which of the following is a small chamber located superiorly on
either side of the heart that gathers blood returning to the heart? -
correct answer ✅atrium
Which of the following self-monitoring techniques uses a subjective
scale to represent how a participant perceives effort in terms of
breathing? -
correct answer ✅dyspnea scale
Which of the following are sensitive to change in tension of muscle
and the rate of that change? -
correct answer ✅golgi tendon organs
AND ANSWERS
What is a proper progression for a burpee? -
correct answer ✅Add a tuck jump
Which of the following refers to how a human body responds to
stress? -
correct answer ✅General Adaption Syndrome
During a class, what is the transition component designed to do? -
correct answer ✅Reduce the workout intensity to pre-workout
levels
When the goal is to increase strength, which of the following
adaptations occur? -
correct answer ✅skeletal muscle fibre enlargement
Which of the following terms refers to vessels that transport blood
from the capillaries toward the heart? -
correct answer ✅veins
Which of the following consist of the first seven vertebrae starting
at the top of the spinal column and provide support and motion for
,NASM AFAA TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
the head? -
correct answer ✅cervical vertebrae
Which of the following best describes the muscle action for muscles
of the movement system during bracing? -
correct answer ✅co-contraction
In class, you see a participant doing a push-up with an arched lower
back. What is the appropriate cue to correct this? -
correct answer ✅engage glutes
What is the recommended repetition range for endurance training
in a strength-based class? -
correct answer ✅12-20
Which of the following activates the core through the pulling of the
navel towards the spine? -
correct answer ✅drawing in maneuver
Which term refers to the arching of the lumbar spine and is
associated with tight hip flexors, lengthened abdominals, and low-
, NASM AFAA TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
back pain? -
correct answer ✅lordosis
Exercising in the strength level works to do which of the following?
-
correct answer ✅Improve the ability of the body's prime movers
to produce force
Which of the following is a small chamber located superiorly on
either side of the heart that gathers blood returning to the heart? -
correct answer ✅atrium
Which of the following self-monitoring techniques uses a subjective
scale to represent how a participant perceives effort in terms of
breathing? -
correct answer ✅dyspnea scale
Which of the following are sensitive to change in tension of muscle
and the rate of that change? -
correct answer ✅golgi tendon organs
