NASM GFI Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
AFAA 5 Qs -
correct answer ✅PESAP (purpose, eff, safety, accuracy,
participants)
8 standard anatomic positions -
correct answer ✅ant, post, sup, inf, prox, dist, lat, med
plane that divides body into front and back -
correct answer ✅frontal
forward and backward movements as if walls to left and right side
of the body -
correct answer ✅sagittal
plane that allows rotations -
correct answer ✅transverse
muscle shortens to overcome outside resistance -
correct answer ✅concentric
moving to control a force while lengthening a muscle -
correct answer ✅eccentric
,NASM GFI Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
How long for Golgi tendon organs to signal the brain to relax
muscles during stretching -
correct answer ✅30 sec
muscles used mainly for anaerobic activity -
correct answer ✅Type II fibers
muscles for cross-country skiing and distance running -
correct answer ✅Type I fibers
agonist muscle function -
correct answer ✅prime mover
muscle assists agonist -
correct answer ✅synergist
length that muscle produces tension or force -
correct answer ✅length-tension
, NASM GFI Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
synergistic action of muscles to move around joint -
correct answer ✅force-couple
causes of kinetic chain dysfunction -
correct answer ✅repetitive movement or repetitive lack of
movement
joints for gliding, hinge, pivot, ball-and-socker -
correct answer ✅synovial
systems of kinetic chain (Human Movement system) -
correct answer ✅nervous, muscular, skeletal
Avg resting HR for untrained adult -
correct answer ✅70-80 bpm
respiratory system includes -
correct answer ✅lungs, passageways, collects oxygen from outside
into the blood
paths for cells to generate energy -
correct answer ✅ATP-PC, glycolysis, aerobic
Answers 2026
AFAA 5 Qs -
correct answer ✅PESAP (purpose, eff, safety, accuracy,
participants)
8 standard anatomic positions -
correct answer ✅ant, post, sup, inf, prox, dist, lat, med
plane that divides body into front and back -
correct answer ✅frontal
forward and backward movements as if walls to left and right side
of the body -
correct answer ✅sagittal
plane that allows rotations -
correct answer ✅transverse
muscle shortens to overcome outside resistance -
correct answer ✅concentric
moving to control a force while lengthening a muscle -
correct answer ✅eccentric
,NASM GFI Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
How long for Golgi tendon organs to signal the brain to relax
muscles during stretching -
correct answer ✅30 sec
muscles used mainly for anaerobic activity -
correct answer ✅Type II fibers
muscles for cross-country skiing and distance running -
correct answer ✅Type I fibers
agonist muscle function -
correct answer ✅prime mover
muscle assists agonist -
correct answer ✅synergist
length that muscle produces tension or force -
correct answer ✅length-tension
, NASM GFI Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
synergistic action of muscles to move around joint -
correct answer ✅force-couple
causes of kinetic chain dysfunction -
correct answer ✅repetitive movement or repetitive lack of
movement
joints for gliding, hinge, pivot, ball-and-socker -
correct answer ✅synovial
systems of kinetic chain (Human Movement system) -
correct answer ✅nervous, muscular, skeletal
Avg resting HR for untrained adult -
correct answer ✅70-80 bpm
respiratory system includes -
correct answer ✅lungs, passageways, collects oxygen from outside
into the blood
paths for cells to generate energy -
correct answer ✅ATP-PC, glycolysis, aerobic
