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NASM PES EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
Principle of Specificity Ans: The body will adapt to demands placed on
it.
Caffeine effects... Ans: CNS, heart, and skeletal muscles
Risk factor for tendonitis Ans: Cold weather
As stretch intensity increases, Ans: frequency of nerve impulses
increases
Acute effects occur Ans: Shortly after ingestion
Rate Coding Ans: Firing frequency of motor units
Structural efficiency Ans: Capability if the body to overcome forces to
maintain alignment of the musculoskeletal system, allowing one to
maintain center of gravity.
The highest intensity of muscle activation, while performing Olympic lifts
occurs at the.. Ans: Hip extensors
During which stage of the stress response will the body experience less
soreness and improvement in activity? Ans: Resistance Development
What is involved in the postural control system? Ans: Proprioceptive,
Vestibular, Visual
How many meals should an athlete eat each day? Ans: 4-6 small meals
Detect muscle length Ans: muscle spindles
detect pain Ans: nociceptors
Detect limit in a rang of motion Ans: ruffini afferants
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Detect joint rotation Ans: skin receptors
Rate of force production Ans: Exert max force in a short amount of time
Olympic lifts should be inserted into which phases of the OPT model?
Ans: 5/6
posture Ans: the capability to maintain alignment within the human
movement system via dynamic control
Main reason cardiac output is improved with training Ans: increase in
stroke volume
What will improve rate of force production Ans: plyometrics: rapid
exchange between eccentric and concentric contractions
power exercises
Olympic lifts occur in what planes Ans: frontal and saggital
The majority of strength gains occur within Ans: the first 12 weeks
As intensity of exercise increases, Ans: respiratory quotient increases
The number of foot contacts measures Ans: training volume
speed is Ans: rate of performance
As intensity increases, the number of repetitions that can be performed
Ans: decreases
Preferred location to take pulse Ans: radial pulse
measures horizontal speed Ans: 5-0-5
Measures reaction capabilities in multiple planes Ans: T-test
Predicts VO2 Max Ans: 20-m shuttle test
Measures lateral speed Ans: Pro lane agility drill
NASM PES EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
Principle of Specificity Ans: The body will adapt to demands placed on
it.
Caffeine effects... Ans: CNS, heart, and skeletal muscles
Risk factor for tendonitis Ans: Cold weather
As stretch intensity increases, Ans: frequency of nerve impulses
increases
Acute effects occur Ans: Shortly after ingestion
Rate Coding Ans: Firing frequency of motor units
Structural efficiency Ans: Capability if the body to overcome forces to
maintain alignment of the musculoskeletal system, allowing one to
maintain center of gravity.
The highest intensity of muscle activation, while performing Olympic lifts
occurs at the.. Ans: Hip extensors
During which stage of the stress response will the body experience less
soreness and improvement in activity? Ans: Resistance Development
What is involved in the postural control system? Ans: Proprioceptive,
Vestibular, Visual
How many meals should an athlete eat each day? Ans: 4-6 small meals
Detect muscle length Ans: muscle spindles
detect pain Ans: nociceptors
Detect limit in a rang of motion Ans: ruffini afferants
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Detect joint rotation Ans: skin receptors
Rate of force production Ans: Exert max force in a short amount of time
Olympic lifts should be inserted into which phases of the OPT model?
Ans: 5/6
posture Ans: the capability to maintain alignment within the human
movement system via dynamic control
Main reason cardiac output is improved with training Ans: increase in
stroke volume
What will improve rate of force production Ans: plyometrics: rapid
exchange between eccentric and concentric contractions
power exercises
Olympic lifts occur in what planes Ans: frontal and saggital
The majority of strength gains occur within Ans: the first 12 weeks
As intensity of exercise increases, Ans: respiratory quotient increases
The number of foot contacts measures Ans: training volume
speed is Ans: rate of performance
As intensity increases, the number of repetitions that can be performed
Ans: decreases
Preferred location to take pulse Ans: radial pulse
measures horizontal speed Ans: 5-0-5
Measures reaction capabilities in multiple planes Ans: T-test
Predicts VO2 Max Ans: 20-m shuttle test
Measures lateral speed Ans: Pro lane agility drill
