NASM CES Final Exam Prep 2025–2026: Practice Questions & Key Concepts

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Nasm CPT Final Exam Study Guide (NEW UPDATED VERSION) LATEST
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS)- GUARANTEED PASS A+ UPDATED 2026




Proprioception - CORRECT ANSWER The body's ability to to sense the
relative position of adjacent parts of the body


Ex: when walking our feet give us proprioception about the type of surface we
are on.


QUESTION : Mechanoreceptors - CORRECT ANSWER specialized
structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit signals to sensory
nerves.


QUESTION : Muscle Spindles - CORRECT ANSWER sensory receptors in
the muscles that are parallel to the muscle fibers and are sensitive to change in
muscle length. Spindles stretch with muscle and sends information to CNS.


helps to prevent muscles from stretching too far or too fast


QUESTION : Golgi Tendon Organs - CORRECT ANSWER sensory
receptors that are located at the point where the skeletal muscle fibers insert
into the tendon. Sensitive to change in tension at the rate of change


causes the muscle to relax


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QUESTION : Epimysium - CORRECT ANSWER connective tissue UNDER
fascia that acts as an outer layer of the whole muscle


QUESTION : Perimysium - CORRECT ANSWER connective tissue acts as
an outer layer of fascicles


QUESTION : Endomysium - CORRECT ANSWER between the individual
muscle fibers


QUESTION : Type 1 Muscle Fiber - CORRECT ANSWER "slow-twitch",
smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-term contractions (stabilization)


QUESTION : Type 2 Muscle Fiber - CORRECT ANSWER fast twitch,
larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises


QUESTION : Agonist - CORRECT ANSWER PRIME MOVER, main
muscles
ex: chest press-> pectoralis major


QUESTION : Synergist - CORRECT ANSWER ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps


QUESTION : Stabilizer - CORRECT ANSWER stabilizes while prime
mover and assist work.
chest press -> rotator cuff

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QUESTION : Antagonist - CORRECT ANSWER Oppose Prime mover,
chest press -> posterior delt


QUESTION : Right Atrium - CORRECT ANSWER gather DEOXGENATED
blood returning to the heart from ENTIRE BODY


QUESTION : Left Atrium - CORRECT ANSWER gathers OXYGENATED
blood coming from the LUNGS


QUESTION : Right Ventricle - CORRECT ANSWER thin walls pumps
under low pressure. Pumps to lungs


QUESTION : Left Ventricle - CORRECT ANSWER thick walls, pumps
under high pressure to rest of body


QUESTION : Metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER all of the chemical
reactions that happen in our body to maintain itself. Nutrients are acquired,
transported and used by the body.


QUESTION : Exercise Metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER bioenergetics
as it relates to the unique physiologic changes and demands on body during
exercise


QUESTION : Substrates - CORRECT ANSWER where enzymes act




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