NCCPT CHEAT SHEET UPDATED EXAM
REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Are employers responsible for the actions of their employees?
Answer: Yes
⩥ T/F: You should have liability insurance if working as an independent
contractor? Answer: True
⩥ 4 chambers of the heart. Answer: Right and left ventricles. Right and
left artiums
⩥ 3 energy systems. Answer: ATP/Creatine-Phosphate, Glycolysis,
Aerobic Oxidation
⩥ Prime mover for bench press? Answer: Pec. Major
⩥ Antagonist for bench press? Answer: Rhomboids, Trapezius, Posterior
Deltoids
⩥ Stabilizers for bench press? Answer: Rotator Cuff
,⩥ What causes post exercise soreness?. Answer: Microtrauma to muscle
tissue
⩥ How to treat post exercise soreness?. Answer: PRICE, stretching,
active rest and hydrate
⩥ What happens in systolic and diastolic phases of blood pressure?.
Answer: In systolic, the pressure in ventricular contraction and diastolic
is pressure in ventricular filling
⩥ Muscle fiber type that has Slow shortening velocities, red, endurance,
fatigue resistant, large mitochondria, high myoglobin, rich capillary
supply, postural, and tonic?. Answer: Slow Twitch
⩥ Muscle fiber type that has high shortening velocities, fatigue quickly,
large amount of actin and myosin filaments, WHITE, prime mover.
phasic and easily inhibited. Answer: Fast Twitch
⩥ Target Heart Rate for 45 year old with a Resting Heart Rate of 60
bpm?. Answer: 106-135 bpm.
⩥ All or none theory?. Answer: Innervated myofiber contracts all the
way or not at all
⩥ Concentric contraction. Answer: Shortening of muscle fibers
, ⩥ Eccentric contraction. Answer: Lengthening of muscle fibers
⩥ Two functions of blood. Answer: Transports oxygen and nutrients and
remove wastes and co2
⩥ Definition of OBLA. Answer: Onset of Blood Lactate Accumlation
⩥ Equations determine Max HR and training HR in a CV workout for
client?. Answer: (220-age)x%=THR
(220-age)-RHRX%+RHR=THR
⩥ Gradual cycling of specificity, intensity, volume, duration and
frequency to achieve goal. Answer: Concept of periodicity
⩥ What's the valsalva maneuver?. Answer: Exhaling forcibly with the
glottis closed
⩥ ATP mean?. Answer: Adenosine TriPhosphate
⩥ What systems kicks in to provide ATP if longer than 10 seconds.
Answer: Glycolytic System
REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Are employers responsible for the actions of their employees?
Answer: Yes
⩥ T/F: You should have liability insurance if working as an independent
contractor? Answer: True
⩥ 4 chambers of the heart. Answer: Right and left ventricles. Right and
left artiums
⩥ 3 energy systems. Answer: ATP/Creatine-Phosphate, Glycolysis,
Aerobic Oxidation
⩥ Prime mover for bench press? Answer: Pec. Major
⩥ Antagonist for bench press? Answer: Rhomboids, Trapezius, Posterior
Deltoids
⩥ Stabilizers for bench press? Answer: Rotator Cuff
,⩥ What causes post exercise soreness?. Answer: Microtrauma to muscle
tissue
⩥ How to treat post exercise soreness?. Answer: PRICE, stretching,
active rest and hydrate
⩥ What happens in systolic and diastolic phases of blood pressure?.
Answer: In systolic, the pressure in ventricular contraction and diastolic
is pressure in ventricular filling
⩥ Muscle fiber type that has Slow shortening velocities, red, endurance,
fatigue resistant, large mitochondria, high myoglobin, rich capillary
supply, postural, and tonic?. Answer: Slow Twitch
⩥ Muscle fiber type that has high shortening velocities, fatigue quickly,
large amount of actin and myosin filaments, WHITE, prime mover.
phasic and easily inhibited. Answer: Fast Twitch
⩥ Target Heart Rate for 45 year old with a Resting Heart Rate of 60
bpm?. Answer: 106-135 bpm.
⩥ All or none theory?. Answer: Innervated myofiber contracts all the
way or not at all
⩥ Concentric contraction. Answer: Shortening of muscle fibers
, ⩥ Eccentric contraction. Answer: Lengthening of muscle fibers
⩥ Two functions of blood. Answer: Transports oxygen and nutrients and
remove wastes and co2
⩥ Definition of OBLA. Answer: Onset of Blood Lactate Accumlation
⩥ Equations determine Max HR and training HR in a CV workout for
client?. Answer: (220-age)x%=THR
(220-age)-RHRX%+RHR=THR
⩥ Gradual cycling of specificity, intensity, volume, duration and
frequency to achieve goal. Answer: Concept of periodicity
⩥ What's the valsalva maneuver?. Answer: Exhaling forcibly with the
glottis closed
⩥ ATP mean?. Answer: Adenosine TriPhosphate
⩥ What systems kicks in to provide ATP if longer than 10 seconds.
Answer: Glycolytic System
