NCEP CERTIFICATION EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Five Benefits of exercise. Answer: Muscular
Skin
Posture coordination
Sleep
Body fat
Slow down aging
◉ Calorie. Answer: Amount of energy needed to raise temperature 1
gram of water 1 degree C
◉ active stretching. Answer: a technique in which muscles are
stretched by the contraction of the opposing muscles example is
quad stretch
◉ passive stretching. Answer: a technique in which muscles are
stretched by force applied by an outside source trained professional
Massage or manipulation by pushing to an extreme
,◉ static stretching. Answer: a technique in which a muscle is slowly
and gently stretched and then held in the stretched position
Overhead tricep stretch
◉ ballistic stretching. Answer: a series of quick, bouncing-type
stretches
Hip openers
◉ blood pressure. Answer: the pressure that is exerted by the blood
against the walls of blood vessels
◉ normal blood pressure. Answer: 120/80
◉ Top number for blood pressure. Answer: systolic
◉ bottom number of blood pressure. Answer: diastolic
◉ endurance. Answer: Max force over time repeated
◉ Formula for training heart rate. Answer: 220- age (40 )x .4 = 204
and .6 = 196
, ◉ Define strength. Answer: ability to exert force produced
◉ Define power. Answer: the rate of doing work over time
◉ What is your Core. Answer: Core training is everything between
your lower chest and pelvis. So it also includes the erector spinae.
◉ TVA. Answer: Transverse Abdominous
◉ Five Cardiac risk factors. Answer: Smoking
Obesity
Age
Sedentary
Blood pressure
◉ Three signs - Symptoms of cardiopulmonary disease. Answer:
Dizzy
Shortness Breath
Chest Pain
Heart Murmur
Medications
2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Five Benefits of exercise. Answer: Muscular
Skin
Posture coordination
Sleep
Body fat
Slow down aging
◉ Calorie. Answer: Amount of energy needed to raise temperature 1
gram of water 1 degree C
◉ active stretching. Answer: a technique in which muscles are
stretched by the contraction of the opposing muscles example is
quad stretch
◉ passive stretching. Answer: a technique in which muscles are
stretched by force applied by an outside source trained professional
Massage or manipulation by pushing to an extreme
,◉ static stretching. Answer: a technique in which a muscle is slowly
and gently stretched and then held in the stretched position
Overhead tricep stretch
◉ ballistic stretching. Answer: a series of quick, bouncing-type
stretches
Hip openers
◉ blood pressure. Answer: the pressure that is exerted by the blood
against the walls of blood vessels
◉ normal blood pressure. Answer: 120/80
◉ Top number for blood pressure. Answer: systolic
◉ bottom number of blood pressure. Answer: diastolic
◉ endurance. Answer: Max force over time repeated
◉ Formula for training heart rate. Answer: 220- age (40 )x .4 = 204
and .6 = 196
, ◉ Define strength. Answer: ability to exert force produced
◉ Define power. Answer: the rate of doing work over time
◉ What is your Core. Answer: Core training is everything between
your lower chest and pelvis. So it also includes the erector spinae.
◉ TVA. Answer: Transverse Abdominous
◉ Five Cardiac risk factors. Answer: Smoking
Obesity
Age
Sedentary
Blood pressure
◉ Three signs - Symptoms of cardiopulmonary disease. Answer:
Dizzy
Shortness Breath
Chest Pain
Heart Murmur
Medications
