NASM CES PRACTICE TEST ANSWERS UPDATED 2023/2024 40 Q&A

NASM CES PRACTICE TEST Q1: How much of the adult population is affected by low back pain? A1: Nearly 80% Q2: What’s the most common sports-related injury A2: Ankle sprain Q3: What is known as the study that uses principles of physics to quantitatively study how forces interact within the body? A3: Biomechanics Q4: Torque is a force that… A4: Produces rotation Q5: During an overhead squat you notice an asymmetrical weight shift, which muscles could be underactive? A5: Gluteus medius on the side of the shift Q6: The LPHC has approximately how many muscles attached to it? A6: 29 Q7: The bending of a joint, causing the angle of the joint to decrease is termed what? A7: Flexion Q8: A cellular structure that supplies energy for many biomechanical cellular processes by undergoing enzymatic hydrolysis is known as? A8: ATP Q9: Which of the following sensory receptors can cause a muscle to relax when excited? A9: Ruffini endings Q10: Which is a muscle that is prone to lengthening? A10: Infraspinatus Q11: Which levers are the most common in the body and have pull between the fulcrum and resistance? A11: Third class levers Q12: A new client reveals that she had knee replacement surgery two years ago and failed to comply with her rehabilitation program. During the assessment, she displayed limited range of motion in the affected knee. Which of the following is most likely to have caused this current lack of mobility? A12: Formed scar tissue Q13: During the overhead squat assessment, which view is ideal when observing the existence of an asymmetrical weight shift? A13: Posterior view Q14: Which muscle isometrically stabilizes the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex (LPHC) and knee A14: Sartorius Q15: Which subsystem consists of force-couple relationships that primarily control the pelvis, and femur in the frontal plane during single-leg functional movements such as gait, lunges, or stair climbing? A15: Lateral subsystem Q16: The vastus lateralis primarily stabilizes the: A16: Knee Q17: What lower body movement should the coach be concerned with during the top pull of the snatch? A17: Triple extension