NASM CPT - Quizzes (Units 1-3) All Answered
School of Fitness, Ormond Beach
A resistance training system that is a variation of circuit training and that alternates
upper body and lower body exercises throughout the circuit is called?
a. Multiple set
b. Pyramid system
c. Peripheral heart action
d. Super set
c. Peripheral heart action
A squat, curl, to two-arm press exercise is an example of an exercise from which phase
in the OPT model?
a. Stabilization
b. Strength
c. Power
d. Reactive
b. Strength
The dividing of a training program into smaller, progressive stages is termed?
a. Annual plan
b. Mesocycle
c. Macrocycle
d. Periodization
d. Periodization
What is a goal of Phase Five: Power Training?
a. Enhance neuromuscular efficiency
b. Increase lean body mass
c. Improve muscular endurance
d. Enhance control of posture
a. Enhance neuromuscular efficiency
What is the best definition of neuromuscular efficiency?
a. Ability of neuromuscular system to enable all muscles to efficiently work together in
all planes of motion.
b. The cumulative neural input to the central nervous system from mechanoreceptors
that sense position and limb movement.
c. Ability of the body's stabilizing muscles to provide support for joints as well as
maintain posture and balance during movement.
d. A muscle's ability to contract for an extended period of time.
, a. Ability of neuromuscular system to enable all muscles to efficiently work together in
all planes of motion.
What is the best example of performing an exercise in a proprioceptively enriched
environment?
a. Machine chest press
b. Leg press exercise
c. Dumbbell chest press on stability ball
d. Seated military press
c. Dumbbell chest press on stability ball
What is the immediate progression of the two-arm ball squat, curl to press exercise?
a. Step-up to curl to press
b. One-arm ball squat, curl to press
c. Alternating-arm ball squat, curl to press
d. Squat, curl to press exercise
c. Alternating-arm ball squat, curl to press
What is the proper method of progression for the stabilization phase?
Choose one answer. a. Volume
b. Load
c. Speed
d. Proprioception
d. Proprioception
Which of the following is a regression of the two-leg, alternating-arm standing cable row
exercise?
a. Seated cable row exercise
b. Single-leg, one-arm standing cable row exercise
c. Two-leg, one-arm standing cable row exercise
d. Single-leg, alternating-arm cable row exercise
a. Seated cable row exercise
Which term refers to the energy demand placed on the body?
a. Mechanical specificity
b. Neuromuscular specificity
c. Metabolic specificity
d. Cognitive specificity
c. Metabolic specificity
During a pushing assessment your client's shoulders elevate, which of the following
muscles would most likely be underactive?
a. Mid and lower trapezius
b. Upper trapezius
c. Levator scapulae
d. Latissimus dorsi
a. Mid and lower trapezius
During a single-leg squat assessment your client's knees move inward, which of the
muscles would most likely be overactive?
School of Fitness, Ormond Beach
A resistance training system that is a variation of circuit training and that alternates
upper body and lower body exercises throughout the circuit is called?
a. Multiple set
b. Pyramid system
c. Peripheral heart action
d. Super set
c. Peripheral heart action
A squat, curl, to two-arm press exercise is an example of an exercise from which phase
in the OPT model?
a. Stabilization
b. Strength
c. Power
d. Reactive
b. Strength
The dividing of a training program into smaller, progressive stages is termed?
a. Annual plan
b. Mesocycle
c. Macrocycle
d. Periodization
d. Periodization
What is a goal of Phase Five: Power Training?
a. Enhance neuromuscular efficiency
b. Increase lean body mass
c. Improve muscular endurance
d. Enhance control of posture
a. Enhance neuromuscular efficiency
What is the best definition of neuromuscular efficiency?
a. Ability of neuromuscular system to enable all muscles to efficiently work together in
all planes of motion.
b. The cumulative neural input to the central nervous system from mechanoreceptors
that sense position and limb movement.
c. Ability of the body's stabilizing muscles to provide support for joints as well as
maintain posture and balance during movement.
d. A muscle's ability to contract for an extended period of time.
, a. Ability of neuromuscular system to enable all muscles to efficiently work together in
all planes of motion.
What is the best example of performing an exercise in a proprioceptively enriched
environment?
a. Machine chest press
b. Leg press exercise
c. Dumbbell chest press on stability ball
d. Seated military press
c. Dumbbell chest press on stability ball
What is the immediate progression of the two-arm ball squat, curl to press exercise?
a. Step-up to curl to press
b. One-arm ball squat, curl to press
c. Alternating-arm ball squat, curl to press
d. Squat, curl to press exercise
c. Alternating-arm ball squat, curl to press
What is the proper method of progression for the stabilization phase?
Choose one answer. a. Volume
b. Load
c. Speed
d. Proprioception
d. Proprioception
Which of the following is a regression of the two-leg, alternating-arm standing cable row
exercise?
a. Seated cable row exercise
b. Single-leg, one-arm standing cable row exercise
c. Two-leg, one-arm standing cable row exercise
d. Single-leg, alternating-arm cable row exercise
a. Seated cable row exercise
Which term refers to the energy demand placed on the body?
a. Mechanical specificity
b. Neuromuscular specificity
c. Metabolic specificity
d. Cognitive specificity
c. Metabolic specificity
During a pushing assessment your client's shoulders elevate, which of the following
muscles would most likely be underactive?
a. Mid and lower trapezius
b. Upper trapezius
c. Levator scapulae
d. Latissimus dorsi
a. Mid and lower trapezius
During a single-leg squat assessment your client's knees move inward, which of the
muscles would most likely be overactive?
