NASM - Stretching and Flexibility Coach
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
Which of the following are benefits of stretching experienced by clients?
A. Improvement in stability and balance.
B. Decreased range of motion to improve skeletal stability.
C. Decreased joint mobility to improve flexibility.
D. Strength decreases to prevent injury. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A. Improvement
in stability and balance.
Which of the following are essential to a well-rounded fitness program?
A. Lean body mass and fat loss
B. Flexibility and stretching
C. Recovery and relaxation
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,D. Injury prevention and speed - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B. Flexibility and
stretching
How does the Fascial System (FS) model add to functional efficiency within
the human movement system (HMS)?
A. It intertwines the nervous system and fascial system, creating a hypo
sensitive and responsive network.
B. It intertwines the nervous system and skeletal system, creating a hyper-
sensitive and responsive network.
C. It intertwines the nervous system and muscular system, creating a
mechanically sensitive and responsive communication network.
D. It interacts with the muscle system, creating a mechanically sensitive
and responsive network. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. It intertwines the nervous
system and muscular system, creating a mechanically sensitive and
responsive communication network.
Which system within the body is addressed with integrated stretching?
A. The connective tissue system
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,B. The neurophysiological system
C. The musculoskeletal system
D. The somatovisceral system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A. The connective tissue
system
What happens to bulk water during chronic inflammation?
A. It shifts toward a lower percentage of polluted bulk water zones within
the ground substance of fascia.
B. It shifts toward a higher percentage of polluted bulk water zones within
the ground substance of muscles.
C. It shifts towards a higher percentage of polluted bulk water zones within
the ground substance of fascia.
D. It shifts into a higher percentage of bound water zones within the ground
substance of fascia. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. It shifts towards a higher
percentage of polluted bulk water zones within the ground substance of
fascia.
Utilizing the sponge metaphor, what type of human tissue could be
described as a dry, stiff sponge?
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, A. Dehydrated, mobile, inflamed tissue
B. Hydrated, immobile, inflamed tissue
C. Dehydrated, immobile, activated tissue
D. Dehydrated, immobile, inflamed tissue - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. Dehydrated,
immobile, inflamed tissue
Which of the following defines the somatovisceral system?
A. A physiological system dealing with the functioning of the nervous
system.
B. A body system that provides the form, stability, and movement of the
body.
C. A body system that coordinates the actions and sensory information by
transmitting signals throughout the body.
D. A part of the sensory system that responds to changes in internal body
systems and organs. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. A part of the sensory system that
responds to changes in internal body systems and organs.
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
Which of the following are benefits of stretching experienced by clients?
A. Improvement in stability and balance.
B. Decreased range of motion to improve skeletal stability.
C. Decreased joint mobility to improve flexibility.
D. Strength decreases to prevent injury. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A. Improvement
in stability and balance.
Which of the following are essential to a well-rounded fitness program?
A. Lean body mass and fat loss
B. Flexibility and stretching
C. Recovery and relaxation
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,D. Injury prevention and speed - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B. Flexibility and
stretching
How does the Fascial System (FS) model add to functional efficiency within
the human movement system (HMS)?
A. It intertwines the nervous system and fascial system, creating a hypo
sensitive and responsive network.
B. It intertwines the nervous system and skeletal system, creating a hyper-
sensitive and responsive network.
C. It intertwines the nervous system and muscular system, creating a
mechanically sensitive and responsive communication network.
D. It interacts with the muscle system, creating a mechanically sensitive
and responsive network. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. It intertwines the nervous
system and muscular system, creating a mechanically sensitive and
responsive communication network.
Which system within the body is addressed with integrated stretching?
A. The connective tissue system
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,B. The neurophysiological system
C. The musculoskeletal system
D. The somatovisceral system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A. The connective tissue
system
What happens to bulk water during chronic inflammation?
A. It shifts toward a lower percentage of polluted bulk water zones within
the ground substance of fascia.
B. It shifts toward a higher percentage of polluted bulk water zones within
the ground substance of muscles.
C. It shifts towards a higher percentage of polluted bulk water zones within
the ground substance of fascia.
D. It shifts into a higher percentage of bound water zones within the ground
substance of fascia. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. It shifts towards a higher
percentage of polluted bulk water zones within the ground substance of
fascia.
Utilizing the sponge metaphor, what type of human tissue could be
described as a dry, stiff sponge?
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, A. Dehydrated, mobile, inflamed tissue
B. Hydrated, immobile, inflamed tissue
C. Dehydrated, immobile, activated tissue
D. Dehydrated, immobile, inflamed tissue - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. Dehydrated,
immobile, inflamed tissue
Which of the following defines the somatovisceral system?
A. A physiological system dealing with the functioning of the nervous
system.
B. A body system that provides the form, stability, and movement of the
body.
C. A body system that coordinates the actions and sensory information by
transmitting signals throughout the body.
D. A part of the sensory system that responds to changes in internal body
systems and organs. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. A part of the sensory system that
responds to changes in internal body systems and organs.
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