NASM PES EXAMS SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔What is an example of subjective information? - ✔✔Medical history
✔✔What is the normal resting heart rate for a woman? - ✔✔75 bpm
✔✔Which form of assessment will assist in determining girth changes within your
athlete? - ✔✔circumference measurements
✔✔Purpose of each test:
1) 5-0-5 test
2) T-test
3) 20m shuttle test
4) pro lane agility drill - ✔✔1) measures horizontal speed
2) measures reaction capabilities in multiple planes
3) predicts VO2 max
4) measures lateral speed
✔✔T/F Systolic pressure is the pressure produced by the heart as it is pumping. -
✔✔True
✔✔What strength assessment will measure muscular endurance of the upper body? -
✔✔pull-ups
✔✔Describe body composition measurements:
1) skinfold
2) whole body plethysmography (Bod Pod)
3) DEXA
4) Bioelectrical impedance analysis - ✔✔1) thickness of subcutaneous fat
2) air displacement
3) radiation
4) electrical current
✔✔What will occur to an athlete's heart rate if they are overtraining? - ✔✔increase
✔✔T/F The carotid pulse is the preferred location to take a heart rate. - ✔✔False - take
pulse on radial ulnar
✔✔What is the capability of the body to maintain a center of gravity over a support
base? - ✔✔structural efficiency
✔✔What is not an example of a chronic condition? - ✔✔appendectomy
,✔✔T/F Time of day will impact skin fold measurements. - ✔✔True
✔✔What will be included in an athlete's medical history? - ✔✔chronic conditions
✔✔What do these test measure:
1) shark skill test
2) rotation medicine ball throw
3) double leg vertical jump
4) standing soccer throw - ✔✔1) measure lower extremity agility
2) measures transverse plane strength and power
3) measure total body bilateral power
4) measures power of core and upper extremities
✔✔What do these test measure:
1) Sorensen erector spinae test
2) double leg lowering test
3) Davies test
4) STAR balance excursion test - ✔✔1) measures endurance of spine extensors
2) measures core stability strength
3) measures upper extremity agility
4) measures dynamic balance
✔✔T/F Rate coding involves pulling in more muscle fibers to perform a task. - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F As a person moves faster, tissues respond with greater resistance to elongation.
- ✔✔True
✔✔T/F Altered reciprocal inhibition is due to the weak primary movers. - ✔✔False
✔✔What structure is the outermost layer of muscle fibers? - ✔✔epimysium
✔✔What will muscle imbalances result in? - ✔✔synergistic dominance
✔✔What form of stretching focuses on areas of hyper-irritability within the muscle? -
✔✔self-myofascial release
✔✔Explain these stretching techniques:
1) neuromuscular stretching
2) self-myofascial release
3) dynamic stretching
4) static stretching - ✔✔1) utilizes concentric and isometric contractions to increase
range of motion
2) focus on alleviating trigger points
3) utilizes a muscles force production to increase range of motion
, 4) utilizes autogenic inhibition to increase range of motion
✔✔T/F Scar tissue has the capability to increase in length. - ✔✔False
✔✔What is the functional unit of a muscle? - ✔✔Sarcomere
✔✔What form of stretching results in the greatest increase in range of motion? -
✔✔Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation
✔✔What structure is responsible for detecting tension changes within a muscle? -
✔✔Golgi tendon organ
✔✔What occurs to the frequency of nerve impulses as the stretch intensity increases? -
✔✔increase in the frequency
✔✔t/f Collagenous fibers are capable of stretch and compression and can return to its
initial length. - ✔✔false
✔✔What is Davis' law? - ✔✔Soft tissue realigns along line of pull
✔✔What is not a function of ground substance? - ✔✔Prevent bone against bone
✔✔t/f Nociceptors create pain leading to micro spasms within the muscle. - ✔✔true
✔✔t/f The myotatic stretch reflex occurs when a muscle is stretched quickly, causing
that muscle to contract. - ✔✔true
✔✔t/f Static stretching should only be done in warm-ups if the athlete wants to. -
✔✔false
✔✔t/f When a muscle is immobilized in a stretched position, it will lead to an increase in
sarcomere concentration. - ✔✔true
✔✔t/f A lack of sleep at night can be a sign of overtraining. - ✔✔true
✔✔What occurs during diastolic blood pressure? - ✔✔Pressure within the arterial
system decreases
✔✔t/f The Karvonen heart rate method takes an athlete's age and subtracts it from 220.
- ✔✔false
✔✔t/f The aerobic system produces more ATP than the anaerobic system. - ✔✔true
ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔What is an example of subjective information? - ✔✔Medical history
✔✔What is the normal resting heart rate for a woman? - ✔✔75 bpm
✔✔Which form of assessment will assist in determining girth changes within your
athlete? - ✔✔circumference measurements
✔✔Purpose of each test:
1) 5-0-5 test
2) T-test
3) 20m shuttle test
4) pro lane agility drill - ✔✔1) measures horizontal speed
2) measures reaction capabilities in multiple planes
3) predicts VO2 max
4) measures lateral speed
✔✔T/F Systolic pressure is the pressure produced by the heart as it is pumping. -
✔✔True
✔✔What strength assessment will measure muscular endurance of the upper body? -
✔✔pull-ups
✔✔Describe body composition measurements:
1) skinfold
2) whole body plethysmography (Bod Pod)
3) DEXA
4) Bioelectrical impedance analysis - ✔✔1) thickness of subcutaneous fat
2) air displacement
3) radiation
4) electrical current
✔✔What will occur to an athlete's heart rate if they are overtraining? - ✔✔increase
✔✔T/F The carotid pulse is the preferred location to take a heart rate. - ✔✔False - take
pulse on radial ulnar
✔✔What is the capability of the body to maintain a center of gravity over a support
base? - ✔✔structural efficiency
✔✔What is not an example of a chronic condition? - ✔✔appendectomy
,✔✔T/F Time of day will impact skin fold measurements. - ✔✔True
✔✔What will be included in an athlete's medical history? - ✔✔chronic conditions
✔✔What do these test measure:
1) shark skill test
2) rotation medicine ball throw
3) double leg vertical jump
4) standing soccer throw - ✔✔1) measure lower extremity agility
2) measures transverse plane strength and power
3) measure total body bilateral power
4) measures power of core and upper extremities
✔✔What do these test measure:
1) Sorensen erector spinae test
2) double leg lowering test
3) Davies test
4) STAR balance excursion test - ✔✔1) measures endurance of spine extensors
2) measures core stability strength
3) measures upper extremity agility
4) measures dynamic balance
✔✔T/F Rate coding involves pulling in more muscle fibers to perform a task. - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F As a person moves faster, tissues respond with greater resistance to elongation.
- ✔✔True
✔✔T/F Altered reciprocal inhibition is due to the weak primary movers. - ✔✔False
✔✔What structure is the outermost layer of muscle fibers? - ✔✔epimysium
✔✔What will muscle imbalances result in? - ✔✔synergistic dominance
✔✔What form of stretching focuses on areas of hyper-irritability within the muscle? -
✔✔self-myofascial release
✔✔Explain these stretching techniques:
1) neuromuscular stretching
2) self-myofascial release
3) dynamic stretching
4) static stretching - ✔✔1) utilizes concentric and isometric contractions to increase
range of motion
2) focus on alleviating trigger points
3) utilizes a muscles force production to increase range of motion
, 4) utilizes autogenic inhibition to increase range of motion
✔✔T/F Scar tissue has the capability to increase in length. - ✔✔False
✔✔What is the functional unit of a muscle? - ✔✔Sarcomere
✔✔What form of stretching results in the greatest increase in range of motion? -
✔✔Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation
✔✔What structure is responsible for detecting tension changes within a muscle? -
✔✔Golgi tendon organ
✔✔What occurs to the frequency of nerve impulses as the stretch intensity increases? -
✔✔increase in the frequency
✔✔t/f Collagenous fibers are capable of stretch and compression and can return to its
initial length. - ✔✔false
✔✔What is Davis' law? - ✔✔Soft tissue realigns along line of pull
✔✔What is not a function of ground substance? - ✔✔Prevent bone against bone
✔✔t/f Nociceptors create pain leading to micro spasms within the muscle. - ✔✔true
✔✔t/f The myotatic stretch reflex occurs when a muscle is stretched quickly, causing
that muscle to contract. - ✔✔true
✔✔t/f Static stretching should only be done in warm-ups if the athlete wants to. -
✔✔false
✔✔t/f When a muscle is immobilized in a stretched position, it will lead to an increase in
sarcomere concentration. - ✔✔true
✔✔t/f A lack of sleep at night can be a sign of overtraining. - ✔✔true
✔✔What occurs during diastolic blood pressure? - ✔✔Pressure within the arterial
system decreases
✔✔t/f The Karvonen heart rate method takes an athlete's age and subtracts it from 220.
- ✔✔false
✔✔t/f The aerobic system produces more ATP than the anaerobic system. - ✔✔true
