NASM PES TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Sagittal plane - ✔✔Cuts the body into right and left sides. Flexion and extension
✔✔Frontal Plane - ✔✔Cut the body into a front and back. Movement:
Adduction/Abduction, lateral flexion, eversion/inversion
✔✔Transverse Plane - ✔✔Cuts the body into a top and bottom. Internal and external
rotation, left/right spinal rotation, horizontal adduction/abduction
✔✔Self-Myofascial Release - ✔✔focuses on alleviating trigger points
✔✔Dynamic Stretching - ✔✔Utilizes concentric and isometric contractions to increase
range of motion
✔✔Static Stretching - ✔✔utilizes autogenic inhibition to increase range of motion
✔✔Neuromuscular Stretching - ✔✔utilizes concentric and isometric contractions to
increase range of motion
✔✔Altered Reciprocal Inhibition - ✔✔When a tight muscle, causes decreased neural
drive to its functional antagonist
✔✔Synergistic Dominance - ✔✔When synergists compensate for a weak or inhibited
prime mover in attempt to maintain force production and functional movement patterns.
Can lead to altered movement patterns
✔✔Shark Skill Test - ✔✔Measures lower extremity agility
✔✔Double Leg Vertical Jump - ✔✔Measures total body bilateral power
✔✔Rotation Medicine Ball Throw - ✔✔Measures transverse plane strength and power
✔✔Standing soccer throw - ✔✔Measures power of core and upper extremities
✔✔Single joint exercises focus on one muscle group - ✔✔True
✔✔What training will improve the rate of force production within muscles? -
✔✔Plyometric training
✔✔If a muscle is stretched... - ✔✔Muscle spindles respond, causing the agonist to
quickly contract
, ✔✔Overtraining will make an athletes HR... - ✔✔Increase
✔✔Golgi tendon organ - ✔✔sensitive to tension and rate of tension change within the
musculotendinous unit
✔✔Pulmonary ventilation - ✔✔Movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide within the
circulatory system
✔✔Protein produces the greatest amount of ATP at.. - ✔✔9 calories of energy per gram
✔✔Protein/Carbs - ✔✔4 calories of energy`
✔✔Torso stability cues - ✔✔Scapular retraction, oblique contractions, pelvic floor
contraction
✔✔Mechanical specificity - ✔✔Weight and movements placed on the body
✔✔resistance training systems that will be beneficial for muscular hypertrophy and
endurance - ✔✔superset system
✔✔The snatch and jerk requires full shoulder... - ✔✔FLEXION
✔✔Flattening the lumbar spine will assist in reducing load and shearing effects on the
spine - ✔✔True.
✔✔How does plyometric training impact landing forces> - ✔✔Decreases the forces
✔✔The relationship between intensity and performance is based upon an inverted U
shape - ✔✔True
✔✔Main objective of balance training - ✔✔increase balance thresholds
✔✔Exercise will increase oxygen consumption 10 -15times an athletes resting rate -
✔✔True.
✔✔Horizontal loading involves exhausting one body part and then moving to the next
body part - ✔✔True.
✔✔IntrAmuscle coordination - ✔✔involves the ability the CNS to improve motor unit
recruitment.
✔✔IntERmuscle coordination - ✔✔is concerned with the entire human movement
system working efficiently.
ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Sagittal plane - ✔✔Cuts the body into right and left sides. Flexion and extension
✔✔Frontal Plane - ✔✔Cut the body into a front and back. Movement:
Adduction/Abduction, lateral flexion, eversion/inversion
✔✔Transverse Plane - ✔✔Cuts the body into a top and bottom. Internal and external
rotation, left/right spinal rotation, horizontal adduction/abduction
✔✔Self-Myofascial Release - ✔✔focuses on alleviating trigger points
✔✔Dynamic Stretching - ✔✔Utilizes concentric and isometric contractions to increase
range of motion
✔✔Static Stretching - ✔✔utilizes autogenic inhibition to increase range of motion
✔✔Neuromuscular Stretching - ✔✔utilizes concentric and isometric contractions to
increase range of motion
✔✔Altered Reciprocal Inhibition - ✔✔When a tight muscle, causes decreased neural
drive to its functional antagonist
✔✔Synergistic Dominance - ✔✔When synergists compensate for a weak or inhibited
prime mover in attempt to maintain force production and functional movement patterns.
Can lead to altered movement patterns
✔✔Shark Skill Test - ✔✔Measures lower extremity agility
✔✔Double Leg Vertical Jump - ✔✔Measures total body bilateral power
✔✔Rotation Medicine Ball Throw - ✔✔Measures transverse plane strength and power
✔✔Standing soccer throw - ✔✔Measures power of core and upper extremities
✔✔Single joint exercises focus on one muscle group - ✔✔True
✔✔What training will improve the rate of force production within muscles? -
✔✔Plyometric training
✔✔If a muscle is stretched... - ✔✔Muscle spindles respond, causing the agonist to
quickly contract
, ✔✔Overtraining will make an athletes HR... - ✔✔Increase
✔✔Golgi tendon organ - ✔✔sensitive to tension and rate of tension change within the
musculotendinous unit
✔✔Pulmonary ventilation - ✔✔Movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide within the
circulatory system
✔✔Protein produces the greatest amount of ATP at.. - ✔✔9 calories of energy per gram
✔✔Protein/Carbs - ✔✔4 calories of energy`
✔✔Torso stability cues - ✔✔Scapular retraction, oblique contractions, pelvic floor
contraction
✔✔Mechanical specificity - ✔✔Weight and movements placed on the body
✔✔resistance training systems that will be beneficial for muscular hypertrophy and
endurance - ✔✔superset system
✔✔The snatch and jerk requires full shoulder... - ✔✔FLEXION
✔✔Flattening the lumbar spine will assist in reducing load and shearing effects on the
spine - ✔✔True.
✔✔How does plyometric training impact landing forces> - ✔✔Decreases the forces
✔✔The relationship between intensity and performance is based upon an inverted U
shape - ✔✔True
✔✔Main objective of balance training - ✔✔increase balance thresholds
✔✔Exercise will increase oxygen consumption 10 -15times an athletes resting rate -
✔✔True.
✔✔Horizontal loading involves exhausting one body part and then moving to the next
body part - ✔✔True.
✔✔IntrAmuscle coordination - ✔✔involves the ability the CNS to improve motor unit
recruitment.
✔✔IntERmuscle coordination - ✔✔is concerned with the entire human movement
system working efficiently.
