NASM PES Exam Review questions with answers

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Principle of Specificity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The body will
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adapt to demands placed on it.
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Caffeine effects... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CNS, heart, and
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skeletal muscles \|




Risk factor for tendonitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cold weather
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As stretch intensity increases, - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔frequency
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of nerve impulses increases
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Acute effects occur - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Shortly after
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ingestion


Rate Coding - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Firing frequency of motor
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units


Structural efficiency - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Capability if the
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body to overcome forces to maintain alignment of the
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musculoskeletal system, allowing one to maintain center of \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|



gravity.

,The highest intensity of muscle activation, while performing
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Olympic lifts occurs at the.. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hip
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extensors


During which stage of the stress response will the body
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experience less soreness and improvement in activity? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Resistance Development \| \|




What is involved in the postural control system? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Proprioceptive, Vestibular, Visual \| \| \|




How many meals should an athlete eat each day? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔4-6 small meals \| \| \|




Detect muscle length - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔muscle spindles
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detect pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nociceptors
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Detect limit in a rang of motion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ruffini
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afferants


Detect joint rotation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔skin receptors
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Rate of force production - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Exert max force
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in a short amount of time
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, Olympic lifts should be inserted into which phases of the OPT
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model? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔5/6 \| \| \| \|




posture - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the capability to maintain
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alignment within the human movement system via dynamic
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control


Main reason cardiac output is improved with training - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔increase in stroke volume \| \| \| \|




What will improve rate of force production - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔plyometrics: rapid exchange between eccentric and concentric \| \| \| \| \| \| \|



contractions
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Olympic lifts occur in what planes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔frontal
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and saggital
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The majority of strength gains occur within - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔the first 12 weeks \| \| \|




As intensity of exercise increases, - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔respiratory quotient increases \| \|




The number of foot contacts measures - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔training volume \|