CPT NASM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the definition of anthropometry? ANSW✅✅The field of study of the measurement of
living humans for purposes of understanding human physical variation in size, weight, and
proportion.
Which movement assessment is a global observation of the entire kinetic chain and recommended
as the first movement assessment to use with all clients? ANSW✅✅Overhead squat
Which test provides the most personalized assessment of an individual's true metabolic function?
ANSW✅✅Ventilatory threshold (VT1) test
What is the weekly total of time recommended for cardiorespiratory training if participating in
moderate-intensity exercise like brisk walking? ANSW✅✅150 minutes per week
A client is performing a barbell squat exercise. How should the fitness professional spot their client?
ANSW✅✅The fitness professional should spot underneath the client's armpits.
What is the best type of plyometric exercise for a beginner client? ANSW✅✅small jumps
Which regions of the spine demonstrate kyphotic curves? ANSW✅✅thoracic and sacral
You are training a youth client. What is the best choice for number of SAQ drills per workout for this
athlete? ANSW✅✅4 to 8 drills per workout
Susan's quadriceps have been identified as overactive. What type of flexibility training should be
used first to help improve this muscle imbalance? ANSW✅✅SMR and Static stretching of the
quadriceps
In what training zone would you be exercising at a vigorous to very hard intensity, where talking is
limited to infrequent, short phrases? ANSW✅✅Zone 3
,What is the intended outcome of stage 2 training? ANSW✅✅To increase the workload (e.g.,
speed, incline) in a way that helps clients exercise at higher intensities and achieve greater levels of
aerobic fitness
What is the general recommendation rest between SAQ reps for intermediate clients?
ANSW✅✅0 to 60 seconds
What is a regression for the box jump-up with stabilization? ANSW✅✅Squat jump with
stabilization
Davis's law describes what type of changes within the cumulative injury cycle?
ANSW✅✅Adhesions may begin to form structural changes in the soft tissue
Performing 4 weeks of stabilization training before moving on to strength endurance training for
another 4 weeks would be an example of what kind of periodization? ANSW✅✅Linear
periodization
What is defined as a consistently elevated blood pressure? ANSW✅✅hypertension
Core and balance exercises are a component of which part of an OPT workout?
ANSW✅✅activation
Which type of cholesterol tends to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease? ANSW✅✅LDL (low
density lipoprotein)
When it comes to barriers to exercise, which statement is correct? ANSW✅✅Barriers to exercise
are often cited by people who are sedentary or infrequently active.
What is the high-energy compound used by the body to do work? ANSW✅✅ATP
Pronation of the foot describes what multiplanar movements? ANSW✅✅Eversion, dorsiflexion,
and ankle abduction
,Which of the following best describes the role of micronutrients in the body? ANSW✅✅They
regulate various metabolic processes, including energy metabolism.
What is bioenergetics? ANSW✅✅The study of the ways in which food is turned into energy?
Where in the heart is the sinoatrial node located? ANSW✅✅right atrium
How many calories are in 1 gram of protein? ANSW✅✅4 calories
What is the name of the specialized cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system?
ANSW✅✅neuron
In what plane of movement do shoulder horizontal adduction and abduction occur?
ANSW✅✅transverse
If someone out for a 5-mile jog with their friend, which energy system would provide most of the
ATP for this activity? ANSW✅✅Oxidative phosphorylation
What is the correct order of segments for the spine, starting at the top? ANSW✅✅cervical,
thoracic, lumbar
Stored energy from an efficiently functioning stretch-shortening cycle is released during which
muscle action? ANSW✅✅concentric
What statement best describes a nonprofit health club? ANSW✅✅A health club that uses
revenue from fitness programs and memberships to cover operational costs, improve facilities, and
fund a wide range of community-based initiatives
Identify the correct number of continuing education units (CEUs) that an NASM Certified Personal
Trainer needs to complete in a 2-year cycle to renew the certification? ANSW✅✅2
An NASM Certified Personal Trainer must complete 2.0 continuing education units every 2 years to
maintain the credential.
, What term is defined as the generic modifiable factors that impact behavior?
ANSW✅✅determinants
The role of psychology in fitness and wellness is strongly rooted in which area?
ANSW✅✅behavioral change
Which type of support describes the actions that a person takes to help another person engage in
exercise? ANSW✅✅Instrumental support
Individuals in this stage of change may sporadically engage in physical activity but without any form,
structure, or consistency. ANSW✅✅preparation
Changing leadership style based on the size of a group would be an example of which component of
leadership? ANSW✅✅situational factors
What is the process called that prepares fatty acid substrates to enter the citric acid cycle?
ANSW✅✅beta oxidation
Which of following is a ketone body? ANSW✅✅Acetoacetic acid
Which mechanoreceptor is sensitive to changes in muscular tension and rate of that tension change,
causing the muscle to relax, which prevents the muscle from excessive stress and possible injury?
ANSW✅✅Golgi tendon organs
What is the correct order of fascia, starting with the most superficial? ANSW✅✅epimysium,
perimysium, endomysium
Which type of exercise accommodates effort whereby the harder the individual pushes or pulls, the
more resistance they feel, despite the movement speed remaining constant? ANSW✅✅isokinetic
Food in the stomach is processed and then passes into what anatomical structure?
ANSW✅✅Duodenum of the small intestine
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the definition of anthropometry? ANSW✅✅The field of study of the measurement of
living humans for purposes of understanding human physical variation in size, weight, and
proportion.
Which movement assessment is a global observation of the entire kinetic chain and recommended
as the first movement assessment to use with all clients? ANSW✅✅Overhead squat
Which test provides the most personalized assessment of an individual's true metabolic function?
ANSW✅✅Ventilatory threshold (VT1) test
What is the weekly total of time recommended for cardiorespiratory training if participating in
moderate-intensity exercise like brisk walking? ANSW✅✅150 minutes per week
A client is performing a barbell squat exercise. How should the fitness professional spot their client?
ANSW✅✅The fitness professional should spot underneath the client's armpits.
What is the best type of plyometric exercise for a beginner client? ANSW✅✅small jumps
Which regions of the spine demonstrate kyphotic curves? ANSW✅✅thoracic and sacral
You are training a youth client. What is the best choice for number of SAQ drills per workout for this
athlete? ANSW✅✅4 to 8 drills per workout
Susan's quadriceps have been identified as overactive. What type of flexibility training should be
used first to help improve this muscle imbalance? ANSW✅✅SMR and Static stretching of the
quadriceps
In what training zone would you be exercising at a vigorous to very hard intensity, where talking is
limited to infrequent, short phrases? ANSW✅✅Zone 3
,What is the intended outcome of stage 2 training? ANSW✅✅To increase the workload (e.g.,
speed, incline) in a way that helps clients exercise at higher intensities and achieve greater levels of
aerobic fitness
What is the general recommendation rest between SAQ reps for intermediate clients?
ANSW✅✅0 to 60 seconds
What is a regression for the box jump-up with stabilization? ANSW✅✅Squat jump with
stabilization
Davis's law describes what type of changes within the cumulative injury cycle?
ANSW✅✅Adhesions may begin to form structural changes in the soft tissue
Performing 4 weeks of stabilization training before moving on to strength endurance training for
another 4 weeks would be an example of what kind of periodization? ANSW✅✅Linear
periodization
What is defined as a consistently elevated blood pressure? ANSW✅✅hypertension
Core and balance exercises are a component of which part of an OPT workout?
ANSW✅✅activation
Which type of cholesterol tends to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease? ANSW✅✅LDL (low
density lipoprotein)
When it comes to barriers to exercise, which statement is correct? ANSW✅✅Barriers to exercise
are often cited by people who are sedentary or infrequently active.
What is the high-energy compound used by the body to do work? ANSW✅✅ATP
Pronation of the foot describes what multiplanar movements? ANSW✅✅Eversion, dorsiflexion,
and ankle abduction
,Which of the following best describes the role of micronutrients in the body? ANSW✅✅They
regulate various metabolic processes, including energy metabolism.
What is bioenergetics? ANSW✅✅The study of the ways in which food is turned into energy?
Where in the heart is the sinoatrial node located? ANSW✅✅right atrium
How many calories are in 1 gram of protein? ANSW✅✅4 calories
What is the name of the specialized cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system?
ANSW✅✅neuron
In what plane of movement do shoulder horizontal adduction and abduction occur?
ANSW✅✅transverse
If someone out for a 5-mile jog with their friend, which energy system would provide most of the
ATP for this activity? ANSW✅✅Oxidative phosphorylation
What is the correct order of segments for the spine, starting at the top? ANSW✅✅cervical,
thoracic, lumbar
Stored energy from an efficiently functioning stretch-shortening cycle is released during which
muscle action? ANSW✅✅concentric
What statement best describes a nonprofit health club? ANSW✅✅A health club that uses
revenue from fitness programs and memberships to cover operational costs, improve facilities, and
fund a wide range of community-based initiatives
Identify the correct number of continuing education units (CEUs) that an NASM Certified Personal
Trainer needs to complete in a 2-year cycle to renew the certification? ANSW✅✅2
An NASM Certified Personal Trainer must complete 2.0 continuing education units every 2 years to
maintain the credential.
, What term is defined as the generic modifiable factors that impact behavior?
ANSW✅✅determinants
The role of psychology in fitness and wellness is strongly rooted in which area?
ANSW✅✅behavioral change
Which type of support describes the actions that a person takes to help another person engage in
exercise? ANSW✅✅Instrumental support
Individuals in this stage of change may sporadically engage in physical activity but without any form,
structure, or consistency. ANSW✅✅preparation
Changing leadership style based on the size of a group would be an example of which component of
leadership? ANSW✅✅situational factors
What is the process called that prepares fatty acid substrates to enter the citric acid cycle?
ANSW✅✅beta oxidation
Which of following is a ketone body? ANSW✅✅Acetoacetic acid
Which mechanoreceptor is sensitive to changes in muscular tension and rate of that tension change,
causing the muscle to relax, which prevents the muscle from excessive stress and possible injury?
ANSW✅✅Golgi tendon organs
What is the correct order of fascia, starting with the most superficial? ANSW✅✅epimysium,
perimysium, endomysium
Which type of exercise accommodates effort whereby the harder the individual pushes or pulls, the
more resistance they feel, despite the movement speed remaining constant? ANSW✅✅isokinetic
Food in the stomach is processed and then passes into what anatomical structure?
ANSW✅✅Duodenum of the small intestine
