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NASM CPT MISSED QUESTIONS AND CONCEPTS
LATEST 2025-2026 VERSION ALREADY A GRADED
|NEW AND REVISED
1. Which type of support describes the actions that a person takes to help another
person engage in exercise?
a. Informational support
b. Emotional support
c. Instrumental support
d. Companionship support: Instrumental support
2. In a group exercise setting within a fitness facility, which person should greet all
members, make everyone feel welcome, and ensure that participants have the right
equipment and attire to participate safely?
a. Certified Personal Trainer
b. Exercise leader
c. General manager
d. Fitness manager: exercise leader
3. A person walks differently when they move from a sidewalk onto the sand. This is
regulated by what function?
a. Muscle function
b. Motor function
c. Wolff's law
d. Neuroplasticity: motor function
4. What term is used to describe the concept of how the functioning of one body
segment can impact other areas of the body?
a. Osteokinematics
b. Kinesiology
c. Biomechanics
d. Regional interdependence: regional interdependence
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5. What are the end products of the electron transport chain?: ATP and water
6. Performing a biceps curl with a dumbbell in the hand is an example of which type of
lever?
a. Fourth class
b. Second class
c. Third class
d. First class: third class
7. What is the correct order of segments for the spine, starting at the top?
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a. Thoracic, cervical, and lumbar
b. Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
c. Lumbar, cervical, and thoracic
d. Cervical, lumbar, and thoracic: Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
8. What type of input may provide a runner with a cue to contract the evertor
muscles to avoid an inversion injury?
a. Proprioception
b. Force velocity
c. Stretch-shortening cycle
d. External feedback: Proprioception
9. Overactive hip flexors may lead to which of the following postural compen- sations?
a. Posterior tilting of the pelvis and an increased low-back arch
b. Posterior tilting of the pelvis and a decreased low-back arch
c. Anterior tilting of the pelvis and an increased low-back arch
d. Anterior tilting of the pelvis and a decreased low-back arch: c
10. Which of the following tests is used to measure lower-extremity power?
a. Lower extremity functional test (LEFT)
b. Pro shuttle
c. 40-yard dash
d. Vertical jump: Vertical jump
11. What do you visualize to detect the movement impairment shoulder eleva- tion?
a. The shoulders moving upward toward the ears
b. The arms falling forward
c. The scapula protruding excessively from the back
d. The trunk leaning forward: a
12. Which of the following terms can be used in place of repetition tempo?
a. Speed
b. Rest interval
c. Training duration
d. Intensity: speed
13. What is the primary action of the multifidus?
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a. Regulate inspiration
b. Stabilize and extend the spine
c. Support the contents of the pelvis
d. Increase intra-abdominal pressure: b
14. What is the complete transition from eccentric to concentric muscle ac- tions
known as?
a. Loading phase
b. Unloading phase
c. Stretch-shortening cycle
d. Amortization phase: Stretch-shortening cycle
15. Which term specifically describes motor function of muscles in the lower
extremity?
a. Neuromuscular function
b. Afferent nerve function
c. Sensory function
d. Vestibular function: Neuromuscular function
16. What three joint actions comprise triple extension?
a. Spinal extension, hip extension, and plantar flexion
b. Plantar flexion, knee extension, and hip extension
c. Dorsiflexion, knee flexion, and hip flexion
d. Knee extension, shoulder extension, and elbow extension: b
17. What is sarcopenia?
a. Age-related loss in bone mineral density
b. Chronic inflammation of the joints
c. Age-related loss of muscle tissue
d. Lower than normal bone mineral density: c
18. How is osteopenia best described?
a. A disease characterized by low bone density.
b. The loss of bone density related to the aging process.
c. An age-related loss of muscle mass resulting in weakness and frailty in older
adults.
d. A bone weakness disease caused by vitamin D deficiency.: b
19. Davis's law describes what type of changes within the cumulative injury cycle?
NASM CPT MISSED QUESTIONS AND CONCEPTS
LATEST 2025-2026 VERSION ALREADY A GRADED
|NEW AND REVISED
1. Which type of support describes the actions that a person takes to help another
person engage in exercise?
a. Informational support
b. Emotional support
c. Instrumental support
d. Companionship support: Instrumental support
2. In a group exercise setting within a fitness facility, which person should greet all
members, make everyone feel welcome, and ensure that participants have the right
equipment and attire to participate safely?
a. Certified Personal Trainer
b. Exercise leader
c. General manager
d. Fitness manager: exercise leader
3. A person walks differently when they move from a sidewalk onto the sand. This is
regulated by what function?
a. Muscle function
b. Motor function
c. Wolff's law
d. Neuroplasticity: motor function
4. What term is used to describe the concept of how the functioning of one body
segment can impact other areas of the body?
a. Osteokinematics
b. Kinesiology
c. Biomechanics
d. Regional interdependence: regional interdependence
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5. What are the end products of the electron transport chain?: ATP and water
6. Performing a biceps curl with a dumbbell in the hand is an example of which type of
lever?
a. Fourth class
b. Second class
c. Third class
d. First class: third class
7. What is the correct order of segments for the spine, starting at the top?
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a. Thoracic, cervical, and lumbar
b. Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
c. Lumbar, cervical, and thoracic
d. Cervical, lumbar, and thoracic: Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
8. What type of input may provide a runner with a cue to contract the evertor
muscles to avoid an inversion injury?
a. Proprioception
b. Force velocity
c. Stretch-shortening cycle
d. External feedback: Proprioception
9. Overactive hip flexors may lead to which of the following postural compen- sations?
a. Posterior tilting of the pelvis and an increased low-back arch
b. Posterior tilting of the pelvis and a decreased low-back arch
c. Anterior tilting of the pelvis and an increased low-back arch
d. Anterior tilting of the pelvis and a decreased low-back arch: c
10. Which of the following tests is used to measure lower-extremity power?
a. Lower extremity functional test (LEFT)
b. Pro shuttle
c. 40-yard dash
d. Vertical jump: Vertical jump
11. What do you visualize to detect the movement impairment shoulder eleva- tion?
a. The shoulders moving upward toward the ears
b. The arms falling forward
c. The scapula protruding excessively from the back
d. The trunk leaning forward: a
12. Which of the following terms can be used in place of repetition tempo?
a. Speed
b. Rest interval
c. Training duration
d. Intensity: speed
13. What is the primary action of the multifidus?
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a. Regulate inspiration
b. Stabilize and extend the spine
c. Support the contents of the pelvis
d. Increase intra-abdominal pressure: b
14. What is the complete transition from eccentric to concentric muscle ac- tions
known as?
a. Loading phase
b. Unloading phase
c. Stretch-shortening cycle
d. Amortization phase: Stretch-shortening cycle
15. Which term specifically describes motor function of muscles in the lower
extremity?
a. Neuromuscular function
b. Afferent nerve function
c. Sensory function
d. Vestibular function: Neuromuscular function
16. What three joint actions comprise triple extension?
a. Spinal extension, hip extension, and plantar flexion
b. Plantar flexion, knee extension, and hip extension
c. Dorsiflexion, knee flexion, and hip flexion
d. Knee extension, shoulder extension, and elbow extension: b
17. What is sarcopenia?
a. Age-related loss in bone mineral density
b. Chronic inflammation of the joints
c. Age-related loss of muscle tissue
d. Lower than normal bone mineral density: c
18. How is osteopenia best described?
a. A disease characterized by low bone density.
b. The loss of bone density related to the aging process.
c. An age-related loss of muscle mass resulting in weakness and frailty in older
adults.
d. A bone weakness disease caused by vitamin D deficiency.: b
19. Davis's law describes what type of changes within the cumulative injury cycle?
