NASM CPT FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Proprioception - (ANSWER)The body's ability to to sense the relative position of adjacent parts of the
body
Ex: when walking our feet give us proprioception about the type of surface we are on.
Mechanoreceptors - (ANSWER)specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit
signals to sensory nerves.
Muscle Spindles - (ANSWER)sensory receptors in the muscles that are parallel to the muscle fibers and
are sensitive to change in muscle length. Spindles stretch with muscle and sends information to CNS.
helps to prevent muscles from stretching too far or too fast
Golgi Tendon Organs - (ANSWER)sensory receptors that are located at the point where the skeletal
muscle fibers insert into the tendon. Sensitive to change in tension at the rate of change
causes the muscle to relax
Epimysium - (ANSWER)connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of the whole muscle
Perimysium - (ANSWER)connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
Endomysium - (ANSWER)between the individual muscle fibers
Type 1 Muscle Fiber - (ANSWER)"slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-term
contractions (stabilization)
Type 2 Muscle Fiber - (ANSWER)fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises
, NASM CPT FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Agonist - (ANSWER)PRIME MOVER, main muscles
ex: chest press-> pectoralis major
Synergist - (ANSWER)ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
Stabilizer - (ANSWER)stabilizes while prime mover and assist work.
chest press -> rotator cuff
Antagonist - (ANSWER)Oppose Prime mover,
chest press -> posterior delt
Right Atrium - (ANSWER)gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from ENTIRE BODY
Left Atrium - (ANSWER)gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
Right Ventricle - (ANSWER)thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
Left Ventricle - (ANSWER)thick walls, pumps under high pressure to rest of body
Metabolism - (ANSWER)all of the chemical reactions that happen in our body to maintain itself.
Nutrients are acquired, transported and used by the body.
Exercise Metabolism - (ANSWER)bioenergetics as it relates to the unique physiologic changes and
demands on body during exercise
Substrates - (ANSWER)where enzymes act
Proprioception - (ANSWER)The body's ability to to sense the relative position of adjacent parts of the
body
Ex: when walking our feet give us proprioception about the type of surface we are on.
Mechanoreceptors - (ANSWER)specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit
signals to sensory nerves.
Muscle Spindles - (ANSWER)sensory receptors in the muscles that are parallel to the muscle fibers and
are sensitive to change in muscle length. Spindles stretch with muscle and sends information to CNS.
helps to prevent muscles from stretching too far or too fast
Golgi Tendon Organs - (ANSWER)sensory receptors that are located at the point where the skeletal
muscle fibers insert into the tendon. Sensitive to change in tension at the rate of change
causes the muscle to relax
Epimysium - (ANSWER)connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of the whole muscle
Perimysium - (ANSWER)connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
Endomysium - (ANSWER)between the individual muscle fibers
Type 1 Muscle Fiber - (ANSWER)"slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-term
contractions (stabilization)
Type 2 Muscle Fiber - (ANSWER)fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises
, NASM CPT FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Agonist - (ANSWER)PRIME MOVER, main muscles
ex: chest press-> pectoralis major
Synergist - (ANSWER)ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
Stabilizer - (ANSWER)stabilizes while prime mover and assist work.
chest press -> rotator cuff
Antagonist - (ANSWER)Oppose Prime mover,
chest press -> posterior delt
Right Atrium - (ANSWER)gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from ENTIRE BODY
Left Atrium - (ANSWER)gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
Right Ventricle - (ANSWER)thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
Left Ventricle - (ANSWER)thick walls, pumps under high pressure to rest of body
Metabolism - (ANSWER)all of the chemical reactions that happen in our body to maintain itself.
Nutrients are acquired, transported and used by the body.
Exercise Metabolism - (ANSWER)bioenergetics as it relates to the unique physiologic changes and
demands on body during exercise
Substrates - (ANSWER)where enzymes act
