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NSCA EXAM 1 (National Strength and Conditioning
Association) QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS
YEAR
Question: Which of the following is an open kinetic chain exercise?
- seated calf raise
- stationary lunge
- leg (knee) curl - CORRECT ANS✔✔leg (knee) curl
Question: Which of the following describes all motor units?
- contain the same type of muscle fibers
- contain about the same number of muscle fibers
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- contain the same size of motor neurons - CORRECT ANS✔✔contain the same type of muscle
fibers
Question: A client states that her primary goal is to lose weight. The personal trainer suspects
she may be underweight. Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action for
the personal trainer?
- refer the client to a physician
- refer the client to another personal trainer
- explain that she has an eating disorder - CORRECT ANS✔✔refer the client to a physician
Question: Which of the following muscles is eccentrically involved during the downward
movement phase of the bent-over row exercise?
- triceps brachii
- pectoralis major
- latissimus dorsi - CORRECT ANS✔✔latissimus dorsi
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Question: When should the personal trainer administer an informed consent form to a client?
- during completion of the health appraisal process
- during review of the fitness evaluation results
- during the initial interview with the client - CORRECT ANS✔✔during completion of the health
appraisal process
Question: Which of the following is an assessment of local muscular endurance?
- number of sit-ups in 60 seconds
- 300-yard (274-m) shuttle run
- 12-minute run/walk - CORRECT ANS✔✔number of sit-ups in 60 seconds
Question: Which of the following is a common skinfold assessment site to use for a male
client?
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- suprailiac
- triceps
- thigh - CORRECT ANS✔✔thigh
Question: A client describes a recent training session she had with her running group to her
personal trainer. The group ran in a single file line below race pace and at random points in
time, the person at the end of the line would sprint to the front. The group repeated this
activity for 10 miles (16 km). What type of training is this?
- long slow distance
- fartlek
- repetition - CORRECT ANS✔✔fartlek
Question:A personal trainer performed a three-site skinfold measurement on a 20 year-old
college student to estimate her percent body fat as 18%. The body composition of the client is
best described as
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NSCA EXAM 1 (National Strength and Conditioning
Association) QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS
YEAR
Question: Which of the following is an open kinetic chain exercise?
- seated calf raise
- stationary lunge
- leg (knee) curl - CORRECT ANS✔✔leg (knee) curl
Question: Which of the following describes all motor units?
- contain the same type of muscle fibers
- contain about the same number of muscle fibers
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- contain the same size of motor neurons - CORRECT ANS✔✔contain the same type of muscle
fibers
Question: A client states that her primary goal is to lose weight. The personal trainer suspects
she may be underweight. Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action for
the personal trainer?
- refer the client to a physician
- refer the client to another personal trainer
- explain that she has an eating disorder - CORRECT ANS✔✔refer the client to a physician
Question: Which of the following muscles is eccentrically involved during the downward
movement phase of the bent-over row exercise?
- triceps brachii
- pectoralis major
- latissimus dorsi - CORRECT ANS✔✔latissimus dorsi
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Question: When should the personal trainer administer an informed consent form to a client?
- during completion of the health appraisal process
- during review of the fitness evaluation results
- during the initial interview with the client - CORRECT ANS✔✔during completion of the health
appraisal process
Question: Which of the following is an assessment of local muscular endurance?
- number of sit-ups in 60 seconds
- 300-yard (274-m) shuttle run
- 12-minute run/walk - CORRECT ANS✔✔number of sit-ups in 60 seconds
Question: Which of the following is a common skinfold assessment site to use for a male
client?
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- suprailiac
- triceps
- thigh - CORRECT ANS✔✔thigh
Question: A client describes a recent training session she had with her running group to her
personal trainer. The group ran in a single file line below race pace and at random points in
time, the person at the end of the line would sprint to the front. The group repeated this
activity for 10 miles (16 km). What type of training is this?
- long slow distance
- fartlek
- repetition - CORRECT ANS✔✔fartlek
Question:A personal trainer performed a three-site skinfold measurement on a 20 year-old
college student to estimate her percent body fat as 18%. The body composition of the client is
best described as
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