NFPT CPT FINAL PAPER 2026 EXAM Q&A
STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
◉ ADLs stands for: Answer: Activities of Daily Living
◉ Which exercise concern(s) would you, as a personal trainer,
recommend that your client see a highly trained physiologist or
physician for a determination and prescription of an appropriate training
regime? Answer: Respiratory disease; Joint injury; Cardiovascular
disease
◉ The point at which muscle joins the stationary bone at the end closest
to the body is the Answer: origin
◉ The strong connective tissue that connects muscle to bone is called
Answer: tendon
◉ There is an average of ___ muscles in the adult human body. Answer:
656
◉ The average adult has how many bones? Answer: 206
,◉ A tough but flexible connective tissue that covers the end of each
bone is called Answer: cartilage
◉ Blood travels away from the heart, carrying oxygenated blood to the
body, through ________; and deoxygenated blood comes back to the
heart through _____. Answer: arteries; veins
◉ This muscle controls the overall breathing process. As it contracts it
flattens, causing air to be sucked into the lungs; and when it relaxes the
air in the lungs is forced out. Answer: Diaphragm
◉ What division of the nervous system sends and receives information,
and contains the brain and spinal cord? Answer: Central Nervous
System (CNS)
◉ What part of the digestive system does most absorption of nutrients
occur? Answer: Small intestine
◉ The Knee is ______ to the hip and ________ to the ankle. Answer:
distal; proximal
◉ A tendon; Answer: Connects muscle to bone
, ◉ Ligaments are ____ elastic than tendons and are ____ prone to tearing
than tendons. Answer: less; more
◉ Commonly called the 'Prime Movers', these are the muscles that
contract to create the ROM through the joint, they are the muscles
primarily responsible for the movement. Answer: Agonists
◉ These muscles, sometimes referred to as 'neutralizers', provide for
assistance of the prime mover/s/ by neutralizing the force of the
movement through the plane of motion. Answer: Synergists
◉ The triceps are the __________ to ______ Answer: Antagonist to
biceps
◉ The quadratus lumborum stabilizes the spine in Answer: all planes
◉ The internal and external obliques ______ the trunk Answer: rotate
◉ Which exercises are best for the quads? Answer: Lunges, squats, and
leg press
STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
◉ ADLs stands for: Answer: Activities of Daily Living
◉ Which exercise concern(s) would you, as a personal trainer,
recommend that your client see a highly trained physiologist or
physician for a determination and prescription of an appropriate training
regime? Answer: Respiratory disease; Joint injury; Cardiovascular
disease
◉ The point at which muscle joins the stationary bone at the end closest
to the body is the Answer: origin
◉ The strong connective tissue that connects muscle to bone is called
Answer: tendon
◉ There is an average of ___ muscles in the adult human body. Answer:
656
◉ The average adult has how many bones? Answer: 206
,◉ A tough but flexible connective tissue that covers the end of each
bone is called Answer: cartilage
◉ Blood travels away from the heart, carrying oxygenated blood to the
body, through ________; and deoxygenated blood comes back to the
heart through _____. Answer: arteries; veins
◉ This muscle controls the overall breathing process. As it contracts it
flattens, causing air to be sucked into the lungs; and when it relaxes the
air in the lungs is forced out. Answer: Diaphragm
◉ What division of the nervous system sends and receives information,
and contains the brain and spinal cord? Answer: Central Nervous
System (CNS)
◉ What part of the digestive system does most absorption of nutrients
occur? Answer: Small intestine
◉ The Knee is ______ to the hip and ________ to the ankle. Answer:
distal; proximal
◉ A tendon; Answer: Connects muscle to bone
, ◉ Ligaments are ____ elastic than tendons and are ____ prone to tearing
than tendons. Answer: less; more
◉ Commonly called the 'Prime Movers', these are the muscles that
contract to create the ROM through the joint, they are the muscles
primarily responsible for the movement. Answer: Agonists
◉ These muscles, sometimes referred to as 'neutralizers', provide for
assistance of the prime mover/s/ by neutralizing the force of the
movement through the plane of motion. Answer: Synergists
◉ The triceps are the __________ to ______ Answer: Antagonist to
biceps
◉ The quadratus lumborum stabilizes the spine in Answer: all planes
◉ The internal and external obliques ______ the trunk Answer: rotate
◉ Which exercises are best for the quads? Answer: Lunges, squats, and
leg press
