NSCA CPT EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER GUARANTEED PASS!!

NSCA CPT EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWER GUARANTEED PASS!!
Acute Adaptations - Answer -Changes that occur in the body during and shortly after an
exercise bout

Referred to responses to exercise

Example:
Fuel substrates in muscle such as creatine phosphate (CP) can become depleted
during an exercise bout

Chronic Adaptations - Answer -Changes in the body that occur after repeated training
bouts and that persist long after a training session is over

Example:
Long term resistance training results in increases in muscle mass, which largely drives
the increase in force production

The key to inducing increases in muscle size and strength - Answer -The key to
inducing increases in muscle size and strength is to place the system under overload

Hypertrophy of muscle fibers is usually not measurable until - Answer -Hypertrophy of
muscle fibers is usually not measurable until approximately 8 to 12 weeks after the
initiation of the training program

Control of muscle force is accomplished by the interplay of two control factors: - Answer
-1. Motor Unit Recruitment

2. Rate Coding

Acute Adaptations to Resistance Training (3) NME - Answer -Neurological
~ 2 responses

Muscular
~ 6 responses

Endocrine
~ 4 responses

Acute Responses to Resistance Training - Neurological Responses (2) (EN) - Answer -
EMG amplitude - increases

Number of motor units recruited - increases

,Acute Neurological Responses to Resistance Training - General Info (4) - Answer -1.
Small muscles that require precise motor control achieve full recruitment at relatively
low percentages of maximum force output (50% of max), and after this point depend
entirely on firing rate to increase force production

2. Large muscles employ recruitment of up to 90% max or more, and firing rates tend to
be lower than for small muscles

3. Small muscles depend more heavily on firing rate to control force output while larger
muscles tend to depend more heavily on recruitment

4. As the muscle begins to fatigue, changes in recruitment and firing rate occur

Recruitment of motor units for force production follows the.......? - Answer -Recruitment
of motor units for force production follows the size principle, meaning that smaller units
are recruited at lower force levels and larger motor units are recruited at higher force
levels

During and immediately after resistance exercise.......? - Answer -During and
immediately after resistance exercise, metabolites accumulate and fuel substrates are
depleted; thus, clients need to include adequate carbohydrate in their diets

Acute Responses to Resistance Training - Muscular Changes (6) HIAACG - Answer -
Hydrogen ion concentration - increases

Inorganic phosphate concentration - increases

Ammonia levels - increases

ATP concentration - no change or slight decrease

Creatine phosphate concentration - decreases

Glycogen concentration - decreases

During and immediately after resistance exercise, metabolites accumulate and fuel
substrates are depleted; thus, clients need to include adequate carbohydrate in their
diets

Acute Responses to Resistance Training - Endocrine Changes (4) (ECTG) - Answer -
Epinephrine concentration - increases

Cortisol concentration - increases

Testosterone concentration - increases

,Growth hormone concentration - increases

Protein and peptide hormones: GH and insulin

Steroid hormones: testosterone and estrogen; derived from a common precursor
(cholesterol)

Chronic Adaptations to Resistance Training (7) (PESFBNS) - Answer -Muscle
Performance
~ 3 responses

Muscle Enzymes
~ 4 responses

Muscle Substrates
~ 6 responses

Muscle Fiber Characteristics
~ 5 responses

Body Composition
~ 3 responses

Neurological Changes
~ 4 responses

Structural Changes
~ 2 responses

Chronic Adaptations to Exercise - Muscle Performance (3) - Answer -Muscle strength -
increases

Muscle endurance - increases

Muscle power - increases

Chronic Adaptations to Exercise - Muscle Enzymes (4) - Answer -Phosphagen system
enzyme concentration - may increase

Phosphagen system enzyme absolute levels - increase

Glycolytic enzyme concentrations - may increase

Glycolytic enzyme absolute levels - increase

, Chronic Adaptations to Exercise - Muscle Substrates (6) - Answer -ATP concentration -
may increase

ATP absolute levels - increase

Creatine phosphate concentration - may increase

Creatine phosphate absolute levels - increase

ATP and CP changes during exercise - decrease

Lactate increase during exercise - decreases

Chronic Adaptations to Exercise - Muscle Fiber Characteristics (5) - Answer -Type 1
cross sectional area - increases

Type 2 cross sectional area - increases

Percent type 2a - increases

Percent type 2x - decreases

Percent type 1 - no change

Chronic Adaptations to Exercise - Body Composition (3) - Answer -Percent fat - likely
decreases

Fat free mass - increases

Metabolic rate - likely increases

Chronic Adaptations to Exercise - Neurological Changes (4) ERFC - Answer -EMG
amplitude during maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) - likely increases

Motor unit recruitment - likely increases

Motor unit firing rate - increases

Cocontraction - decreases

Chronic Adaptations to Exercise - Structural Changes (2) - Answer -Connective tissue
strength - likely increases

Bone density/mass - likely increases