FREE NSCA-CPT Corrective Exercise Questions and Answers

Question 1

"Programming by a fitness professional that focuses on correcting movement dysfunctions such as excessive knee valgus, knee rotation, hip adduction, and hip rotation, as well as improving single-leg neuromuscular balance and muscle strength, can help reduce the risk of what severe knee injury?

Accepted Answer

ACL tear/rupture

Answer

Achilles tendinopathy

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Quadriceps and soleus

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Knee valgus

Question 2

During the assessment process, a client displays excessive wrist flexion. What would be a good activity to perform after inhibiting the wrist flexors?

Accepted Answer

Stretch the wrist flexors

Answer

Split squat

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Crossed over the chest

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Wrist joint

Question 3

What are common underactive/lengthened lower-body muscles?

Accepted Answer

Rectus abdominis, gluteus maximus, tibialis anterior, and peroneals

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Reduces the influence of the foot and ankle complex on the squat movement

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The biceps brachii contracting during elbow flexion

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Quality carbohydrates and lean protein, 2 hours after exercise.

Question 4

Typically, a client with an Achilles tendon injury will exhibit weakness in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Gastrocnemius

Answer

Anterior Oblique

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Ligaments

Answer

Achilles

Question 5

Which instruction would correctly assist a client in performing static stretching of the right sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM)?

Accepted Answer

"Place your right arm to your side and then use your left hand to help sidebend your neck to the left."

Answer

Posterior tibialis

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The client should be cleared through an appropriately licensed medical professional before proceeding with any myofascial techniques.

Answer

Place your right arm to your side, rotate your head to the right, and then use your left hand to help sidebend your neck to the left.

Question 6

Which movement assessment mimics walking and running gait movements and would be considered a regression from the single-leg squat?

Accepted Answer

Split squat

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Quadriceps

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Wrist flexors

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Anterior oblique

Question 7

How would one instruct a client to stretch their right upper trapezius muscle correctly

Accepted Answer

Place your right arm to your side and then use your left hand to help sidebend your neck to the left.

Answer

Reduces the influence of the foot and ankle complex on the squat movement

Answer

Sensory deprivation chambers and wearable activity trackers

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Place your right arm to your side, rotate your head to the right, and then use your left hand to help sidebend your neck to the left.

Question 8

Which lower-body muscles tend to be overactive in Kendall kyphosis-lordosis?

Accepted Answer

Internal obliques, hip flexors, and lumbar extensors

Answer

Lateral

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Wrist flexors

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Wrist extensors

Question 9

Which muscle would be considered overactive or shortened if it caused the arms to fall forward during the overhead squat evaluation?

Accepted Answer

Latissimus dorsi

Answer

Knee valgus

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Crossed over the chest

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Quadriceps

Question 10

A Corrective Exercise Specialist is implementing a program of static stretching with a youth basketball team. What acute training variables are recommended for this type of stretching?

Accepted Answer

Hold 20-30 seconds, 1-4 repetitions, daily

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Hold 20-30 seconds, 2-5 repetitions, daily

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Internal obliques, hip flexors, and lumbar extensors

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Up to 90 seconds