Free NSCA Personal Trainer Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is the proper order of muscle structures, from smallest to largest?

Accepted Answer

Muscle fiber, endomysium, fascicles, perimysium, epimysium

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Muscle fiber, epimysium, fascicles, perimysium, endomysium

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Muscle fiber, endomysium, perimysium, fascicles, epimysium

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Muscle fiber, epimysium, endomysium, fascicles, perimysium

Question 2

What portion of the muscle fiber contains glycogen and myoglobin, as well as lipids, enzymes, and various cellular organelles?

Accepted Answer

Sarcoplasm

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Myofibrils

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Transverse tubules

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Sarcolemma

Question 3

What role does calcium play in the process of stimulating muscle?

Accepted Answer

Binds with troponin to open up binding sites

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Binds to actin filaments’ binding sites

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Binds to actin filaments’ binding sites

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Provides the action potential

Question 4

What regulates the process of altering membrane potential by allowing sodium ions to rush into nerve cell membranes?

Accepted Answer

Sodium-potassium pump

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Hyperpolarization

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Saltatory conduction

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Depolarization

Question 5

What relays information about body and limb changes to the central nervous system? Proprioceptors

Accepted Answer

Proprioceptors

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Muscle spindles

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Nerve cells

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Motor endplates

Question 6

Which portion of the muscle fiber detects changes in the muscle's tension?

Accepted Answer

Golgi tendon organs

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Neurotransmitters

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Muscle spindles

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Pacinian corpuscles

Question 7

What type of tissue has a fluid-filled form called serous?

Accepted Answer

Fascia

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Tendons

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Collagen

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Osseous

Question 8

Which organ system is responsible for transporting nutrients, eliminating waste, and maintaining the body's overall environment?

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Cardiovascular

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Endocrine

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Respiratory

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Reproductive

Question 9

Which electrocardiogram components represent the electrical stimulus as it traverses the atrial and ventricular myocardium?

Accepted Answer

QRS complex and P wave

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Q and T waves

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P and Q waves

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QRS complex and T wave

Question 10

When would a systolic blood pressure reading between 220 and 260 not be considered abnormal?

Accepted Answer

During aerobic exercise

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During the Valsalva maneuver

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During low intensity work in hot temperatures

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During low intensity work in cold temperatures