NASM Practice Final Exam
- Which of the following is part of the cardiovascular system?
Answer: Blood
- A health and fitness professional should
Answer: be willing to refer clients to a more qualified health and wellness professional when needed
- The Durnin-Womersley formulas four sites of skin fold measurement include which of the
following anatomic locations?
Answer: Biceps, triceps, subscapular, and iliac crest
- Which of the following is a characteristic of the termination stage?
Answer: Lack of temptation to return to old habits
- The --- stage occurs when individuals have zero temptation to engage in the d behavior?
Answer: Termination
- A client complains of pain in his shoulders while performing the triceps dips exercise. Which
of the following should a fitness professional suggest to the client to reduce the discomfort?
Answer: Decrease the range of motion involved in the exercise
- The --- is made up of the upper and lower extremities as well as the shoulder and pelvic
girdles and encompasses approximately 126 bones.
Answer: appendicular skeleton
- Which of the following should be an ideal component of a warm up period for a strength
level client?Answer: Active-isolate stretching for 1 to 2 sets with 5 to 10 repetitions for each muscle
- While performing self-myofascial release on the thoracic spine, the foam should be rolled
on the
Answer: Upper back
- Prolonged periods of sitting throughout the day are indicative of
Answer: postural imbalances
- Facilities that are high end and focus on a niche market segment are --- facilities
Answer: Boutique
- Which of the following define SMART?
Answer: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely
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- Which of the flowing describes the acronym SMART?
Answer: Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-oriented
- When an individual performs power exercise s, it is important to make sure that he or she
Answer: has good balance, body control and spatial awareness
- A persons estimated maximal heart rate is found by subtracting his or her age from the
number
Answer: 220
- Recertification requires that the professional get 2.0 CEUS every
Answer: 2 years
- The synergistic action of muscle groups to produce movement around a joint is known as a
Answer: Force-couple
- --- is a straightening movement in which the relative angle between two adjacent segments
increases
Answer: Extension
- Corrective stretching is usually a combination of self-myofascial release and
Answer: Static stretching
- In the context of training programs, repetition tempo refers to
Answer: the speed with which each repetition is performed
- During a clients postural assessment, he exhibits pronation distortion syn- drome. Which of
the following static stretching techniques is most appropriate to lengthen his short muscles?
Answer: Gastrocnemius
- Stabilization endurance training in the OPT model focuses on
Answer: increasing neuromuscular efficiency of the core musculature
- Which of the following assessments is designed to assess lower extremity agility and
muscular control?
Answer: Shark skill test
- --- trust does not change overtime
Answer: Stable
- --- is used to increase the extensibility of soft tissues through the reciprocal inhibition
Answer: Static stretching
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