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NSCA-CPT Practice Test
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The NSCA-CPT Personal Trainer exam consists of 140 multiple-choice questions based on four subject areas: Client Consultation and Assessment, Program Planning, Techniques of Exercise, Safety, Emergency Procedures and Legal Issues.

NSCA-CPT Practice Test
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16 Questions

1. What is the general idea behind periodization?
2. What is the fuel source in the sliding filament theory?
3. What is the biomechanical definition of Work?
4. You are training a client with Epilepsy and he begins having a seizure on the leg press machine. Which of the following is an appropriate action to take?
5. What information does the Informed Consent form collect?
6. What is the correct sequence of connective tissue found within the muscle from largest to smallest?
7. What blood pressure measurement is considered to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease?
8. What information does the Health History Questionnaire collect?
9. Abigail has been training with you for a year. She has begun seeing less results lately and is becoming discouraged. What is the best way to increase the results she is getting when she has reached a plateau and is unable to increase resistance or number of repetitions?
10. Which of the following is a questionnaire that serves as a non-invasive, minimal health-risk appraisal designed to determine contraindications to exercise?
11. Upon approaching a client who is unconscious and non-responsive, what should you check and in which order?
12. Howard is a diabetic client whom you have been training for 3 months. While exercising he begins to show signs of hypoglycemia. What is the best course of action?
13. What is considered the basic contractile unit of a muscle?
14. In which situation should the trainer refer the client to a dietitian?
15. Torque produces ___________________.
16. When on the treadmill your client becomes dizzy and passes out. She hits her head on the ground. She is unconscious and non-responsive. What is an appropriate action to take?

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