NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) Exam Practice Questions and Verified Answers|100% Correct (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update)

NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)

Exam Practice Questions and Verified

Answers|100% Correct (Latest 2023/ 2024

Update)

Q: Which of the following is a resistance training method that involves performing a set with

light load followed by increasing the load and decreasing the repetitions with each continuing

set?

Answer:

pyramid system

Q: What exercise is considered a total-body Strength Level exercise?

Answer:

Squat, curl, to two-arm press

Q: A woman is training to improve her running capabilities for an upcoming marathon. She is

progressively increasing the distance and time of her runs. Which principle best explains

physiological adaptions occuring to the woman's aerobic energy system?

Answer:

Q: What refers to the weight and movements placed on the body?

Answer:

mechanical specificity

Q: A client exhibits knee instability while performing ball squats. 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.

Q: Which of the following governs how the body responds and adjusts to stress?

Answer:

general adaptation syndrome

Q: When performed at an appropriate tempo, which of the following exercises would offer the

best improvement of the power of a client's pectoralis major?

Answer:

Medicine ball rotation chest pass

Q: A personal trainer is working with a client in Phase 5 of the OPT model. Which of the

following exercises is appropriate?

Answer:

soccer throw

Q: Which term best describes the enlargement of skeletal muscle fibers in response to

overcoming force from high volumes of tension?

Answer:

muscular hypertrophy

Q: Which of the following is a true statement about circuit training?

Answer:

It involves a series of exercises that can be performed one after another.

Q: What is involved in the preparatory step for a multiplanar step-up, balance, curl to overhead

press exercise?

Answer:

Stand in front of a box with feet shoulder-width apart.

Q: Which term refers to the ability of muscles to exert maximal power in a minimal amount of

time?

Answer:

Rate of force production

Q: Which of the following can be caused by low-back injuries?

Answer:

Decreased neural control to stabilizing muscles of the core

Q: Which of the following assessments would be most important for a new client who recently

recovered from a shoulder injury?

Answer:

Pushing/pulling assessments

Q: During a pushing and pulling assessment, the personal trainer notices that a client

demonstrates shoulder elevation. Which of the following muscles are most likely overactive?

Answer:

levator scapulae

Q: Which of the following assessments is used to gauge lower-extremity agility and

neuromuscular control?

Answer:

shark skill test

Q: During a standing pulling assessment, a client compensates by moving his head forward.

Which of the following static stretches would be appropriate for this client?

Answer:

levator scapulae

Q: Which of the following represents the pressure within the arterial system when the heart is

resting and filling with blood?

a. Diastolic Correct

b. Systolic

c. Medial

d. Distal

Answer:

diastolic

Q: When a client is performing the overhead squat assessment, which of the following kinetic

chain checkpoints is the fitness professional observing from the lateral view?

a. Feet and cervical spine