NASM STRETCHING AND FLEXIBILITY
FINAL EXAM PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
2026
• Tension. Answer: the baseline force on the fascial network that allows
it to accommodate, adapt and respond to varied forces generated by the
human movement system (HMS)?
• Understanding, compassion and empathy. Answer: emotional
characteristics are most important for the fitness professional to have
during an assisted-stretching session?
• Stiff legged deadlift. Answer: When impaired, which exercise may
uncover a shift in the back net (BN)?
• Pectoralis major. Answer: muscles that included in the Superficial
Front Arm Net (SFAN)?
• Lying on side, arm reaching up overhead.. Answer: What is the
position of the client during the side-lying pectorals stretch?
• Structural efficiency. Answer: describes the alignment of each
component of the human movement system (HMS) allowing posture to
be balanced in correlation to the center of gravity?
, • Quick and strong movements. Answer: What types of movement
should be used to engage the sympathetic nervous system?
• Lateral net. Answer: Which fascial net dysfunction may cause hip
hiking?
• Through the hip leaning away. Answer: How should the traction
during the adductor stretch be completed?
• Mechanoreceptors detect quick and powerful changes in tissue length
and cause a contraction in the muscle.. Answer: How does the stretch
reflex prevent injury?
• Most states and countries umbrella the professional-client touch
relationship under the massage therapy license.. Answer: Why should
the fitness professional take caution and make sure they understand the
scope of practice in their location before stretching clients?
• Myofascial nets. Answer: Which term describes the muscular and
fascial chains located throughout the body?
• Biomechanical model. Answer: What concept is described as the
collection of parts that work together to create movement patterns?
FINAL EXAM PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
2026
• Tension. Answer: the baseline force on the fascial network that allows
it to accommodate, adapt and respond to varied forces generated by the
human movement system (HMS)?
• Understanding, compassion and empathy. Answer: emotional
characteristics are most important for the fitness professional to have
during an assisted-stretching session?
• Stiff legged deadlift. Answer: When impaired, which exercise may
uncover a shift in the back net (BN)?
• Pectoralis major. Answer: muscles that included in the Superficial
Front Arm Net (SFAN)?
• Lying on side, arm reaching up overhead.. Answer: What is the
position of the client during the side-lying pectorals stretch?
• Structural efficiency. Answer: describes the alignment of each
component of the human movement system (HMS) allowing posture to
be balanced in correlation to the center of gravity?
, • Quick and strong movements. Answer: What types of movement
should be used to engage the sympathetic nervous system?
• Lateral net. Answer: Which fascial net dysfunction may cause hip
hiking?
• Through the hip leaning away. Answer: How should the traction
during the adductor stretch be completed?
• Mechanoreceptors detect quick and powerful changes in tissue length
and cause a contraction in the muscle.. Answer: How does the stretch
reflex prevent injury?
• Most states and countries umbrella the professional-client touch
relationship under the massage therapy license.. Answer: Why should
the fitness professional take caution and make sure they understand the
scope of practice in their location before stretching clients?
• Myofascial nets. Answer: Which term describes the muscular and
fascial chains located throughout the body?
• Biomechanical model. Answer: What concept is described as the
collection of parts that work together to create movement patterns?
