NSCA-CPT Final Review Questions With
Correct Answers
How does VO2max change with chronic aerobic endurance training?
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What causes this change? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increases, due to
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increased Q (cardiac output; due to increased SV, not HR)
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How is HR affected by chronic aerobic endurance training? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Unchanged or decreased slightly | | |
Heart adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance training? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Left ventricle hypertrophy and chamber diameter
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increases
Coronary arteriole densities and diameters increase
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Blood adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance training? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Increased blood volume | |
Increased plasma (within 24 h)
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Increased red blood cell volume (within a few weeks)
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,5 Respiratory system adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance training?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased ventilatory muscle endurance,
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aerobic enzymes, and tidal volume
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Decreased O2 cost of breathing and breathing frequency
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Skeletal muscle adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance training? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Possible slight hypertrophy of type I fibers
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Increased: capillary density, mitochondria density, glycogen stores,
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triglyceride stores, and oxidative enzymes
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Skeletal system adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance training? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Possible increase of BMD
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Acute effects of aerobic exercise on BP? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Decreased BP post-exercise | |
Chronic effects of aerobic exercise on systolic/diastolic BP (for
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normotensive and hypertensive trainees)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Normotensive: 3/2 decrease | |
Hypertensive: 7/6 decrease | |
Three major metabolic adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance
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training? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1) Increased reliance on fat for energy
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2) Increased lactate threshold
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,3) Increased VO2max (10-30%+)
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Why does connective tissue (tendons, ligaments, cartilage) take longer
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to adapt to training? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-CT has few living cells and
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poor blood supply
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What primarily leads to aerobic endurance overtraining? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Too much volume | |
How quickly does aerobic detraining occur? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-As
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soon as two weeks after stopping training
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When should trainers refer clients to a nutrition professional? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-When a problem is beyond trainer's competency
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When clients have nutritionally affected diseases
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What is medical nutrition therapy and under whose scope of practice
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does it fall? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Nutrition info for those with
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nutritionally affected diseases | |
Under licensed nutritionists, dietitians, and registered dietitians
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What is included in a complete dietary assessment? (4 things) -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Anthropometric data
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, Biochemical data |
Clinical exam |
Dietary intake data | |
Methods for gathering dietary intake data? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Diet recall
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Diet history
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Diet Record
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What is the diet recall method? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Reporting the
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last 24 hour's diet from memory
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What is the diet history method? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Collecting
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data on eating schedule and habits, likes, dislikes, and medical and
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weight history |
What is the diet record method? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Recording
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intake for 3 days | | |
RMR contribution to total energy requirements? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-60-75%
Correct Answers
How does VO2max change with chronic aerobic endurance training?
| | | | | | | | |
What causes this change? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increases, due to
| | | | | | | | |
increased Q (cardiac output; due to increased SV, not HR)
| | | | | | | | |
How is HR affected by chronic aerobic endurance training? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Unchanged or decreased slightly | | |
Heart adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance training? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Left ventricle hypertrophy and chamber diameter
| | | | | |
increases
Coronary arteriole densities and diameters increase
| | | | |
Blood adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance training? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Increased blood volume | |
Increased plasma (within 24 h)
| | | |
Increased red blood cell volume (within a few weeks)
| | | | | | | |
,5 Respiratory system adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance training?
| | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased ventilatory muscle endurance,
| | | | | | |
aerobic enzymes, and tidal volume
| | | |
Decreased O2 cost of breathing and breathing frequency
| | | | | | |
Skeletal muscle adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance training? -
| | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Possible slight hypertrophy of type I fibers
| | | | | | |
Increased: capillary density, mitochondria density, glycogen stores,
| | | | | | |
triglyceride stores, and oxidative enzymes
| | | |
Skeletal system adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance training? -
| | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Possible increase of BMD
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Acute effects of aerobic exercise on BP? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
Decreased BP post-exercise | |
Chronic effects of aerobic exercise on systolic/diastolic BP (for
| | | | | | | | |
normotensive and hypertensive trainees)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | |
Normotensive: 3/2 decrease | |
Hypertensive: 7/6 decrease | |
Three major metabolic adaptations to chronic aerobic endurance
| | | | | | | |
training? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1) Increased reliance on fat for energy
| | | | | | | | |
2) Increased lactate threshold
| | |
,3) Increased VO2max (10-30%+)
| | |
Why does connective tissue (tendons, ligaments, cartilage) take longer
| | | | | | | | |
to adapt to training? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-CT has few living cells and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
poor blood supply
| |
What primarily leads to aerobic endurance overtraining? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Too much volume | |
How quickly does aerobic detraining occur? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-As
| | | | | | | | |
soon as two weeks after stopping training
| | | | | |
When should trainers refer clients to a nutrition professional? -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-When a problem is beyond trainer's competency
| | | | | | |
When clients have nutritionally affected diseases
| | | | |
What is medical nutrition therapy and under whose scope of practice
| | | | | | | | | | |
does it fall? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Nutrition info for those with
| | | | | | | | | |
nutritionally affected diseases | |
Under licensed nutritionists, dietitians, and registered dietitians
| | | | | |
What is included in a complete dietary assessment? (4 things) -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Anthropometric data
| |
, Biochemical data |
Clinical exam |
Dietary intake data | |
Methods for gathering dietary intake data? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
Diet recall
|
Diet history
|
Diet Record
|
What is the diet recall method? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Reporting the
| | | | | | | | | |
last 24 hour's diet from memory
| | | | |
What is the diet history method? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Collecting
| | | | | | | | |
data on eating schedule and habits, likes, dislikes, and medical and
| | | | | | | | | | |
weight history |
What is the diet record method? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Recording
| | | | | | | | |
intake for 3 days | | |
RMR contribution to total energy requirements? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-60-75%
