NASM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH CERTIFIED
SOLUTIONS
The Golgi tendon organ is an essential component of static stretching because it ✔✔Prevents
muscle from being placed under excessive tension
What is the correct force-couple relationship that allows for the upward rotation of the scapula?
✔✔Upper trapezius and lower portions of the serratus anterior
Deoxygenated blood is pumped from the right ventricle to the lungs through? ✔✔pulmonary
arteries
Dynamic stretching improves soft tissue extensibility by using...? ✔✔reciprocal inhibition
The oxidative system is primarily used when a client... ✔✔jogs for 30 min
What would aid the primary respiratory muscles in breathing after a set of maximum effort
sprints? ✔✔Scalenes
,When an exercise is high intensity and lasts about 10 seconds, which of the following energy
pathways is predominantly in use? ✔✔ATP-PC
A client who is practicing repeated squat exercises in order to create permanent changes in her
technique is exhibiting? ✔✔motor learning
What stimulates muscle fibers to go through a series of steps that initiate muscle contractions?
✔✔acetylcholine
What exercise uses a ball-and-socket joint as the primary mover? ✔✔seated dumbbell lateral
raise
The body's ability to differentiate between walking on concrete and walking on sand is an
example of what function of the nervous system? ✔✔sensory
If a client exhibits increased force output of his hamstrings and adductor magnus to compensate
for a weakened gluteus maximus during hip extension, this is an example of...? ✔✔synergistic
dominance
, If a client squats with his feet excessively externally rotated, it is evidence of....? ✔✔altered
arthrokinematics
What is considered the functional unit of muscle? ✔✔sacromere
Which structure of the skeletal muscle contains a combination of glycogen, fats, minerals, and
oxygen-binding myoglobin? ✔✔sacroplasm
What is considered one method to estimate maximum heart rate of a client? ✔✔subtract clients
age from 220
After performing a 3-minute step test, it is determined that a client falls in the "below average"
category for cardiovascular fitness. What is the appropriate starting zone for the client? ✔✔zone
one
What muscle is probably under active if a client's support or standing leg falls inward during a
single-leg squat assessment? ✔✔Gluteus medius
AND ANSWERS WITH CERTIFIED
SOLUTIONS
The Golgi tendon organ is an essential component of static stretching because it ✔✔Prevents
muscle from being placed under excessive tension
What is the correct force-couple relationship that allows for the upward rotation of the scapula?
✔✔Upper trapezius and lower portions of the serratus anterior
Deoxygenated blood is pumped from the right ventricle to the lungs through? ✔✔pulmonary
arteries
Dynamic stretching improves soft tissue extensibility by using...? ✔✔reciprocal inhibition
The oxidative system is primarily used when a client... ✔✔jogs for 30 min
What would aid the primary respiratory muscles in breathing after a set of maximum effort
sprints? ✔✔Scalenes
,When an exercise is high intensity and lasts about 10 seconds, which of the following energy
pathways is predominantly in use? ✔✔ATP-PC
A client who is practicing repeated squat exercises in order to create permanent changes in her
technique is exhibiting? ✔✔motor learning
What stimulates muscle fibers to go through a series of steps that initiate muscle contractions?
✔✔acetylcholine
What exercise uses a ball-and-socket joint as the primary mover? ✔✔seated dumbbell lateral
raise
The body's ability to differentiate between walking on concrete and walking on sand is an
example of what function of the nervous system? ✔✔sensory
If a client exhibits increased force output of his hamstrings and adductor magnus to compensate
for a weakened gluteus maximus during hip extension, this is an example of...? ✔✔synergistic
dominance
, If a client squats with his feet excessively externally rotated, it is evidence of....? ✔✔altered
arthrokinematics
What is considered the functional unit of muscle? ✔✔sacromere
Which structure of the skeletal muscle contains a combination of glycogen, fats, minerals, and
oxygen-binding myoglobin? ✔✔sacroplasm
What is considered one method to estimate maximum heart rate of a client? ✔✔subtract clients
age from 220
After performing a 3-minute step test, it is determined that a client falls in the "below average"
category for cardiovascular fitness. What is the appropriate starting zone for the client? ✔✔zone
one
What muscle is probably under active if a client's support or standing leg falls inward during a
single-leg squat assessment? ✔✔Gluteus medius
