NSCA CPSS EXAM 2024 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM AND
PRACTICE QUESTIONS 230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Sports science - ANSWER: application of scientific theory to the study of sport by
inducing adaptations to human functional capacity for the specific purpose of
maximizing performance in sporting competitions.
Science - ANSWER: Pursuit of logical approaches to discover how tings work within
the natural universe in which the application of systematic methods of inquiry allow
us to generate knowledge, test explanations, and understanding.
Exercise science - ANSWER: use of sporting techniques and exercise as mechanism to
investigate specific adaptations to human physiology, psychology and biomechanics.
Scientific theory - ANSWER: Empiricism, rationalism, and skepticism
Empiricism - ANSWER: All hypothesis must be tested for the verification of expert
reasoning with verifiable evidence for support
Rationalism - ANSWER: Reason rather than experience is foundation of certainty in
knowledge
Skepticism - ANSWER: questioning of certainty in knowledge
Information - ANSWER: Knowable facts that reduce uncertainty about something or
someone. Must have the potential to shift thinking and decision making.
High Performance Team - ANSWER: Off-field athletic support staff. S&C, Sport Physc,
Nutrition, Sports Med, and sports science. All lead by sport coach.
Training System - ANSWER: Combination of all relevant factors in the athlete's
interaction with training to understand fitness and fatigue
Readiness - ANSWER: condition where an athlete has no improvement of physical
performance, mental fatigue, or excessive psychological distress"
Validity - ANSWER: ability to measure accurately to the criterion measure as well as
impact of the variable on the training system
Validity measures: Correlation, typical error of estimate
Reliability - ANSWER: Ability of lack of retest variation in measurement. Get the
same score over and over.
Reliability measures: Coefficient of variation
, Meaningful change - ANSWER: the measure of confidence that variation in measured
results has actual value. All must be greater than coefficient of variation for metric to
work.
Periodization - ANSWER: Scaffolding framework around which specific training
programs are designed through the systematic organization of programing strategies
to align with targeted performance goals and timelines.
o Includes: programing and monitoring
Programing - ANSWER: development of specific modes and methods for training
within the framework of periodization.
Parallel model - ANSWER: training of all relevant factors at the same time. Good for
young - novice athletes.
Sequential model - ANSWER: Focus on one goal at a time within a phase potentiation
model. Primary for individual sports with specific peaks.
Emphasis model - ANSWER: Training with emphasis toward a particular goal while
allowing maintenance of another and detraining of the rest. Primary for team sports
with congested competitive schedules.
Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - ANSWER: Quantifiable measure used to evaluate
the success comparable to the performance objective
o Measurable, objective, and actionable
o All KPI's need valid and reliable measures
Performance objective (PO) - ANSWER: Outcome goal
Determinants of performance - ANSWER: Defined factors underlying a KPI and PO
Sports Demands - ANSWER: Physiological, Biomechanical, Psychological, Tactical,
Technical demands placed on athletes by sport
Tactical KPI's - ANSWER: Breakdown of identifiable components of play and their
interaction with team overall performance/outcome
o Notational and scouting analysis of tactical sport play. Breaks down into
tactical/strategy, skills/technical, and technical-defense/technical-attacking
Physiological KPI's - ANSWER: Physiology based determined in order to excel in a
sport
o Internal Load: Biological work performed by body - all physiological and
psychological stress response imposed from sport
o External Load: Physical Work performed by athlete
Profiling - ANSWER: Assessment of general demands of sport
PRACTICE QUESTIONS 230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Sports science - ANSWER: application of scientific theory to the study of sport by
inducing adaptations to human functional capacity for the specific purpose of
maximizing performance in sporting competitions.
Science - ANSWER: Pursuit of logical approaches to discover how tings work within
the natural universe in which the application of systematic methods of inquiry allow
us to generate knowledge, test explanations, and understanding.
Exercise science - ANSWER: use of sporting techniques and exercise as mechanism to
investigate specific adaptations to human physiology, psychology and biomechanics.
Scientific theory - ANSWER: Empiricism, rationalism, and skepticism
Empiricism - ANSWER: All hypothesis must be tested for the verification of expert
reasoning with verifiable evidence for support
Rationalism - ANSWER: Reason rather than experience is foundation of certainty in
knowledge
Skepticism - ANSWER: questioning of certainty in knowledge
Information - ANSWER: Knowable facts that reduce uncertainty about something or
someone. Must have the potential to shift thinking and decision making.
High Performance Team - ANSWER: Off-field athletic support staff. S&C, Sport Physc,
Nutrition, Sports Med, and sports science. All lead by sport coach.
Training System - ANSWER: Combination of all relevant factors in the athlete's
interaction with training to understand fitness and fatigue
Readiness - ANSWER: condition where an athlete has no improvement of physical
performance, mental fatigue, or excessive psychological distress"
Validity - ANSWER: ability to measure accurately to the criterion measure as well as
impact of the variable on the training system
Validity measures: Correlation, typical error of estimate
Reliability - ANSWER: Ability of lack of retest variation in measurement. Get the
same score over and over.
Reliability measures: Coefficient of variation
, Meaningful change - ANSWER: the measure of confidence that variation in measured
results has actual value. All must be greater than coefficient of variation for metric to
work.
Periodization - ANSWER: Scaffolding framework around which specific training
programs are designed through the systematic organization of programing strategies
to align with targeted performance goals and timelines.
o Includes: programing and monitoring
Programing - ANSWER: development of specific modes and methods for training
within the framework of periodization.
Parallel model - ANSWER: training of all relevant factors at the same time. Good for
young - novice athletes.
Sequential model - ANSWER: Focus on one goal at a time within a phase potentiation
model. Primary for individual sports with specific peaks.
Emphasis model - ANSWER: Training with emphasis toward a particular goal while
allowing maintenance of another and detraining of the rest. Primary for team sports
with congested competitive schedules.
Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - ANSWER: Quantifiable measure used to evaluate
the success comparable to the performance objective
o Measurable, objective, and actionable
o All KPI's need valid and reliable measures
Performance objective (PO) - ANSWER: Outcome goal
Determinants of performance - ANSWER: Defined factors underlying a KPI and PO
Sports Demands - ANSWER: Physiological, Biomechanical, Psychological, Tactical,
Technical demands placed on athletes by sport
Tactical KPI's - ANSWER: Breakdown of identifiable components of play and their
interaction with team overall performance/outcome
o Notational and scouting analysis of tactical sport play. Breaks down into
tactical/strategy, skills/technical, and technical-defense/technical-attacking
Physiological KPI's - ANSWER: Physiology based determined in order to excel in a
sport
o Internal Load: Biological work performed by body - all physiological and
psychological stress response imposed from sport
o External Load: Physical Work performed by athlete
Profiling - ANSWER: Assessment of general demands of sport
