NASM BODYBUILDING EXAM REAL EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS[ACTUAL EXAM
100%] 2023\2024.
What are the three mechanisms involved in exercise-induced muscle hypertrophy?
Select one: - ANSWER>>a. Mechanical tension, muscle damage and metabolic stress
Bodybuilders tend to demonstrate weakness of which muscle group?
Select one: - ANSWER>>c. Rotator cuff
A bodybuilder has tight (overactive) chest, hip flexors and calves and weak (underactive)
rotator cuff, rhomboids and gluteals. Which statement is correct?
Select one: - ANSWER>>b. The bodybuilder should stretch his chest, hip flexors and calves
Which of the following training systems involves the completion of a number of carefully-
selected resistance exercises arranged sequentially, with a short recovery between the
exercises (stations)?
Select one: - ANSWER>>b. Circuit training
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the implementation of core training
into a hypertrophy training program?
Select one: - ANSWER>>b. Perform a low-volume of core exercises prior to resistance training
What muscles are intimately involved in the arm-curl exercise besides the biceps brachii to
carry out the movement?
Select one: - ANSWER>>a. Brachialis and brachioradialis
Ted begins a running regimen and subsequently over the next 30 days improves his
cardiorespiratory endurance, but does not increase upper-body muscularity. His body's
adaptation in this situation is best defined by which principle?
Select one: - ANSWER>>c. Principle of specificity
Sally is a former bodybuilder who stopped training five years ago. Subsequently Sally has lost
noticeable muscle size and body weight. Which principle explains the changes occurring to
her physique?
Select one: - ANSWER>>b. Principle of reversibility
Bill carefully designed his workouts to increase in volume, intensity and frequency over the
next 30 days to maximize his ability to grow muscle. Which training principle is Bill following
to improve his physique?
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS[ACTUAL EXAM
100%] 2023\2024.
What are the three mechanisms involved in exercise-induced muscle hypertrophy?
Select one: - ANSWER>>a. Mechanical tension, muscle damage and metabolic stress
Bodybuilders tend to demonstrate weakness of which muscle group?
Select one: - ANSWER>>c. Rotator cuff
A bodybuilder has tight (overactive) chest, hip flexors and calves and weak (underactive)
rotator cuff, rhomboids and gluteals. Which statement is correct?
Select one: - ANSWER>>b. The bodybuilder should stretch his chest, hip flexors and calves
Which of the following training systems involves the completion of a number of carefully-
selected resistance exercises arranged sequentially, with a short recovery between the
exercises (stations)?
Select one: - ANSWER>>b. Circuit training
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the implementation of core training
into a hypertrophy training program?
Select one: - ANSWER>>b. Perform a low-volume of core exercises prior to resistance training
What muscles are intimately involved in the arm-curl exercise besides the biceps brachii to
carry out the movement?
Select one: - ANSWER>>a. Brachialis and brachioradialis
Ted begins a running regimen and subsequently over the next 30 days improves his
cardiorespiratory endurance, but does not increase upper-body muscularity. His body's
adaptation in this situation is best defined by which principle?
Select one: - ANSWER>>c. Principle of specificity
Sally is a former bodybuilder who stopped training five years ago. Subsequently Sally has lost
noticeable muscle size and body weight. Which principle explains the changes occurring to
her physique?
Select one: - ANSWER>>b. Principle of reversibility
Bill carefully designed his workouts to increase in volume, intensity and frequency over the
next 30 days to maximize his ability to grow muscle. Which training principle is Bill following
to improve his physique?
