NASM CPT-7 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
NEWLY UPDATED 2025
SWOT Analysis
✔✔A strategic planning tool used to identify an individual’s or business’s internal
Strengths and Weaknesses, as well as external Opportunities and Threats
CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
✔✔Ongoing professional education requirements; personal trainers must complete
2.0 CEUs every 2 years to maintain certification
Extrinsic Motivation
✔✔The drive to engage in a behavior to earn external rewards such as praise,
recognition, or prizes
Intrinsic Motivation
✔✔The internal desire to perform an activity for personal satisfaction or the
enjoyment it brings
Process Goals
✔✔Goals that emphasize the behaviors and actions needed to achieve success,
such as exercising three times per week
Outcome Goals
✔✔Goals that focus on the final result, like losing 10 pounds or running a 5K in
under 25 minutes
Instrumental Support
✔✔Practical help that makes a behavior easier to carry out, such as giving
someone a ride to the gym or helping set up their workout space
Emotional Support
✔✔Expressions of empathy, encouragement, and care that help someone feel
valued and motivated in their behavior change journey
, Informational Support
Providing accurate, current, and informative information, ex- from trainers
Companionship Support
When someone engages in a behavior with an individual, ex- exercising with a
friend or partner
Precontemplation
Individual is either unaware or not interested in making a change within the next 6
months
Contemplation
Individual does not currently exercise, but is planning to start within 6 months
Preparation
Individual is planning to begin exercising soon, and has taken steps toward it, and
may even be sporadically exercising
Action
Individual has been exercising for less than 6 months
Maintenance
Individual has been exercising consistently for 6 months or more
SMART Goals
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely
Osteoblasts
Special cells that form and lay down new bone tissue
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
NEWLY UPDATED 2025
SWOT Analysis
✔✔A strategic planning tool used to identify an individual’s or business’s internal
Strengths and Weaknesses, as well as external Opportunities and Threats
CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
✔✔Ongoing professional education requirements; personal trainers must complete
2.0 CEUs every 2 years to maintain certification
Extrinsic Motivation
✔✔The drive to engage in a behavior to earn external rewards such as praise,
recognition, or prizes
Intrinsic Motivation
✔✔The internal desire to perform an activity for personal satisfaction or the
enjoyment it brings
Process Goals
✔✔Goals that emphasize the behaviors and actions needed to achieve success,
such as exercising three times per week
Outcome Goals
✔✔Goals that focus on the final result, like losing 10 pounds or running a 5K in
under 25 minutes
Instrumental Support
✔✔Practical help that makes a behavior easier to carry out, such as giving
someone a ride to the gym or helping set up their workout space
Emotional Support
✔✔Expressions of empathy, encouragement, and care that help someone feel
valued and motivated in their behavior change journey
, Informational Support
Providing accurate, current, and informative information, ex- from trainers
Companionship Support
When someone engages in a behavior with an individual, ex- exercising with a
friend or partner
Precontemplation
Individual is either unaware or not interested in making a change within the next 6
months
Contemplation
Individual does not currently exercise, but is planning to start within 6 months
Preparation
Individual is planning to begin exercising soon, and has taken steps toward it, and
may even be sporadically exercising
Action
Individual has been exercising for less than 6 months
Maintenance
Individual has been exercising consistently for 6 months or more
SMART Goals
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely
Osteoblasts
Special cells that form and lay down new bone tissue
