NASM CPT EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
1. Why can personal trainers be considered among the most important
employees within a health club?: Personal trainers come in direct contact with
members and can have the greatest influence on whether members achieve
results.
2. What is the best choice of attire to an interview at a health club?:
Professional business attire
3. What is the blood pressure measurement that occurs when the heart is at
rest or between beats?: diastolic blood pressure
4. Karim, an NASM Certified Personal Trainer, recently retired from playing
professional football and is beginning his career in the fitness industry. How
can Karim best promote his experience as a professional athlete?: Karim's
experience as a professional athlete allows him to create a unique selling
, proposition (USP) allowing club members to exercise with a former professional
athlete.
5. Which chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the world today?:
coronary artery disease
6. Which of the following best defines cholesterol?: A waxy, fatlike substance
found in bodily cells.
7. Before studying to become an NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Kim
worked as a copywriter for a large ad agency. Now that she is working as a
personal trainer at a fitness studio, she is looking for additional income
opportunities. Which of the following would provide her with the best option
for increasing her earning potential?: Marketing her services as a writer to create
blogs and social media posts for her studio as well as other fitness professionals in
her area 8. Which of the following best demonstrates an example of activities of
daily living separate from planned exercise ?: Yardwork
9. Which subtopic of psychology deals with how the environment affects
exercise behavior?: Sport and exercise psychology
AND ANSWERS
1. Why can personal trainers be considered among the most important
employees within a health club?: Personal trainers come in direct contact with
members and can have the greatest influence on whether members achieve
results.
2. What is the best choice of attire to an interview at a health club?:
Professional business attire
3. What is the blood pressure measurement that occurs when the heart is at
rest or between beats?: diastolic blood pressure
4. Karim, an NASM Certified Personal Trainer, recently retired from playing
professional football and is beginning his career in the fitness industry. How
can Karim best promote his experience as a professional athlete?: Karim's
experience as a professional athlete allows him to create a unique selling
, proposition (USP) allowing club members to exercise with a former professional
athlete.
5. Which chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the world today?:
coronary artery disease
6. Which of the following best defines cholesterol?: A waxy, fatlike substance
found in bodily cells.
7. Before studying to become an NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Kim
worked as a copywriter for a large ad agency. Now that she is working as a
personal trainer at a fitness studio, she is looking for additional income
opportunities. Which of the following would provide her with the best option
for increasing her earning potential?: Marketing her services as a writer to create
blogs and social media posts for her studio as well as other fitness professionals in
her area 8. Which of the following best demonstrates an example of activities of
daily living separate from planned exercise ?: Yardwork
9. Which subtopic of psychology deals with how the environment affects
exercise behavior?: Sport and exercise psychology
