NFPT EXAM STUDY KIT WITH COMPLEET
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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What are three additional factors that are specific to the fitness
regimens of athletes and sports teams? Correct Answer Agility,
speed and Mobility
Intellectual health Correct Answer The capacity to assimilate and
integrate new information into one's thinking and thought
processes
Cognitive health Correct Answer Often grouped with mental
health as it has mostly to do with how we process information in
the brain. It includes the way we see, or conceptualized, the world
around it includes brain functioning in the areas of conceptual and
perceptual skill, language learning as well as many other brain
development functions
Emotional health Correct Answer Includes self-esteem, self-
awareness, self-acceptance, self-image and our capacities to deal
with adversity and stress. This includes our ability to intimate, not
just sexual, with a significant other.
Spiritual health Correct Answer This is focused on the connection
of ourselves with a higher power, a sense of purpose, self-
actualization, and an inner Joy. It is often described as self-
acceptance, repentance for misdeeds, a willingness to give to and
forgive others and a desire to seek peace with the community and
World overall
,SPICES Correct Answer Social health, physical health,
intellectual Health, cognitive health, emotional health, spiritual
health
Cardiorespiratory conditioning Correct Answer Endurance
Muscular endurance Correct Answer The amount of strength that
can be repeated several times
Muscular strength Correct Answer The amount of strength in one
repetition
Flexibility Correct Answer The range of motion in given joints
Body composition Correct Answer The amount of body fat
relative to the total weight or as compared to the lean mass
Why is it important to touch on all things spices related as a
personal trainer? Correct Answer Think about it and perhaps
write a blog post
What are the three categories of motivating factors for positive
behavior Correct Answer Predisposing factors, enabling factors
and reinforcing factors
Predisposing factors include Correct Answer Knowledge,
attitude, believe, values and perceptions
Enabling factors Correct Answer Skills, resources, physical and
mental capabilities
Reinforcing factors Correct Answer Praise from others comma
rewards, encouragement and recognition
, Which factors does the personal trainer typically fall into Correct
Answer Reinforcing factors. We can recognize how the other two
factors promote or inhibit positive behavior and we can work to
reinforce positive behavior with forms of encouragement
The five components of physical health Correct Answer
Cardiorespiratory conditioning, muscular endurance, muscular
strength, flexibility, body composition
What are some things that can be added to life to invoke positive
change? Correct Answer Taking time for Meaningful reflection,
reading a book, being creative, socializing with friends and family,
adding a physical component and healthy eating to daily living
What areas of exercise therapy would require a highly trained
exercise physiologist or physician to prescribe appropriate
regimens Correct Answer Cardiovascular disease, respiratory
disease, joint injury, or obesity / metabolic disorders which include
diabetes and hypertension
What is the purpose of muscles Correct Answer To produce
Force, maintain posture, allow for movement and produces Heat
All muscle action originates and is controlled by what? Correct
Answer The brain which sends and receives signals through the
nervous system
What gets pulled during a muscle contraction? Correct Answer
Tendons, the strong connective tissue that connects muscles to
bones
What are the two points of muscle Correct Answer Origin and
insertion