NASM CPT FINAL EXAM LATEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL 450

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NASM CPT FINAL EXAM LATEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL 450

EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TESTBANK

In what position should the ankles, knees, and hips be during the takeoff position of the squat jump?

Select one:

• Abduction
• Extension
• Flexion
• Adduction - ANSWER-C. Flexion

Which of the following involves the entire muscle action spectrum and contraction-velocity spectrum used during integrated, functional movements?

Select one:

• Reactive-stabilization training
• Plyometric-power training
• Reactive-speed training
• Reactive-modification training - ANSWER-Pylometric-Power

During the butt kick exercise, a personal trainer notices a client arching his low back at the height of the jump. Which of the following muscle groups are most likely tight? 1 / 4

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Select one:

• Hamstrings
• Abdominals
• Quadriceps
• Gluteals - ANSWER-Quadriceps

What is the purpose of stretch-shortening cycles?

Select one:

• To produce the necessary force to change the direction of an object's center of mass

efficiently

• To decrease the reaction time of the muscle action spectrum
• To enhance excitability and decrease the rate of force production
• To check the client's core strength and balance stabilization capabilities - ANSWER-To

produce the necessary force to change the direction of an object's center of mass efficiently

Which of the following exercises is a plyometric-power exercise?

Select one:

• Repeat box jumps
• Proprioceptive plyometrics 2 / 4

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• Repeat butt kicks
• Box jump-up with stabilization - ANSWER-Proprioceptive plyometrics

What is a single-leg balance an example of?

Select one:

• Balance-stabilization exercise
• Balance-strength exercise
• Balance-power exercise
• Balance-modification exercise - ANSWER-A. Balance-Stabiliztion exercise

For which exercise is a single-leg position a progression?

Select one:

• Kneeling cable rotation
• Medicine ball chest pass
• Floor crunch
• Back extension - ANSWER-B. Medicine Ball Chest Press

What is a multiplanar single-leg box hop-up with stabilization an example of?

Select one: 3 / 4

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• Balance-power exercise
• Balance-stabilization exercise
• Balance-modification exercise
• Balance-strength exercise - ANSWER-Balance-Power

When selecting a balance exercise, which of the following is the most appropriate progression?

Select one:

• Floor, foam pad, balance beam, balance disc, half foam roll
• Floor, balance disc , foam pad, half foam roll, balance beam
• Floor, balance beam, half foam roll, foam pad, balance disc
• Floor, half foam roll, balance beam, balance disc, foam pad - ANSWER-c. Floor, balance

beam, half foam roll, foam pad, balance disc

A multiplanar single-leg box hop-up with stabilization is categorized as an exercise in which of the following?

Select one:

• Balance-power
• Leg-power
• Balance-stabilization
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