What is the content, length and number of questions on the NSCA-CPT exam?
To earn the NSCA-CPT credential, candidates are required to pass a 3-hour exam that consists of 150 multiple-choice questions. The first 35 questions correspond to a video that assesses knowledge primarily in the areas of exercise techniques, functional anatomy and fitness testing protocols. This exam contains 28 questions on client consultation/fitness assessment, 49 questions on program planning, 49 questions on exercise techniques and 14 questions on safety/emergency issues. Explanation of Nonscored Exam Questions The NSCA-CPT exam contains nonscored questions that are being “pretested” or evaluated for future use. Including this type of question allows the NSCA-CPT Exam Development Committee to collect meaningful information about new questions that may appear as real scored questions on future exams. Pretesting is accomplished by interspersing new (“untried”) questions throughout the exam (10 nonscored questions appear in the NSCA-CPT exam). Only this small number is included so t
