Certified Personal Trainer Examination
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine)
- Contact:
- Zachary Turvey, Academic Account Specialist
- Phone:
- 602.707.5338
- Email:
- zachary.turvey@nasm.org
- Website:
- https://www.nasm.org
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- Same as source
- Contact:
- Same as source
- Phone:
- Same as source
- Email:
- Same as source
Test Administration
- Test Site:
-
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 120
- Time Allowed (minutes):
120
- Passing Score (percent):
70
- Cost Per Test:
$200
- Test Specifics:
Proctored exam: one initial attempt (one retest voucher included)
- Additional information:
Key foundational credential for beginning a career in the fitness industry as a personal trainer; the credential acts as a gateway certification for many professions (i.e., athletic training, strength and conditioning coach, etc.). Also, it is a perfect foundation for anything within the health/fitness/nutrition/medical professions.
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- No
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- No
- Planned breaks during test
- No
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
Setting
- Test location
- Yes
- Adaptive or special furniture
- No
- Special lighting
- No
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- No
- Specific verbal prompts
- No
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- No
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- No
- Large-print test
- No
- Braille test
- No
- Read-aloud test
- No
- Audio test
- No
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- No
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- No
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- No
- Communication board or choice cards
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Brailler
- No
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- No
- Augmentative communication device
- No
- Word prediction software
- No
- Spelling aids
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Dictation using a recording device
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- Read back student response
- No
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- No
- Calculator with additional functions
- No
- Math aids
- No
- Dry erase board
- No
- Additional writing implements
- No
- Audio test
- No
- Bilingual dictionary
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Flexible Schedule
- No
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
- Multiple test sessions
- No
- Read-aloud test
- No
- Test directions delivery
- No
- Visual aids
- No
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