NASM CNC Exam Questions and Answers
1. According to the SCOFF eating disorder assessment, what is the
minimum number of positive answers which might indicate an
eating disorder?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5: B. 2
2. Vitamin B9: Folic Acid (Folate)
3. According to the scope of practice for a Nutrition Coach, which is
an example of an appropriate resource for determining daily
caloric intake?
a. ADA calculations based on age, gender, and activity level
b. The Nutrition Coach cannot assist with daily caloric intake.
c. Body type and cultural preferences
d. Dietary Guidelines for Americans: d. Dietary Guidelines for Americans
4. Which term describes how a body of knowledge is based on
observation and experience?
,a. Reliable
b. Repeatable
c. Empirical
d. Falsifiable: c. Empirical
5. Scientists find that a protein supplement increases lean mass in
the elderly. However, they caution that the results may not apply to
other populations, like younger people. What term best describes
what the scientists are referring to?
a. Reliability
b. External validity
c. Test-retest reliability
d. Selection bias: b. External validity
6. Scientists gather 20 studies looking at the relationship between
protein in- take and lean body mass, and then they statistically
analyze them together as
a group. What type of study is this?
a. Narrative review
b. Meta-analysis
c. Randomized controlled trials
d. Observational research: b. Meta-analysis
,This is research in which a researcher observes ongoing behaviors to determine correlation.
7. Prediction: an expected outcome generate from a hypothesis
8. Theory: a hypothesis or set of hypotheses for which a large body of high-quality evidence has
been accumulated
9. Hypothesis: a proposed explanation for a problem or set of observations
10. Anecdote: an account of a person's experience or event
11. Uncontrolled variable: a variable in an experiment that a scientist makes no effort
to manipulate or account for
12. Primary Research: original research where scientists perform experiments and collect
data
13. Observational Research: research in which a researcher observes ongoing
behaviors to determine correlation
14. Randomized Control Trials: divided people into 2 or more groups randomly
1 - intervention to be tested
, 2 - control group
15. independent variable: variable that is manipulated
16. External Validity: the ability to generalize the results of a study
17. Systematic Review: a review where scientists systematically gather all research on a
topic & evaluate it based on predefined criteria and rules
18. test-retest reliability: ability to get similar results when something is measured
under the same condi- tions
19. Reliability: consistency of a measure
20. Validity: the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
21. Selection Bias: sample of people in the study are not a representative of larger population
that scientists are looking to make inferences about
1. According to the SCOFF eating disorder assessment, what is the
minimum number of positive answers which might indicate an
eating disorder?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5: B. 2
2. Vitamin B9: Folic Acid (Folate)
3. According to the scope of practice for a Nutrition Coach, which is
an example of an appropriate resource for determining daily
caloric intake?
a. ADA calculations based on age, gender, and activity level
b. The Nutrition Coach cannot assist with daily caloric intake.
c. Body type and cultural preferences
d. Dietary Guidelines for Americans: d. Dietary Guidelines for Americans
4. Which term describes how a body of knowledge is based on
observation and experience?
,a. Reliable
b. Repeatable
c. Empirical
d. Falsifiable: c. Empirical
5. Scientists find that a protein supplement increases lean mass in
the elderly. However, they caution that the results may not apply to
other populations, like younger people. What term best describes
what the scientists are referring to?
a. Reliability
b. External validity
c. Test-retest reliability
d. Selection bias: b. External validity
6. Scientists gather 20 studies looking at the relationship between
protein in- take and lean body mass, and then they statistically
analyze them together as
a group. What type of study is this?
a. Narrative review
b. Meta-analysis
c. Randomized controlled trials
d. Observational research: b. Meta-analysis
,This is research in which a researcher observes ongoing behaviors to determine correlation.
7. Prediction: an expected outcome generate from a hypothesis
8. Theory: a hypothesis or set of hypotheses for which a large body of high-quality evidence has
been accumulated
9. Hypothesis: a proposed explanation for a problem or set of observations
10. Anecdote: an account of a person's experience or event
11. Uncontrolled variable: a variable in an experiment that a scientist makes no effort
to manipulate or account for
12. Primary Research: original research where scientists perform experiments and collect
data
13. Observational Research: research in which a researcher observes ongoing
behaviors to determine correlation
14. Randomized Control Trials: divided people into 2 or more groups randomly
1 - intervention to be tested
, 2 - control group
15. independent variable: variable that is manipulated
16. External Validity: the ability to generalize the results of a study
17. Systematic Review: a review where scientists systematically gather all research on a
topic & evaluate it based on predefined criteria and rules
18. test-retest reliability: ability to get similar results when something is measured
under the same condi- tions
19. Reliability: consistency of a measure
20. Validity: the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
21. Selection Bias: sample of people in the study are not a representative of larger population
that scientists are looking to make inferences about
