NSHC TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Evidence provided by the National Health, Lung and Blood Institute suggests that an
individual losing more than 2lbs per week to reach his-her weight loss goal tents to: -
✔✔obsess about weight loss during the process
Stop and start dieting during the process
Be more successful maintaining weight loss
Be less successful maintaining weight loss
BE LESS SUCCESSFUL MAINTAINING WEIGHT LOSS
✔✔Which client response indicates the greatest likelihood that successful weight loss
and maintenance will be achieved? - ✔✔"I have friends to help me"
"I know i can do this"
"I'm willing to try"
"I'd like to lose weight"
I KNOW I CAN DO THIS
✔✔Your female client has gained 10lbs and plateaued there since she stopped
smoking. This weight gain:
Indicates a lack of willpower
Should be managed with medication
Suggests she's likely to gain more
Is generally expected - ✔✔IS GENERALLY EXPECTED
✔✔What tool can be used by your client to safely approximate his/her own heart rate
during exercise?
Holmes-Rahe Scale
Sports Medicine Scale
, Borg Scale
My Pulse Scale - ✔✔BORG SCALE
✔✔During active weight loss, your client should be encouraged to increase his/her
physical activity by a minimum of how many minutes per day above her/her current level
until their personal goal is met?
10 minutes
25 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes - ✔✔10 MINUTES
✔✔According to the National Institute of Health, an initial weight-loss goal for a male
who is 5'10" tall and weights 220 lbs would be approximately what weight at the end of
a 10-week weight reduction program?
180-189 pounds
190-199 lbs
170-179 lbs
200-210 lbs - ✔✔200-210 LBS
✔✔Your client wants to use e-cigarettes as the first step to quit smoking regular
cigarettes. How would you instruct the client in this case? - ✔✔Exhaust other quit
methods and then use e-cigarettes exclusively, reducing their use until your goal is
reached.
✔✔Healthy balanced eating for a meal, as described by the US Dept of Agriculture,
contains what food group proportions as allocated on a dinner plate? - ✔✔1/2 fruits and
vegetables, 1/4 grains, 1/4 protein and a serving of dairy
✔✔You're coaching a 60-year old female who is 5'2" tall and weighs 154 pounds who is
interested in exercise. According to recommended physical activity guidelines, you ask
that she get approval from her physician to consider: - ✔✔AEROBIC EXERCISE 150
MINUTES/WEEK, MUSCLE STRENGTHENING 2 DAYS/WEEK
✔✔After quitting smoking, women are more susceptible than men to a condition that
increases the risk of relapse. What is the condition? - ✔✔Depression
✔✔Consider using the Holmes-Rahe Stress scale to: - ✔✔DETERMINE A CLIENTS
RISK FOR ILLNESS DUE TO STRESS
✔✔In guiding your client how to eat mindfully, you recommend that the client consider -
✔✔WHY HE/SHE WANTS TO EAT
SURE A+
✔✔Evidence provided by the National Health, Lung and Blood Institute suggests that an
individual losing more than 2lbs per week to reach his-her weight loss goal tents to: -
✔✔obsess about weight loss during the process
Stop and start dieting during the process
Be more successful maintaining weight loss
Be less successful maintaining weight loss
BE LESS SUCCESSFUL MAINTAINING WEIGHT LOSS
✔✔Which client response indicates the greatest likelihood that successful weight loss
and maintenance will be achieved? - ✔✔"I have friends to help me"
"I know i can do this"
"I'm willing to try"
"I'd like to lose weight"
I KNOW I CAN DO THIS
✔✔Your female client has gained 10lbs and plateaued there since she stopped
smoking. This weight gain:
Indicates a lack of willpower
Should be managed with medication
Suggests she's likely to gain more
Is generally expected - ✔✔IS GENERALLY EXPECTED
✔✔What tool can be used by your client to safely approximate his/her own heart rate
during exercise?
Holmes-Rahe Scale
Sports Medicine Scale
, Borg Scale
My Pulse Scale - ✔✔BORG SCALE
✔✔During active weight loss, your client should be encouraged to increase his/her
physical activity by a minimum of how many minutes per day above her/her current level
until their personal goal is met?
10 minutes
25 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes - ✔✔10 MINUTES
✔✔According to the National Institute of Health, an initial weight-loss goal for a male
who is 5'10" tall and weights 220 lbs would be approximately what weight at the end of
a 10-week weight reduction program?
180-189 pounds
190-199 lbs
170-179 lbs
200-210 lbs - ✔✔200-210 LBS
✔✔Your client wants to use e-cigarettes as the first step to quit smoking regular
cigarettes. How would you instruct the client in this case? - ✔✔Exhaust other quit
methods and then use e-cigarettes exclusively, reducing their use until your goal is
reached.
✔✔Healthy balanced eating for a meal, as described by the US Dept of Agriculture,
contains what food group proportions as allocated on a dinner plate? - ✔✔1/2 fruits and
vegetables, 1/4 grains, 1/4 protein and a serving of dairy
✔✔You're coaching a 60-year old female who is 5'2" tall and weighs 154 pounds who is
interested in exercise. According to recommended physical activity guidelines, you ask
that she get approval from her physician to consider: - ✔✔AEROBIC EXERCISE 150
MINUTES/WEEK, MUSCLE STRENGTHENING 2 DAYS/WEEK
✔✔After quitting smoking, women are more susceptible than men to a condition that
increases the risk of relapse. What is the condition? - ✔✔Depression
✔✔Consider using the Holmes-Rahe Stress scale to: - ✔✔DETERMINE A CLIENTS
RISK FOR ILLNESS DUE TO STRESS
✔✔In guiding your client how to eat mindfully, you recommend that the client consider -
✔✔WHY HE/SHE WANTS TO EAT
