Nutrition Certification (EXAM)
To ensure the client is retaining any shared information, it is important that the content presented is
perceived to be important and what other quality?
Select one:
a. Based on prior experience
b. Easy to understand
c. Reviewed several times
d. Delivered slowly correct answersa. Based on prior experience
To ensure the client is retaining any shared information, it is important that the content presented is
highly relevant and what other quality?
Select one:
a. Pertinent
b. Brief
c. Visual
d. Practical correct answersd. Practical
Which statement is within the scope of practice for a Nutrition Coach?
Select one:
a. Design a 5-day meal plan for a healthy client.
b. Provide general advice on a 3-day detox plan.
c. Recommend the client discuss supplement usage and dosing with their pharmacist or physician.
d. Recommend a diet that contains up to 50% protein. correct answersc. Recommend the client discuss
supplement usage and dosing with their pharmacist or physician.
Which term encompasses the weight of the scientific evidence, field observations, and individual client
needs?
Select one:
,a. Evidence-based practice
b. Science
c. Primary research
d. Scientific method correct answersa. Evidence-based practice
"I tried this diet and lost 30 lbs." What type of evidence is this?
Select one:
a. Observational research
b. Expert opinion
c. Anecdote
d. Randomized controlled trial correct answersc. Anecdote
Which term describes the phenomena when a group does not represent the population a scientist is
intending to study?
Select one:
a. Selection bias
b. Generalizability
c. Uncontrolled variable
d. Recall bias correct answersa. Selection bias
What is the leading contributor to preventable death?
Select one:
a. Heart disease
b. Obesity
c. Diabetes
d. Breast cancer correct answersa. Heart disease
Which of the following is best defined as the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between
interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes?
, Select one:
a. Autostasis
b. Heterogeneity
c. Homeopathic
d. Homeostasis correct answersd. Homeostasis
A deficiency in which hormone is associated with an increased fat mass (central adiposity in particular),
reduced insulin sensitivity, and impaired glucose tolerance?
Select one:
a. Estrogen
b. Testosterone
c. Cortisol
d. Epinephrine correct answersb. Testosterone
Resting metabolic rate, or RMR, declines by what percentage per decade for men?
Select one:
a. 8 to 10%
b. 5 to 6%
c. >10%
d. 1 to 2% correct answersd. 1 to 2%
How many essential amino acids are there?
Select one:
a. 20
b. 8
c. 10
d. 9 correct answersd. 9
Does the Dietary Guidelines for Americans adjust RDAs according to a person's activity level?
To ensure the client is retaining any shared information, it is important that the content presented is
perceived to be important and what other quality?
Select one:
a. Based on prior experience
b. Easy to understand
c. Reviewed several times
d. Delivered slowly correct answersa. Based on prior experience
To ensure the client is retaining any shared information, it is important that the content presented is
highly relevant and what other quality?
Select one:
a. Pertinent
b. Brief
c. Visual
d. Practical correct answersd. Practical
Which statement is within the scope of practice for a Nutrition Coach?
Select one:
a. Design a 5-day meal plan for a healthy client.
b. Provide general advice on a 3-day detox plan.
c. Recommend the client discuss supplement usage and dosing with their pharmacist or physician.
d. Recommend a diet that contains up to 50% protein. correct answersc. Recommend the client discuss
supplement usage and dosing with their pharmacist or physician.
Which term encompasses the weight of the scientific evidence, field observations, and individual client
needs?
Select one:
,a. Evidence-based practice
b. Science
c. Primary research
d. Scientific method correct answersa. Evidence-based practice
"I tried this diet and lost 30 lbs." What type of evidence is this?
Select one:
a. Observational research
b. Expert opinion
c. Anecdote
d. Randomized controlled trial correct answersc. Anecdote
Which term describes the phenomena when a group does not represent the population a scientist is
intending to study?
Select one:
a. Selection bias
b. Generalizability
c. Uncontrolled variable
d. Recall bias correct answersa. Selection bias
What is the leading contributor to preventable death?
Select one:
a. Heart disease
b. Obesity
c. Diabetes
d. Breast cancer correct answersa. Heart disease
Which of the following is best defined as the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between
interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes?
, Select one:
a. Autostasis
b. Heterogeneity
c. Homeopathic
d. Homeostasis correct answersd. Homeostasis
A deficiency in which hormone is associated with an increased fat mass (central adiposity in particular),
reduced insulin sensitivity, and impaired glucose tolerance?
Select one:
a. Estrogen
b. Testosterone
c. Cortisol
d. Epinephrine correct answersb. Testosterone
Resting metabolic rate, or RMR, declines by what percentage per decade for men?
Select one:
a. 8 to 10%
b. 5 to 6%
c. >10%
d. 1 to 2% correct answersd. 1 to 2%
How many essential amino acids are there?
Select one:
a. 20
b. 8
c. 10
d. 9 correct answersd. 9
Does the Dietary Guidelines for Americans adjust RDAs according to a person's activity level?
