NS 1410 Exam PRACTICE QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
(VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST
UPDATE 2024/2025
FITT principle - ✔✔Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type
order of fuels needed for physical activity - ✔✔ATP, creatine, glucose,
low intensity fuel needed - ✔✔triglycerides
high intensity fuel needed - ✔✔carbohydrates
most important nutrient when doing activity - ✔✔water
ergogenic aids - ✔✔substances used to improve exercise and athletic performance
anabolic steroids - ✔✔testosterone based, muscle size/strength/speed (illegal)
DHEA - ✔✔claim to increase testosterone
GHB - ✔✔black market sold, CNS depressant, alternative to anabolic steroids
creatine - ✔✔for short term, explosive activities (found in fish, meat)
, caffeine - ✔✔increases use of fat as fuel during endurance exercises
Ephedrine - ✔✔"weight loss", strong stimulant (banned)
Carnitine - ✔✔shuttle fatty acids to be used for energy, "fat burner"
chromium - ✔✔"fat burner"
Ribose - ✔✔critical to ATP, improve exercise tolerance
FDA regulation over supplements - ✔✔not regulated because considered "food"
USP does not... - ✔✔determine if supplements are good or bad for you
ginger herbal claim - ✔✔alleviate nausea
garlic herbal claim - ✔✔lower LDL cholesterol
saw palmetto herbal claim - ✔✔improve enlarged prostate
ginger, garlic, saw palmetto are not safe if - ✔✔you are taking anti coagulation
medication
ginseng herbal claim/warning - ✔✔improve mental performance/do not take if you
have HTN
(VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST
UPDATE 2024/2025
FITT principle - ✔✔Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type
order of fuels needed for physical activity - ✔✔ATP, creatine, glucose,
low intensity fuel needed - ✔✔triglycerides
high intensity fuel needed - ✔✔carbohydrates
most important nutrient when doing activity - ✔✔water
ergogenic aids - ✔✔substances used to improve exercise and athletic performance
anabolic steroids - ✔✔testosterone based, muscle size/strength/speed (illegal)
DHEA - ✔✔claim to increase testosterone
GHB - ✔✔black market sold, CNS depressant, alternative to anabolic steroids
creatine - ✔✔for short term, explosive activities (found in fish, meat)
, caffeine - ✔✔increases use of fat as fuel during endurance exercises
Ephedrine - ✔✔"weight loss", strong stimulant (banned)
Carnitine - ✔✔shuttle fatty acids to be used for energy, "fat burner"
chromium - ✔✔"fat burner"
Ribose - ✔✔critical to ATP, improve exercise tolerance
FDA regulation over supplements - ✔✔not regulated because considered "food"
USP does not... - ✔✔determine if supplements are good or bad for you
ginger herbal claim - ✔✔alleviate nausea
garlic herbal claim - ✔✔lower LDL cholesterol
saw palmetto herbal claim - ✔✔improve enlarged prostate
ginger, garlic, saw palmetto are not safe if - ✔✔you are taking anti coagulation
medication
ginseng herbal claim/warning - ✔✔improve mental performance/do not take if you
have HTN
