NBHWC TEST QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
2003 & 2017 Normal BP - ✔✔Less than 120mmHg Systolic
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Less than 80mmHg Diastolic
2003 At risk (Prehypertension) BP - ✔✔120-139mmHg Systolic
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80-89mmHg Diastolic
2003 High BP (hypertension) - ✔✔140mmHg or Higher Systolic
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90mmHg or Higher Diastolic
2017 Elevated BP - ✔✔120-129mmHg systolic
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Less than 80mmHg diastolic
2017 High Blood Pressure (hypertension) - ✔✔130mmHg or higher systolic
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80mmHg or higher Diastolic
A1C (Hemoglobin A1C) - ✔✔average blood sugar level over the past two to three months.
Glycated hemoglobin is a form of hemoglobin that is chemically linked to a sugar.
A1C Normal - ✔✔Less than 5.7%
,Pre-diabetic A1C levels - ✔✔5.7% to 6.4%
A1c Diabetes - ✔✔6.5% or higher
FPG Definition - ✔✔fasting plasma glucose
Normal FPG - ✔✔less than 100mg/dl
Prediabetes FPG - ✔✔100 mg/dl to 125 mg/dl
Diabetes FPG - ✔✔126 mg/dl or higher
OGTT Definition - ✔✔Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Normal OGTT - ✔✔less than 140 mg/dl
Prediabetes OGTT - ✔✔140-199 mg/dL
Diabetes OGTT - ✔✔200 mg/dl or higher
Underweight BMI (body mass index) - ✔✔BMI is less than 18.5.
Normal weight BMI - ✔✔18.5-24.9
Overweight BMI - ✔✔25-29.9
, Obese BMI - ✔✔30 or higher
Obesity Class 1 BMI - ✔✔30-34.9
Obesity Class 2 BMI range - ✔✔35-39.9
obesity class 3 BMI - ✔✔40 or higher (Severe/extreme)
Men Low risk waist circumference - ✔✔37 inches and below
Men intermediate risk waist circumference - ✔✔37.1-39.99 inches
Men high risk waist circumference - ✔✔40 inches and above
Women low risk waist circumference - ✔✔31.5 inches and below
Women intermediate risk waist circumference - ✔✔31.6-34.9 inches
Women high risk waist circumference - ✔✔35 inches and above
metabolic syndrome diagnosis criteria - ✔✔have to have 3 or more of the following risk
factors:
1. elevated waist circumference (men equal to or greater than 40in, women equal to or greater
than 35in)
ANSWERS
2003 & 2017 Normal BP - ✔✔Less than 120mmHg Systolic
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Less than 80mmHg Diastolic
2003 At risk (Prehypertension) BP - ✔✔120-139mmHg Systolic
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80-89mmHg Diastolic
2003 High BP (hypertension) - ✔✔140mmHg or Higher Systolic
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90mmHg or Higher Diastolic
2017 Elevated BP - ✔✔120-129mmHg systolic
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Less than 80mmHg diastolic
2017 High Blood Pressure (hypertension) - ✔✔130mmHg or higher systolic
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80mmHg or higher Diastolic
A1C (Hemoglobin A1C) - ✔✔average blood sugar level over the past two to three months.
Glycated hemoglobin is a form of hemoglobin that is chemically linked to a sugar.
A1C Normal - ✔✔Less than 5.7%
,Pre-diabetic A1C levels - ✔✔5.7% to 6.4%
A1c Diabetes - ✔✔6.5% or higher
FPG Definition - ✔✔fasting plasma glucose
Normal FPG - ✔✔less than 100mg/dl
Prediabetes FPG - ✔✔100 mg/dl to 125 mg/dl
Diabetes FPG - ✔✔126 mg/dl or higher
OGTT Definition - ✔✔Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Normal OGTT - ✔✔less than 140 mg/dl
Prediabetes OGTT - ✔✔140-199 mg/dL
Diabetes OGTT - ✔✔200 mg/dl or higher
Underweight BMI (body mass index) - ✔✔BMI is less than 18.5.
Normal weight BMI - ✔✔18.5-24.9
Overweight BMI - ✔✔25-29.9
, Obese BMI - ✔✔30 or higher
Obesity Class 1 BMI - ✔✔30-34.9
Obesity Class 2 BMI range - ✔✔35-39.9
obesity class 3 BMI - ✔✔40 or higher (Severe/extreme)
Men Low risk waist circumference - ✔✔37 inches and below
Men intermediate risk waist circumference - ✔✔37.1-39.99 inches
Men high risk waist circumference - ✔✔40 inches and above
Women low risk waist circumference - ✔✔31.5 inches and below
Women intermediate risk waist circumference - ✔✔31.6-34.9 inches
Women high risk waist circumference - ✔✔35 inches and above
metabolic syndrome diagnosis criteria - ✔✔have to have 3 or more of the following risk
factors:
1. elevated waist circumference (men equal to or greater than 40in, women equal to or greater
than 35in)
