NASM CNC Actual Exam 500 Questions
& Verified Answers 2025 Part A
1. Scope of Practice
The actions, procedures, and processes that a professional is allowed
to undertake in keeping with the terms of the professional's license or
credential.
2. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
This term is used interchangeably with a Registered Dietitian (RD)
and it is also a legally protected designation.
3. Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
The CDR acts as the credentialing arm of the Academy of Nutrition
and Dietetics for the purpose of establishing and enforcing
certification standards for registered dieticians and other licensed
nutritional professionals and issues credentials to those who
successfully meet said standards. The CDR also provides a
professional code of ethics and recertification standards.
4. Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)
A licensed healthcare professional or certified allied health
professional who works with those who have diabetes - 1000 contact
hours in diabetes education is required for certification.
5. Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNP)
An advanced nursing degree requiring 2 more years of college beyond
an RN - many then choose a specialty or primary focus of care.
6. Physician Assistant (PA)
A licensed healthcare professional who works under the supervision
of a doctor or other medical professional, typically requires a 4-year
degree plus a post-graduate program.
7. Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
A pharmacist with an advanced degree who works in conjunction
with a medical doctor to prepare and/or dispense prescription drugs or
compounds.
,8. licensed
Licensing is typically provided on a state or federal level. Common
prerequisites of licensing include formal education/training, a
predetermined number of supervised contact hours, and successful
completion of a standardized test. Most healthcare providers require
licensure.
9. Certified
Certification is granted to a person who has participated in an
educational course (either live or online) and successfully completed
a standardized test: written, practical, or both.
10. Nutritionist
A generic term for someone who provides nutrition counseling -
certification and licensing parameters are vague.
11. Macronutrients
Nutrients required in large quantities, including carbohydrates,
proteins, and fats.
12. Micronutrients
Nutrients required in smaller quantities, including vitamins and
minerals
13. The SCOFF Questionnaire
Basic yet reliable set of five questions that help assess whether an
eating disorder exists.
14. science
a method of trying to end up at objective truthsIt is the use of
evidence to construct explanations and predictions of natural
phenomena.
15. Hypothesis
A proposed explanation for a problem or set of observations.
16. The Scientific Method
The process of formulating explanations about the natural world and
testing those explanations with experiments and data.
,17. Evidence-Based Practice
A three-pronged approach to working with clients, which consists of
making decisions based on the weight of the scientific evidence, field
observations, and individual client needs and preferences.
18. Prediction
An expected outcome generated from a hypothesis.
19. Theory
A hypothesis or set of hypotheses for which a large body of high-
quality evidence has been accumulated
20. Anecdote
An account of a person's experience or event
21. Uncontrolled Variable
A variable in an experiment that a scientist makes no effort to
manipulate or account for.
22. Primary Research
Original research where scientists perform experiments and collect
data - this is in contrast to secondary research where scientists analyze
data that has already been collected or published elsewhere.
23. Observational Research
Research in which a researcher observes ongoing behaviors to
determine correlation
24. Correlation
A relationship between two or more variables.
25. Randomized Control Trial (RCT)
A type of scientific study/trial where participants are randomly
assigned into different groups - one or more will be the intervention to
be tested and one will be the control group. Groups are randomized
and a control is used in an attempt to reduce potential bias in the trial.
26. Independent Variable
The variable scientists manipulate in an experiment.
27. External Validity
The ability to generalize the results of a study.
, 28. Empirical
Based on observation or experience
29. Test-Retest Reliability
The ability to get similar results when something is measured under
the same conditions.
30. Reliability
The consistency of a measure
31. Validity
measuring what it is supposed to measure
32. Selection Bias
A sample of people under study is not representative of the larger
population that scientists are looking to make inferences about.
33. Retrospective
Describes a study that looks backward in time.
34. Recall Bias
The inability to accurately remember past behaviors.
35. Peer Review
The critical evaluation of a study by other scientists.
36. observational research
This is research in which a researcher observes ongoing behaviors to
determine correlation
37. Case-control study
determine if exposure to something is associated with an outcome.
38. Health
state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity.
39. Homeostasis
The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between
interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological
processes.
& Verified Answers 2025 Part A
1. Scope of Practice
The actions, procedures, and processes that a professional is allowed
to undertake in keeping with the terms of the professional's license or
credential.
2. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
This term is used interchangeably with a Registered Dietitian (RD)
and it is also a legally protected designation.
3. Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
The CDR acts as the credentialing arm of the Academy of Nutrition
and Dietetics for the purpose of establishing and enforcing
certification standards for registered dieticians and other licensed
nutritional professionals and issues credentials to those who
successfully meet said standards. The CDR also provides a
professional code of ethics and recertification standards.
4. Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)
A licensed healthcare professional or certified allied health
professional who works with those who have diabetes - 1000 contact
hours in diabetes education is required for certification.
5. Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNP)
An advanced nursing degree requiring 2 more years of college beyond
an RN - many then choose a specialty or primary focus of care.
6. Physician Assistant (PA)
A licensed healthcare professional who works under the supervision
of a doctor or other medical professional, typically requires a 4-year
degree plus a post-graduate program.
7. Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
A pharmacist with an advanced degree who works in conjunction
with a medical doctor to prepare and/or dispense prescription drugs or
compounds.
,8. licensed
Licensing is typically provided on a state or federal level. Common
prerequisites of licensing include formal education/training, a
predetermined number of supervised contact hours, and successful
completion of a standardized test. Most healthcare providers require
licensure.
9. Certified
Certification is granted to a person who has participated in an
educational course (either live or online) and successfully completed
a standardized test: written, practical, or both.
10. Nutritionist
A generic term for someone who provides nutrition counseling -
certification and licensing parameters are vague.
11. Macronutrients
Nutrients required in large quantities, including carbohydrates,
proteins, and fats.
12. Micronutrients
Nutrients required in smaller quantities, including vitamins and
minerals
13. The SCOFF Questionnaire
Basic yet reliable set of five questions that help assess whether an
eating disorder exists.
14. science
a method of trying to end up at objective truthsIt is the use of
evidence to construct explanations and predictions of natural
phenomena.
15. Hypothesis
A proposed explanation for a problem or set of observations.
16. The Scientific Method
The process of formulating explanations about the natural world and
testing those explanations with experiments and data.
,17. Evidence-Based Practice
A three-pronged approach to working with clients, which consists of
making decisions based on the weight of the scientific evidence, field
observations, and individual client needs and preferences.
18. Prediction
An expected outcome generated from a hypothesis.
19. Theory
A hypothesis or set of hypotheses for which a large body of high-
quality evidence has been accumulated
20. Anecdote
An account of a person's experience or event
21. Uncontrolled Variable
A variable in an experiment that a scientist makes no effort to
manipulate or account for.
22. Primary Research
Original research where scientists perform experiments and collect
data - this is in contrast to secondary research where scientists analyze
data that has already been collected or published elsewhere.
23. Observational Research
Research in which a researcher observes ongoing behaviors to
determine correlation
24. Correlation
A relationship between two or more variables.
25. Randomized Control Trial (RCT)
A type of scientific study/trial where participants are randomly
assigned into different groups - one or more will be the intervention to
be tested and one will be the control group. Groups are randomized
and a control is used in an attempt to reduce potential bias in the trial.
26. Independent Variable
The variable scientists manipulate in an experiment.
27. External Validity
The ability to generalize the results of a study.
, 28. Empirical
Based on observation or experience
29. Test-Retest Reliability
The ability to get similar results when something is measured under
the same conditions.
30. Reliability
The consistency of a measure
31. Validity
measuring what it is supposed to measure
32. Selection Bias
A sample of people under study is not representative of the larger
population that scientists are looking to make inferences about.
33. Retrospective
Describes a study that looks backward in time.
34. Recall Bias
The inability to accurately remember past behaviors.
35. Peer Review
The critical evaluation of a study by other scientists.
36. observational research
This is research in which a researcher observes ongoing behaviors to
determine correlation
37. Case-control study
determine if exposure to something is associated with an outcome.
38. Health
state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity.
39. Homeostasis
The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between
interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological
processes.
