NASM WLS ACTUAL ALL FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Epidemiology - ✔✔What is the branch of medicine that deals with incidence,
distribution, and possible control of disease and other factors relating to health?
✔✔38 - ✔✔As of 2016, what percent of adults in the United States have obesity?
✔✔Polygenic - ✔✔Common obesity has what type of genetic risk?
✔✔0.4 - ✔✔Those who carry the risky FTO allele likely have this much higher BMI than
someone without it?
✔✔Increased 9% - ✔✔How has leisure time physical activity changed among U.S.
adults since 2004?
✔✔BMI - ✔✔Which measure is most commonly used to define obesity at a population
level?
✔✔Higher body fat and lower lean mass - ✔✔Reduced sleep time is associated with
what phenotype?
✔✔It is impaired. - ✔✔What happens to muscle protein synthesis among people with
obesity?
✔✔0.7 - ✔✔What percent of obesity can be explained by heredity?
✔✔Leptin System - ✔✔What system is involved in helping the body regulate its levels of
fat mass?
,✔✔Increased stomach acid content - ✔✔What drives the increased risk of esophageal
cancer in obesity?
✔✔It shortens sleep. - ✔✔What affect does obesity have on sleep duration?
✔✔< 10% - ✔✔What percent of people with obesity show a normal metabolic profile?
✔✔Uptake is increased. - ✔✔How is uptake of cortisol into tissue affected by obesity?
✔✔Increases - ✔✔What happens to inflammation as body fat increases?
✔✔It gets larger. - ✔✔What structural change happens to the left ventricle in obesity?
✔✔Fatty Acids - ✔✔Dysregulation of which macronutrient is a primary feature of
obesity?
✔✔White fat cell - ✔✔What type of fat cell has the highest storage capacity for fatty
acids and is the least metabolically active?
✔✔Pancreas - ✔✔What organ is responsible for the secretion of insulin?
✔✔Adipocyte - ✔✔The cells that store fatty acids are known as what type of cell?
✔✔Adrenal gland - ✔✔Cortisol is produced by which gland?
✔✔15 to 40% - ✔✔Carrying the risky allele for the FTO gene can increase the risk of
obesity by what percent?
✔✔Increases - ✔✔As obesity increases, what happens to the liver with regard to
hepatic glucose output?
✔✔0.111 - ✔✔What is the prevalence of asthma among people with obesity?
✔✔Anaerobic - ✔✔At a given workload, people with obesity show a higher rate of what
type of metabolism?
✔✔It is a signaling molecule produced by adipose tissue. - ✔✔What is an adipokine?
✔✔Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease - ✔✔Increased fat storage in the liver that arises
from obesity results in what?
✔✔Fatty acid metabolism is increased. - ✔✔What happens to fat metabolism in the
heart among people with obesity?
, ✔✔Visceral fat - ✔✔The fat located deeper in the body and is often located around
organs is referred to specifically as what?
✔✔Organ system - ✔✔What is a group of organs that work together as a biological
system to perform one or more functions?
✔✔Visceral fat - ✔✔What type of fat is associated with insulin resistance?
✔✔Integumentary System - ✔✔The collection of organs and tissues consisting of the
skin, hair, nails, glands, and nerves is referred to as what?
✔✔0.94 - ✔✔Among men with severe obesity, what percent of them experience sleep
apnea?
✔✔After - ✔✔When does blood glucose rise in relation to insulin resistance?
✔✔It is reduced. - ✔✔What happens to blood flow in certain parts of the brain among
people with obesity?
✔✔35 kg - ✔✔At 12 years post bariatric surgery, people who underwent surgery
showed a mean sustained weight loss of how many kilograms?
✔✔Binge-eating disorder - ✔✔Which eating disorder is most likely to be associated with
obesity?
✔✔Lower self-esteem - ✔✔Obese individuals who also have binge-eating disorder are
more likely to experience which of the following?
✔✔Choose language that avoids further weight stigma. - ✔✔When communicating with
an overweight or obese client, the Weight Loss Specialist should always do which of the
following?
✔✔Obese characters on television are underrepresented compared to the number of
obese people in society. - ✔✔In terms of mass media, which statement is accurate?
✔✔Excellent communication skills - ✔✔When it comes to being a successful coach, the
Weight Loss Specialist must have which of the following?
✔✔A parent with a body mass index above 30 kg/m2 - ✔✔Based on socialization,
which of the following scenarios would lead a child toward obesity?
✔✔Refer the client to an appropriate medical professional. - ✔✔After working with an
obese client for 3 months, he has recently indicated during sessions that he has some
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Epidemiology - ✔✔What is the branch of medicine that deals with incidence,
distribution, and possible control of disease and other factors relating to health?
✔✔38 - ✔✔As of 2016, what percent of adults in the United States have obesity?
✔✔Polygenic - ✔✔Common obesity has what type of genetic risk?
✔✔0.4 - ✔✔Those who carry the risky FTO allele likely have this much higher BMI than
someone without it?
✔✔Increased 9% - ✔✔How has leisure time physical activity changed among U.S.
adults since 2004?
✔✔BMI - ✔✔Which measure is most commonly used to define obesity at a population
level?
✔✔Higher body fat and lower lean mass - ✔✔Reduced sleep time is associated with
what phenotype?
✔✔It is impaired. - ✔✔What happens to muscle protein synthesis among people with
obesity?
✔✔0.7 - ✔✔What percent of obesity can be explained by heredity?
✔✔Leptin System - ✔✔What system is involved in helping the body regulate its levels of
fat mass?
,✔✔Increased stomach acid content - ✔✔What drives the increased risk of esophageal
cancer in obesity?
✔✔It shortens sleep. - ✔✔What affect does obesity have on sleep duration?
✔✔< 10% - ✔✔What percent of people with obesity show a normal metabolic profile?
✔✔Uptake is increased. - ✔✔How is uptake of cortisol into tissue affected by obesity?
✔✔Increases - ✔✔What happens to inflammation as body fat increases?
✔✔It gets larger. - ✔✔What structural change happens to the left ventricle in obesity?
✔✔Fatty Acids - ✔✔Dysregulation of which macronutrient is a primary feature of
obesity?
✔✔White fat cell - ✔✔What type of fat cell has the highest storage capacity for fatty
acids and is the least metabolically active?
✔✔Pancreas - ✔✔What organ is responsible for the secretion of insulin?
✔✔Adipocyte - ✔✔The cells that store fatty acids are known as what type of cell?
✔✔Adrenal gland - ✔✔Cortisol is produced by which gland?
✔✔15 to 40% - ✔✔Carrying the risky allele for the FTO gene can increase the risk of
obesity by what percent?
✔✔Increases - ✔✔As obesity increases, what happens to the liver with regard to
hepatic glucose output?
✔✔0.111 - ✔✔What is the prevalence of asthma among people with obesity?
✔✔Anaerobic - ✔✔At a given workload, people with obesity show a higher rate of what
type of metabolism?
✔✔It is a signaling molecule produced by adipose tissue. - ✔✔What is an adipokine?
✔✔Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease - ✔✔Increased fat storage in the liver that arises
from obesity results in what?
✔✔Fatty acid metabolism is increased. - ✔✔What happens to fat metabolism in the
heart among people with obesity?
, ✔✔Visceral fat - ✔✔The fat located deeper in the body and is often located around
organs is referred to specifically as what?
✔✔Organ system - ✔✔What is a group of organs that work together as a biological
system to perform one or more functions?
✔✔Visceral fat - ✔✔What type of fat is associated with insulin resistance?
✔✔Integumentary System - ✔✔The collection of organs and tissues consisting of the
skin, hair, nails, glands, and nerves is referred to as what?
✔✔0.94 - ✔✔Among men with severe obesity, what percent of them experience sleep
apnea?
✔✔After - ✔✔When does blood glucose rise in relation to insulin resistance?
✔✔It is reduced. - ✔✔What happens to blood flow in certain parts of the brain among
people with obesity?
✔✔35 kg - ✔✔At 12 years post bariatric surgery, people who underwent surgery
showed a mean sustained weight loss of how many kilograms?
✔✔Binge-eating disorder - ✔✔Which eating disorder is most likely to be associated with
obesity?
✔✔Lower self-esteem - ✔✔Obese individuals who also have binge-eating disorder are
more likely to experience which of the following?
✔✔Choose language that avoids further weight stigma. - ✔✔When communicating with
an overweight or obese client, the Weight Loss Specialist should always do which of the
following?
✔✔Obese characters on television are underrepresented compared to the number of
obese people in society. - ✔✔In terms of mass media, which statement is accurate?
✔✔Excellent communication skills - ✔✔When it comes to being a successful coach, the
Weight Loss Specialist must have which of the following?
✔✔A parent with a body mass index above 30 kg/m2 - ✔✔Based on socialization,
which of the following scenarios would lead a child toward obesity?
✔✔Refer the client to an appropriate medical professional. - ✔✔After working with an
obese client for 3 months, he has recently indicated during sessions that he has some
