NASM WLS LATEST EXAMS TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is an outcome of a successful weight loss plan? - ✔✔Decreased chronic
disease risk
✔✔When there is a stall and a client progress, what should a fitness professional do
first? - ✔✔Determine if it actually is a stall in progress
✔✔Being in a negative energy balance is equivalent to, which of the following? -
✔✔Being in a calorie deficit
✔✔Calorie dense hyper palatable foods are easy and cheap to access. - ✔✔This may
drive over eating
✔✔Why is adopting new eating habits more effective than advising the client to stop
certain behaviors? - ✔✔New eating habits will prevent poor dietary behaviors
✔✔Why might it be problematic to use the "1 pound of fat equals 3500 cal rule" to set
weight loss targets? - ✔✔This rule often overestimates the amount of weight loss that
will occur
✔✔What is an example of a non-qualified energy restriction method? - ✔✔Limiting
portion sizes, limit meal frequency
✔✔Time restricted eating can often lead to what side effect? - ✔✔Reduced calorie
intake
✔✔When a client over eats the fitness professional helps remove any guilty feelings
and makes what suggestion to get back on track? - ✔✔Go back to the plan at the next
meal
,✔✔A healthy diet pattern suggest a saturated fat intake of what percent of calories? -
✔✔Less than 10% of calories
✔✔An individuals maintenance calories intake is equal to what? - ✔✔TEE, their total
energy expenditure
✔✔In which case is it likely a good idea to avoid taking bodyweight measurements? -
✔✔With clients who report negative emotions, stress, or feeling of stigma based on
body composition evaluations
✔✔Recommending that client switched to eating whole grains versions of the grains
should lead to what? - ✔✔Increased fiber intake
✔✔Which of the following is compulsory for fat loss to occur? - ✔✔Presence of a calorie
deficit
✔✔In the COM-B model related to behavior change, the M stands for what term? -
✔✔Motivation
✔✔After a stall in weight loss, (two weeks) a recommended modification that could lead
to a resumption of fat loss would be, which of the following? - ✔✔A 10% reduction and
calorie intake
✔✔Some research suggest that breaking fat loss phases into short periods can be
effective. What is one of the recommended links for a fat loss phase? - ✔✔8 to 12
weeks
✔✔What is the premise of using a talk test? - ✔✔The exercise intensity that disrupts,
talking and breathing is connected to a specific metabolic event
✔✔What can adversely affect a bioelectric impedance analysis? BIA - ✔✔If anatomical
landmarks cannot be identified, then the assessment may be in accurate
✔✔What is the mathematical equation for BMI? - ✔✔BMI = Weight (kg) \ Height (m2)
✔✔Reason for waist to hip ration? - ✔✔It is a commonly used tool to assess health risk
by defining body shape
✔✔What should you do if high blood pressure is detected? - ✔✔If high blood pressure
is detected, have client remain seated for a minute, then retake to confirm
✔✔Kinetic Chain Checkpoints - ✔✔1 feet and ankle
, 2 knees,
3 Lumbo pelvic hip complex
4 shoulders
5 head and neck
✔✔Which assessment is used to evaluate a client's capacity to perform work? -
✔✔Cardio respiratory
✔✔Consider limiting movement that requires overweight or obese clients to get on and
off the floor - ✔✔Consider limiting movement that requires overweight or obese clients
to get on and off the ground
✔✔Sequence of posture and movement - ✔✔Static poster, overhead squat (0HSA),
upper push and pull
✔✔Appropriate Anthropometric measure - ✔✔Android = apple shape, fat tummy, and
upper body.
Gynoid= fat and lower body
✔✔What is the first movement assessment? - ✔✔Overhead squat assessment 0HSA
✔✔During VT test on the treadmill when client speech becomes less smooth and her
RPE is six and talk test is challenging. What should you do? - ✔✔Attempt one stage
beyond the suspected ventilatory should threshold to validate assessment
✔✔Which of the following techniques is used to express or validate how hard a client
feels that they are working during exercise? - ✔✔RPE rate of perceived exertion
✔✔What do you do if you discover movement impairments during OHSA? - ✔✔Keep it
positive approach by explaining the benefits of addressing various movement
impairments
✔✔If an assessment produces consistent and repeatable results, it is said to be what? -
✔✔Reliable
✔✔When monitored overtime, which of the following variables helped to identify
cardiovascular adaptations, such as becoming more fit or regressions such as
deconditioning? - ✔✔Resting heart rate
✔✔What is the proper progression of assessments? - ✔✔1. Pre-participation health
screening,
2. physiological assessments, including resting heart rate and blood pressure,
3. body composition
4.posture and movement assessment 5. cardio respiratory assessment.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is an outcome of a successful weight loss plan? - ✔✔Decreased chronic
disease risk
✔✔When there is a stall and a client progress, what should a fitness professional do
first? - ✔✔Determine if it actually is a stall in progress
✔✔Being in a negative energy balance is equivalent to, which of the following? -
✔✔Being in a calorie deficit
✔✔Calorie dense hyper palatable foods are easy and cheap to access. - ✔✔This may
drive over eating
✔✔Why is adopting new eating habits more effective than advising the client to stop
certain behaviors? - ✔✔New eating habits will prevent poor dietary behaviors
✔✔Why might it be problematic to use the "1 pound of fat equals 3500 cal rule" to set
weight loss targets? - ✔✔This rule often overestimates the amount of weight loss that
will occur
✔✔What is an example of a non-qualified energy restriction method? - ✔✔Limiting
portion sizes, limit meal frequency
✔✔Time restricted eating can often lead to what side effect? - ✔✔Reduced calorie
intake
✔✔When a client over eats the fitness professional helps remove any guilty feelings
and makes what suggestion to get back on track? - ✔✔Go back to the plan at the next
meal
,✔✔A healthy diet pattern suggest a saturated fat intake of what percent of calories? -
✔✔Less than 10% of calories
✔✔An individuals maintenance calories intake is equal to what? - ✔✔TEE, their total
energy expenditure
✔✔In which case is it likely a good idea to avoid taking bodyweight measurements? -
✔✔With clients who report negative emotions, stress, or feeling of stigma based on
body composition evaluations
✔✔Recommending that client switched to eating whole grains versions of the grains
should lead to what? - ✔✔Increased fiber intake
✔✔Which of the following is compulsory for fat loss to occur? - ✔✔Presence of a calorie
deficit
✔✔In the COM-B model related to behavior change, the M stands for what term? -
✔✔Motivation
✔✔After a stall in weight loss, (two weeks) a recommended modification that could lead
to a resumption of fat loss would be, which of the following? - ✔✔A 10% reduction and
calorie intake
✔✔Some research suggest that breaking fat loss phases into short periods can be
effective. What is one of the recommended links for a fat loss phase? - ✔✔8 to 12
weeks
✔✔What is the premise of using a talk test? - ✔✔The exercise intensity that disrupts,
talking and breathing is connected to a specific metabolic event
✔✔What can adversely affect a bioelectric impedance analysis? BIA - ✔✔If anatomical
landmarks cannot be identified, then the assessment may be in accurate
✔✔What is the mathematical equation for BMI? - ✔✔BMI = Weight (kg) \ Height (m2)
✔✔Reason for waist to hip ration? - ✔✔It is a commonly used tool to assess health risk
by defining body shape
✔✔What should you do if high blood pressure is detected? - ✔✔If high blood pressure
is detected, have client remain seated for a minute, then retake to confirm
✔✔Kinetic Chain Checkpoints - ✔✔1 feet and ankle
, 2 knees,
3 Lumbo pelvic hip complex
4 shoulders
5 head and neck
✔✔Which assessment is used to evaluate a client's capacity to perform work? -
✔✔Cardio respiratory
✔✔Consider limiting movement that requires overweight or obese clients to get on and
off the floor - ✔✔Consider limiting movement that requires overweight or obese clients
to get on and off the ground
✔✔Sequence of posture and movement - ✔✔Static poster, overhead squat (0HSA),
upper push and pull
✔✔Appropriate Anthropometric measure - ✔✔Android = apple shape, fat tummy, and
upper body.
Gynoid= fat and lower body
✔✔What is the first movement assessment? - ✔✔Overhead squat assessment 0HSA
✔✔During VT test on the treadmill when client speech becomes less smooth and her
RPE is six and talk test is challenging. What should you do? - ✔✔Attempt one stage
beyond the suspected ventilatory should threshold to validate assessment
✔✔Which of the following techniques is used to express or validate how hard a client
feels that they are working during exercise? - ✔✔RPE rate of perceived exertion
✔✔What do you do if you discover movement impairments during OHSA? - ✔✔Keep it
positive approach by explaining the benefits of addressing various movement
impairments
✔✔If an assessment produces consistent and repeatable results, it is said to be what? -
✔✔Reliable
✔✔When monitored overtime, which of the following variables helped to identify
cardiovascular adaptations, such as becoming more fit or regressions such as
deconditioning? - ✔✔Resting heart rate
✔✔What is the proper progression of assessments? - ✔✔1. Pre-participation health
screening,
2. physiological assessments, including resting heart rate and blood pressure,
3. body composition
4.posture and movement assessment 5. cardio respiratory assessment.
