WEIGHT LOSS SPECIALIST
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● Jose is recommended to cut out regular soda consumption. Replacing
it with water is ideal, but swapping in diet/zero-calorie soft drinks is also
allowed. What behavioral intervention does this strategy reflect?
Answer: Restriction
●● Where appropriate, which type of exercise should be prioritize?
Answer: Multi-joint exercises
●● Which of the following is true regarding resistance training and
weight loss?
Answer: Resistance training may maintain or reduce the loss of FFM
during weight loss.
●● What may help to better regulate energy intake?
Answer: High energy expenditure/high physical activity
●● What is calorie density?
Answer: The amount of calories per weight or volume of food
,●● What is the asymmetric model of set point theory?
Answer: The body's signals to resist an energy deficit are stronger than
to resist an energy surplus.
●● In which ways can resistance training increase TDEE?
Answer: Energy expended during training session, increase in RMR
during recovery, and possible improvement in NEAT
●● What role do genes play in the obesity epidemic?
Answer: A combination of genes can determine a person's susceptibility
to becoming obese in the modern-day food environment.
●● Why is adopting new eating habits more effective than advising the
client to stop certain behaviors?
Answer: New eating habits will prevent poor dietary behaviors.
●● Alternate day fasting is superior to daily calorie restriction for which
outcome?
Answer: Weight loss
●● Gina is a 51-year-old woman who has been working with you for the
past 2 weeks. During a training session, she says that lately she has been
snacking a great deal at night after dinner. She asks you for advice. What
would be the most appropriate response as a coach?
,Answer: Ask Gina to review her reasons for snacking and her earlier
intake. Is she snacking because she is hungry, bored, or stressed? Did
she eat enough at dinner?
●● Which movement pattern does research suggest is predictive of the
risk of musculoskeletal injuries in individuals who practice physical
exertion?
Answer: Squatting
●● Which of the following statements best describes the role of a WLS
in a fitness setting?
Answer: The WLS is a fitness specialist and a coach to clients who are
seeking significant weight loss.
●● Which item represents the processes of your body and cells
maintaining their living functions?
Answer: Metabolism
●● Which blood pressure result would indicate Stage 2 Hypertension
and require medical monitoring?
Answer: Systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and diastolic blood
pressure ≥ 90 mmHg
●● The cells that store fatty acids are known as what type of cell?
, Answer: Adipocyte
●● A healthy diet pattern suggests a saturated fat intake of what percent
of calories?
Answer: Less than 10% of calories
●● Farrah started doing aerobic training 5 days per week. She hasn't
experienced any change in body weight. What is most likely true?
Answer: She has compensated for the exercise by being less active
outside of the exercise and/or eating more.
●● Rises in obesity often parallel this phenomena in different countries.
Answer: Industrialization
●● Aside from a physical and a fitness assessment, what other type of
assessment should a WLS perform prior to program design for a client?
Answer: A lifestyle assessment
●● What is the purpose of asking a client why they did not choose a
lower number when using the rulers?
Answer: It lets the client talk about the positive reasons why they are
motivated to reach their goals.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● Jose is recommended to cut out regular soda consumption. Replacing
it with water is ideal, but swapping in diet/zero-calorie soft drinks is also
allowed. What behavioral intervention does this strategy reflect?
Answer: Restriction
●● Where appropriate, which type of exercise should be prioritize?
Answer: Multi-joint exercises
●● Which of the following is true regarding resistance training and
weight loss?
Answer: Resistance training may maintain or reduce the loss of FFM
during weight loss.
●● What may help to better regulate energy intake?
Answer: High energy expenditure/high physical activity
●● What is calorie density?
Answer: The amount of calories per weight or volume of food
,●● What is the asymmetric model of set point theory?
Answer: The body's signals to resist an energy deficit are stronger than
to resist an energy surplus.
●● In which ways can resistance training increase TDEE?
Answer: Energy expended during training session, increase in RMR
during recovery, and possible improvement in NEAT
●● What role do genes play in the obesity epidemic?
Answer: A combination of genes can determine a person's susceptibility
to becoming obese in the modern-day food environment.
●● Why is adopting new eating habits more effective than advising the
client to stop certain behaviors?
Answer: New eating habits will prevent poor dietary behaviors.
●● Alternate day fasting is superior to daily calorie restriction for which
outcome?
Answer: Weight loss
●● Gina is a 51-year-old woman who has been working with you for the
past 2 weeks. During a training session, she says that lately she has been
snacking a great deal at night after dinner. She asks you for advice. What
would be the most appropriate response as a coach?
,Answer: Ask Gina to review her reasons for snacking and her earlier
intake. Is she snacking because she is hungry, bored, or stressed? Did
she eat enough at dinner?
●● Which movement pattern does research suggest is predictive of the
risk of musculoskeletal injuries in individuals who practice physical
exertion?
Answer: Squatting
●● Which of the following statements best describes the role of a WLS
in a fitness setting?
Answer: The WLS is a fitness specialist and a coach to clients who are
seeking significant weight loss.
●● Which item represents the processes of your body and cells
maintaining their living functions?
Answer: Metabolism
●● Which blood pressure result would indicate Stage 2 Hypertension
and require medical monitoring?
Answer: Systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and diastolic blood
pressure ≥ 90 mmHg
●● The cells that store fatty acids are known as what type of cell?
, Answer: Adipocyte
●● A healthy diet pattern suggests a saturated fat intake of what percent
of calories?
Answer: Less than 10% of calories
●● Farrah started doing aerobic training 5 days per week. She hasn't
experienced any change in body weight. What is most likely true?
Answer: She has compensated for the exercise by being less active
outside of the exercise and/or eating more.
●● Rises in obesity often parallel this phenomena in different countries.
Answer: Industrialization
●● Aside from a physical and a fitness assessment, what other type of
assessment should a WLS perform prior to program design for a client?
Answer: A lifestyle assessment
●● What is the purpose of asking a client why they did not choose a
lower number when using the rulers?
Answer: It lets the client talk about the positive reasons why they are
motivated to reach their goals.
