NASM Nutrition Certification EXAM(Nutrition Specialist
Exam) | latest 2024/2025
SCOFF questionnaire - CORRECT ANSWER :/ Basic yet reliable set of
five questions that help assess whether an eating disorder exists.
Do you make yourself Sick because you feel uncomfortably full?
Do you worry that you have lost Control over how much you eat?
Have you recently lost more than One stone (14 lbs) in a 3-month
period?
Do you believe yourself to be Fat when others say you are too thin?
Would you say that Food dominates your life?
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The process of formulating
explanations about the natural world and testing those explanations with
experiments and data.
1. Identify a Problem
2. Formulate a hypothesis
3. Design a study to test the hypothesis
4. Collect data
5. Discard or change the hypothesis OR continue testing
,Evidence-Based Practice - CORRECT ANSWER :/ 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.
Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER :/ An expected outcome generated
from a hypothesis
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A hypothesis or set of hypotheses for
which a large body of high-quality evidence has been accumulated.
Hierarchy of Evidence - CORRECT ANSWER :/ 1. Systematic Reviews
2. Randomized Controlled Trials
3. Observational Research
4. Peer Reviews
5. Non-Peer-Reviewed Media, including anecdotes
Anecdote - CORRECT ANSWER :/ an account of a person's experience
or event
Uncontrolled Variable - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A variable in an
experiment that a scientist makes no effort to manipulate or account for.
Primary Research - CORRECT ANSWER :/ 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.
Observational Research - CORRECT ANSWER :/ Research in which a
researcher observes ongoing behaviors to determine correlation.
Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A relationship between two or
more variables.
Randomized Control Trial (RCT) - CORRECT ANSWER :/ 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.
Independent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The variable scientists
manipulate in an experiment.
External Validity - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The ability to generalize the
results of a study.
Systematic Review - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A review where scientists
systematically gather all research on a topic and evaluate it based on
predefined criteria and rules.
Meta-Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A statistical analysis of a group
of studies to assess the overall weight of the evidence.
, Empirical - CORRECT ANSWER :/ Based on observation or experience.
Test-Retest Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The ability to get
similar results when something is measured under the same conditions.
Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The consistency of a measure.
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The assessment of whether a tool is
measuring what it is supposed to measure.
Selection Bias - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A sample of people under study
is not representative of the larger population that scientists are looking to
make inferences about.
Retrospective - CORRECT ANSWER :/ Describes a study that looks
backward in time.
Recall Bias - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The inability to accurately
remember past behaviors.
Health - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A state of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Exam) | latest 2024/2025
SCOFF questionnaire - CORRECT ANSWER :/ Basic yet reliable set of
five questions that help assess whether an eating disorder exists.
Do you make yourself Sick because you feel uncomfortably full?
Do you worry that you have lost Control over how much you eat?
Have you recently lost more than One stone (14 lbs) in a 3-month
period?
Do you believe yourself to be Fat when others say you are too thin?
Would you say that Food dominates your life?
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The process of formulating
explanations about the natural world and testing those explanations with
experiments and data.
1. Identify a Problem
2. Formulate a hypothesis
3. Design a study to test the hypothesis
4. Collect data
5. Discard or change the hypothesis OR continue testing
,Evidence-Based Practice - CORRECT ANSWER :/ 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.
Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER :/ An expected outcome generated
from a hypothesis
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A hypothesis or set of hypotheses for
which a large body of high-quality evidence has been accumulated.
Hierarchy of Evidence - CORRECT ANSWER :/ 1. Systematic Reviews
2. Randomized Controlled Trials
3. Observational Research
4. Peer Reviews
5. Non-Peer-Reviewed Media, including anecdotes
Anecdote - CORRECT ANSWER :/ an account of a person's experience
or event
Uncontrolled Variable - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A variable in an
experiment that a scientist makes no effort to manipulate or account for.
Primary Research - CORRECT ANSWER :/ 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.
Observational Research - CORRECT ANSWER :/ Research in which a
researcher observes ongoing behaviors to determine correlation.
Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A relationship between two or
more variables.
Randomized Control Trial (RCT) - CORRECT ANSWER :/ 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.
Independent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The variable scientists
manipulate in an experiment.
External Validity - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The ability to generalize the
results of a study.
Systematic Review - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A review where scientists
systematically gather all research on a topic and evaluate it based on
predefined criteria and rules.
Meta-Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A statistical analysis of a group
of studies to assess the overall weight of the evidence.
, Empirical - CORRECT ANSWER :/ Based on observation or experience.
Test-Retest Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The ability to get
similar results when something is measured under the same conditions.
Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The consistency of a measure.
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The assessment of whether a tool is
measuring what it is supposed to measure.
Selection Bias - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A sample of people under study
is not representative of the larger population that scientists are looking to
make inferences about.
Retrospective - CORRECT ANSWER :/ Describes a study that looks
backward in time.
Recall Bias - CORRECT ANSWER :/ The inability to accurately
remember past behaviors.
Health - CORRECT ANSWER :/ A state of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
