NASM NUTRITION CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH ALL
CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|LATEST VERSION
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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? ✔Correct Answer-SCOFF questionnaire
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 ✔Correct Answer-Scientific Method
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.
✔Correct Answer-Evidence-Based Practice
An expected outcome generated from a hypothesis ✔Correct Answer-Prediction
A hypothesis or set of hypotheses for which a large body of high-quality evidence has been
accumulated. ✔Correct Answer-Theory
1. Systematic Reviews
2. Randomized Controlled Trials
3. Observational Research
4. Peer Reviews
5. Non-Peer-Reviewed Media, including anecdotes ✔Correct Answer-Hierarchy of Evidence
an account of a person's experience or event ✔Correct Answer-Anecdote
A variable in an experiment that a scientist makes no effort to manipulate or account for. ✔Correct
Answer-Uncontrolled Variable
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. ✔Correct Answer-Primary Research
Research in which a researcher observes ongoing behaviors to determine correlation. ✔Correct
Answer-Observational Research
,A relationship between two or more variables. ✔Correct Answer-Correlation
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. ✔Correct
Answer-Randomized Control Trial (RCT)
The variable scientists manipulate in an experiment. ✔Correct Answer-Independent Variable
The ability to generalize the results of a study. ✔Correct Answer-External Validity
A review where scientists systematically gather all research on a topic and evaluate it based on
predefined criteria and rules. ✔Correct Answer-Systematic Review
A statistical analysis of a group of studies to assess the overall weight of the evidence. ✔Correct
Answer-Meta-Analysis
Based on observation or experience. ✔Correct Answer-Empirical
The ability to get similar results when something is measured under the same conditions.
✔Correct Answer-Test-Retest Reliability
The consistency of a measure. ✔Correct Answer-Reliability
The assessment of whether a tool is measuring what it is supposed to measure. ✔Correct Answer-
Validity
A sample of people under study is not representative of the larger population that scientists are
looking to make inferences about. ✔Correct Answer-Selection Bias
Describes a study that looks backward in time. ✔Correct Answer-Retrospective
The inability to accurately remember past behaviors. ✔Correct Answer-Recall Bias
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity. ✔Correct Answer-Health
The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as
maintained by physiological processes. ✔Correct Answer-Homeostasis
A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific
signs or symptoms, affects a specific location, and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
✔Correct Answer-Disease
A noncommunicable disease (NCD) is a medical condition or disease that is not caused by infectious
agents; it can refer to chronic diseases which last for long periods of time and progress slowly.
✔Correct Answer-Noncommunicable Disease
Infectious diseases caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi that can
be spread (directly or indirectly) from one person to another. ✔Correct Answer-Communicable
Disease
,The fluid process of improving the emotional, occupational, physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual
components of life, dynamically leading to a better state of health and well-being. ✔Correct
Answer-Wellness
A high degree of excess body fat - a BMI greater than 30. ✔Correct Answer-Obese
The technical term for measurements and calculations related to human physical characteristics.
✔Correct Answer-Biometrics
A feeling of fullness and satisfaction. ✔Correct Answer-Satiety
The degree of pleasure or taste provided by a food - a highly palatable food is one that is tasty and
pleasant to consume. ✔Correct Answer-Palatability
The energy currency of life.
chemical compound that provides energy to drive muscle contraction, transmission of nerve
impulses, and the vast majority of chemical reactions that facilitate human life. ✔Correct Answer-
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
Chemical processes occurring within the body to convert food to energy. ✔Correct Answer-
Metabolism
represents the increase in energy expenditure after consuming a meal. ✔Correct Answer-Thermic
Effect of Food (TEF)
accounts for the most variability of daily energy expenditure. ✔Correct Answer-Thermic Effect of
Activity (TEA)
energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating or exercising. ✔Correct Answer-
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT)
The biological process of combining free fatty acids with glycerol to form triglycerides. ✔Correct
Answer-Lipogenesis
The biological process of breaking stored triglycerides into free fatty acids and glycerol. ✔Correct
Answer-Lipolysis
The process of breaking down the glycogen molecule into its individual glucose units for entry into
the energy pathways. ✔Correct Answer-Glycogenolysis
A metabolic pathway that results in the generation of glucose from non-carbohydrate carbon
substrates such as lactate, glycerol and glucogenic amino acids. ✔Correct Answer-Gluconeogenesis
A hormone produced by adipose (fat) cells that acts as a satiety factor in regulating appetite.
✔Correct Answer-Leptin
A hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. ✔Correct Answer-Ghrelin
, hormone released in the gastrointestinal system and is responsible for stimulating the digestion of fat
and protein. ✔Correct Answer-CCK (cholecystokinin)
neurotransmitter found in several brain areas, most notably the hypothalamus, that stimulates
eating behavior and reduces metabolism, promoting positive energy balance and weight gain.
✔Correct Answer-NPY (neuropeptide Y)
hormone produced by the pancreas that is released when blood glucose levels are high, promoting
the uptake of glucose for fuel or storage as glycogen. Insulin helps keeps blood-sugar levels from
getting too high, also referred to as hyperglycemia. ✔Correct Answer-Insulin
hormone that is released when blood sugars decrease below a certain threshold. It stimulates the
breakdown of stored glucose (glycogen) in the liver, releasing additional glucose into the
bloodstream for fuel. ✔Correct Answer-Glucagon
energy system producing ATP during high intensity, short duration exercise. Phosphocreatine
decomposes and releases large amount of energy used to construct ATP. provides energy for muscle
contraction for up to 10 seconds. ✔Correct Answer-ATP-PC system
Glucose is used for fuel and is either blood glucose or muscle glycogen, broken down in to pyruvic
acid, when there is insufficient oxygen it then is transformed into lactic acid. Energy up to 2 minutes.
✔Correct Answer-Anaerobic Glycolytic System
virtually unlimited capacity for making ATP, uses carbs, fat, protein for fuel. Slow to produce ATP.
Lasts anywhere from 2 minutes to a few hours. ✔Correct Answer-Aerobic Energy System
The process of achieving, or the state of, equilibrium between acidic and alkaline molecules.
✔Correct Answer-Acid-Base Balance
Process of communication between cells by biological messengers to govern cellular function.
✔Correct Answer-Cell Signaling
Chemical structures containing only carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and/or nitrogen. ✔Correct Answer-
Organic Molecules
The organic building blocks of proteins containing both a carboxyl and an amino group. ✔Correct
Answer-Amino Acids
Amino acids that are necessary for bodily functions but cannot be synthesized by the body and,
therefore, must be obtained in the diet.
Phenylalanine
Valine
Threonine
Tryptophan
Isoleucine
Methionine
Histidine
Arginine*
Lysine
Leucine ✔Correct Answer-Essential Amino Acids (EAA)
CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|LATEST VERSION
|ALREADY GRADED A+
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? ✔Correct Answer-SCOFF questionnaire
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 ✔Correct Answer-Scientific Method
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.
✔Correct Answer-Evidence-Based Practice
An expected outcome generated from a hypothesis ✔Correct Answer-Prediction
A hypothesis or set of hypotheses for which a large body of high-quality evidence has been
accumulated. ✔Correct Answer-Theory
1. Systematic Reviews
2. Randomized Controlled Trials
3. Observational Research
4. Peer Reviews
5. Non-Peer-Reviewed Media, including anecdotes ✔Correct Answer-Hierarchy of Evidence
an account of a person's experience or event ✔Correct Answer-Anecdote
A variable in an experiment that a scientist makes no effort to manipulate or account for. ✔Correct
Answer-Uncontrolled Variable
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. ✔Correct Answer-Primary Research
Research in which a researcher observes ongoing behaviors to determine correlation. ✔Correct
Answer-Observational Research
,A relationship between two or more variables. ✔Correct Answer-Correlation
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. ✔Correct
Answer-Randomized Control Trial (RCT)
The variable scientists manipulate in an experiment. ✔Correct Answer-Independent Variable
The ability to generalize the results of a study. ✔Correct Answer-External Validity
A review where scientists systematically gather all research on a topic and evaluate it based on
predefined criteria and rules. ✔Correct Answer-Systematic Review
A statistical analysis of a group of studies to assess the overall weight of the evidence. ✔Correct
Answer-Meta-Analysis
Based on observation or experience. ✔Correct Answer-Empirical
The ability to get similar results when something is measured under the same conditions.
✔Correct Answer-Test-Retest Reliability
The consistency of a measure. ✔Correct Answer-Reliability
The assessment of whether a tool is measuring what it is supposed to measure. ✔Correct Answer-
Validity
A sample of people under study is not representative of the larger population that scientists are
looking to make inferences about. ✔Correct Answer-Selection Bias
Describes a study that looks backward in time. ✔Correct Answer-Retrospective
The inability to accurately remember past behaviors. ✔Correct Answer-Recall Bias
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity. ✔Correct Answer-Health
The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as
maintained by physiological processes. ✔Correct Answer-Homeostasis
A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific
signs or symptoms, affects a specific location, and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
✔Correct Answer-Disease
A noncommunicable disease (NCD) is a medical condition or disease that is not caused by infectious
agents; it can refer to chronic diseases which last for long periods of time and progress slowly.
✔Correct Answer-Noncommunicable Disease
Infectious diseases caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi that can
be spread (directly or indirectly) from one person to another. ✔Correct Answer-Communicable
Disease
,The fluid process of improving the emotional, occupational, physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual
components of life, dynamically leading to a better state of health and well-being. ✔Correct
Answer-Wellness
A high degree of excess body fat - a BMI greater than 30. ✔Correct Answer-Obese
The technical term for measurements and calculations related to human physical characteristics.
✔Correct Answer-Biometrics
A feeling of fullness and satisfaction. ✔Correct Answer-Satiety
The degree of pleasure or taste provided by a food - a highly palatable food is one that is tasty and
pleasant to consume. ✔Correct Answer-Palatability
The energy currency of life.
chemical compound that provides energy to drive muscle contraction, transmission of nerve
impulses, and the vast majority of chemical reactions that facilitate human life. ✔Correct Answer-
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
Chemical processes occurring within the body to convert food to energy. ✔Correct Answer-
Metabolism
represents the increase in energy expenditure after consuming a meal. ✔Correct Answer-Thermic
Effect of Food (TEF)
accounts for the most variability of daily energy expenditure. ✔Correct Answer-Thermic Effect of
Activity (TEA)
energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating or exercising. ✔Correct Answer-
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT)
The biological process of combining free fatty acids with glycerol to form triglycerides. ✔Correct
Answer-Lipogenesis
The biological process of breaking stored triglycerides into free fatty acids and glycerol. ✔Correct
Answer-Lipolysis
The process of breaking down the glycogen molecule into its individual glucose units for entry into
the energy pathways. ✔Correct Answer-Glycogenolysis
A metabolic pathway that results in the generation of glucose from non-carbohydrate carbon
substrates such as lactate, glycerol and glucogenic amino acids. ✔Correct Answer-Gluconeogenesis
A hormone produced by adipose (fat) cells that acts as a satiety factor in regulating appetite.
✔Correct Answer-Leptin
A hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. ✔Correct Answer-Ghrelin
, hormone released in the gastrointestinal system and is responsible for stimulating the digestion of fat
and protein. ✔Correct Answer-CCK (cholecystokinin)
neurotransmitter found in several brain areas, most notably the hypothalamus, that stimulates
eating behavior and reduces metabolism, promoting positive energy balance and weight gain.
✔Correct Answer-NPY (neuropeptide Y)
hormone produced by the pancreas that is released when blood glucose levels are high, promoting
the uptake of glucose for fuel or storage as glycogen. Insulin helps keeps blood-sugar levels from
getting too high, also referred to as hyperglycemia. ✔Correct Answer-Insulin
hormone that is released when blood sugars decrease below a certain threshold. It stimulates the
breakdown of stored glucose (glycogen) in the liver, releasing additional glucose into the
bloodstream for fuel. ✔Correct Answer-Glucagon
energy system producing ATP during high intensity, short duration exercise. Phosphocreatine
decomposes and releases large amount of energy used to construct ATP. provides energy for muscle
contraction for up to 10 seconds. ✔Correct Answer-ATP-PC system
Glucose is used for fuel and is either blood glucose or muscle glycogen, broken down in to pyruvic
acid, when there is insufficient oxygen it then is transformed into lactic acid. Energy up to 2 minutes.
✔Correct Answer-Anaerobic Glycolytic System
virtually unlimited capacity for making ATP, uses carbs, fat, protein for fuel. Slow to produce ATP.
Lasts anywhere from 2 minutes to a few hours. ✔Correct Answer-Aerobic Energy System
The process of achieving, or the state of, equilibrium between acidic and alkaline molecules.
✔Correct Answer-Acid-Base Balance
Process of communication between cells by biological messengers to govern cellular function.
✔Correct Answer-Cell Signaling
Chemical structures containing only carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and/or nitrogen. ✔Correct Answer-
Organic Molecules
The organic building blocks of proteins containing both a carboxyl and an amino group. ✔Correct
Answer-Amino Acids
Amino acids that are necessary for bodily functions but cannot be synthesized by the body and,
therefore, must be obtained in the diet.
Phenylalanine
Valine
Threonine
Tryptophan
Isoleucine
Methionine
Histidine
Arginine*
Lysine
Leucine ✔Correct Answer-Essential Amino Acids (EAA)
