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NASM NUTRITION CERTIFICATION VOCABULARY STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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Page 1 of 30NASM NUTRITION CERTIFICATION VOCABULARY STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Scope of Practice - Answer: The actions, procedures, and processes that a
professional is allowed to undertake in keeping with the terms of the professional's
license or credential.
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) - Answer: This term is used
interchangeably with a Registered Dietitian (RD) and it is also a legally protected
designation.
Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) - Answer: The CDR acts as the
credentialing arm of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for the purpose of
establishing and enforcing certification standards for registered dieticians and other
licensed nutritional professionals and issues credentials to those who successfully
meet said standards. The CDR also provides a professional code of ethics and
recertification standards.
Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) - Answer: A licensed healthcare professional
or certified allied health professional who works with those who have diabetes -
1000 contact hours in diabetes education is required for certification.
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners - Answer: An advanced nursing degree
requiring 2 more years of college beyond an RN - many then choose a specialty or
primary focus of care.
Physician Assistant (PA) - Answer: A licensed healthcare professional who works
under the supervision of a doctor or other medical professional, typically requires a
4-year degree plus a post-graduate program.
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Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) - Answer: A pharmacist with an advanced degree
who works in conjunction with a medical doctor to prepare and/or dispense
prescription drugs or compounds.
Licensed - Answer: Licensing is typically provided on a state or federal level.
Common prerequisites of licensing include formal education/training, a
predetermined number of supervised contact hours, and successful completion of a
standardized test. Most healthcare providers require licensure.
Certified - Answer: Certification is granted to a person who has participated in an
educational course (either live or online) and successfully completed a
standardized test: written, practical, or both.
Nutritionist - Answer: A generic term for someone who provides nutrition
counseling - certification and licensing parameters are vague
Macronutrients - Answer: Nutrients required in large quantities, including
carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
Micronutrients: - Answer: Nutrients required in smaller quantities, including
vitamins and minerals.
The SCOFF Questionnaire - Answer: Basic yet reliable set of five questions that
help assess whether an eating disorder exists.
Hypoglycemia - Answer: A condition of an abnormally low blood glucose (blood
sugar) level in the blood.
Science - Answer: A method of attempting to arrive at objective truths.
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Hypothesis - Answer: A proposed explanation for a problem or set of observations.
The Scientific Method - Answer: The process of formulating explanations about
the natural world and testing those explanations with experiments and data.
Evidence-Based Practice - 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 - Answer: An expected outcome generated from a hypothesis.
Theory - Answer: A hypothesis or set of hypotheses for which a large body of
high-quality evidence has been accumulated.
Anecdote - Answer: An account of a person's experience or event.
Uncontrolled Variable - Answer: A variable in an experiment that a scientist makes
no effort to manipulate or account for.
Observational Research - Answer: Research in which a researcher observes
ongoing behaviors to determine correlation.
Correlation - Answer: A relationship between two or more variables.
Randomized Control Trial (RCT) - Answer: A type of scientific study/trial where
participants are randomly assigned into different groups - one or more will be the
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