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Ace Health Coach PRACTICE EXAM LATEST
UPDATE 2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
Question: Which type of fat is an excellent source of essential nutrients? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Monounsaturated fat
Question: When a nutrient is described as "essential" (e.g. essential fatty acids and essential
amino acids) this indicates that is ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Must be consumed in the diet
Question: Where does the majority of food digestion and absorption take place? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Small intestine
Question: In order for _______to be digested and become useful to the body, it must undergo
denaturation and the deamination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Protein
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Question: Which of the following is a water-soluble vitamin? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Vitamin C
Question: For which of the following minerals do women have a higher Recommended Dietary
Allowance than men? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Iron
Question: Which of the following statements regarding caffeine is not accurate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Caffeine contains 7 calories per gram
Question: The Art of Living involves four aptitudes related to health improvement - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The ability to enjoy
The ability to choose
The ability to keep developing
The ability to see meaning
Question: The ability to enjoy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Health coaches can use "attractiveness "
or meditation techniques to encourage the broadening of leisure activities and remove inner
barriers that prevent enjoyment.
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Question: Type 1 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Results from the inability of the pancreas to
secrete sufficient amounts of insulin.
Question: Type 2 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Results from the cells' decreased ability to
respond to insulin.
Question: Insulin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The hormone that allows the cells to take up glucose
from the bloodstream
Question: Osteoporosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Is characterized by the weakness and
susceptibility to bone fracture, specifically of the hip, spine and wrist.
Question: Lacto- ovo- vegetarians - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Do not eat meat, fish or poultry
Question: Ovo- vegetarians - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Eat eggs but avoid dairy products
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Question: Lacto-vegetarians - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Eat dairy products but do not eat eggs,
meat, fish or poultry
Question: Vegans - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Do not consume any animal products including dairy
Question: BMI equation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔weight (kg) / height (m^2)
Question: BMI Less than 18 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Underweight
Question: BMI 18-24.9 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Normal weight
Question: BMi 25-29.9 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Overweight
Question: BMI 30-39.9 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Obese
Question: BMI 40 or night - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Morbidly obese
Ace Health Coach PRACTICE EXAM LATEST
UPDATE 2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
Question: Which type of fat is an excellent source of essential nutrients? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Monounsaturated fat
Question: When a nutrient is described as "essential" (e.g. essential fatty acids and essential
amino acids) this indicates that is ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Must be consumed in the diet
Question: Where does the majority of food digestion and absorption take place? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Small intestine
Question: In order for _______to be digested and become useful to the body, it must undergo
denaturation and the deamination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Protein
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Question: Which of the following is a water-soluble vitamin? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Vitamin C
Question: For which of the following minerals do women have a higher Recommended Dietary
Allowance than men? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Iron
Question: Which of the following statements regarding caffeine is not accurate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Caffeine contains 7 calories per gram
Question: The Art of Living involves four aptitudes related to health improvement - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The ability to enjoy
The ability to choose
The ability to keep developing
The ability to see meaning
Question: The ability to enjoy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Health coaches can use "attractiveness "
or meditation techniques to encourage the broadening of leisure activities and remove inner
barriers that prevent enjoyment.
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Question: Type 1 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Results from the inability of the pancreas to
secrete sufficient amounts of insulin.
Question: Type 2 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Results from the cells' decreased ability to
respond to insulin.
Question: Insulin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The hormone that allows the cells to take up glucose
from the bloodstream
Question: Osteoporosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Is characterized by the weakness and
susceptibility to bone fracture, specifically of the hip, spine and wrist.
Question: Lacto- ovo- vegetarians - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Do not eat meat, fish or poultry
Question: Ovo- vegetarians - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Eat eggs but avoid dairy products
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Question: Lacto-vegetarians - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Eat dairy products but do not eat eggs,
meat, fish or poultry
Question: Vegans - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Do not consume any animal products including dairy
Question: BMI equation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔weight (kg) / height (m^2)
Question: BMI Less than 18 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Underweight
Question: BMI 18-24.9 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Normal weight
Question: BMi 25-29.9 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Overweight
Question: BMI 30-39.9 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Obese
Question: BMI 40 or night - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Morbidly obese
