NASM CPT CHAPTER 9 NUTRITION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A process of obtaining nutrients through food and/or food products
to support energy requirements and cellular processes, including growth, repair and maintenance of
tissues, reproduction, digestive processes, and respiration.
Scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The actions that a professional is permitted to undertake in
keeping with the terms of their license or certification.
Nutrition Credentials - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Registered Dietitian/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
(RD/RDN)
2. Certified Nutritionist
3. CISSN (Certified in Sports Nutrition by the International Society of Sports Nutrition)
4. CNS (Certified Nutrition Specialist by the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists)
5. CDN (Certified Dietitian Nutritionist) or LDN (Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist) - State Certified
Dietitian/Nutritionist or Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist
Scope of Practice: Fitness Professionals CAN: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Provide nutritional guidance for
healthy populations.
Evaluate a client's current eating habits and provide general guidance.
Discuss the roles and importance of protein, carbohydrates, and fat.
Explain the importance of fiber and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals).
Discuss the dangers of overconsuming calories, salt, alcohol, and added sugar.
Offer basic hydration strategies.
Dispel nutrition myths and fallacies.
Refer to the client's personal healthcare provider when necessary.
Offer basic nutritional guidelines for anyone who wants to participate in typical athletic pursuits (i.e.,
10K run).
Offer advice on eating behaviors that are known to reduce the risk of disease or slow the progression of
disease.
Offer exercise and physical activity guidelines.
Demonstrate healthy portion sizes.
,Help clients set realistic health and wellness goals, evaluate progress, and revise goals when necessary.
Scope of Practice: Fitness Professionals can NOT: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Write specific meal plans and
daily menus.
Prescribe specific supplements or recommend vitamins and/or mineral dosages to treat chronic disease.
Prescribe drastic caloric restriction or very low-calorie diets.
Prescribe fasting, detoxification, or other extreme nutritional practices.
Prescribe diets that omit or severely restrict certain food groups.
Advise against recommendations of healthcare professionals.
Provide detailed nutritional plans for athletes who participate in extreme training programs (i.e.,
Ironman triathletes or ultramarathoners).
Prescribe dietary plans for those with chronic health conditions (e.g., diabetes or heart disease).
Provide nutrition therapy to treat acute or chronic disease.
Counsel or treat clients who have an eating disorder.
Prescribe a one-size-fits-all approach to eating.
Nutrition claim - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Claim that a food has a specific nutritional property or provides
a specific benefit.
Guidelines to consider when looking for credible nutrition information: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. What
is the source of the information? Is it a testimonial or personal blogpost or a research-based article?
Personal testimonials are not necessarily supported by research or science; these should be evaluated
for scientific evidence in support of any claims.
2. What qualifications are held by the individuals providing the information? Does credible research
support their claims/statements?
3. Is the information supported by additional peer-reviewed research?
4. Has the information been reviewed by other qualified individuals?
Credible and Reliable Sources for Nutrition Info: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics
2. International Society of Sports Nutrition
, 3. National Institutes of Health
4. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Nutrition.gov
5. Dietitians of Canada
6. British Nutrition Foundation
7. Nutrition Australia
8. World Health Organization
conditionally essential amino acids - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅amino acids that are normally considered
nonessential but become essential under certain circumstances when the body's need for them exceeds
the ability to produce them
Macronutrients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Food substances required in large amounts to supply energy;
include protein, carbohydrate, and fat.
Micronutrients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. These are nonenergy
yielding nutrients that have important regulatory functions in metabolic pathways.
Vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Group of organic compounds required in small quantities in the diet
to support growth and metabolic processes.
Minerals - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Inorganic, natural substances, some of which are essential in human
nutrition. There are two kinds of minerals: major minerals (aka, macrominerals) and trace minerals.
Energy Yielding Nutrients: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Protein - 4 calories
Carbohydrate - 4 calories
Lipid - 9 calories
Alcohol (energy yielding but not considered a macronutrient) - 7 calories
branched chain amino acids - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅leucine, isoleucine, valine
Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A process of obtaining nutrients through food and/or food products
to support energy requirements and cellular processes, including growth, repair and maintenance of
tissues, reproduction, digestive processes, and respiration.
Scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The actions that a professional is permitted to undertake in
keeping with the terms of their license or certification.
Nutrition Credentials - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Registered Dietitian/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
(RD/RDN)
2. Certified Nutritionist
3. CISSN (Certified in Sports Nutrition by the International Society of Sports Nutrition)
4. CNS (Certified Nutrition Specialist by the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists)
5. CDN (Certified Dietitian Nutritionist) or LDN (Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist) - State Certified
Dietitian/Nutritionist or Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist
Scope of Practice: Fitness Professionals CAN: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Provide nutritional guidance for
healthy populations.
Evaluate a client's current eating habits and provide general guidance.
Discuss the roles and importance of protein, carbohydrates, and fat.
Explain the importance of fiber and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals).
Discuss the dangers of overconsuming calories, salt, alcohol, and added sugar.
Offer basic hydration strategies.
Dispel nutrition myths and fallacies.
Refer to the client's personal healthcare provider when necessary.
Offer basic nutritional guidelines for anyone who wants to participate in typical athletic pursuits (i.e.,
10K run).
Offer advice on eating behaviors that are known to reduce the risk of disease or slow the progression of
disease.
Offer exercise and physical activity guidelines.
Demonstrate healthy portion sizes.
,Help clients set realistic health and wellness goals, evaluate progress, and revise goals when necessary.
Scope of Practice: Fitness Professionals can NOT: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Write specific meal plans and
daily menus.
Prescribe specific supplements or recommend vitamins and/or mineral dosages to treat chronic disease.
Prescribe drastic caloric restriction or very low-calorie diets.
Prescribe fasting, detoxification, or other extreme nutritional practices.
Prescribe diets that omit or severely restrict certain food groups.
Advise against recommendations of healthcare professionals.
Provide detailed nutritional plans for athletes who participate in extreme training programs (i.e.,
Ironman triathletes or ultramarathoners).
Prescribe dietary plans for those with chronic health conditions (e.g., diabetes or heart disease).
Provide nutrition therapy to treat acute or chronic disease.
Counsel or treat clients who have an eating disorder.
Prescribe a one-size-fits-all approach to eating.
Nutrition claim - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Claim that a food has a specific nutritional property or provides
a specific benefit.
Guidelines to consider when looking for credible nutrition information: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. What
is the source of the information? Is it a testimonial or personal blogpost or a research-based article?
Personal testimonials are not necessarily supported by research or science; these should be evaluated
for scientific evidence in support of any claims.
2. What qualifications are held by the individuals providing the information? Does credible research
support their claims/statements?
3. Is the information supported by additional peer-reviewed research?
4. Has the information been reviewed by other qualified individuals?
Credible and Reliable Sources for Nutrition Info: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics
2. International Society of Sports Nutrition
, 3. National Institutes of Health
4. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Nutrition.gov
5. Dietitians of Canada
6. British Nutrition Foundation
7. Nutrition Australia
8. World Health Organization
conditionally essential amino acids - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅amino acids that are normally considered
nonessential but become essential under certain circumstances when the body's need for them exceeds
the ability to produce them
Macronutrients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Food substances required in large amounts to supply energy;
include protein, carbohydrate, and fat.
Micronutrients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. These are nonenergy
yielding nutrients that have important regulatory functions in metabolic pathways.
Vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Group of organic compounds required in small quantities in the diet
to support growth and metabolic processes.
Minerals - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Inorganic, natural substances, some of which are essential in human
nutrition. There are two kinds of minerals: major minerals (aka, macrominerals) and trace minerals.
Energy Yielding Nutrients: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Protein - 4 calories
Carbohydrate - 4 calories
Lipid - 9 calories
Alcohol (energy yielding but not considered a macronutrient) - 7 calories
branched chain amino acids - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅leucine, isoleucine, valine
