Lifestyle and Weight Managment Certification Exam


 What Should I Expect?



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The ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Certification is designed for advanced fitness professionals working with overweight and obese clients in need of programming that brings together the three critical components of long-term weight management success: exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle change.

What’s the exam format?

The ACE Lifestyle and Weight Management Certification Exam follows the same format as all other ACE certification exams with 150 multiple choice questions. The ACE-LWMC Certification exam does not have a written simulation exam; only the ACE Personal Trainer Certification has this second exam component.

What’s Covered?

The exam content outline for the Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant Certification is broken into four content domains, with a set percentage of questions falling into each domain as follows:
    Domain I: Client Assessment (30% of questions)
    Domain II: Program Development and Implementation (34% of questions)
    Domain III: Program Modification and Adherence (29% of questions)
    Domain IV: Professional Responsibility (7% of questions)

How is the exam scored?

Of the 150 questions, 125 are scored and equated to a scaled score between 200 and 800 points. Candidates who achieve a score of 500 points or better will earn the ACE Lifestyle and Weight Management Certification. The remaining 25 questions are experimental to see how they perform prior to being introduced as scored items on a future exam.

Download a copy of the ACE Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant Certification exam content outline.