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The ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Exam Content Outline is essentially a blueprint for the exam. All exam questions are based on this outline, which may also be found in the appendix of the ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Manual.
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The ACE Certification Candidate Handbook is your complete guide to being an ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant, from information on certification exams to requirements for maintaining your certification.
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What Should I Expect on Exam Day?
The ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Certification Exam is designed to assess the candidate's ability to make safe and effective decisions within the scope of practice of a personal trainer. The knowledge, skills and abilities tested include developing rapport during initial and subsequent meetings with clients, collecting adequate baseline information and conducting appropriate assessments with clients, designing and modifying client exercise programs to help them progress towards their goals, motivating clients to exercise and adhere to their programs, and always acting in a professional manner within the personal trainer's scope of practice.
What’s the exam format?
The ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Certification Exam consists of 150 multiple choice questions that test a candidate's knowledge in the four exam content areas. This exam does not include a written simulation component like the ACE Personal Trainer Certification Exam.
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 & Weight Management Consultant Certification. The remaining 25 questions are experimental to see how they perform prior to being introduced as scored items on a future exam.
What’s covered on the exam?
Questions on the ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Certification Exam are categorized into the following four topic areas. Download the ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Exam Content Outline for more details.
- Domain I: Client Assessment (30% of questions)
- Domain II: Program Design and Implementation (34% of questions)
- Domain III: Program Modification and Adherence (29% of questions)
- Domain IV: Professional Responsibility (7% of questions)