1) What best characterizes a macrobiotic diet?
a.It excludes all hot and salty foods.
b.It permits inclusion of many non-organic foods.
c.It represents a way of life rather than just a way of eating.
d.It emphasizes abundant amounts of fish, fruits, nuts, and seeds.
e.It is based on seasonally-available fruits, vegetables, grains, and game meats and fish.
2) Which of the following statements describes lifestyle modifications suggested to
treat high blood pressure?
a. Three alcohol drinks per day decreases the risk for developing high blood pressure.
b. Optimal body mass in from 25.0 to 29.9.
c. Sodium intake should be reduced to 1500mg among persons who are 51and older.
d. Perform aerobic physical activity for at least 90 minutes per day, most days of the
week.
e. Recommended sodium intakes are higher for African Americans than for other
groups.
3) A period of extreme food shortage resulting in widespread starvation and death is
best termed
a. a plague.
b. a famine.
c. food poverty.
d. food insecurity.
e. epidemic starvation.
4) About how much cholesterol is synthesized by the liver every day?
a. 100 to 300 mg
b. 300 to 500 mg
c. 500 to 800 mg
d. 800 to 1500 mg
e. 1500 to 2500 mg
5) Among the following, which has the greatest power to suppress hunger?
a.Apples
b.French fries
c.Doughnuts
d.Potato chips
e.Cookies
6) The motive for a person who alters his diet due to religious convictions is most likely
related to his ____.
a.values
b.body image
c.ethnic heritage
d.functional association
e.comfort
7) High-fat foods stimulate the appetite mostly because they ____.
a.are satiating
b.are flavorful
c.suppress salivary gland secretion
d.trigger the release of oxyntomodulin
e.increase secretion of endorphins
8) What term best describes a failure of the body’s cells to respond to secretion of
insulin?
a.Central obesity
b.Insulin resistance
c.Thyroid insufficiency
d.Hypothalamic impedance
e.Islet cell pathology
9) What is the percent digestibility of most plant proteins?
a. 30-50
b. 50-60
c. 60-70
d. 70-90
e. 90-99
10) What unintended benefit is derived from the freezing of fish by the food industry?
a. The fish becomes tenderized.
b. Mature parasitic worms are killed.
c. Botulinum toxin becomes inactivated.
d. The toxins from hepatitis A and B are destroyed.
e. It will cook more rapidly when thawed.
11) As a registered dietitian at Jones Hospital, you are instructed to write a policy
statement on nutrition assessment procedures for all new patients. Which parameters
would be most useful for the nutrition assessment of individuals?
a.Diet recall, food likes and dislikes, allergies, and favorite family recipes
b.Anthropometric data, physical examinations, food likes and dislikes, and family tree
c.Diet records that include what the patient usually eats will provide sufficient
information
d.Historical information, anthropometric data, physical examinations, and laboratory
tests
e.Diet records that take the “average” of what the patient reports and what an objective
observer reports
12) Which metabolic reaction occurs when a cell uses energy?
a. ATP gains a phosphate group and becomes ADP.
b. ADP gains a phosphate group and becomes ATP.
c. ATP releases a phosphate group and becomes ADP.
d. ADP releases a phosphate group and becomes ATP.
e. ADP and ATP cycle back and forth repeatedly.
13) The amount of a nutrient that meets the needs of about 98% of a population is
known as the
a.Adequate Intake.
b.Daily Recommended Value.
c.Tolerable Upper Intake
d.Recommended Dietary Allowance.
e.Necessary and Sufficient Intake
14) What is one explanation for the generally lower tolerance for alcohol in women in
comparison to men?
a. Women fast more often.
b. Women do not eat as much food with the alcohol.
c. Women consume more of their alcohol in sweetened drinks.
d. Women have lower amounts of stomach alcohol dehydrogenase.
e. Women are more likely to gulp their drinks.
15) What is the force that moves water into a space where a solute is more
concentrated?
a. Buffer action
b. Osmotic pressure
c. Permeable selectivity
d. Electrolyte imbalance
e. Hypertonic pressure
16) Pain and pressure in the area around the heart is called ____________________.
17) Explain the feeding pattern of healthy breastfed infants.
18) The body uses the longer omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids to make substances
known as ____________________.
19) Explain the difference between satiety and satiation. Give examples of nutrients
with a high or low satiating index.
20) How does genetic engineering differ from traditional selective breeding?
21) Describe the body’s mechanisms for controlling blood glucose levels under normal
and stress conditions.
22) The supply of amino acids derived from either food proteins or body proteins that
collect in the cells and circulating blood and stand ready to be incorporated in proteins
and other compounds or used for energy is called the ____________________.
23) Older adults with B12deficiencies may develop ____________________, a
condition that damages the cells of the stomach.
24) ____________________ is the major cation of the intracellular fluids.
25) Water-soluble vitamins are absorbed directly into ____________________.