PA EXAM 3 PRACTICE PACK 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS AND
EXPLANATIONS
◉ One gram of carbs or protein is how many kcal of energy.
Answer: 4
◉ What is the RDA of carbs?.
Answer: 130 g/day, 55%-60% total calories
◉ RDA for protein.
Answer: 56 g/day for men, 46 veg/day for women, 71 g/day for lactating
women
12-20% of total kcal
◉ One gram of fat is how many kcal.
Answer: 9
◉ What does gluconeogenesis do.
Answer: Converts fat to glucose if energy needs exceed carb intake
◉ Limit dietary cholesterol to what.
Answer: Less than 300 mg/day
,◉ How much water is metabolized in daily foods and fluids?.
Answer: 2.5-3 L
◉ BMI for underweight.
Answer: Under 18.5
◉ BMI for normal weight.
Answer: 18.5-24.9
◉ BMI for overweight.
Answer: 25-25.9
◉ BMI for obesity.
Answer: greater than 30
◉ Hyperlipidemia.
Answer: Associated with elevated serum lipids (cholesterol,
triglycerides, phospholipids)
◉ Protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM).
Answer: Inadequate protein and calorie intake, most common form of
undernutrition
◉ Clinical findings of PCM.
, Answer: Poor food intake, wasting disease, malabsorption syndromes
◉ Apnea.
Answer: Absence of breathing
◉ eupnea.
Answer: Normal breathing
◉ Orthopnea.
Answer: Only able to breathe in an upright position
◉ Dyspnea.
Answer: Subjective sensation relation by patient as to difficulty
breathing
◉ paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.
Answer: Attacks of severe shortness of breath that wakes a person from
sleep where they have to sit up to catch their breath w
◉ What disease is common with paroxysmal nocturnal dysnpnea.
Answer: CHF
◉ Hypoxia.
Answer: Low oxygen in tissue
TESTED QUESTIONS AND
EXPLANATIONS
◉ One gram of carbs or protein is how many kcal of energy.
Answer: 4
◉ What is the RDA of carbs?.
Answer: 130 g/day, 55%-60% total calories
◉ RDA for protein.
Answer: 56 g/day for men, 46 veg/day for women, 71 g/day for lactating
women
12-20% of total kcal
◉ One gram of fat is how many kcal.
Answer: 9
◉ What does gluconeogenesis do.
Answer: Converts fat to glucose if energy needs exceed carb intake
◉ Limit dietary cholesterol to what.
Answer: Less than 300 mg/day
,◉ How much water is metabolized in daily foods and fluids?.
Answer: 2.5-3 L
◉ BMI for underweight.
Answer: Under 18.5
◉ BMI for normal weight.
Answer: 18.5-24.9
◉ BMI for overweight.
Answer: 25-25.9
◉ BMI for obesity.
Answer: greater than 30
◉ Hyperlipidemia.
Answer: Associated with elevated serum lipids (cholesterol,
triglycerides, phospholipids)
◉ Protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM).
Answer: Inadequate protein and calorie intake, most common form of
undernutrition
◉ Clinical findings of PCM.
, Answer: Poor food intake, wasting disease, malabsorption syndromes
◉ Apnea.
Answer: Absence of breathing
◉ eupnea.
Answer: Normal breathing
◉ Orthopnea.
Answer: Only able to breathe in an upright position
◉ Dyspnea.
Answer: Subjective sensation relation by patient as to difficulty
breathing
◉ paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.
Answer: Attacks of severe shortness of breath that wakes a person from
sleep where they have to sit up to catch their breath w
◉ What disease is common with paroxysmal nocturnal dysnpnea.
Answer: CHF
◉ Hypoxia.
Answer: Low oxygen in tissue
