ATI Nutrition Proctored Exam Study Set
EXAM (updated 2026) Questions &
Answers | (complete solutions)
What are some foods that may cause choking or aspiration in a child - ✔✔✔✔Hot dogs, popcorn,
peanuts, grapes, raw carrots, celery, peanut butter, tough meat and candy
What is the appropriate serving size of foods for children - ✔✔✔✔1 tablespoon per year of age
When is it appropriate to switch to skim or 1% low-fat milk - ✔✔✔✔After two years of age
What should you never use food as - ✔✔✔✔Reward or punishment
How many calories equal a weight gain of 1 pound - ✔✔✔✔3500
What are three complications of TPN - ✔✔✔✔Diarrhea
Polyuria
Hypocalcemia
How long can expressed breastmilk be stored in the refrigerator - ✔✔✔✔5 to 8 days
What does a low residue diet do - ✔✔✔✔Limits the amount of stool traveling through the intestinal
tract (restricts foods that increase bowel activity)
What is a good food to increase zinc intake - ✔✔✔✔Ground beef patty
To help prevent nausea what should a patient do when eating - ✔✔✔✔Eat foods at room temperature
,How many calories are there per a gram of fat - ✔✔✔✔Nine
Patients who adhere to a kosher diet do eat dairy products combined with what - ✔✔✔✔Non-meat
products at the same meal (no shellfish or pork)
What has more calcium yogurt or cheese - ✔✔✔✔Yogurt
A patient with a new ileostomy should do what four things - ✔✔✔✔1. Increase dietary salt intake
2. Increase amount of pasta and other foods that can help thicken the stool
3. Prepare meals on schedule
4. Increase dietary B12
Why should a patient with celiac disease avoid all types of processed foods - ✔✔✔✔Because they
contain gluten
A patient who has celiac disease should increase intake of what - ✔✔✔✔Simple carbohydrates
What is an example of an incomplete protein? - ✔✔✔✔Plant proteins such as beans
Lutein slows the progression of macular degeneration and is found in foods such as - ✔✔✔✔Kale,
spinach, collard and mustard greens
If a bag of TPN runs out what should be infused until another bag becomes available? - ✔✔✔✔10%
dextrose in water
What kind of carbohydrate should the majority of your diet be - ✔✔✔✔Polysaccharides
How much of your diet should be protein - ✔✔✔✔10% to 35% a day
, How much of your diet should be fat - ✔✔✔✔20% to 35% a day
What is the recommended amount of cholesterol per day - ✔✔✔✔200 to 300 mg
When beginning a new prescription for enteral nutrition by intermittent tube feeding how should you
first initiate this feeding - ✔✔✔✔Increase the formula over the first 4 to 6 feedings until the prescribed
volume is achieved
What is beriberi - ✔✔✔✔A thiamine deficiency (vitamin b)
What is a good source of vitamin B - ✔✔✔✔Whole grains
What are some laboratory findings of acute pancreatitis - ✔✔✔✔Decreased serum calcium
Increased serum glucose, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin
A high fiber diet can help prevent what - ✔✔✔✔Hyperlipidemia
What fruit is a high source of potassium - ✔✔✔✔Cantaloupe
Chapter 7 - ✔✔✔✔
How many extra calories a day should a woman in her second trimester consume - ✔✔✔✔340
How many extra calories a day should a woman in her third trimester consume - ✔✔✔✔452
During pregnancy how much protein, fat, and carbohydrates should a woman consume a day -
✔✔✔✔20% of the daily total calorie intake. Fat should be 30% and carbohydrates 50%
EXAM (updated 2026) Questions &
Answers | (complete solutions)
What are some foods that may cause choking or aspiration in a child - ✔✔✔✔Hot dogs, popcorn,
peanuts, grapes, raw carrots, celery, peanut butter, tough meat and candy
What is the appropriate serving size of foods for children - ✔✔✔✔1 tablespoon per year of age
When is it appropriate to switch to skim or 1% low-fat milk - ✔✔✔✔After two years of age
What should you never use food as - ✔✔✔✔Reward or punishment
How many calories equal a weight gain of 1 pound - ✔✔✔✔3500
What are three complications of TPN - ✔✔✔✔Diarrhea
Polyuria
Hypocalcemia
How long can expressed breastmilk be stored in the refrigerator - ✔✔✔✔5 to 8 days
What does a low residue diet do - ✔✔✔✔Limits the amount of stool traveling through the intestinal
tract (restricts foods that increase bowel activity)
What is a good food to increase zinc intake - ✔✔✔✔Ground beef patty
To help prevent nausea what should a patient do when eating - ✔✔✔✔Eat foods at room temperature
,How many calories are there per a gram of fat - ✔✔✔✔Nine
Patients who adhere to a kosher diet do eat dairy products combined with what - ✔✔✔✔Non-meat
products at the same meal (no shellfish or pork)
What has more calcium yogurt or cheese - ✔✔✔✔Yogurt
A patient with a new ileostomy should do what four things - ✔✔✔✔1. Increase dietary salt intake
2. Increase amount of pasta and other foods that can help thicken the stool
3. Prepare meals on schedule
4. Increase dietary B12
Why should a patient with celiac disease avoid all types of processed foods - ✔✔✔✔Because they
contain gluten
A patient who has celiac disease should increase intake of what - ✔✔✔✔Simple carbohydrates
What is an example of an incomplete protein? - ✔✔✔✔Plant proteins such as beans
Lutein slows the progression of macular degeneration and is found in foods such as - ✔✔✔✔Kale,
spinach, collard and mustard greens
If a bag of TPN runs out what should be infused until another bag becomes available? - ✔✔✔✔10%
dextrose in water
What kind of carbohydrate should the majority of your diet be - ✔✔✔✔Polysaccharides
How much of your diet should be protein - ✔✔✔✔10% to 35% a day
, How much of your diet should be fat - ✔✔✔✔20% to 35% a day
What is the recommended amount of cholesterol per day - ✔✔✔✔200 to 300 mg
When beginning a new prescription for enteral nutrition by intermittent tube feeding how should you
first initiate this feeding - ✔✔✔✔Increase the formula over the first 4 to 6 feedings until the prescribed
volume is achieved
What is beriberi - ✔✔✔✔A thiamine deficiency (vitamin b)
What is a good source of vitamin B - ✔✔✔✔Whole grains
What are some laboratory findings of acute pancreatitis - ✔✔✔✔Decreased serum calcium
Increased serum glucose, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin
A high fiber diet can help prevent what - ✔✔✔✔Hyperlipidemia
What fruit is a high source of potassium - ✔✔✔✔Cantaloupe
Chapter 7 - ✔✔✔✔
How many extra calories a day should a woman in her second trimester consume - ✔✔✔✔340
How many extra calories a day should a woman in her third trimester consume - ✔✔✔✔452
During pregnancy how much protein, fat, and carbohydrates should a woman consume a day -
✔✔✔✔20% of the daily total calorie intake. Fat should be 30% and carbohydrates 50%
