ASPEN Practice Test Questions with correct answers

Medicare approved indications for home parenteral nutrition include which of the following? a. supplement to enteral nutrition b. end-stage renal disease c. long-term loss of gastrointestinal function d. delayed gastric emptying CORRECT ANSWER c. long-term loss of gastrointestinal function Which of the following is true concerning manganese and patients on long-term parenteral nutrition? a. manganese deficiency occurs in patients on PN for greater than 1 year b. hypermanganesemia has been reported only in patients with cholestasis c. manganese in commercial trace element preparations may result in hypermanganesemia d. the best indicator of manganese status is serum manganese CORRECT ANSWER c. manganese in commercial trace element preparations may result in hypermanganesemia Which of the following are most likely to result in malnutrition of mild to moderate inflammatory response? a. anorexia nervosa b. cancer c. closed head injury d. sepsis CORRECT ANSWER b. cancer