NTR 301 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
• While studying for your NTR 301 exam, you decide to take a study break
and flip through some ancient medical texts in DH Hill Library. The physician
who wrote one of the ancient texts describes his observations of patients as
exhibiting mental confusion, paralysis, tingling and loss of feeling in the feet
and hands, and vomiting. He reports that several patients ultimately die of
this mysterious condition. He observes that when he supplements the
patients' diets with liver, whole grains and beef, the patients' symptoms are
reversed. Based on this description, you can assume that these foods contain:
- ANSWER o An essential nutrient
• You decide to take another study break and check Instagram to see what
your friends have been doing while you have been studying. While scrolling
Instagram you see an advertisement for a new supplement called
"Phyto-plus" that claims, "This product contains phytonutrients, compounds
typically found in fruits and vegetables, that may protect against certain
diseases." Is this claim true or false? - ANSWER o True
• While walking back to your study desk in the library, you pass by a shelf of
new diet books. You see one about the "Macro" Diet. Seeing the word
"macro" in the title, you hypothesize that this diet plan probably encourages
the individual to consume only macronutrients, why you know to be
problematic because: - ANSWER o Both macronutrients and micronutrients
are essential for life and growth
,o Micronutrients, while present in food in relatively small amounts, still have
daily requirements
• You are still in the library studying and decide to treat yourself to a
Wolfpack Mocha. You select the 16-ounce size, which you see contains 30g of
carbohydrate, 20g of fat, and 10g of protein. Using the information provided,
how many calories are in the Wolfpack Mocha? - ANSWER o 340 calories
(30*4 + 20*9 + 10*4)
• After you finish the Wolfpack Mocha you remember that you have some
chocolate in your backpack. You open your backpack and find two types of
chocolate:
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups = 210 calories
Awake Chocolate Bar (caffeinated) = 230 calories
Which of the following is true about the two types of chocolate? - ANSWER o
Both products will provide you with the energy in the form of calories but
only the Awake Chocolate Bar will leave you with an energetic/alert feeling,
due to caffeine not calories.
• This direct relationship can lead to reversible side effects or irreversible
toxic effects - ANSWER o Excess
• Public health recommendations to limit trans-fat are designed to avoid this
level of intake
` - ANSWER o Overconsumption
• A combination of recommendations provided in specific amounts and in
percentage of total calories help to ensure this level of intake - ANSWER o
Optimal
, • Limited access to fruits and vegetables can be one factor in the
development of chronic diseases due to this level of intake - ANSWER o
Marginal
• Sheldon buys a time machine and convinces Leonard and Wolowitz to test
it out with him. He sets the time machine to the 1940s because he wants to
know how nutrition guidance has changed over time. Much to Leonard's
dismay, the time machine works! What do scientists discover? - ANSWER o
Doctors are not providing recommendations on how much carbohydrate or
fat patients should be consuming, all they talk about is protein.
o Dieticians working in a nursing home give their elderly patients a
multivitamin with lower levels of certain vitamins because they assume that
their needs of those vitamins are lower now that they have aged.
• Last week, your roommate Emily ate an orange for lunch every day;
however, this week, she ran out of oranges and hasn't eaten any. She knows
your taking NTR 301, so she confesses that she is worried that she might
develop scurvy and asks you what you think. What should you tell Emily? -
ANSWER o "Emily you should not worry about developing scurvy, since it is a
deficiency disease that tend to occur from little to no intake of vitamin C over
weeks to years. You likely have other sources of vitamin C in your diet,
putting you at little risk for developing this deficiency disease."
• Kathleen is doing a community needs assessment survey to determine why
many of the individuals in her community have marginal levels of intake of
fiber, vitamins and minerals. After interviewing the community participants,
what does she likely hear? - ANSWER o They have not taken a nutrition
education course, so they are unaware of what food contains vitamins,
minerals and fiber.
Correct Answers
• While studying for your NTR 301 exam, you decide to take a study break
and flip through some ancient medical texts in DH Hill Library. The physician
who wrote one of the ancient texts describes his observations of patients as
exhibiting mental confusion, paralysis, tingling and loss of feeling in the feet
and hands, and vomiting. He reports that several patients ultimately die of
this mysterious condition. He observes that when he supplements the
patients' diets with liver, whole grains and beef, the patients' symptoms are
reversed. Based on this description, you can assume that these foods contain:
- ANSWER o An essential nutrient
• You decide to take another study break and check Instagram to see what
your friends have been doing while you have been studying. While scrolling
Instagram you see an advertisement for a new supplement called
"Phyto-plus" that claims, "This product contains phytonutrients, compounds
typically found in fruits and vegetables, that may protect against certain
diseases." Is this claim true or false? - ANSWER o True
• While walking back to your study desk in the library, you pass by a shelf of
new diet books. You see one about the "Macro" Diet. Seeing the word
"macro" in the title, you hypothesize that this diet plan probably encourages
the individual to consume only macronutrients, why you know to be
problematic because: - ANSWER o Both macronutrients and micronutrients
are essential for life and growth
,o Micronutrients, while present in food in relatively small amounts, still have
daily requirements
• You are still in the library studying and decide to treat yourself to a
Wolfpack Mocha. You select the 16-ounce size, which you see contains 30g of
carbohydrate, 20g of fat, and 10g of protein. Using the information provided,
how many calories are in the Wolfpack Mocha? - ANSWER o 340 calories
(30*4 + 20*9 + 10*4)
• After you finish the Wolfpack Mocha you remember that you have some
chocolate in your backpack. You open your backpack and find two types of
chocolate:
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups = 210 calories
Awake Chocolate Bar (caffeinated) = 230 calories
Which of the following is true about the two types of chocolate? - ANSWER o
Both products will provide you with the energy in the form of calories but
only the Awake Chocolate Bar will leave you with an energetic/alert feeling,
due to caffeine not calories.
• This direct relationship can lead to reversible side effects or irreversible
toxic effects - ANSWER o Excess
• Public health recommendations to limit trans-fat are designed to avoid this
level of intake
` - ANSWER o Overconsumption
• A combination of recommendations provided in specific amounts and in
percentage of total calories help to ensure this level of intake - ANSWER o
Optimal
, • Limited access to fruits and vegetables can be one factor in the
development of chronic diseases due to this level of intake - ANSWER o
Marginal
• Sheldon buys a time machine and convinces Leonard and Wolowitz to test
it out with him. He sets the time machine to the 1940s because he wants to
know how nutrition guidance has changed over time. Much to Leonard's
dismay, the time machine works! What do scientists discover? - ANSWER o
Doctors are not providing recommendations on how much carbohydrate or
fat patients should be consuming, all they talk about is protein.
o Dieticians working in a nursing home give their elderly patients a
multivitamin with lower levels of certain vitamins because they assume that
their needs of those vitamins are lower now that they have aged.
• Last week, your roommate Emily ate an orange for lunch every day;
however, this week, she ran out of oranges and hasn't eaten any. She knows
your taking NTR 301, so she confesses that she is worried that she might
develop scurvy and asks you what you think. What should you tell Emily? -
ANSWER o "Emily you should not worry about developing scurvy, since it is a
deficiency disease that tend to occur from little to no intake of vitamin C over
weeks to years. You likely have other sources of vitamin C in your diet,
putting you at little risk for developing this deficiency disease."
• Kathleen is doing a community needs assessment survey to determine why
many of the individuals in her community have marginal levels of intake of
fiber, vitamins and minerals. After interviewing the community participants,
what does she likely hear? - ANSWER o They have not taken a nutrition
education course, so they are unaware of what food contains vitamins,
minerals and fiber.
