HNF 150 Exam 3 Questions With Correct
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What is usually the first sign of dehydration?
- Fainting
- Dizziness
- Thirst
- Headache
- Elevated heart rate - Answer✔- Thirst
Which is NOT a factor that determines one's water needs?
- Food choice intake
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Activity Level
- Ethnicity - Answer✔- Ethnicity
When blood volume and pressure is low, which part of the brain triggers the thirst response?
- Hypothalamus
- Cerebrum
- Cerebellum
- Brainstem - Answer✔- Hypothalamus
Which of the following would you consume with a food source of iron in order to facilitate iron
absorption?
- tea and a soy protein hamburger
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- tomato and meat, fish or poultry
- coffee and wheat bran muffins
- calcium supplement and whole-wheat bread - Answer✔- tomato and meat, fish or poultry
When trying to get adequate iron intake in your diet it is helpful to
- eat non-heme iron found only in plants because it is absorbed more efficiently
- consider adding supplements because they are better absorbed than iron in foods
- combine vitamin C foods with non-heme iron to increase absorption
- avoid combining heme-iron foods with non-heme-iron foods in the same meal - Answer✔-
combine vitamin C foods with non-heme iron to increase absorption
Jenny notices a discoloration in her teeth. What may be happening? She is showing signs of..
- dental caries from too much fluoride
- goiters from too little fluoride
- fluorosis from too little fluoride
- fluorosis from too much fluoride - Answer✔- fluorosis from too much fluoride
You are working with a child in a health clinic who has growth retardation, impaired immunity,
and a poor appetite. This child is most likely experiencing
- iron deficiency
- chromium deficiency
- zinc deficiency
- phosphorus deficiency - Answer✔- zinc deficiency
If a person has a deficient intake of calcium in the diet, what will be the result?
- reduced absorption rate of calcium by the body
- no change in levels of calcium in the blood because calcium will be pulled from the bones
- gain of body weight
- lowered levels of calcium in the blood because the calcium in bone cannot be withdrawn -
Answer✔- no change in levels of calcium in the blood because calcium will be pulled from the
bones
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