CDR RD Exam Questions With Astute Answers Explained.
Isoflavones Accurate Answer - Lowers cholesterol
Found in soy products like tofu, tempeh, soy milk, and soybeans
Thiols/Indoles Accurate Answer - Sulfur compound
Detoxifies carcinogens
Found in bitter foods like onions, brussel sprouts, garlic, cabbage
Lycopene Accurate Answer - Reduces the risk of developing prostate cancer
Red pigment foods like tomatoes, grapefruit, watermelon, papaya
Lignans Accurate Answer - Protects the heart
Reduces risk of breast cancer
Found in whole grains, flax seed, and wheat gum
Flour Accurate Answer - Provides strength and structure
Leavening Agent Accurate Answer - Lightens and softens the structure and
allows the product to rise
Eggs Accurate Answer - Provides strength and stability
Retains leavening agent
Salt Accurate Answer - Adds flavor
Anti-caking
Sugar Accurate Answer - Absorbs moisture from the air
Tenderizes gluten by adding moisture
Fat Accurate Answer - Adds tenderness by coating gluten particles
Liquid Accurate Answer - Hydrates the gluten
Begins leavening action
Dissolves salt and sugar
Yellow color Accurate Answer - Too much baking soda
Fallen center Accurate Answer - Too much sugar
Too much fat
, Too much baking powder
Tough or dry Accurate Answer - Too much flour
Too much egg
Too much mixing
Not enough fat or sugar
Coarse texture Accurate Answer - Too much baking powder or sugar
Oven temp too low
Inadequate mixing
Poor volume Accurate Answer - Too little baking powder
Improper ratio of sugar to fat
Glutamine Accurate Answer - Conditionally essential for GI distress and GI
conditions
Arginine Accurate Answer - Conditionally essential for catabolic stress like
wounds and burns
Gluconeogeneses Accurate Answer - Creates glucose from new sources (fats
and proteins)
Happens in the kidneys and liver
Insulin inhibits this process
Glycogenesis Accurate Answer - Creation of glycogen from glucose
Happens in the liver
Glycogenolysis Accurate Answer - Breaking down of glycogen into glucose
Happens in the liver
Glycolysis Accurate Answer - Creates pyruvate by breaking down glucose
while using oxygen
Happens in the cytoplasm
Aerobic process (uses oxygen)
Glucose-6-phosphate Accurate Answer - Makes glycogen from glucose
Happens in the liver
Breaks off into the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Isoflavones Accurate Answer - Lowers cholesterol
Found in soy products like tofu, tempeh, soy milk, and soybeans
Thiols/Indoles Accurate Answer - Sulfur compound
Detoxifies carcinogens
Found in bitter foods like onions, brussel sprouts, garlic, cabbage
Lycopene Accurate Answer - Reduces the risk of developing prostate cancer
Red pigment foods like tomatoes, grapefruit, watermelon, papaya
Lignans Accurate Answer - Protects the heart
Reduces risk of breast cancer
Found in whole grains, flax seed, and wheat gum
Flour Accurate Answer - Provides strength and structure
Leavening Agent Accurate Answer - Lightens and softens the structure and
allows the product to rise
Eggs Accurate Answer - Provides strength and stability
Retains leavening agent
Salt Accurate Answer - Adds flavor
Anti-caking
Sugar Accurate Answer - Absorbs moisture from the air
Tenderizes gluten by adding moisture
Fat Accurate Answer - Adds tenderness by coating gluten particles
Liquid Accurate Answer - Hydrates the gluten
Begins leavening action
Dissolves salt and sugar
Yellow color Accurate Answer - Too much baking soda
Fallen center Accurate Answer - Too much sugar
Too much fat
, Too much baking powder
Tough or dry Accurate Answer - Too much flour
Too much egg
Too much mixing
Not enough fat or sugar
Coarse texture Accurate Answer - Too much baking powder or sugar
Oven temp too low
Inadequate mixing
Poor volume Accurate Answer - Too little baking powder
Improper ratio of sugar to fat
Glutamine Accurate Answer - Conditionally essential for GI distress and GI
conditions
Arginine Accurate Answer - Conditionally essential for catabolic stress like
wounds and burns
Gluconeogeneses Accurate Answer - Creates glucose from new sources (fats
and proteins)
Happens in the kidneys and liver
Insulin inhibits this process
Glycogenesis Accurate Answer - Creation of glycogen from glucose
Happens in the liver
Glycogenolysis Accurate Answer - Breaking down of glycogen into glucose
Happens in the liver
Glycolysis Accurate Answer - Creates pyruvate by breaking down glucose
while using oxygen
Happens in the cytoplasm
Aerobic process (uses oxygen)
Glucose-6-phosphate Accurate Answer - Makes glycogen from glucose
Happens in the liver
Breaks off into the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
