FNDH 620 EXAMS TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTION AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What are bitot spots caused by? - ✔✔vitamin A deficiency
✔✔What is the Vitamin D activation enzyme? - ✔✔25-hydroxylase???
✔✔questions from the videos - ✔✔
✔✔What are the 3 forms of vitamin A? - ✔✔retinol, retinal, retinoic acid
✔✔Oyster Shell.... - ✔✔lead poisoning
✔✔What are egg whites associated with? - ✔✔biotin
✔✔What can beta carotene be transformed into? - ✔✔vitamin A
✔✔How do we get rid of vitamin E??? - ✔✔
✔✔Folate and B12 - what type of anemia? - ✔✔megaloblastic, macrocytic
✔✔pernicious anemia - ✔✔B12 and folate
✔✔Vitamin A improves.... - ✔✔vision
✔✔What are the 2 forms of vitamin D? - ✔✔D2 - ergocalciferol
D3 - cholecalciferol
✔✔What are the differences between tocopherols and tocotrienols? - ✔✔vitamin E
✔✔Is vitamin D photosynthesized? - ✔✔yes
✔✔How is a vitamin activated? - ✔✔1,25-OH2D
✔✔Rickets is the failure of proper bone mineralization - ✔✔vitamin D
✔✔What is the #1 most abundance mineral in the body? - ✔✔calcium
✔✔What vitamin is an antioxidant? - ✔✔vitamin E
✔✔Does pernicious anemia develop quickly? - ✔✔no
✔✔phylloquinone is the plant form of what vitamin? - ✔✔vitamin K
, ✔✔True or false - most vitamin K comes from animals - ✔✔False - plants
✔✔What vitamin is essential to blood clotting? - ✔✔vitamin K
✔✔Scurvy? - ✔✔Vitamin C, bleeding gums
✔✔Vitamin C is primarily an ________________________________ - ✔✔antioxidant
✔✔Why is folate essential in the diet? - ✔✔it is needed to make DNA and other genetic
material
✔✔Vitamin C is essential in ______________ synthesis - ✔✔collagen
✔✔Vitamin C helps with ________________ absorption - ✔✔iron
✔✔nicotinic acid can form ___________ - ✔✔tryptophan
✔✔what is beriberi? - ✔✔thiamin deficiency
✔✔Why are milk jugs opaque? - ✔✔because riboflavin is light sensitive
✔✔Why is riboflavin important in energy production? - ✔✔FAD
✔✔pellagra - ✔✔Niacin deficiency
✔✔B6 is primarily used in.... - ✔✔transamination
✔✔folate masks which anemia? - ✔✔B12
✔✔What causes megaloblastic anemia? - ✔✔B12/folate
✔✔B12 only comes from what sources? - ✔✔animal sources
✔✔What is intrinsic factor essential for? - ✔✔B12 absorption
✔✔pantothenic acid is a structural component of what? - ✔✔CoA
✔✔Major mineral - ✔✔>100 mg
>0.01%
✔✔Minor mineral - ✔✔<100 mg
<0.01%
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What are bitot spots caused by? - ✔✔vitamin A deficiency
✔✔What is the Vitamin D activation enzyme? - ✔✔25-hydroxylase???
✔✔questions from the videos - ✔✔
✔✔What are the 3 forms of vitamin A? - ✔✔retinol, retinal, retinoic acid
✔✔Oyster Shell.... - ✔✔lead poisoning
✔✔What are egg whites associated with? - ✔✔biotin
✔✔What can beta carotene be transformed into? - ✔✔vitamin A
✔✔How do we get rid of vitamin E??? - ✔✔
✔✔Folate and B12 - what type of anemia? - ✔✔megaloblastic, macrocytic
✔✔pernicious anemia - ✔✔B12 and folate
✔✔Vitamin A improves.... - ✔✔vision
✔✔What are the 2 forms of vitamin D? - ✔✔D2 - ergocalciferol
D3 - cholecalciferol
✔✔What are the differences between tocopherols and tocotrienols? - ✔✔vitamin E
✔✔Is vitamin D photosynthesized? - ✔✔yes
✔✔How is a vitamin activated? - ✔✔1,25-OH2D
✔✔Rickets is the failure of proper bone mineralization - ✔✔vitamin D
✔✔What is the #1 most abundance mineral in the body? - ✔✔calcium
✔✔What vitamin is an antioxidant? - ✔✔vitamin E
✔✔Does pernicious anemia develop quickly? - ✔✔no
✔✔phylloquinone is the plant form of what vitamin? - ✔✔vitamin K
, ✔✔True or false - most vitamin K comes from animals - ✔✔False - plants
✔✔What vitamin is essential to blood clotting? - ✔✔vitamin K
✔✔Scurvy? - ✔✔Vitamin C, bleeding gums
✔✔Vitamin C is primarily an ________________________________ - ✔✔antioxidant
✔✔Why is folate essential in the diet? - ✔✔it is needed to make DNA and other genetic
material
✔✔Vitamin C is essential in ______________ synthesis - ✔✔collagen
✔✔Vitamin C helps with ________________ absorption - ✔✔iron
✔✔nicotinic acid can form ___________ - ✔✔tryptophan
✔✔what is beriberi? - ✔✔thiamin deficiency
✔✔Why are milk jugs opaque? - ✔✔because riboflavin is light sensitive
✔✔Why is riboflavin important in energy production? - ✔✔FAD
✔✔pellagra - ✔✔Niacin deficiency
✔✔B6 is primarily used in.... - ✔✔transamination
✔✔folate masks which anemia? - ✔✔B12
✔✔What causes megaloblastic anemia? - ✔✔B12/folate
✔✔B12 only comes from what sources? - ✔✔animal sources
✔✔What is intrinsic factor essential for? - ✔✔B12 absorption
✔✔pantothenic acid is a structural component of what? - ✔✔CoA
✔✔Major mineral - ✔✔>100 mg
>0.01%
✔✔Minor mineral - ✔✔<100 mg
<0.01%
