BASIC NUTRITION TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RANKED A+
✔✔Which mineral is the major intracellular cation? - ✔✔K+
✔✔Which mineral is involved in calcium regulation? - ✔✔Magnesium
✔✔The primary precursor to arachidonic acid is what? - ✔✔Linoleic acid
✔✔Prostacyclin is generated by which class of enzyme? - ✔✔Cyclooxygenases
✔✔A patient took an oral glucose tolerance test. After 2 hours their plasma glucose
levels were 156 mg/dl. What is their diagnosis? - ✔✔Answer 1 and 2 are correct
✔✔Which type of diabetes typically presents during childhood? - ✔✔Type 1 DM
✔✔The HbA1c test depicts blood sugar regulation over which period of time? - ✔✔Both
answers 2 and 3
✔✔An OGTT level is 35 mg/dL indicates what status? - ✔✔Normal
✔✔Which of the following are considered risk factors for developing T2DM? -
✔✔Answer 1 and 3
✔✔1500 mcg of chromium over the course of a day is an acceptable amount to take as
a prediabetic - ✔✔No, the max a person should take is 1000mcg/day
✔✔Lipoxygenase enzymes produce which eicosanoids? - ✔✔Answer 2 and 3
✔✔Where do micelles transport fat soluable vitamins to? - ✔✔into an enterocyte
✔✔Which source of vitamin E meets the demands of the human body? - ✔✔Alpha-
tocopherol
✔✔All the following are functions of eicosanoids except what? - ✔✔Increase cardiac
output
✔✔What enzyme liberates arachidonic acid from the cell membrane -
✔✔Phospholipase A2
✔✔Gamma-linoleic acid is produced via which pathway? - ✔✔Omega-6 pathway
✔✔Eicosapentaenoic acid is produced from which fat? - ✔✔Walnuts
, ✔✔Why do trans fats act like saturated fats - ✔✔their orientation of the hydrogen atoms
around the double bond
✔✔Which type of fat is the least reactive? - ✔✔saturated
✔✔Which cell has a high concentration of DHA - ✔✔Nerve cells
✔✔What is the end result in the pathophysiology of T2DM? - ✔✔Beta Cell exhaustion
✔✔Insulin release promotes _______? - ✔✔All the above
✔✔Prediabetes status is one of the characteristics of metabolic syndrome, true or
false? - ✔✔True
✔✔Impaired fasting glucose synonym with what? - ✔✔All the above
✔✔An HbA1c reading of 7.8 indicates what? - ✔✔Diabetes
✔✔There is high variation in the HbA1c test, True or False - ✔✔True
✔✔If you develop prediabetes are you more likely to develop diabetes? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Which of the following are medical consequences of diabetes? - ✔✔All the above
✔✔The ADA has different macronutrients ranges than the normal AMDRs. Which
macronutrient ranges differ? - ✔✔All the above
✔✔How does exercise promote better blood glucose regulation? - ✔✔Glut-4 transporter
translocation into the cell membrane is stimulated
✔✔What is the recommended exercise for a diabetic? - ✔✔30-60 minutes of moderate
exercise
✔✔Smoking is a risk for the development of T2DM, T/F? - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following supplements can be recommended to a diabetic patient to
help with their condition? - ✔✔Answer 1 and 2
✔✔Lifestyle interventions are more effective ar preventing progression of prediabetics,
T/F? - ✔✔True
AND SOLUTIONS RANKED A+
✔✔Which mineral is the major intracellular cation? - ✔✔K+
✔✔Which mineral is involved in calcium regulation? - ✔✔Magnesium
✔✔The primary precursor to arachidonic acid is what? - ✔✔Linoleic acid
✔✔Prostacyclin is generated by which class of enzyme? - ✔✔Cyclooxygenases
✔✔A patient took an oral glucose tolerance test. After 2 hours their plasma glucose
levels were 156 mg/dl. What is their diagnosis? - ✔✔Answer 1 and 2 are correct
✔✔Which type of diabetes typically presents during childhood? - ✔✔Type 1 DM
✔✔The HbA1c test depicts blood sugar regulation over which period of time? - ✔✔Both
answers 2 and 3
✔✔An OGTT level is 35 mg/dL indicates what status? - ✔✔Normal
✔✔Which of the following are considered risk factors for developing T2DM? -
✔✔Answer 1 and 3
✔✔1500 mcg of chromium over the course of a day is an acceptable amount to take as
a prediabetic - ✔✔No, the max a person should take is 1000mcg/day
✔✔Lipoxygenase enzymes produce which eicosanoids? - ✔✔Answer 2 and 3
✔✔Where do micelles transport fat soluable vitamins to? - ✔✔into an enterocyte
✔✔Which source of vitamin E meets the demands of the human body? - ✔✔Alpha-
tocopherol
✔✔All the following are functions of eicosanoids except what? - ✔✔Increase cardiac
output
✔✔What enzyme liberates arachidonic acid from the cell membrane -
✔✔Phospholipase A2
✔✔Gamma-linoleic acid is produced via which pathway? - ✔✔Omega-6 pathway
✔✔Eicosapentaenoic acid is produced from which fat? - ✔✔Walnuts
, ✔✔Why do trans fats act like saturated fats - ✔✔their orientation of the hydrogen atoms
around the double bond
✔✔Which type of fat is the least reactive? - ✔✔saturated
✔✔Which cell has a high concentration of DHA - ✔✔Nerve cells
✔✔What is the end result in the pathophysiology of T2DM? - ✔✔Beta Cell exhaustion
✔✔Insulin release promotes _______? - ✔✔All the above
✔✔Prediabetes status is one of the characteristics of metabolic syndrome, true or
false? - ✔✔True
✔✔Impaired fasting glucose synonym with what? - ✔✔All the above
✔✔An HbA1c reading of 7.8 indicates what? - ✔✔Diabetes
✔✔There is high variation in the HbA1c test, True or False - ✔✔True
✔✔If you develop prediabetes are you more likely to develop diabetes? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Which of the following are medical consequences of diabetes? - ✔✔All the above
✔✔The ADA has different macronutrients ranges than the normal AMDRs. Which
macronutrient ranges differ? - ✔✔All the above
✔✔How does exercise promote better blood glucose regulation? - ✔✔Glut-4 transporter
translocation into the cell membrane is stimulated
✔✔What is the recommended exercise for a diabetic? - ✔✔30-60 minutes of moderate
exercise
✔✔Smoking is a risk for the development of T2DM, T/F? - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following supplements can be recommended to a diabetic patient to
help with their condition? - ✔✔Answer 1 and 2
✔✔Lifestyle interventions are more effective ar preventing progression of prediabetics,
T/F? - ✔✔True
