NUSCTX 10, Final - UC Berkeley Verified
Multiple Choice and Conceptual Actual Exam
Questions With Reviewed 100% Correct
Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update
1. What is lipogenesis? - ANSWER When your body makes fat from non-
fat substances
2. ATP - ANSWER Produced in the mitochondria
Produced by use of a high proton concentration in the inner membrane space
Produced via the conversion of ADP and inorganic phosphate by the ATP
synthase
NOT!! Is generated at a rate exactly proportional to weight to the 3/4 power
3. Carbohydrate digestions begins in the - ANSWER Mouth
4. Essential Fatty Acids - ANSWER Alpha-linolenic acid
Linoleic acid
,5. Absorptive Processes - ANSWER Passive diffusion
Facilitated diffusion
Active transport
Endocytosis
6. Difference between Micronutrients and Macronutrients - ANSWER
Micronutrients are needed in small quantities
Macronutrients are energy-yielding
7. Leading cause of death in the United States - ANSWER Cardiovascular
disease
8. Kwashiorkor - ANSWER Edema
Growth impairment
9. Functions of lipids in the body - ANSWER Energy storage
Insulation and padding
Promote satiety
Fat-soluble vitamin transport
10.Tripeptide - ANSWER A chain of three amino acids
11.Anabolic pathways - ANSWER Include the synthesis of proteins to form
ligaments
, Use energy to construct cellular components
12.Insulin - ANSWER Hormone that helps lower blood glucose levels
13.Order of GI tract - ANSWER Stomach
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Large intestine
14.Protein Efficiency Ratio - ANSWER How much live weight gain per crude
protein intake
15.Central Dogma - ANSWER DNA -> RNA-> protein
16.Hormones - ANSWER Enable long distance communication between
tissues
17.Paracrine Agents - ANSWER Enable cell to cell communication in close
proximity
18. Accessory Organs - ANSWER Salivary glands
Liver
Pancreas
, Gallbladder
True Digestibility - ANSWER Protein nitrogen from bacteria in your istestine
Apparent Digestibility - ANSWER How much protein you ate
How much protein you excrete
Bomb Calorimetry - ANSWER Allows an estimate the gross energy content of
food tested
Effects of Trans Fats - ANSWER Lowers HDL
Raises LDL
Bile - ANSWER Emulsifies fats
What makes a nutrients "essential"? - ANSWER When the nutrient cannot be
synthesized in the body, and must be consumed in the diet
Recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans - ANSWER
Balance calories to manage weight
Reduce food & food components associated with diseases
Increase consumption of food & food components that promote health
Multiple Choice and Conceptual Actual Exam
Questions With Reviewed 100% Correct
Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update
1. What is lipogenesis? - ANSWER When your body makes fat from non-
fat substances
2. ATP - ANSWER Produced in the mitochondria
Produced by use of a high proton concentration in the inner membrane space
Produced via the conversion of ADP and inorganic phosphate by the ATP
synthase
NOT!! Is generated at a rate exactly proportional to weight to the 3/4 power
3. Carbohydrate digestions begins in the - ANSWER Mouth
4. Essential Fatty Acids - ANSWER Alpha-linolenic acid
Linoleic acid
,5. Absorptive Processes - ANSWER Passive diffusion
Facilitated diffusion
Active transport
Endocytosis
6. Difference between Micronutrients and Macronutrients - ANSWER
Micronutrients are needed in small quantities
Macronutrients are energy-yielding
7. Leading cause of death in the United States - ANSWER Cardiovascular
disease
8. Kwashiorkor - ANSWER Edema
Growth impairment
9. Functions of lipids in the body - ANSWER Energy storage
Insulation and padding
Promote satiety
Fat-soluble vitamin transport
10.Tripeptide - ANSWER A chain of three amino acids
11.Anabolic pathways - ANSWER Include the synthesis of proteins to form
ligaments
, Use energy to construct cellular components
12.Insulin - ANSWER Hormone that helps lower blood glucose levels
13.Order of GI tract - ANSWER Stomach
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Large intestine
14.Protein Efficiency Ratio - ANSWER How much live weight gain per crude
protein intake
15.Central Dogma - ANSWER DNA -> RNA-> protein
16.Hormones - ANSWER Enable long distance communication between
tissues
17.Paracrine Agents - ANSWER Enable cell to cell communication in close
proximity
18. Accessory Organs - ANSWER Salivary glands
Liver
Pancreas
, Gallbladder
True Digestibility - ANSWER Protein nitrogen from bacteria in your istestine
Apparent Digestibility - ANSWER How much protein you ate
How much protein you excrete
Bomb Calorimetry - ANSWER Allows an estimate the gross energy content of
food tested
Effects of Trans Fats - ANSWER Lowers HDL
Raises LDL
Bile - ANSWER Emulsifies fats
What makes a nutrients "essential"? - ANSWER When the nutrient cannot be
synthesized in the body, and must be consumed in the diet
Recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans - ANSWER
Balance calories to manage weight
Reduce food & food components associated with diseases
Increase consumption of food & food components that promote health
