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CDR DTR EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2025
TEST BANK| COMPLETE 650 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+| CDR DTR EXAM
PREP 2025 (BRAND NEW!!)
A nutrition screen must be completed by which of the following?
a. a registered dietitan
b. a registered dietetic technician
c. a nurse
d. a trained health professional (not necessarily an RD or DTR) - Correct
Answer - d. a trained health professional
Which of the following lab values would best indicate nutritional risk?
a. fasting blood glucose level of 135 mg/dL
b. fasting cholesterol level of 199 mg/dL
c. serum albumin level of 3.5 g/dL
d. hematocrit level of 42% - Correct Answer - a. fasting blood glucose
level of 135 mg/dL
- normal is 70-99 mg/dL
- 100-125 mg/dL indicates prediabetes
- over 126 mg/dL indicates diabetes
Potential nutrition diagnoses for an obese male with coronary heart
disease may include all of the following except:
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a. food and nutrition related knowledge deficit
b. physical inactivity
c. excessive fat intake
d. excessive hunger - Correct Answer - d. excessive hunger
Potential nutrition diagnoses for a patient with a fasting blood glucose
level of 135 mg/dl might include:
a. alteration in metabolism (type 1 diabetes)
b. alteration in metabolism (hyperglycemia)
c. altered nutrition related lab values
d. gestational diabetes - Correct Answer - c. altered nutrition related lab
values
-all the rest of medical diagnoses
The recommended amount of weight gain for overweight pregnant
woman is:
a. 15-25#
b. 25-35#
c. 15#
d. 28-40# - Correct Answer - a. 15-25#
Folic acid requirements during pregnancy are increased because folic
acid:
a. deficiency causes glossitis
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b. helps prevent neural tube defects
c. prevents pernicious anemia
d. deficiency causes poor appetite - Correct Answer - b. helps prevent
neural tube defects
The best feeding plan for a normal 3-month old infant is:
a. (8) 4 oz bottles of 20 cal/oz formula per day
b. (6) 5 oz bottles of 20 cal/oz formula per day plus rice cereal added to
the bottle at night
c. breastfeeding on demand
d. breastfeeding alternated with 20 cal/oz formula throughout the day -
Correct Answer - c. breastfeeding on demand
- if unable to breastfeed = standard 20 cal/oz
Characteristics of the metabolic syndrome include all of the following,
except:
a. serum triglyceride greater than 150 mg/dl
b. serum glucose greater than 110 mg/dl
c. waist circumference greater than 102 cm in men and 88 cm in women
d. blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90 mm hg - Correct
Answer - d. blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90 mm hg
- 135-85 mm hg
What type of diet is used to treat celiac disease?
a. gluten free
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b. low fiber
c. lactose free
d. high fiber - Correct Answer - a. gluten free
What is the recommended initial nutrition intervention for diverticulitis?
a. high fiber diet w/ adequate fluid and exercise
b. high fat diet with moderate fiber
c. chemically defined diet
d. low fiber diet - Correct Answer - d. low fiber diet
- once inflammation decreases, fiber can be slowly added back to goal of
30g/day
How much protein is recommended for a patient with cirrhosis but
without evidence of encephalopathy to maintain positive nitrogen
balance?
a. 0.5-0.6 g/kg
b. 0.8-1.0 g/kg
c. 1.2-1.3 g/kg
d. 1.5 g/kg - Correct Answer - b. 0.8-1.0 g/kg
- c is for negative nitrogen balance
How much protein does the National Kidney Foundation recommend
that a pt w/ end stage renal disease who has not started to receive
dialysis treatments consume daily?
a. 0.5 g/kg
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CDR DTR EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2025
TEST BANK| COMPLETE 650 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+| CDR DTR EXAM
PREP 2025 (BRAND NEW!!)
A nutrition screen must be completed by which of the following?
a. a registered dietitan
b. a registered dietetic technician
c. a nurse
d. a trained health professional (not necessarily an RD or DTR) - Correct
Answer - d. a trained health professional
Which of the following lab values would best indicate nutritional risk?
a. fasting blood glucose level of 135 mg/dL
b. fasting cholesterol level of 199 mg/dL
c. serum albumin level of 3.5 g/dL
d. hematocrit level of 42% - Correct Answer - a. fasting blood glucose
level of 135 mg/dL
- normal is 70-99 mg/dL
- 100-125 mg/dL indicates prediabetes
- over 126 mg/dL indicates diabetes
Potential nutrition diagnoses for an obese male with coronary heart
disease may include all of the following except:
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a. food and nutrition related knowledge deficit
b. physical inactivity
c. excessive fat intake
d. excessive hunger - Correct Answer - d. excessive hunger
Potential nutrition diagnoses for a patient with a fasting blood glucose
level of 135 mg/dl might include:
a. alteration in metabolism (type 1 diabetes)
b. alteration in metabolism (hyperglycemia)
c. altered nutrition related lab values
d. gestational diabetes - Correct Answer - c. altered nutrition related lab
values
-all the rest of medical diagnoses
The recommended amount of weight gain for overweight pregnant
woman is:
a. 15-25#
b. 25-35#
c. 15#
d. 28-40# - Correct Answer - a. 15-25#
Folic acid requirements during pregnancy are increased because folic
acid:
a. deficiency causes glossitis
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b. helps prevent neural tube defects
c. prevents pernicious anemia
d. deficiency causes poor appetite - Correct Answer - b. helps prevent
neural tube defects
The best feeding plan for a normal 3-month old infant is:
a. (8) 4 oz bottles of 20 cal/oz formula per day
b. (6) 5 oz bottles of 20 cal/oz formula per day plus rice cereal added to
the bottle at night
c. breastfeeding on demand
d. breastfeeding alternated with 20 cal/oz formula throughout the day -
Correct Answer - c. breastfeeding on demand
- if unable to breastfeed = standard 20 cal/oz
Characteristics of the metabolic syndrome include all of the following,
except:
a. serum triglyceride greater than 150 mg/dl
b. serum glucose greater than 110 mg/dl
c. waist circumference greater than 102 cm in men and 88 cm in women
d. blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90 mm hg - Correct
Answer - d. blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90 mm hg
- 135-85 mm hg
What type of diet is used to treat celiac disease?
a. gluten free
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b. low fiber
c. lactose free
d. high fiber - Correct Answer - a. gluten free
What is the recommended initial nutrition intervention for diverticulitis?
a. high fiber diet w/ adequate fluid and exercise
b. high fat diet with moderate fiber
c. chemically defined diet
d. low fiber diet - Correct Answer - d. low fiber diet
- once inflammation decreases, fiber can be slowly added back to goal of
30g/day
How much protein is recommended for a patient with cirrhosis but
without evidence of encephalopathy to maintain positive nitrogen
balance?
a. 0.5-0.6 g/kg
b. 0.8-1.0 g/kg
c. 1.2-1.3 g/kg
d. 1.5 g/kg - Correct Answer - b. 0.8-1.0 g/kg
- c is for negative nitrogen balance
How much protein does the National Kidney Foundation recommend
that a pt w/ end stage renal disease who has not started to receive
dialysis treatments consume daily?
a. 0.5 g/kg
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