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HUN 1201 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Which Nutrient is an organic compound?
a. iron
b. salt
c. calcium
d. water
e. vitamin C Ans: Vitamin C
2. Which nutrient is an example of a macronutrient?
a. Water-soluble vitamins
b. Proteins
c. Minerals
d. Fat-soluble vitamins
e. water Ans: B. proteins
3. A weight reduction regimen calls for a daily intake of 1400 kcalories,
which includes 30g of fat. Approximately what percentage of the total
energy is contributed by fat?
a. 25.5%
b. 32.0%
c. 8.5%
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d. 19.0%
e. 15.0% Ans: d. 19%
4. The Dietary Reference Intake may be used to______.
a. Plan and evaluate diets for healthy people
b. Treat people with diet related disorders
c. Assess adequacy of only vitamins and minerals
d. Assess adequacy of all required minerals
e. diagnose diet related disorders Ans: a. Plan and evaluate diets for
healthy people
5. What is the AMDR for carbohydrate?
a. 30-40%
b. 45-65%
c. 70-80%
d. 15-25%
e. 5-10% Ans: b. 45-65%
6. In the scientific method, a tentative solution to a problem is called a
_____.
a. Hypothesis
b. prediction
c. deduction
d. correlation
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e. theory Ans: a. hypothesis
7. The RDA`s (recommended dietary allowances) for nutrients are
generally____.
a. Designed to meet the needs of almost all healthy people
b. Reflective of current dietary preferences
c. More than twice as high as anyone needs
d. Designed to prevent deficiency diseases in half the population
e. The minimum amounts that average people need Ans: a. Designed to
meet the needs of almost all healthy people
8. The term organic, as related to compounds, would be best defined as
_____.
a. Foods having superior nutrient qualities
b. Products grown without use of pesticides
c. Products sold at health food stores
d. Substances with carbon-carbon or carbon-hydrogen bonds
e. Substances that contain water Ans: d. Substances with carbon-carbon
or carbon-hydrogen bonds
9. Gram for gram, which class of nutrients provides the most energy?
a. Alcohols
b. Fats
c. carbohydrates
d. proteins
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e. vitamins and minerals Ans: b. fats
10. The amount of a nutrient that meets the needs of about 98% of a
population is known as the
a. Tolerable Upper Intake Level
b. Necessary and sufficient intake
c. Recommended dietary allowance
d. Adequate intake
e. Daily recommended value Ans: e. Daily recommended value
11. Which nutrient source yields more than 4 kcalories per gram?
a. Plant fats
b. Plant proteins
c. Plant carbohydrates
d. Animal proteins
e. Animal carbohydrates Ans: a. plant fats
12. How does a double-blind experiment work?
a. Both subject groups take turns getting each treatment
b. Neither group of subjects knows whether they are in the control or
experimental group, but the researchers do know
c. Neither the subjects nor the persons having contact with the subjects
know the true purpose of the experiment
d. Both subject groups know whether they are in the control or
experimental group, but the researchers do not know
HUN 1201 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Which Nutrient is an organic compound?
a. iron
b. salt
c. calcium
d. water
e. vitamin C Ans: Vitamin C
2. Which nutrient is an example of a macronutrient?
a. Water-soluble vitamins
b. Proteins
c. Minerals
d. Fat-soluble vitamins
e. water Ans: B. proteins
3. A weight reduction regimen calls for a daily intake of 1400 kcalories,
which includes 30g of fat. Approximately what percentage of the total
energy is contributed by fat?
a. 25.5%
b. 32.0%
c. 8.5%
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d. 19.0%
e. 15.0% Ans: d. 19%
4. The Dietary Reference Intake may be used to______.
a. Plan and evaluate diets for healthy people
b. Treat people with diet related disorders
c. Assess adequacy of only vitamins and minerals
d. Assess adequacy of all required minerals
e. diagnose diet related disorders Ans: a. Plan and evaluate diets for
healthy people
5. What is the AMDR for carbohydrate?
a. 30-40%
b. 45-65%
c. 70-80%
d. 15-25%
e. 5-10% Ans: b. 45-65%
6. In the scientific method, a tentative solution to a problem is called a
_____.
a. Hypothesis
b. prediction
c. deduction
d. correlation
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e. theory Ans: a. hypothesis
7. The RDA`s (recommended dietary allowances) for nutrients are
generally____.
a. Designed to meet the needs of almost all healthy people
b. Reflective of current dietary preferences
c. More than twice as high as anyone needs
d. Designed to prevent deficiency diseases in half the population
e. The minimum amounts that average people need Ans: a. Designed to
meet the needs of almost all healthy people
8. The term organic, as related to compounds, would be best defined as
_____.
a. Foods having superior nutrient qualities
b. Products grown without use of pesticides
c. Products sold at health food stores
d. Substances with carbon-carbon or carbon-hydrogen bonds
e. Substances that contain water Ans: d. Substances with carbon-carbon
or carbon-hydrogen bonds
9. Gram for gram, which class of nutrients provides the most energy?
a. Alcohols
b. Fats
c. carbohydrates
d. proteins
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e. vitamins and minerals Ans: b. fats
10. The amount of a nutrient that meets the needs of about 98% of a
population is known as the
a. Tolerable Upper Intake Level
b. Necessary and sufficient intake
c. Recommended dietary allowance
d. Adequate intake
e. Daily recommended value Ans: e. Daily recommended value
11. Which nutrient source yields more than 4 kcalories per gram?
a. Plant fats
b. Plant proteins
c. Plant carbohydrates
d. Animal proteins
e. Animal carbohydrates Ans: a. plant fats
12. How does a double-blind experiment work?
a. Both subject groups take turns getting each treatment
b. Neither group of subjects knows whether they are in the control or
experimental group, but the researchers do know
c. Neither the subjects nor the persons having contact with the subjects
know the true purpose of the experiment
d. Both subject groups know whether they are in the control or
experimental group, but the researchers do not know
