IAEDP UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔BN - ✔✔finding of significant hypokalemia, in an otherwise health appearing young
women, is highly specific for which ED
✔✔3 - ✔✔acute sialadenosis occurs after ___ days of cessation of purging
✔✔40-60 - ✔✔Bradycardia is defined as ___ beats per minute
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: abuse of stimulant-type laxatives should be treated by the
immediate cessation of stimulant-laxative use
✔✔70 - ✔✔patients with anorexia nervosa should be hospitalized if their weight is less
than ___ % of their IBW
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: significant hypokalemia in an otherwise healthy appearing
young women is highly specific for anorexia nervosa
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: it takes several days of fasting before most of the body's stores
of glycogen are depleted, which is accompanied by significant loss of water
✔✔increase in cortisol, increase in cholesterol, decrease in insulin levels - ✔✔endocrine
changes in anorexia nervosa include:
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: a patient purging through the use of prescription diuretics may
present with decreased pH
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: zyprexa (olanzapine) can increase appetite and ewight and may
cause diabetes, ketosis increase in cholesterol and/or triglycerides
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: a patient purging through the use of prescription diuretics may
present with decreased pH and increased potassium
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: diarrhea from excessive daily laxative abuse may result in
metabolic alkalosis or mild metabolic acidosis
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: patients with hypokalemia may experience palpittaions and
caridac arrhthmia
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: in anorexia, the term referring to the purplish coloring of the
skin is carotenemia
, ✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: diarrhear from excessive daily laxative may result in
hypermagnesemia
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: electrolyte imbalance in cases of eating disorders does not
include low chloride
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: for patients with EDs and type 1 diabetes mellitus, hemoglobin
A1c levels may increase especially in individuals with BN
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: a patient purging through diuretics may present with azotemia
and hyperuricemia
✔✔azotemia - ✔✔(excessive) urea and nitrogenous substances in the blood
✔✔hyperuricemia - ✔✔excessive uric acid in the blood
✔✔phosphorus, potassium, magnesium - ✔✔3 electrolytes that are involved in the
major/fatal shifts of refeeding syndrome
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: for patients with EDs and type 1 diabetes mellitus, hemoglobin
A1c may be increased especially in patients with anorexia nervosa
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: anaphalaxis is life threatening and can develop with minutes up
to 2 hours of food exposure
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: refeeding hypophosphatemia is the most common complication
associated with refeeding the malnourished patient
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: medical issues more common in children and adolescents with
eating disorders are cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and metabolic
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: oral estrogen contraceptives are protective for bone density
decrease in young adults
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: metabolic acidosis is the most common metabolic abnormality
in patients with BN
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: metabolic alkalosis is the most common metabolic imbalance in
a patient with BN
✔✔alkalosis - ✔✔metabolic ___ is the most common metabolic imbalance in a patient
with BN
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔BN - ✔✔finding of significant hypokalemia, in an otherwise health appearing young
women, is highly specific for which ED
✔✔3 - ✔✔acute sialadenosis occurs after ___ days of cessation of purging
✔✔40-60 - ✔✔Bradycardia is defined as ___ beats per minute
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: abuse of stimulant-type laxatives should be treated by the
immediate cessation of stimulant-laxative use
✔✔70 - ✔✔patients with anorexia nervosa should be hospitalized if their weight is less
than ___ % of their IBW
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: significant hypokalemia in an otherwise healthy appearing
young women is highly specific for anorexia nervosa
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: it takes several days of fasting before most of the body's stores
of glycogen are depleted, which is accompanied by significant loss of water
✔✔increase in cortisol, increase in cholesterol, decrease in insulin levels - ✔✔endocrine
changes in anorexia nervosa include:
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: a patient purging through the use of prescription diuretics may
present with decreased pH
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: zyprexa (olanzapine) can increase appetite and ewight and may
cause diabetes, ketosis increase in cholesterol and/or triglycerides
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: a patient purging through the use of prescription diuretics may
present with decreased pH and increased potassium
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: diarrhea from excessive daily laxative abuse may result in
metabolic alkalosis or mild metabolic acidosis
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: patients with hypokalemia may experience palpittaions and
caridac arrhthmia
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: in anorexia, the term referring to the purplish coloring of the
skin is carotenemia
, ✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: diarrhear from excessive daily laxative may result in
hypermagnesemia
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: electrolyte imbalance in cases of eating disorders does not
include low chloride
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: for patients with EDs and type 1 diabetes mellitus, hemoglobin
A1c levels may increase especially in individuals with BN
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: a patient purging through diuretics may present with azotemia
and hyperuricemia
✔✔azotemia - ✔✔(excessive) urea and nitrogenous substances in the blood
✔✔hyperuricemia - ✔✔excessive uric acid in the blood
✔✔phosphorus, potassium, magnesium - ✔✔3 electrolytes that are involved in the
major/fatal shifts of refeeding syndrome
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: for patients with EDs and type 1 diabetes mellitus, hemoglobin
A1c may be increased especially in patients with anorexia nervosa
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: anaphalaxis is life threatening and can develop with minutes up
to 2 hours of food exposure
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: refeeding hypophosphatemia is the most common complication
associated with refeeding the malnourished patient
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: medical issues more common in children and adolescents with
eating disorders are cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and metabolic
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: oral estrogen contraceptives are protective for bone density
decrease in young adults
✔✔false - ✔✔true/false: metabolic acidosis is the most common metabolic abnormality
in patients with BN
✔✔true - ✔✔true/false: metabolic alkalosis is the most common metabolic imbalance in
a patient with BN
✔✔alkalosis - ✔✔metabolic ___ is the most common metabolic imbalance in a patient
with BN
