FNES 163 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Artifical Sweetners are a great substitute for table sugar. True or False? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Gram per Gram, sugar provides more energy than starch. True or False? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Gram
per gram, sugar provides the same amount of energy as starch *False
Eating a high-fiber diet may reduce your blood cholesterol level. True or False? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Eating a high-fiber diet can improve your blood cholesterol levels. *True
The average American consumes 80% of his or her energy intake as added sugars. True or False -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The average american comsumes about 18% of his/her energy intake from
added sugars. *False
What is a Carbohydrate? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅organic compounds used to make energy; 4cal/gram
What carb is a primary source energy source? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Glucose
What are the two types of carbs? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Simple Carbs (sugar, fruits) and Complex
Carbs (Starches and Fiber, grains, sweet potatoes)
What is the simplest form of a carbohydrate? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sugar
What is a monosaccharide? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅simplest sugar molecule; the masic chemical unit of
carbohydrates
What is a disaccharide? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅two monosaccharides joined together
What are the monosccharides? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅simple sugars (glucose, fructose, galactose)
,What is glucose? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅primary energy source for cells; can also be called dextrose or
blood sugar
What is Fructose? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fruit sugar
What is Galactose? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅part of milk sugar (lactose)
What are the disaccharides? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sucrose, lactose, maltose
Maltose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅glucose + glucose
Sucrose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅glucose + fructose
Lactose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅glucose + galactose
What are nutritive sweetners? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅carbohydrates that are sweet and contribute
energy/calories to food when consumed
What are added sugars? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sugars that are added during processing or
preparation (ex. sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup)
What are alternative nutritive sweetners? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a substance added to a food to
sweeten it but provide fewer kilocalories (2kcal/g) than sugars (4kcal/g)
What are Nonnutritive sweetners? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅synthetic compounds that sweeten foods
while providing little or no kilocalories
What high-intensity nonnutritive sweetners does the FDA approve of? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sweet
and Low, Equal, Stevia, Monk fruit and Splenda
, What is Starch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅energy storage molecule. storage form of glucose in plants; in
seeds, roots, and tubers
What is Glycogen? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅energy storage molecule. storage form of glucose in humans
and other animals; stored in the liver and muscles
Humans can digest most forms of dietary fibers. True or False? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Most forms of
dietary fiber are complex carbs that humans cannot digest *False
Foods that are refined and rich in carbohydrates loose fiber. True or False? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Refining foods that are rich sources of carbohydrates often removes fiber *True
What is insulin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A hormone made by and released from the pancreas (beta
cells) when blood glucose level is high
What is glucagon? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A hormone secreted by the pancreas (alpha cells) when
blood glucose level is low.
What are Ketone bodies? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an alternative energy source that is formed when
there is not enough glucose in the body; produced by the liver, can lead to ketoacidosis
What is Ketoacidosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A condition caused by high blood ketone bodies, the PH
of your blood becomes acidic; occurs in poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes
Total Carbohydrates on the Nutrition Facts Panel includes... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Total carbs,
amounts of fiber, amounts of total sugars, amounts of added sugars
What is Hyperglycemia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Highblood sugar/glucose levels
What is hypoglycemia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅low blood sugar/glucose levels
Artifical Sweetners are a great substitute for table sugar. True or False? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Gram per Gram, sugar provides more energy than starch. True or False? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Gram
per gram, sugar provides the same amount of energy as starch *False
Eating a high-fiber diet may reduce your blood cholesterol level. True or False? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Eating a high-fiber diet can improve your blood cholesterol levels. *True
The average American consumes 80% of his or her energy intake as added sugars. True or False -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The average american comsumes about 18% of his/her energy intake from
added sugars. *False
What is a Carbohydrate? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅organic compounds used to make energy; 4cal/gram
What carb is a primary source energy source? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Glucose
What are the two types of carbs? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Simple Carbs (sugar, fruits) and Complex
Carbs (Starches and Fiber, grains, sweet potatoes)
What is the simplest form of a carbohydrate? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sugar
What is a monosaccharide? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅simplest sugar molecule; the masic chemical unit of
carbohydrates
What is a disaccharide? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅two monosaccharides joined together
What are the monosccharides? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅simple sugars (glucose, fructose, galactose)
,What is glucose? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅primary energy source for cells; can also be called dextrose or
blood sugar
What is Fructose? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fruit sugar
What is Galactose? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅part of milk sugar (lactose)
What are the disaccharides? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sucrose, lactose, maltose
Maltose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅glucose + glucose
Sucrose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅glucose + fructose
Lactose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅glucose + galactose
What are nutritive sweetners? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅carbohydrates that are sweet and contribute
energy/calories to food when consumed
What are added sugars? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sugars that are added during processing or
preparation (ex. sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup)
What are alternative nutritive sweetners? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a substance added to a food to
sweeten it but provide fewer kilocalories (2kcal/g) than sugars (4kcal/g)
What are Nonnutritive sweetners? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅synthetic compounds that sweeten foods
while providing little or no kilocalories
What high-intensity nonnutritive sweetners does the FDA approve of? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sweet
and Low, Equal, Stevia, Monk fruit and Splenda
, What is Starch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅energy storage molecule. storage form of glucose in plants; in
seeds, roots, and tubers
What is Glycogen? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅energy storage molecule. storage form of glucose in humans
and other animals; stored in the liver and muscles
Humans can digest most forms of dietary fibers. True or False? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Most forms of
dietary fiber are complex carbs that humans cannot digest *False
Foods that are refined and rich in carbohydrates loose fiber. True or False? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Refining foods that are rich sources of carbohydrates often removes fiber *True
What is insulin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A hormone made by and released from the pancreas (beta
cells) when blood glucose level is high
What is glucagon? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A hormone secreted by the pancreas (alpha cells) when
blood glucose level is low.
What are Ketone bodies? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an alternative energy source that is formed when
there is not enough glucose in the body; produced by the liver, can lead to ketoacidosis
What is Ketoacidosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A condition caused by high blood ketone bodies, the PH
of your blood becomes acidic; occurs in poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes
Total Carbohydrates on the Nutrition Facts Panel includes... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Total carbs,
amounts of fiber, amounts of total sugars, amounts of added sugars
What is Hyperglycemia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Highblood sugar/glucose levels
What is hypoglycemia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅low blood sugar/glucose levels
