Pocket Prep - RD Exam UPDATED Study
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the name for the active form of vitamin D? - CORRECT ANSWER Calcitriol
Calcitriol, also called 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, is the active form
of vitamin D.
Vitamin D can be absorbed and metabolized through sunlight and/or dietary intake. Cholesterol is a
precursor for vitamin D metabolism.
To metabolize vitamin D by sunlight, first our skin absorbs previtamin D in the form of 7-
dehydrocholestrol to become precalciferol (previtamin D3). Thermal isomerization occurs to produce
cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Cholecalciferol is the form of vitamin D found in animal food products.
Then, cholecalciferol goes to the liver and converts to 25-OH-D3 (calcidiol), which is the storage
form of vitamin D. This form travels to the kidneys to become 1,25-OH2-D3 (calcitriol), which is the
active form of vitamin D.
A restaurant has decided to change its name to either Jane's Steakhouse or The Texas Steak House.
The CEO is hosting a vote on the new name and will be accepting the majority decision. What type of
leadership style is this?
Democratic
consensus
Autocratic
Participative - CORRECT ANSWER Democratic
Leadership styles and techniques reflect the personality of the management. The democratic style
accepts the majority decision.
The consensus style requires the entire group to come to an agreement. For example, the CEO might
require everyone to meet and discuss until they all agree on which restaurant name to go with.
The participative style seeks input from and shares power with employees. A participative CEO might
have used this method to brainstorm ideas for the new name with the employees.
The autocratic style takes control, makes decisions, and assumes full responsibility. An autocratic
CEO would choose the new restaurant's name on his own without input from the employees.
,A manager performs in a decisional role when committing an organization to a specific course of
action or strategy. Whose management theory is this an example of?
Taylor's Scientific Management
Mintzberg's Management Roles
Katz's Skills Management
Drucker's Management by Objectives - CORRECT ANSWER Mintzberg's Management Roles
Mintzberg's Management Roles argued there are ten primary roles that can be used to categorize a
manager's different functions to accomplish work and use skills.
Katz's Skill Management identified three managerial skills essential to successful management:
technical, human, and conceptual.
Drucker's Management by Objectives (MBO) is the process of defining specific objectives within an
organization that management can convey to organization members, then deciding how to achieve
each objective in sequence.
Taylor's Scientific Management is a theory that analyzes and synthesizes workflows, with the main
objective being to improve economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.
You want to convey timely and relevant food and nutrition-related news to the public. All of the
following activities would help you, except:
Attending continuing education meeting and scientific conferences
Reading Food & Nutrition Magazine
Visiting your local bookstore to browse the shelves of diet books, cookbooks and sef-help books
Developing the appropriate marketing mix - CORRECT ANSWER Developing the appropriate
marketing mix
The marketing mix is developed to achieve an organization's objectives and satisfy the target market.
The 4 P's of the marketing mix are product, place, price, and promotion.
When working with the media, it is important to follow professional literature and know what the
public wants to read, view, and hear. Examples include:
Reading Food & Nutrition Magazine
Visiting your local bookstore to browse the shelves of diet books, cookbooks and self-help books
,Attending continuing education meeting and scientific conferences
What can be inferred about a patient with a HgbA1C of 5.7%?
T2DM
Prediabetic
T1DM
GDM - CORRECT ANSWER Prediabetic
Prediabetes is indicated by an HgbA1C of 5.7-6.4, which puts a patient at risk for developing
diabetes.
Diabetes (T1DM/T2DM) is diagnosed by a fasting plasma glucose of ≥126 mg/dL, a glucose
tolerance test of ≥200 mg/dL, or an HgbA1C of ≥ 6.5%.
Gestational diabetes (GDM) is diagnosed at 24-28 weeks of gestation with a glucose tolerance test of
≥140mg/dL to indicate further testing.
Using the chart below and the moving average model, determine the second forecast for the seven-day
moving average.
Day # | #of Patients who selected fish
1 50
2 54
3 60
4 56
5 53
6 63
7 69
8 62
9 64 - CORRECT ANSWER 59.57
The moving average model is a time series method of forecasting where a group of past records are
averaged and used as the forecast. The next forecast (second) is calculated by dropping the first
number and adding the next.
, To solve for the second forecast (total of days 2 through 8): 54+60+56+53+63+69+62 = =
59.57
Which of the following nutritional problems is not common in the elderly?
polypharmacy
sore mouth
hypercholesterolemia
diarrhea - CORRECT ANSWER Diarrhea
The elderly are considered individuals over 65 years of age and are categorized as young old (65-74),
aged (75-84), and oldest old (>85), according to the US Census Bureau. Common nutritional
problems for the elderly include sore mouth, polypharmacy, chronic disease, protein energy
malnutrition, decreased absorption, hypercholesterolemia, and tooth loss.
Diarrhea is not a common nutrition problem; rather, constipation is more common due to decreased
gastric mobility and decreased HCl stomach secretion in the elderly.
Which manager reflects a systems approach to management?
Ted, who formally organizes and administers his employees' work in a scholar principle
Maggie, who considers the external and internal factors before making a decision
Martina, who tells her employees that everyone will be involved in decisions and that they are the
keys to the company's productivity
Jeff, who inspires employees to become leaders and to motivate each other towards the group mission
- CORRECT ANSWER Correct answer: Maggie, who considers the external and internal
factors before making a decision
Maggie uses a systems approach by considering both the external and internal environments that can
impact her company before making a decision or allocating resources.
Ted uses a traditional or classical approach by administering work in a scalar principle, where
authority and responsibility flow in a one-way direction from high to low.
Martha uses a human relations or Theory Z approach by preaching to her employees that everyone is
involved in the decision-making process and that employee involvement is the key to productivity.
Jeff uses a transformational management style where he uses activities to transform inputs to outputs
to link, manage, and build functional systems by inspiring agents of change.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the name for the active form of vitamin D? - CORRECT ANSWER Calcitriol
Calcitriol, also called 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, is the active form
of vitamin D.
Vitamin D can be absorbed and metabolized through sunlight and/or dietary intake. Cholesterol is a
precursor for vitamin D metabolism.
To metabolize vitamin D by sunlight, first our skin absorbs previtamin D in the form of 7-
dehydrocholestrol to become precalciferol (previtamin D3). Thermal isomerization occurs to produce
cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Cholecalciferol is the form of vitamin D found in animal food products.
Then, cholecalciferol goes to the liver and converts to 25-OH-D3 (calcidiol), which is the storage
form of vitamin D. This form travels to the kidneys to become 1,25-OH2-D3 (calcitriol), which is the
active form of vitamin D.
A restaurant has decided to change its name to either Jane's Steakhouse or The Texas Steak House.
The CEO is hosting a vote on the new name and will be accepting the majority decision. What type of
leadership style is this?
Democratic
consensus
Autocratic
Participative - CORRECT ANSWER Democratic
Leadership styles and techniques reflect the personality of the management. The democratic style
accepts the majority decision.
The consensus style requires the entire group to come to an agreement. For example, the CEO might
require everyone to meet and discuss until they all agree on which restaurant name to go with.
The participative style seeks input from and shares power with employees. A participative CEO might
have used this method to brainstorm ideas for the new name with the employees.
The autocratic style takes control, makes decisions, and assumes full responsibility. An autocratic
CEO would choose the new restaurant's name on his own without input from the employees.
,A manager performs in a decisional role when committing an organization to a specific course of
action or strategy. Whose management theory is this an example of?
Taylor's Scientific Management
Mintzberg's Management Roles
Katz's Skills Management
Drucker's Management by Objectives - CORRECT ANSWER Mintzberg's Management Roles
Mintzberg's Management Roles argued there are ten primary roles that can be used to categorize a
manager's different functions to accomplish work and use skills.
Katz's Skill Management identified three managerial skills essential to successful management:
technical, human, and conceptual.
Drucker's Management by Objectives (MBO) is the process of defining specific objectives within an
organization that management can convey to organization members, then deciding how to achieve
each objective in sequence.
Taylor's Scientific Management is a theory that analyzes and synthesizes workflows, with the main
objective being to improve economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.
You want to convey timely and relevant food and nutrition-related news to the public. All of the
following activities would help you, except:
Attending continuing education meeting and scientific conferences
Reading Food & Nutrition Magazine
Visiting your local bookstore to browse the shelves of diet books, cookbooks and sef-help books
Developing the appropriate marketing mix - CORRECT ANSWER Developing the appropriate
marketing mix
The marketing mix is developed to achieve an organization's objectives and satisfy the target market.
The 4 P's of the marketing mix are product, place, price, and promotion.
When working with the media, it is important to follow professional literature and know what the
public wants to read, view, and hear. Examples include:
Reading Food & Nutrition Magazine
Visiting your local bookstore to browse the shelves of diet books, cookbooks and self-help books
,Attending continuing education meeting and scientific conferences
What can be inferred about a patient with a HgbA1C of 5.7%?
T2DM
Prediabetic
T1DM
GDM - CORRECT ANSWER Prediabetic
Prediabetes is indicated by an HgbA1C of 5.7-6.4, which puts a patient at risk for developing
diabetes.
Diabetes (T1DM/T2DM) is diagnosed by a fasting plasma glucose of ≥126 mg/dL, a glucose
tolerance test of ≥200 mg/dL, or an HgbA1C of ≥ 6.5%.
Gestational diabetes (GDM) is diagnosed at 24-28 weeks of gestation with a glucose tolerance test of
≥140mg/dL to indicate further testing.
Using the chart below and the moving average model, determine the second forecast for the seven-day
moving average.
Day # | #of Patients who selected fish
1 50
2 54
3 60
4 56
5 53
6 63
7 69
8 62
9 64 - CORRECT ANSWER 59.57
The moving average model is a time series method of forecasting where a group of past records are
averaged and used as the forecast. The next forecast (second) is calculated by dropping the first
number and adding the next.
, To solve for the second forecast (total of days 2 through 8): 54+60+56+53+63+69+62 = =
59.57
Which of the following nutritional problems is not common in the elderly?
polypharmacy
sore mouth
hypercholesterolemia
diarrhea - CORRECT ANSWER Diarrhea
The elderly are considered individuals over 65 years of age and are categorized as young old (65-74),
aged (75-84), and oldest old (>85), according to the US Census Bureau. Common nutritional
problems for the elderly include sore mouth, polypharmacy, chronic disease, protein energy
malnutrition, decreased absorption, hypercholesterolemia, and tooth loss.
Diarrhea is not a common nutrition problem; rather, constipation is more common due to decreased
gastric mobility and decreased HCl stomach secretion in the elderly.
Which manager reflects a systems approach to management?
Ted, who formally organizes and administers his employees' work in a scholar principle
Maggie, who considers the external and internal factors before making a decision
Martina, who tells her employees that everyone will be involved in decisions and that they are the
keys to the company's productivity
Jeff, who inspires employees to become leaders and to motivate each other towards the group mission
- CORRECT ANSWER Correct answer: Maggie, who considers the external and internal
factors before making a decision
Maggie uses a systems approach by considering both the external and internal environments that can
impact her company before making a decision or allocating resources.
Ted uses a traditional or classical approach by administering work in a scalar principle, where
authority and responsibility flow in a one-way direction from high to low.
Martha uses a human relations or Theory Z approach by preaching to her employees that everyone is
involved in the decision-making process and that employee involvement is the key to productivity.
Jeff uses a transformational management style where he uses activities to transform inputs to outputs
to link, manage, and build functional systems by inspiring agents of change.
