This document is the WGU C458 Health, Wellness and Fitness (OA) Objective Assessment Exam Actual Exam Test Bank, containing questions with correct detailed answers and rationales, already graded A+, covering the full scope of the WGU C458 health, wellness, and fitness objective assessment. The content includes nutrition and macronutrients such as fatty acids, trans fats produced when polyunsaturated oils are hydrogenated, saturated fats that are solid at room temperature and derived mostly from animal sources, unsaturated fats that are liquid at room temperature and derived mostly from plants, triglycerides as the most common form of fat in the body, cholesterol and its accumulation on artery walls, complex carbohydrates and cellulose as the major form of complex carbohydrates, polysaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, simple sugars, glycogen as the polysaccharide storage form of glucose in the liver and muscles, fiber as the indigestible portion of plant foods, and carbohydrates as the basic nutrients supplying energy; proteins and amino acids including amino acids as the building blocks of proteins, essential amino acids that must be obtained from foods, complete proteins containing all nine essential amino acids, incomplete proteins lacking one or more essential amino acids, and proteins as essential constituents of body cells, antibodies, enzymes, and hormones; vitamins, minerals, and supplements including vitamins as essential organic compounds, minerals as inorganic indestructible elements, trace minerals needed in very small amounts, carotenoids as fat-soluble pigment compounds with antioxidant properties, antioxidants protecting against oxidative stress and tissue damage, folate as a B vitamin that decreases homocysteine levels linked to vascular disease, hypervitaminosis from overuse of vitamin supplements, hemochromatosis from excess iron consumption, and anemia from iron deficiency and inability to produce hemoglobin; dietary standards and guidelines including Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA), Dietary Reference Intake (RDI), Adequate Intake (AI), Daily Values (DV), Daily Reference Values (DRV), Reference Daily Intakes (RDI) for 19 vitamins and minerals, and U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances (USRDA) developed by the FDA and USDA, plus calories as a unit of energy measurement; drugs and substance abuse including methamphetamine, heroin, morphine, codeine, opium, narcotics, central nervous system depressants, benzodiazepines, amphetamines, cocaine, crack, freebase, ecstasy, LSD, psychedelics, hallucinogens, PCP, peyote, marijuana, THC, hashish, inhalants, designer drugs, recreational drugs, illicit drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and prescription drugs; routes of administration including oral ingestion, inhalation, injection, and intravenous injection; drug interactions including inhibition, antagonism, synergism, cross-tolerance, and tolerance; tobacco and nicotine including nicotine, nicotine poisoning, nicotine withdrawal, chewing tobacco, snuff, secondhand smoke, tar, carbon monoxide, and emphysema; alcohol including alcohol abuse, alcoholism and alcohol dependency, blood alcohol concentration (BAC), binge drinking, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), cirrhosis, proof, ethyl alcohol (ethanol), and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA); addiction, withdrawal, physiological dependence, drug abuse, drug misuse, and caffeineism; and psychosocial health including stress, distress, eustress, stressors, homeostasis, adaptive response, fight-or-flight response, epinephrine, biofeedback, self-esteem, self-efficacy, self-respect, mental health, emotional health, social health, psychosocial health, general anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, mental illnesses, Alzheimer's disease, senile conditions, psychologist, psychiatrist, and respite care.
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WGU C458 HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FITNESS (OA)
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED
A+
Fatty acids that are produced when polyunsaturated oils are
hydrogenated to make them more solid - ANSWER >>> Trans fats
Compounds that facilitate the transport of cholesterol in the blood to
the liver for metabolism and elimination from the body - ANSWER >>>
High-density lipoproteins (HDL)
Basic nutrients composed of carbon and hydrogen molecules; needed
for the proper functioning of cells, insulation of body organs against
shock, maintenance of body temperature, and healthy skin and hair -
ANSWER >>> Fats
The RDIs and DRVs together make up these, seen on food and
supplement labels - ANSWER >>> Daily values (DV)
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Fiber; major form of complex carbohydrates - ANSWER >>> Cellulose
Essential organic compounds that promote growth and reproduction
and help maintain life and health - ANSWER >>> Vitamins
The average daily intakes of energy and nutrients considered adequate
to meet the needs of most healthy people in the United States under
usual conditions - ANSWER >>> Recommended Dietary Allowances
(RDA)
A set of nutritional values, new combined listing, including more than
26 essential vitamins and minerals, that apply to healthy people -
ANSWER >>> Dietary Reference Intake (RDI)
Fats that are unable to hold anymore hydrogen in their chemical
structure; derived mostly from animal sources; solid at room
temperature - ANSWER >>> Saturated fats
Dietary guidelines developed by the FDA and the USDA - ANSWER >>>
U. S. Recommended Daily Allowances (USRDA)
A form of fat circulating in the blood that can accumulate on the inner
walls of arteries - ANSWER >>> Cholesterol
Best estimates of nutritional needs - ANSWER >>> Adequate intake (AI)
A complex carbohydrate formed by the combination of long chains of
saccharides - ANSWER >>> Polysaccharide
Iron toxicity due to excess consumption - ANSWER >>>
Hemochromatosis