Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Practice Exam Questions And Answers 100% Verified.

What are SNAP's origins? - correct answer - Great Depression - food stamps; - Piloted Program - food stamps; 1964 - Food Stamp Act - made permanent; 1974 - National rollout What are the purposes of SNAP? - correct answer Provide improved nutrition for low-income households; strengthen the agricultural economy in the US What are some of the characteristics of SNAP? - correct answer An entitlement program; provides monthly coupons to eligible low-income families; which can be used to purchase food; EBT system replaces paper coupons with a benefits card similar to a bankcard; one strength is its ability to respond to local, state, and national economic changes and emergencies; funded by Farm Bill What is the income guideline for SNAP? - correct answer Must be at 130% or below poverty line What is the EBT card used in SNAP called in Texas? - correct answer The Lone Star card What is covered under SNAP? - correct answer Groceries, seeds or plants to produce food What is not covered under SNAP? - correct answer Alcohol, tobacco, non-food items, food eaten in the store What are some health-related trends in relation to SNAP? - correct answer Many participants are overweight or obese, and also experience food insecurity; experts state that average benefit not enough to cover more than 2 weeks of groceries Who does obesity affect more frequently? - correct answer Low-income, women, minorities What are the barriers to nutrition? - correct answer High cost of nutritious foods; not enough benefit dollars to cover cost of nutritious food for the month; not having access to healthy foods nearby - food deserts What are some characteristics of access to healthy food? - correct answer Types of stores are influenced by race, income, rural/urban; more than 1/3 of SNAP participants do not shop in their own neighborhood due to high prices and/or lack of stores What does one additional supermarket or grocery store = for SNAP participants? - correct answer decrease in BMI by .04kg/m Children on SNAP? - correct answer What are the three theories in SNAP? - correct answer Cost of food; feast or famine; stress What is the cost of food theory? - correct answer Energy dense food is cheaper What is the feast or famine theory? - correct answer Benefits start on the 1st; use whole month's benefits in the first week What is the stress theory? - correct answer Overeating because of this What are some criticisms of SNAP? - correct answer Buying high-end items; buying non-nutritious foods; fraud; largest expenditure in Farm Bill What types of market failures are in SNAP? - correct answer Externality - people sell Lone Star Cards to buy drugs; information asymmetry - people are buying food that is not healthy What is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Nutrition Education (SNAP-Ed) - correct answer Assisting SNAP households to implement healthy eating and active lifestyles that are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPlate; how to shop on a small budget; increase food security; safe food handling What is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) - correct answer Provides supplemental foods and nutrition counseling to pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children up to 5; at nutrition risk, children with disabilities What is the purpose of WIC? - correct answer Federally funded to improve health of "at risk" individuals during times of critical development What is the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program? - correct answer Provides fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables to WIC particip