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FSHN 101 Final Exam Practice Questions and
Answers
What organization is responsible for the development of the Dietary Reference Intakes? - Ans:✔✔-Food
and Nutrition Board
If a person is clinically diagnosed with Vitamin B deficiency, which of the following statements is true? -
Ans:✔✔-The person is consuming too much Vitamin C
The food and Nutrition Board was originally formed because... - Ans:✔✔-of the result of deficiency
symptoms observed in soldiers during world war 2
The recommended dietary allowance for a nutrient is set at ____, whereas the recommended energy
requirement is_____ - Ans:✔✔-set two standard deviations above the average, set at the average
requirement of the population
What is the new philosophy used to update the Dietary Reference Intake values? - Ans:✔✔-Updating the
DRIs will be done when nutrient values come into question because of new research findings
The food and Nutrition Board recommends consumption be "as low as possible while consuming a
nutritionally adequate diet" for all of the following macronutrients EXCEPT - Ans:✔✔-dietary cholestrol
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What is the most probable effect of consuming the RDA for protein using a low quality protein, such
gelatin, your only source of protein? - Ans:✔✔-you will become protein deficient
What is the least expensive source of food energy - Ans:✔✔-carbohydrates
what is a nonnutritive source of kcals - Ans:✔✔-alcohol
what is essential in the diet, but contributes no kcals - Ans:✔✔-water
All of the following statements are true regarding the amount needed and the absorption ingested
micronutrients, except - Ans:✔✔-the chemical state of a vitamin or mineral in a food does not affect its
bioavailability
Where is the surface area of a food increased - Ans:✔✔-mouth
where is the consumed food transformed into chyme - Ans:✔✔-stomach
the most nutrients we consume are absorbed where - Ans:✔✔-small intestine
the name of the condition caused by stomach acid backing up and irradiating the esophagus - Ans:✔✔-
heartburn
what is the name of the process that conveys partially digested food through the intestine - Ans:✔✔-
peristalis
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what is the mechanism that requires a carrier protein but no energy - Ans:✔✔-facilitated passive
absorption
what does sodium bicarbonate do - Ans:✔✔-neutralize acid
what is the major difference between digestible and non digestible CHOs - Ans:✔✔-non digestible CHOs
are fermented in the large intestine by gut microflora and digestible CHOs are broken down during
digestion and absorbed in the small intestine
during digestion, what are carbs broken down into - Ans:✔✔-monosaccharides
during digestion, what are protein broken down into - Ans:✔✔-amino acids
during digestion, lipids are broken down in to - Ans:✔✔-fatty acids and monoglycerids
the target audience for the 2015 dietary guidelines for american is - Ans:✔✔-individuals ages 2 years and
older and their families
according to my plate, fruits and vegetables should take up how much of your plate - Ans:✔✔-half
T/F
a relatively new, but increasing problem for americans is the combination of obesity and malnutrition -
Ans:✔✔-true
T/F
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FSHN 101 Final Exam Practice Questions and
Answers
What organization is responsible for the development of the Dietary Reference Intakes? - Ans:✔✔-Food
and Nutrition Board
If a person is clinically diagnosed with Vitamin B deficiency, which of the following statements is true? -
Ans:✔✔-The person is consuming too much Vitamin C
The food and Nutrition Board was originally formed because... - Ans:✔✔-of the result of deficiency
symptoms observed in soldiers during world war 2
The recommended dietary allowance for a nutrient is set at ____, whereas the recommended energy
requirement is_____ - Ans:✔✔-set two standard deviations above the average, set at the average
requirement of the population
What is the new philosophy used to update the Dietary Reference Intake values? - Ans:✔✔-Updating the
DRIs will be done when nutrient values come into question because of new research findings
The food and Nutrition Board recommends consumption be "as low as possible while consuming a
nutritionally adequate diet" for all of the following macronutrients EXCEPT - Ans:✔✔-dietary cholestrol
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What is the most probable effect of consuming the RDA for protein using a low quality protein, such
gelatin, your only source of protein? - Ans:✔✔-you will become protein deficient
What is the least expensive source of food energy - Ans:✔✔-carbohydrates
what is a nonnutritive source of kcals - Ans:✔✔-alcohol
what is essential in the diet, but contributes no kcals - Ans:✔✔-water
All of the following statements are true regarding the amount needed and the absorption ingested
micronutrients, except - Ans:✔✔-the chemical state of a vitamin or mineral in a food does not affect its
bioavailability
Where is the surface area of a food increased - Ans:✔✔-mouth
where is the consumed food transformed into chyme - Ans:✔✔-stomach
the most nutrients we consume are absorbed where - Ans:✔✔-small intestine
the name of the condition caused by stomach acid backing up and irradiating the esophagus - Ans:✔✔-
heartburn
what is the name of the process that conveys partially digested food through the intestine - Ans:✔✔-
peristalis
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what is the mechanism that requires a carrier protein but no energy - Ans:✔✔-facilitated passive
absorption
what does sodium bicarbonate do - Ans:✔✔-neutralize acid
what is the major difference between digestible and non digestible CHOs - Ans:✔✔-non digestible CHOs
are fermented in the large intestine by gut microflora and digestible CHOs are broken down during
digestion and absorbed in the small intestine
during digestion, what are carbs broken down into - Ans:✔✔-monosaccharides
during digestion, what are protein broken down into - Ans:✔✔-amino acids
during digestion, lipids are broken down in to - Ans:✔✔-fatty acids and monoglycerids
the target audience for the 2015 dietary guidelines for american is - Ans:✔✔-individuals ages 2 years and
older and their families
according to my plate, fruits and vegetables should take up how much of your plate - Ans:✔✔-half
T/F
a relatively new, but increasing problem for americans is the combination of obesity and malnutrition -
Ans:✔✔-true
T/F
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