MNT II Test 2 Questions and Answers
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Which of the following foods is easiest to swallow for patients experiencing difficulty
swallowing? - ✔✔Cool, soft-textured foods with sauce or gravy
Damage to which of the following cranial nerves will likely affect the ability to eat food?
- ✔✔Glossopharyngeal (IX) nerve
Which of the following requires the greatest coordination and control in order to
swallow? - ✔✔Liquids of thin consistency
Which of the following can occur with impaired swallowing? - ✔✔Aspiration
pneumonia.
Because of potential drug-nutrient interactions, it would be more beneficial to provide
the majority of their dietary protein to patients with Parkinson disease - ✔✔with the
evening meal
How may phenobarbital, used for anticonvulsant therapy, interfere with the intestinal
absorption of calcium? - ✔✔It increases the metabolism of vitamin D in the liver
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, The guideline for use of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in patients with
neurologic disease or disorders is to use - ✔✔With patients whose swallowing function
will not ensure adequate nutritional intake.
Which of the following can result from thiamin deficiency? - ✔✔Wernicke-Korsakoff
syndrome
A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has a rating of 3 or 4 on the
swallowing severity scale. Which of the following interventions would be
recommended in the medical nutrition therapy plan? - ✔✔Supplemental tube feedings
Which of the following is NOT true of head-injured patients? - ✔✔They have decreased
energy needs
For which condition might a ketogenic diet be used in treatment? - ✔✔Epilepsy
Which of the following is the inability to perform purposeful, complex movements,
although no sensory or motor impairment is evident? - ✔✔Apraxia
Which of the following is characterized by a cholesterol plaque within an artery that
ruptures and promotes platelet aggregation to clog an already narrowed artery? -
✔✔Thrombotic stroke
Sensory deficits of limbs on the opposite of the body that result from occlusion of the
middle cerebral artery on one side of the brain are known as - ✔✔Hemiparesis
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Which of the following foods is easiest to swallow for patients experiencing difficulty
swallowing? - ✔✔Cool, soft-textured foods with sauce or gravy
Damage to which of the following cranial nerves will likely affect the ability to eat food?
- ✔✔Glossopharyngeal (IX) nerve
Which of the following requires the greatest coordination and control in order to
swallow? - ✔✔Liquids of thin consistency
Which of the following can occur with impaired swallowing? - ✔✔Aspiration
pneumonia.
Because of potential drug-nutrient interactions, it would be more beneficial to provide
the majority of their dietary protein to patients with Parkinson disease - ✔✔with the
evening meal
How may phenobarbital, used for anticonvulsant therapy, interfere with the intestinal
absorption of calcium? - ✔✔It increases the metabolism of vitamin D in the liver
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, The guideline for use of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in patients with
neurologic disease or disorders is to use - ✔✔With patients whose swallowing function
will not ensure adequate nutritional intake.
Which of the following can result from thiamin deficiency? - ✔✔Wernicke-Korsakoff
syndrome
A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has a rating of 3 or 4 on the
swallowing severity scale. Which of the following interventions would be
recommended in the medical nutrition therapy plan? - ✔✔Supplemental tube feedings
Which of the following is NOT true of head-injured patients? - ✔✔They have decreased
energy needs
For which condition might a ketogenic diet be used in treatment? - ✔✔Epilepsy
Which of the following is the inability to perform purposeful, complex movements,
although no sensory or motor impairment is evident? - ✔✔Apraxia
Which of the following is characterized by a cholesterol plaque within an artery that
ruptures and promotes platelet aggregation to clog an already narrowed artery? -
✔✔Thrombotic stroke
Sensory deficits of limbs on the opposite of the body that result from occlusion of the
middle cerebral artery on one side of the brain are known as - ✔✔Hemiparesis
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