MNT I Practice Questions with Correct
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The oral cavity is an important region to evaluate during an NFPE since the high
turnover of cells allows for early detection of nutrient deficiencies. T or F - ✔✔True
The most common component of the nutrition-focused physical exam used by RDs is:
visual inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation - ✔✔visual inspection
observation of food intake through calorie counts obtained in the inpatient hospital
setting is highly correlated with usual intake T or F - ✔✔False
Clinical characteristics that the RD can obtain and document to support the diagnosis of
malnutrition in adults based on current guidelines include which of the following:
weight loss, albumin, insufficient energy intake; weight loss, albumin, reduced hand
grip strength; albumin, insufficient energy intake, reduced hand grip strength; weight
loss, insufficient energy intake, reduced hand grip strength. - ✔✔weight loss,
insufficient energy intake, reduced hand grip strength
Waist circumference measurement contributes to a nutrition assessment because: waist
circumference helps to determine BMI; waist circumference is necessary for
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, malnutrition diagnosis; waist circumference is associated with cardiometabolic risk;
waist circumference classifies obesity - ✔✔waist circumference is associated with cardio
metabolic risk
The expected relationship between body mass index and body fat may be confounded
in the setting of: thinness, obesity, weight loss, or edema - ✔✔edema
In the setting of illness, which might be the most useful to assess baseline nutritional
status? serum albumin and pre albumin; skin evaluation for wounds; presence of
temporal muscle wasting; weight after fluid resuscitation. - ✔✔presence of temporal
muscle wasting
Dry weight is: weight when thirsty; weight after 10% of excess body fluid has been
removed; weight at which the patient has hypertension or hypotension; weight prior to
fluid retention. - ✔✔weight prior to fluid retention
One difference between the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) and the Malnutrition
Universal Screening Tool (MUST) is: The MST assesses unintentional weight loss and
the MUST does not; the MST assesses BMI and the MUST does not; the MST assesses
the presence of acute disease and the MUST does not: The MST assesses change in
appetite while the MUST does not. - ✔✔The MST assessed change in appetite while the
MUST does not
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The oral cavity is an important region to evaluate during an NFPE since the high
turnover of cells allows for early detection of nutrient deficiencies. T or F - ✔✔True
The most common component of the nutrition-focused physical exam used by RDs is:
visual inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation - ✔✔visual inspection
observation of food intake through calorie counts obtained in the inpatient hospital
setting is highly correlated with usual intake T or F - ✔✔False
Clinical characteristics that the RD can obtain and document to support the diagnosis of
malnutrition in adults based on current guidelines include which of the following:
weight loss, albumin, insufficient energy intake; weight loss, albumin, reduced hand
grip strength; albumin, insufficient energy intake, reduced hand grip strength; weight
loss, insufficient energy intake, reduced hand grip strength. - ✔✔weight loss,
insufficient energy intake, reduced hand grip strength
Waist circumference measurement contributes to a nutrition assessment because: waist
circumference helps to determine BMI; waist circumference is necessary for
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, malnutrition diagnosis; waist circumference is associated with cardiometabolic risk;
waist circumference classifies obesity - ✔✔waist circumference is associated with cardio
metabolic risk
The expected relationship between body mass index and body fat may be confounded
in the setting of: thinness, obesity, weight loss, or edema - ✔✔edema
In the setting of illness, which might be the most useful to assess baseline nutritional
status? serum albumin and pre albumin; skin evaluation for wounds; presence of
temporal muscle wasting; weight after fluid resuscitation. - ✔✔presence of temporal
muscle wasting
Dry weight is: weight when thirsty; weight after 10% of excess body fluid has been
removed; weight at which the patient has hypertension or hypotension; weight prior to
fluid retention. - ✔✔weight prior to fluid retention
One difference between the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) and the Malnutrition
Universal Screening Tool (MUST) is: The MST assesses unintentional weight loss and
the MUST does not; the MST assesses BMI and the MUST does not; the MST assesses
the presence of acute disease and the MUST does not: The MST assesses change in
appetite while the MUST does not. - ✔✔The MST assessed change in appetite while the
MUST does not
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