NUTR 430 Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+
T/F The CDC, FDA, and AAP claim there are health benefits from drinking raw milk - Answers False
(can cause e-coli, no health benefits)
What is an argument for raw milk from a libertarian perspectives? - Answers Personal choice
T/F The sell of raw milk is regulated the same as pasteurized milk - Answers False
(not regulated)
What is argument for raw milk from a moral perspective? - Answers Religious groups against
pasteurization
What is a public health milk against drinking/the sell of raw milk? - Answers Severe health risks
What are some factors contributing to poverty? - Answers Unremployed
Uneducated
Immigrants
Homeless
Food insecure
Social isolation
Limited health care
How does not having a job put people at nutritional risk? - Answers Lack of resources
SPM - Answers Supplemental Poverty Measure
How could lack of education put people at nutritional risk? - Answers Unable to manage resources
How does being an immigrant put people at nutritional risk? - Answers Unaware of resources
A set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition. Definitive marker of poverty
in the US. - Answers Official Poverty Threshold
Who makes and monitors poverty threshold? - Answers Census Bureau
The only official segment of the population defined by income? - Answers Poverty threshold
T/F Poverty threshold is adjusted by number of people in a household and inflation. - Answers True
Which of these takes into account other individuals who may share resources (i.e. - doesn't assume all
people living together w/ some relation share income):
,Poverty Threshold or SPM? - Answers SPM
Which of these takes into account government benefits and necessary expenses, as opposed to only
case income?
Poverty Threshold or SPM - Answers SPM
Which of these is based on cost of food and is not geographically sensitive?
Poverty Threshold or SPM - Answers Poverty Threshold
Are older or younger people more likely to be in poverty? - Answers Younger
Are males or females more likely to be in poverty? - Answers Female
Ratio of household income to the poverty threshold - Answers Poverty Income Ratio (PIR)
What does a PIR <1 indicate? - Answers Household below poverty threshold
If income is < 1.25 times the threshold, what does that mean? - Answers Below 125% of poverty
Simplified version of the Poverty Threshold (NOT SPM) that is used for administrative purposes and
programs - Answers Federal Poverty Guideline
Who establishes the Poverty Guidelines? - Answers Department of Health and Human Services (Federal
Register)
T/F Poverty Guidelines reflect prices of the current year - Answers False
(previous year)
Poverty Guidelines are also know as - Answers Federal Poverty Level
What is the difference between entitlement programs and non-open ended programs? - Answers
Entitlement means government has to provide if you qualify
What main entitlement programs use the poverty guidelines? - Answers SNAP
NSLP
Medicaid (certain parts)
Medicare
Veteran programs
T/F WIC is an entitlement program - Answers False
, Census tracts or block numbering areas (BNA's) where at least 20% of residents are below the poverty
level - Answers Poverty areas
T/F The Census Bureau uses the term "working poor" to describe people that have worked but still fall
under the official definition of poverty - Answers False
(Census Bureau does not use this term)
What is the term to describe those with less access to food that end up being obese? - Answers Food
Insecurity-Obesity Paradox
Which gender is more likely to be overweight or obese while insecure than their food secure
counterparts? - Answers Women
What are some outcomes that poverty as an exposure might influence? - Answers Premature death
Infant mortality
Hospitalizations
Less money for food
Poor health
How many Americans does the HUD estimate are homeless? - Answers 1.64 million (1 in 200)
What are some characteristics associated with homeless adults? - Answers Mentally ill (28%)
Disabled (22%)
Employed (18%)
Domestic violence victims (15%)
Veterans (13%)
HIV positive (3%)
Living in a remote areas or lacking social support - Answers Isolation
Living where there is a lack of transportation or lack of access to food - Answers Georgraphic Isolation
In major cities, who conducts annual physical counts of all the homeless people - Answers Conference of
Mayors
Where did many of the studies regarding food insecurity begin? - Answers Cornell
Which is more of an objective term: food insecurity or hunger? - Answers Food Insecurity
T/F The CDC, FDA, and AAP claim there are health benefits from drinking raw milk - Answers False
(can cause e-coli, no health benefits)
What is an argument for raw milk from a libertarian perspectives? - Answers Personal choice
T/F The sell of raw milk is regulated the same as pasteurized milk - Answers False
(not regulated)
What is argument for raw milk from a moral perspective? - Answers Religious groups against
pasteurization
What is a public health milk against drinking/the sell of raw milk? - Answers Severe health risks
What are some factors contributing to poverty? - Answers Unremployed
Uneducated
Immigrants
Homeless
Food insecure
Social isolation
Limited health care
How does not having a job put people at nutritional risk? - Answers Lack of resources
SPM - Answers Supplemental Poverty Measure
How could lack of education put people at nutritional risk? - Answers Unable to manage resources
How does being an immigrant put people at nutritional risk? - Answers Unaware of resources
A set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition. Definitive marker of poverty
in the US. - Answers Official Poverty Threshold
Who makes and monitors poverty threshold? - Answers Census Bureau
The only official segment of the population defined by income? - Answers Poverty threshold
T/F Poverty threshold is adjusted by number of people in a household and inflation. - Answers True
Which of these takes into account other individuals who may share resources (i.e. - doesn't assume all
people living together w/ some relation share income):
,Poverty Threshold or SPM? - Answers SPM
Which of these takes into account government benefits and necessary expenses, as opposed to only
case income?
Poverty Threshold or SPM - Answers SPM
Which of these is based on cost of food and is not geographically sensitive?
Poverty Threshold or SPM - Answers Poverty Threshold
Are older or younger people more likely to be in poverty? - Answers Younger
Are males or females more likely to be in poverty? - Answers Female
Ratio of household income to the poverty threshold - Answers Poverty Income Ratio (PIR)
What does a PIR <1 indicate? - Answers Household below poverty threshold
If income is < 1.25 times the threshold, what does that mean? - Answers Below 125% of poverty
Simplified version of the Poverty Threshold (NOT SPM) that is used for administrative purposes and
programs - Answers Federal Poverty Guideline
Who establishes the Poverty Guidelines? - Answers Department of Health and Human Services (Federal
Register)
T/F Poverty Guidelines reflect prices of the current year - Answers False
(previous year)
Poverty Guidelines are also know as - Answers Federal Poverty Level
What is the difference between entitlement programs and non-open ended programs? - Answers
Entitlement means government has to provide if you qualify
What main entitlement programs use the poverty guidelines? - Answers SNAP
NSLP
Medicaid (certain parts)
Medicare
Veteran programs
T/F WIC is an entitlement program - Answers False
, Census tracts or block numbering areas (BNA's) where at least 20% of residents are below the poverty
level - Answers Poverty areas
T/F The Census Bureau uses the term "working poor" to describe people that have worked but still fall
under the official definition of poverty - Answers False
(Census Bureau does not use this term)
What is the term to describe those with less access to food that end up being obese? - Answers Food
Insecurity-Obesity Paradox
Which gender is more likely to be overweight or obese while insecure than their food secure
counterparts? - Answers Women
What are some outcomes that poverty as an exposure might influence? - Answers Premature death
Infant mortality
Hospitalizations
Less money for food
Poor health
How many Americans does the HUD estimate are homeless? - Answers 1.64 million (1 in 200)
What are some characteristics associated with homeless adults? - Answers Mentally ill (28%)
Disabled (22%)
Employed (18%)
Domestic violence victims (15%)
Veterans (13%)
HIV positive (3%)
Living in a remote areas or lacking social support - Answers Isolation
Living where there is a lack of transportation or lack of access to food - Answers Georgraphic Isolation
In major cities, who conducts annual physical counts of all the homeless people - Answers Conference of
Mayors
Where did many of the studies regarding food insecurity begin? - Answers Cornell
Which is more of an objective term: food insecurity or hunger? - Answers Food Insecurity
