HCCS VNSG 1216 EXAM 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Health Promotion - CORRECT ANSWER - The active engagement in behaviors or
programs that advance positive well being.
Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWER - The sum of all processes involved with the intake of
nutrients as well as assimilating and using them to maintain body tissue and provide energy. A
foundation for life and health
Nutrition Science - CORRECT ANSWER - the body of science developed through
controlled reresearch that relates to the process involved in nutrition
Dietics - CORRECT ANSWER - The management of the diet and the use of food
Registered Dietician - CORRECT ANSWER - A professional dietician who has passed
examinations administered by the commission on Diet Registration.
Health - CORRECT ANSWER - A state of optimal well being.
Metabolisn - CORRECT ANSWER - The sum of all body processes for which the body
maintains itself and produces energy.
Glycogen - CORRECT ANSWER - A polysaccharide. The main storage form of
carbohydrate in the body.
Kilocalorie (Kcal) - CORRECT ANSWER - Unit of heat measurement
, Amino Acids - CORRECT ANSWER - Nitrogen bearing compounds that form the
structural units of protien.
DRI - CORRECT ANSWER - Dietary Reference Intake: Nutrient Reccomentations for
each gender and age group.
RDA - CORRECT ANSWER - Reccomended Daily Allowances: Reccomended nutrient
intake for population groups accodring to age and gener with defined weight and height.
MyPlate - CORRECT ANSWER - Visual pattern of the five food groups.
Photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER - The process by which plants that contain
clorophyl manufacture carbohydrates.
Saccharide - CORRECT ANSWER - The chemical name for sugar molecules
Simple Carbohydrates - CORRECT ANSWER - Sugars with a simple structure of one or
two single structre units. Mono and Disaccharide
Complex Carbohydrates - CORRECT ANSWER - Large complex molecules of
carbohydrates with many sugar units. Polysaccharides (Starch, glycogen, and Fiber)
Three Monosaccharides - CORRECT ANSWER - Glucose (Basic Single Sugar in
Humans), Fructose (From fruit), Galactose (From milk digestion)
Sucrose (Common Table Sugar), Lactose (Milk Sugar), Maltose (Made by the body from
breakdown of starch) - CORRECT ANSWER - Three Disaccharides
Glycogen - CORRECT ANSWER - The body stores carbohydrates as _________ .
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Health Promotion - CORRECT ANSWER - The active engagement in behaviors or
programs that advance positive well being.
Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWER - The sum of all processes involved with the intake of
nutrients as well as assimilating and using them to maintain body tissue and provide energy. A
foundation for life and health
Nutrition Science - CORRECT ANSWER - the body of science developed through
controlled reresearch that relates to the process involved in nutrition
Dietics - CORRECT ANSWER - The management of the diet and the use of food
Registered Dietician - CORRECT ANSWER - A professional dietician who has passed
examinations administered by the commission on Diet Registration.
Health - CORRECT ANSWER - A state of optimal well being.
Metabolisn - CORRECT ANSWER - The sum of all body processes for which the body
maintains itself and produces energy.
Glycogen - CORRECT ANSWER - A polysaccharide. The main storage form of
carbohydrate in the body.
Kilocalorie (Kcal) - CORRECT ANSWER - Unit of heat measurement
, Amino Acids - CORRECT ANSWER - Nitrogen bearing compounds that form the
structural units of protien.
DRI - CORRECT ANSWER - Dietary Reference Intake: Nutrient Reccomentations for
each gender and age group.
RDA - CORRECT ANSWER - Reccomended Daily Allowances: Reccomended nutrient
intake for population groups accodring to age and gener with defined weight and height.
MyPlate - CORRECT ANSWER - Visual pattern of the five food groups.
Photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER - The process by which plants that contain
clorophyl manufacture carbohydrates.
Saccharide - CORRECT ANSWER - The chemical name for sugar molecules
Simple Carbohydrates - CORRECT ANSWER - Sugars with a simple structure of one or
two single structre units. Mono and Disaccharide
Complex Carbohydrates - CORRECT ANSWER - Large complex molecules of
carbohydrates with many sugar units. Polysaccharides (Starch, glycogen, and Fiber)
Three Monosaccharides - CORRECT ANSWER - Glucose (Basic Single Sugar in
Humans), Fructose (From fruit), Galactose (From milk digestion)
Sucrose (Common Table Sugar), Lactose (Milk Sugar), Maltose (Made by the body from
breakdown of starch) - CORRECT ANSWER - Three Disaccharides
Glycogen - CORRECT ANSWER - The body stores carbohydrates as _________ .
