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WGU NUTRITION D440 2025
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
|FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
|RECENTLY TESTING REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS|VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (100%
CORRECT!)
What two work together?
Ans: Calcium and vitamin D
Calcium deficiency can cause what?
Ans: Rickets, osteoporosis, chvostek's sign, trousseau's sign
Foods high in calcium
Ans: Milk and milk products, orange juice, salmon, sardines,
soybeans, tofu, collard greens, beets, kale, broccoli, cream of
wheat
Food sources of phosphorous
Ans: High protein food like milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat,
and fish
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High sodium=
Ans: Low potassium
Avoid what while increasing sodium?
Ans: k+ foods
Food sources of potassium
Ans: Bananas, oranges, dried prunes, sweet potatoes, spinach,
avocado, raisins, milk, yogurt, beans, clams, halibut and kidney
beans
Food sources of magnesium
Ans: Nuts, soybeans, legumes, whole grains, cocoa, spinach,
oats
Low Sodium (Hyponatremia) is seen in patients with
Ans: Kidney disease, adrenal crisis, heart failure, diuretics
Foods high in sodium
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Ans: Processed foods, fast food, junk, packaged food, and
dressing and condiments
What increases iron absorption?
Ans: Vitamin C
Sources of iron
Ans: Liver, pork, chicken, beef, enriched grains, dark green
leafy veg, oysters, soybeans, tofu, molasses
Food sources for folate vitamin B9
Ans: Asparagus, edamame, spinach, orange juice, chicken and
turkey liver, chickpeas, garbanzo beans, legumes, YOGURT,
ready to eat Quaker cereals
Iodine deficiencies are
Ans: Goiter, cretinism, and hypothyroidism
Sources of iodine
Ans: Seafood, seaweed, shellfish and table salt
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WGU NUTRITION D440 2025
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
|FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
|RECENTLY TESTING REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS|VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (100%
CORRECT!)
What two work together?
Ans: Calcium and vitamin D
Calcium deficiency can cause what?
Ans: Rickets, osteoporosis, chvostek's sign, trousseau's sign
Foods high in calcium
Ans: Milk and milk products, orange juice, salmon, sardines,
soybeans, tofu, collard greens, beets, kale, broccoli, cream of
wheat
Food sources of phosphorous
Ans: High protein food like milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat,
and fish
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High sodium=
Ans: Low potassium
Avoid what while increasing sodium?
Ans: k+ foods
Food sources of potassium
Ans: Bananas, oranges, dried prunes, sweet potatoes, spinach,
avocado, raisins, milk, yogurt, beans, clams, halibut and kidney
beans
Food sources of magnesium
Ans: Nuts, soybeans, legumes, whole grains, cocoa, spinach,
oats
Low Sodium (Hyponatremia) is seen in patients with
Ans: Kidney disease, adrenal crisis, heart failure, diuretics
Foods high in sodium
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Ans: Processed foods, fast food, junk, packaged food, and
dressing and condiments
What increases iron absorption?
Ans: Vitamin C
Sources of iron
Ans: Liver, pork, chicken, beef, enriched grains, dark green
leafy veg, oysters, soybeans, tofu, molasses
Food sources for folate vitamin B9
Ans: Asparagus, edamame, spinach, orange juice, chicken and
turkey liver, chickpeas, garbanzo beans, legumes, YOGURT,
ready to eat Quaker cereals
Iodine deficiencies are
Ans: Goiter, cretinism, and hypothyroidism
Sources of iodine
Ans: Seafood, seaweed, shellfish and table salt
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