Sample CDRE exam questions well
answered graded A+
a. Three times a week for 4 hours - correct answer ✔✔ A patient recently diagnosed with end-
stage renal disease begins hemodialysis treatments at an outpatient dialysis center. Which
frequency and duration of dialysis is most typical?
a. Three times a week for 4 hours correct
b. Two times a week for 2.5 hours
c. Four times a week for 2 hours
d. Once a week for 3 hours
b. PNSS
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES
Pregnancy Nutritional Surveillance System (PNSS)
The Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS)
National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) story telling - correct answer ✔✔ A hospital wants to
gain insight on the nutritional status and nutritional-related health measures for low-income,
high-risk pregnant women. What survey would provide the appropriate information on this
population?
a. NHANES
b. PNSS
c. PedNSS
d. NSI
d. Adults
The nutrition education goal appropriate for adults is enhancing knowledge and skills to
improve their diet and decrease their physiological risk of developing chronic diseases. Since
,adults become more focused on longevity as they age, they become more aware that improving
their diet will lead to healthier lifestyle. - correct answer ✔✔ The nutrition education goal of
enhancing one's knowledge to improve diet and decrease risk of developing chronic disease is
most appropriate for which age group?
a. Preschoolers
b. Adolescents
c. Seniors
d. Adults
a. Gelatinization
Gelatinization is a process of breaking down the intermolecular bonds of starch molecules in the
presence of water and heat, allowing the hydrogen bonding sites (the hydroxyl hydrogen and
oxygen) to engage more water. This irreversibly dissolves the starch granule in water. - correct
answer ✔✔ Fruits such as pineapple and papaya have enzymes that prevents ______________.
a. Gelatinization
b. Gelation
c. None of the options
d. Dextrinization
a. Increased referrals from the client
Increased chances of referrals from the client would not result from a dual relationship. A dual
relationship is a situation where multiple roles exist between the dietitian and a client. Dual
relationships are important to understand because of their ethical implications, particularly
when dual relationship scenarios involve a conflict of interest. One of the major disadvantages
of this relationship is the possible development of a sexual relationship with the client. - correct
answer ✔✔ In terms of ethical and professional behaviour, all of the following may occur as a
result of a dual relationship between the dietitian and the client, except:
a. Increased referrals from the client
b. Conflict of interest
c. Blurred boundaries
,d. Enhanced potential for client abuse
b. Lacto-ovo
A lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet is a primarily plant-based diet which avoids all animal flesh, but do
consume dairy and egg products. A strict lacto-vegetarian avoids animal flesh and eggs, but
would consume dairy products. A strict ovo-vegetarian avoids all animal products except eggs.
Macrobiotic diet: The main foods in a macrobiotic diet are whole grains, local fresh veggies, sea
veggies, and beans. You can also eat seasonal fruits, nuts, seeds, and white fish two to three
times per week. You do not eat meat, dairy, and most other animal products, certain fruits and
veggies, and some common drinks. - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following diets
substitutes grains, nuts, legumes, meat for fruits, vegetables, soy, eggs and dairy products?
a. Vegetarian
b. Lacto-ovo
c. Macrobiotic
d. Vegan
b. All of the options
Cream cheese, beans and cured meats are high in fat content. Food from animal sources contain
high amounts of fat when compared to vegetables or fruit. - correct answer ✔✔ A dietitian
teaches the necessity of a low-fat diet to a patient with malabsorption syndrome. The dietitian
develops a list of high-fat foods to avoid and should include the following food items on the list:
a. Cured meats
b. All of the options
c. Cream cheese
d. Beans
c. Information consists of a professional opinion
, At an individual's request, health information custodians (HICs) must notify others who have
received the incorrect or disputed information. However, the notification need only be made
where reasonably possible, and the HIC can refuse to give the notification if the correction
cannot reasonably be expected to have an effect on the ongoing provision of health care or
some other benefit to the individual. PHIPA states that you are not required to change a record
upon request if it consists of a professional opinion or observation that a HIC has made in good
faith about the individual. - correct answer ✔✔ PHIPA provides for a broad right of health
information custodians (HICs) to correct errors in their records. Which of the following requests
does PHIPA provides grounds for refusing?
a. The request is made in good faith
b. Observation made in bad faith
c. Information consists of a professional opinion
d. HIC created the record
c. No, the rate should be changed to 90 mL/hr to meet his estimated needs - correct answer
✔✔ Rebecca is a clinical dietitian assisting with tube feeding for multiple elderly patients. Gary,
a 82-year-old male requires a tube-feeding initiation. The tube feeding is running continuously
at 80 mL/hr and provides 1,000 calories, 64 grams of protein, and 840 mL of water per 1,000 mL
of formula. The patient requires 2,000 calories and 135 grams of protein.
Does the current rate meet Gary's estimated needs?
a. No, the rate should be changed to 85 mL/hr to meet his estimated needs
b. Yes but the feed should be changed to a 12-hour cyclic rate
c. No, the rate should be changed to 90 mL/hr to meet his estimated needs
d. Yes, the current rate meets his needs
d. Compare nutrients provided by volume of formula to the DRIs
These comparisons will give the dietitian the information needed to decide if the tube feeds
meet client requirements. - correct answer ✔✔ Rebecca is a clinical dietitian assisting with tube
feeding for multiple elderly patients. Gary, a 82-year-old male requires a tube-feeding initiation.
answered graded A+
a. Three times a week for 4 hours - correct answer ✔✔ A patient recently diagnosed with end-
stage renal disease begins hemodialysis treatments at an outpatient dialysis center. Which
frequency and duration of dialysis is most typical?
a. Three times a week for 4 hours correct
b. Two times a week for 2.5 hours
c. Four times a week for 2 hours
d. Once a week for 3 hours
b. PNSS
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES
Pregnancy Nutritional Surveillance System (PNSS)
The Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS)
National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) story telling - correct answer ✔✔ A hospital wants to
gain insight on the nutritional status and nutritional-related health measures for low-income,
high-risk pregnant women. What survey would provide the appropriate information on this
population?
a. NHANES
b. PNSS
c. PedNSS
d. NSI
d. Adults
The nutrition education goal appropriate for adults is enhancing knowledge and skills to
improve their diet and decrease their physiological risk of developing chronic diseases. Since
,adults become more focused on longevity as they age, they become more aware that improving
their diet will lead to healthier lifestyle. - correct answer ✔✔ The nutrition education goal of
enhancing one's knowledge to improve diet and decrease risk of developing chronic disease is
most appropriate for which age group?
a. Preschoolers
b. Adolescents
c. Seniors
d. Adults
a. Gelatinization
Gelatinization is a process of breaking down the intermolecular bonds of starch molecules in the
presence of water and heat, allowing the hydrogen bonding sites (the hydroxyl hydrogen and
oxygen) to engage more water. This irreversibly dissolves the starch granule in water. - correct
answer ✔✔ Fruits such as pineapple and papaya have enzymes that prevents ______________.
a. Gelatinization
b. Gelation
c. None of the options
d. Dextrinization
a. Increased referrals from the client
Increased chances of referrals from the client would not result from a dual relationship. A dual
relationship is a situation where multiple roles exist between the dietitian and a client. Dual
relationships are important to understand because of their ethical implications, particularly
when dual relationship scenarios involve a conflict of interest. One of the major disadvantages
of this relationship is the possible development of a sexual relationship with the client. - correct
answer ✔✔ In terms of ethical and professional behaviour, all of the following may occur as a
result of a dual relationship between the dietitian and the client, except:
a. Increased referrals from the client
b. Conflict of interest
c. Blurred boundaries
,d. Enhanced potential for client abuse
b. Lacto-ovo
A lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet is a primarily plant-based diet which avoids all animal flesh, but do
consume dairy and egg products. A strict lacto-vegetarian avoids animal flesh and eggs, but
would consume dairy products. A strict ovo-vegetarian avoids all animal products except eggs.
Macrobiotic diet: The main foods in a macrobiotic diet are whole grains, local fresh veggies, sea
veggies, and beans. You can also eat seasonal fruits, nuts, seeds, and white fish two to three
times per week. You do not eat meat, dairy, and most other animal products, certain fruits and
veggies, and some common drinks. - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following diets
substitutes grains, nuts, legumes, meat for fruits, vegetables, soy, eggs and dairy products?
a. Vegetarian
b. Lacto-ovo
c. Macrobiotic
d. Vegan
b. All of the options
Cream cheese, beans and cured meats are high in fat content. Food from animal sources contain
high amounts of fat when compared to vegetables or fruit. - correct answer ✔✔ A dietitian
teaches the necessity of a low-fat diet to a patient with malabsorption syndrome. The dietitian
develops a list of high-fat foods to avoid and should include the following food items on the list:
a. Cured meats
b. All of the options
c. Cream cheese
d. Beans
c. Information consists of a professional opinion
, At an individual's request, health information custodians (HICs) must notify others who have
received the incorrect or disputed information. However, the notification need only be made
where reasonably possible, and the HIC can refuse to give the notification if the correction
cannot reasonably be expected to have an effect on the ongoing provision of health care or
some other benefit to the individual. PHIPA states that you are not required to change a record
upon request if it consists of a professional opinion or observation that a HIC has made in good
faith about the individual. - correct answer ✔✔ PHIPA provides for a broad right of health
information custodians (HICs) to correct errors in their records. Which of the following requests
does PHIPA provides grounds for refusing?
a. The request is made in good faith
b. Observation made in bad faith
c. Information consists of a professional opinion
d. HIC created the record
c. No, the rate should be changed to 90 mL/hr to meet his estimated needs - correct answer
✔✔ Rebecca is a clinical dietitian assisting with tube feeding for multiple elderly patients. Gary,
a 82-year-old male requires a tube-feeding initiation. The tube feeding is running continuously
at 80 mL/hr and provides 1,000 calories, 64 grams of protein, and 840 mL of water per 1,000 mL
of formula. The patient requires 2,000 calories and 135 grams of protein.
Does the current rate meet Gary's estimated needs?
a. No, the rate should be changed to 85 mL/hr to meet his estimated needs
b. Yes but the feed should be changed to a 12-hour cyclic rate
c. No, the rate should be changed to 90 mL/hr to meet his estimated needs
d. Yes, the current rate meets his needs
d. Compare nutrients provided by volume of formula to the DRIs
These comparisons will give the dietitian the information needed to decide if the tube feeds
meet client requirements. - correct answer ✔✔ Rebecca is a clinical dietitian assisting with tube
feeding for multiple elderly patients. Gary, a 82-year-old male requires a tube-feeding initiation.
