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c. Food frequency questionnaire
Rationale
A food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) measures energy and/or nutrient intake by determining
how frequently a person consumes a number of foods that are major sources of nutrition. The
advantages of a FFQ is that it is quick, inexpensive, can be self-administered and completed
online, practical for studies with a large number of subjects and can focus on specific nutrients.
The other options are all very labor-intensive data entry tasks. - correct answer ✔✔ A registered
dietitian (RD) wants to measure the dietary fiber intake of 400 people living in a small prairie
town. Working with a small budget, the RD would like to send the survey to the participants
online and receive response back as soon as possible. Which method of diet history collection
would be best for the RD to perform?
a. 24-hour recall
b. Calorie count
c. Food frequency questionnaire
d. Food diary
d. High Risk
Rationale
HIROC insures health care organizations in Canada including hospitals, nursing homes,
community health centres, and home-care agencies. Most hospitals will carry a minimum of $10
million. This is ample coverage given that, to date, this amount exceeds the highest damages
award ever made in Canada for medical negligence. Dietitians employed by any of these HIROC
subscriber organizations, are covered for negligence under the HIROC policy. While private
practices, individual coverage is required. Dietitians in a private practice involved with client
care are at the greatest risk from actions in negligence because of that involvement and
because they have no other coverage. Within this category, some dietitians may be more at risk
than others, such as, those working with clients with eating disorders or the elderly. Dietitians in
,this group are advised to obtain the appropriate professional liabili - correct answer ✔✔
Professional liability insurance for a dietitian who works with elderly patients in a private clinic is
considered:
a. Medium to High Risk
b. Medium Risk
c. Low Risk
d. High Risk
c. Repression
Rationale
Repression is a type of psychological defense mechanism that involves keeping certain thoughts,
feelings, or urges out of conscious awareness. The goal of this defence mechanism is to keep
unacceptable thoughts or desires out of the conscious mind in order to prevent or minimize
feelings of anxiety.
-Dissociation is a break in how your mind handles information. You may feel disconnected from
your thoughts, feelings, memories, and surroundings. It can affect your sense of identity and
your perception of time. - correct answer ✔✔ ______________ is a defense mechanism in
which feelings or memories that are too painful to bear are blocked from conscious awareness.
a. Recovery
b. Dissociate
c. Repression
d. Denial
a. Profitability ratio
Rationale
A profitability ratio measures a company's ability to generate excess income in relation to sales.
,Liquidity ratios measure a company's ability to pay debt obligations and its margin of safety
through the calculation of metrics including the current ratio, quick ratio, and operating cash
flow ratio
Profitability ratio is used to evaluate the company's ability to generate income as compared to
its expenses and other cost associated with the generation of income during a particular period.
A solvency ratio is a key metric used to measure an enterprise's ability to meet its long-term
debt obligations and is used often by prospective business lenders. - correct answer ✔✔ Jim
and Jason formed a partnership and together created a sports nutrition company. After 3 years,
they have acquired 5,400 clients, generated $3,225,923 in sales and spent $2,304,299 since
starting the company. What ratio can they use to measure their company's ability to generate
excess income in relation to their sales?
a. Profitability ratio
b. Income ratio
c. Liquidity ratio
d. Solvency ratio
b.Cured meats
Rationale
The process of curing food involves lage addition of salt (sodium) to keep the meat preserved. A
patient with hypertension should remove, or at least, reduce the the consumption of cured
meats. - correct answer ✔✔ A dietitian discusses the importance of choosing foods low in
sodium to a 52-year-old male patient with hypertension. For this patient, which of the following
foods should be limited?
a. Bananas
b. Cured meats
c. Steamed vegetables
d. Oranges
, Chew sugar-free gum
Rationale
Xerostomia is a condition where the salivary glands fail to produce enough saliva to keep the
mouth moist. This condition may be alleviated by use of saliva substitutes such as chewing
sugar-free gum. - correct answer ✔✔ A 73-year-old female has been prescribed amitriptyline
hydrochloride to manage neuropathic pain associated with diabetic neuropathy. She reports to
a nurse that her pain level has decreased from a 7 out of 10 to a 3 out of 10, however, she is
experiencing severe xerostomia (dry mouth). The nurse asks the dietitian on staff for help.
Which of the following strategies should the dietitian choose to help relieve the patient's
symptom?
a. Chew sugar-free gum
b. Increase caffeine intake such as coffee
c. Increase dietary sodium
d. Decrease fluid intake
c. To solve complex multidisciplinary patient care problems - correct answer ✔✔ What is the
primary goal of multidisciplinary case conferences?
a. To provide educational experiences for experienced dietitians
b. To plan and provide for optimal patient outcome
c. To solve complex multidisciplinary patient care problems
d. To fulfill the dietitian role in terms of collaboration
b. Dual relationship
Rationale
If the client is asking the dietitian personal questions, this could interfere with the dietitian-
client therapeutic relationship. The healthy dialogue, the give-and-take of the professional
relationship could be affected. Ryan's view of you the dietitian may change, negatively or
positively, and this could distort how he responds to the dietitian's nutritional
recommendations. - correct answer ✔✔ A dietitian works at a local hospital and has been
assisting multiple clients, including Ryan. After several days, Ryan begins to share some tragic
answered already passed
c. Food frequency questionnaire
Rationale
A food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) measures energy and/or nutrient intake by determining
how frequently a person consumes a number of foods that are major sources of nutrition. The
advantages of a FFQ is that it is quick, inexpensive, can be self-administered and completed
online, practical for studies with a large number of subjects and can focus on specific nutrients.
The other options are all very labor-intensive data entry tasks. - correct answer ✔✔ A registered
dietitian (RD) wants to measure the dietary fiber intake of 400 people living in a small prairie
town. Working with a small budget, the RD would like to send the survey to the participants
online and receive response back as soon as possible. Which method of diet history collection
would be best for the RD to perform?
a. 24-hour recall
b. Calorie count
c. Food frequency questionnaire
d. Food diary
d. High Risk
Rationale
HIROC insures health care organizations in Canada including hospitals, nursing homes,
community health centres, and home-care agencies. Most hospitals will carry a minimum of $10
million. This is ample coverage given that, to date, this amount exceeds the highest damages
award ever made in Canada for medical negligence. Dietitians employed by any of these HIROC
subscriber organizations, are covered for negligence under the HIROC policy. While private
practices, individual coverage is required. Dietitians in a private practice involved with client
care are at the greatest risk from actions in negligence because of that involvement and
because they have no other coverage. Within this category, some dietitians may be more at risk
than others, such as, those working with clients with eating disorders or the elderly. Dietitians in
,this group are advised to obtain the appropriate professional liabili - correct answer ✔✔
Professional liability insurance for a dietitian who works with elderly patients in a private clinic is
considered:
a. Medium to High Risk
b. Medium Risk
c. Low Risk
d. High Risk
c. Repression
Rationale
Repression is a type of psychological defense mechanism that involves keeping certain thoughts,
feelings, or urges out of conscious awareness. The goal of this defence mechanism is to keep
unacceptable thoughts or desires out of the conscious mind in order to prevent or minimize
feelings of anxiety.
-Dissociation is a break in how your mind handles information. You may feel disconnected from
your thoughts, feelings, memories, and surroundings. It can affect your sense of identity and
your perception of time. - correct answer ✔✔ ______________ is a defense mechanism in
which feelings or memories that are too painful to bear are blocked from conscious awareness.
a. Recovery
b. Dissociate
c. Repression
d. Denial
a. Profitability ratio
Rationale
A profitability ratio measures a company's ability to generate excess income in relation to sales.
,Liquidity ratios measure a company's ability to pay debt obligations and its margin of safety
through the calculation of metrics including the current ratio, quick ratio, and operating cash
flow ratio
Profitability ratio is used to evaluate the company's ability to generate income as compared to
its expenses and other cost associated with the generation of income during a particular period.
A solvency ratio is a key metric used to measure an enterprise's ability to meet its long-term
debt obligations and is used often by prospective business lenders. - correct answer ✔✔ Jim
and Jason formed a partnership and together created a sports nutrition company. After 3 years,
they have acquired 5,400 clients, generated $3,225,923 in sales and spent $2,304,299 since
starting the company. What ratio can they use to measure their company's ability to generate
excess income in relation to their sales?
a. Profitability ratio
b. Income ratio
c. Liquidity ratio
d. Solvency ratio
b.Cured meats
Rationale
The process of curing food involves lage addition of salt (sodium) to keep the meat preserved. A
patient with hypertension should remove, or at least, reduce the the consumption of cured
meats. - correct answer ✔✔ A dietitian discusses the importance of choosing foods low in
sodium to a 52-year-old male patient with hypertension. For this patient, which of the following
foods should be limited?
a. Bananas
b. Cured meats
c. Steamed vegetables
d. Oranges
, Chew sugar-free gum
Rationale
Xerostomia is a condition where the salivary glands fail to produce enough saliva to keep the
mouth moist. This condition may be alleviated by use of saliva substitutes such as chewing
sugar-free gum. - correct answer ✔✔ A 73-year-old female has been prescribed amitriptyline
hydrochloride to manage neuropathic pain associated with diabetic neuropathy. She reports to
a nurse that her pain level has decreased from a 7 out of 10 to a 3 out of 10, however, she is
experiencing severe xerostomia (dry mouth). The nurse asks the dietitian on staff for help.
Which of the following strategies should the dietitian choose to help relieve the patient's
symptom?
a. Chew sugar-free gum
b. Increase caffeine intake such as coffee
c. Increase dietary sodium
d. Decrease fluid intake
c. To solve complex multidisciplinary patient care problems - correct answer ✔✔ What is the
primary goal of multidisciplinary case conferences?
a. To provide educational experiences for experienced dietitians
b. To plan and provide for optimal patient outcome
c. To solve complex multidisciplinary patient care problems
d. To fulfill the dietitian role in terms of collaboration
b. Dual relationship
Rationale
If the client is asking the dietitian personal questions, this could interfere with the dietitian-
client therapeutic relationship. The healthy dialogue, the give-and-take of the professional
relationship could be affected. Ryan's view of you the dietitian may change, negatively or
positively, and this could distort how he responds to the dietitian's nutritional
recommendations. - correct answer ✔✔ A dietitian works at a local hospital and has been
assisting multiple clients, including Ryan. After several days, Ryan begins to share some tragic
