RD Exam Study Questions with
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Thomas is a new dietitian on staff and has come to you, the manager, to tell you he is
struggling with his workload and finds hi job too demanding. What should you do to
enhance Thomas's performance?
A. Increase nutritional education assignments
B. Incorporate a 1:1 manager meeting each week
C. Add extra employee trainings
D. Reduce his patient load - ANS-D. Reduce his patient load
What advice would you give to a person complaining of symptoms of gastroesophageal
reflux disease?
A. Use pepper instead of salt for seasoning
B. Eat small meals with high-fat snacks
C. Avoid eating before bed
D. Chew spearmint gum - ANS-C. Avoid eating before bed
What monosaccharide is absorbed using facilitated diffusion?
A. Fructose
B. Glucose
C. Sorbitol
D. Galactose - ANS-A. Fructose
During a hospital employee in-service training session, health care professionals are
given instructions on the diabetic diet. The in-service materials briefly cover the types of
diabetic meal plans available, how to order different diabetic diets, and how to make a
registered dietitian referral. What would a situational assessment tell you about this
audience?
A. They are very experienced
B. They are inexperienced
C. They are highly motivated
D. They are moderately experienced - ANS-D. They are moderately experienced
James is reducing the budget at his dialysis clinic. Which component of his business
should he consider reducing first?
A. Sunk costs
B. Fixed costs
C. Variable costs
D. Semi-variable costs - ANS-C. Variable costs
,Which law aims to ensure that the US food supply is safe by shifting the focus of federal
regulations from responding to contamination to preventing it?
A. NSSP
B. FSMA
C. HACCP
D. The Food Code - ANS-B. FSMA
National Foodie Corporation purchases the Deluxe Dishwasher machine for
$23,053.80. It has an estimated salvage value of $2,636 and a useful life of nine years.
What is the annual depreciation?
A. $2,268.64
B. $4,595.80
C. $20,417.80
D. $670.20 - ANS-A. $2,268.64
Where does protein digestion begin and what enzyme is required?
A. Pancreas, trypsin
B. Mouth, amylase
C. Stomach, protease pepsin
D. Small intestine, lipase - ANS-C. Stomach, protease pepsin
Which of the following microorganisms is known as the "cafeteria bug" and results in
symptoms of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea within 8-18 hours after
ingestion?
A. Escherichia coli
B. Clostridium perfringens
C. Shigella
D. Ciguatoxin - ANS-B. Clostridium perfringens
Joyce is a 46-year-old female patient with cirrhosis. During a physical exam, the RD
presses her thumb 4-5 mm into Joyce's right leg. In 10-15 seconds the depression
disappears. What grade of edema does Joyce most likely have?
A. 4+ severe pitting edema
B. 3+ moderately severe pitting edema
C. 2+ moderate pitting edema
D. 1+ mild pitting edema - ANS-C. 2+ moderate pitting edema
Underwriters Laboratory does which of the following?
A. Inspects facilities for safety
B. Inspects facilities for cleanliness
C. Checks safety of electrical equipment
D. Inspects gas equipment - ANS-C. Checks safety of electrical equipment
A Crohn's patient who was previously well-nourished has a fever and ileus 7 days PO.
Which feeding method should you recommend?
A. Central venous hyperalimentation
,B. Full liquids
C. Peripheral IV infusion
D. Half-strength tube feeding - ANS-C. Peripheral IV infusion
A frozen meal contains steak, mashed potatoes, BHA, BHT, and TVP. The TVP is used
to:
A. add color
B. improve taste
C. retain water and add protein
D. Act as an emulsifier - ANS-C. Retain water and add protein
Which monosaccharide is absorbed using facilitated diffusion?
A. glucose
B. sorbitol
C. galactose
D. fructose - ANS-D. fructose
A female who eats a wide variety of foods and takes supplemental iron and birth control
pills may be:
A. marginally deficient in folic acid
B. low in calcium
C. low in vitamin A
D. low in zinc - ANS-A. marginally deficient in folic acid
The in-service materials briefly cover the types of diabetic meal plans available, how to
order different diabetic diets, and how to make a registered dietitian referral. What
would a situational assessment tell you about this audience?
A. They are inexperienced
B. They are very experienced
C. They are moderately experienced
D. They are highly motivated - ANS-C. They are moderately experienced
What is the largest contributor to renal solute load?
A. Nitrogen
B. Uric acid
C. Ammonia
D. Creatinine - ANS-A. Nitrogen
Cheese is peeled off a cheeseburger to make it a hamburger. What type of transfer has
occurred?
A. cross-contact
B. biological contamination
C. cross-contamination
D. Cross-connection - ANS-A. Cross-contact
, A female patient is 65 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She is receiving a TPN of
D5W at 100 mL/hr/day. What is her GIR?
A. 3.4 mg/kg/min
B. 0.14 mg/kg/min
C. 1.4 mg/kg/min
D. 14 mg/kg/min - ANS-C. 1.4 mg/kg/min
Which of the following foods would you recommend to a celiac disease patient?
A. bran
B. barley
C. quinoa
D. rye - ANS-C. quinoa
Potatoes contain green pigment under their skin due to chlorophyll that develops during
light exposure in storage. This may be accompanied by a natural toxicant resulting in
nausea, vomiting, and possibly death. What is the name of this toxicant?
A. solanine
B. pheophytin
C. solanum tuberosum
D. chlorophyllin - ANS-A. solanine
A complication of uncontrolled diabetes, caused by failure to follow the diet by
overeating of carbohydrates and omission of an insulin regiment, may result in:
A. dawn phenomenon
B. reactive hypoglycemia
C. diabetic ketoacidosis
D. acute hypologemia - ANS-C. diabetic ketoacidosis
You purchase a 26-lb. turkey at &0.54/lb. The raw purchase price is $14.04. After
deboning and cooking, the edible portion is 14.3 lbs. What is the yield?
A. 98%
B. 55%
C. 3.84%
D. 18% - ANS-B. 55%
Jessica has worked at a home health company as a full-time RD for 90 days. Her
manager, Joshua, has set up a meeting to discuss her performance and provide
feedback on her work so far. What type of meeting is this and how might Joshua
provide feedback?
A. collective bargaining; mediation
B. performance evaluation; merit rating
C. Injunction; critical incident
D. disciplinary action; suspension - ANS-B. performance evaluation; merit rating
Accurate Solutions
Thomas is a new dietitian on staff and has come to you, the manager, to tell you he is
struggling with his workload and finds hi job too demanding. What should you do to
enhance Thomas's performance?
A. Increase nutritional education assignments
B. Incorporate a 1:1 manager meeting each week
C. Add extra employee trainings
D. Reduce his patient load - ANS-D. Reduce his patient load
What advice would you give to a person complaining of symptoms of gastroesophageal
reflux disease?
A. Use pepper instead of salt for seasoning
B. Eat small meals with high-fat snacks
C. Avoid eating before bed
D. Chew spearmint gum - ANS-C. Avoid eating before bed
What monosaccharide is absorbed using facilitated diffusion?
A. Fructose
B. Glucose
C. Sorbitol
D. Galactose - ANS-A. Fructose
During a hospital employee in-service training session, health care professionals are
given instructions on the diabetic diet. The in-service materials briefly cover the types of
diabetic meal plans available, how to order different diabetic diets, and how to make a
registered dietitian referral. What would a situational assessment tell you about this
audience?
A. They are very experienced
B. They are inexperienced
C. They are highly motivated
D. They are moderately experienced - ANS-D. They are moderately experienced
James is reducing the budget at his dialysis clinic. Which component of his business
should he consider reducing first?
A. Sunk costs
B. Fixed costs
C. Variable costs
D. Semi-variable costs - ANS-C. Variable costs
,Which law aims to ensure that the US food supply is safe by shifting the focus of federal
regulations from responding to contamination to preventing it?
A. NSSP
B. FSMA
C. HACCP
D. The Food Code - ANS-B. FSMA
National Foodie Corporation purchases the Deluxe Dishwasher machine for
$23,053.80. It has an estimated salvage value of $2,636 and a useful life of nine years.
What is the annual depreciation?
A. $2,268.64
B. $4,595.80
C. $20,417.80
D. $670.20 - ANS-A. $2,268.64
Where does protein digestion begin and what enzyme is required?
A. Pancreas, trypsin
B. Mouth, amylase
C. Stomach, protease pepsin
D. Small intestine, lipase - ANS-C. Stomach, protease pepsin
Which of the following microorganisms is known as the "cafeteria bug" and results in
symptoms of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea within 8-18 hours after
ingestion?
A. Escherichia coli
B. Clostridium perfringens
C. Shigella
D. Ciguatoxin - ANS-B. Clostridium perfringens
Joyce is a 46-year-old female patient with cirrhosis. During a physical exam, the RD
presses her thumb 4-5 mm into Joyce's right leg. In 10-15 seconds the depression
disappears. What grade of edema does Joyce most likely have?
A. 4+ severe pitting edema
B. 3+ moderately severe pitting edema
C. 2+ moderate pitting edema
D. 1+ mild pitting edema - ANS-C. 2+ moderate pitting edema
Underwriters Laboratory does which of the following?
A. Inspects facilities for safety
B. Inspects facilities for cleanliness
C. Checks safety of electrical equipment
D. Inspects gas equipment - ANS-C. Checks safety of electrical equipment
A Crohn's patient who was previously well-nourished has a fever and ileus 7 days PO.
Which feeding method should you recommend?
A. Central venous hyperalimentation
,B. Full liquids
C. Peripheral IV infusion
D. Half-strength tube feeding - ANS-C. Peripheral IV infusion
A frozen meal contains steak, mashed potatoes, BHA, BHT, and TVP. The TVP is used
to:
A. add color
B. improve taste
C. retain water and add protein
D. Act as an emulsifier - ANS-C. Retain water and add protein
Which monosaccharide is absorbed using facilitated diffusion?
A. glucose
B. sorbitol
C. galactose
D. fructose - ANS-D. fructose
A female who eats a wide variety of foods and takes supplemental iron and birth control
pills may be:
A. marginally deficient in folic acid
B. low in calcium
C. low in vitamin A
D. low in zinc - ANS-A. marginally deficient in folic acid
The in-service materials briefly cover the types of diabetic meal plans available, how to
order different diabetic diets, and how to make a registered dietitian referral. What
would a situational assessment tell you about this audience?
A. They are inexperienced
B. They are very experienced
C. They are moderately experienced
D. They are highly motivated - ANS-C. They are moderately experienced
What is the largest contributor to renal solute load?
A. Nitrogen
B. Uric acid
C. Ammonia
D. Creatinine - ANS-A. Nitrogen
Cheese is peeled off a cheeseburger to make it a hamburger. What type of transfer has
occurred?
A. cross-contact
B. biological contamination
C. cross-contamination
D. Cross-connection - ANS-A. Cross-contact
, A female patient is 65 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She is receiving a TPN of
D5W at 100 mL/hr/day. What is her GIR?
A. 3.4 mg/kg/min
B. 0.14 mg/kg/min
C. 1.4 mg/kg/min
D. 14 mg/kg/min - ANS-C. 1.4 mg/kg/min
Which of the following foods would you recommend to a celiac disease patient?
A. bran
B. barley
C. quinoa
D. rye - ANS-C. quinoa
Potatoes contain green pigment under their skin due to chlorophyll that develops during
light exposure in storage. This may be accompanied by a natural toxicant resulting in
nausea, vomiting, and possibly death. What is the name of this toxicant?
A. solanine
B. pheophytin
C. solanum tuberosum
D. chlorophyllin - ANS-A. solanine
A complication of uncontrolled diabetes, caused by failure to follow the diet by
overeating of carbohydrates and omission of an insulin regiment, may result in:
A. dawn phenomenon
B. reactive hypoglycemia
C. diabetic ketoacidosis
D. acute hypologemia - ANS-C. diabetic ketoacidosis
You purchase a 26-lb. turkey at &0.54/lb. The raw purchase price is $14.04. After
deboning and cooking, the edible portion is 14.3 lbs. What is the yield?
A. 98%
B. 55%
C. 3.84%
D. 18% - ANS-B. 55%
Jessica has worked at a home health company as a full-time RD for 90 days. Her
manager, Joshua, has set up a meeting to discuss her performance and provide
feedback on her work so far. What type of meeting is this and how might Joshua
provide feedback?
A. collective bargaining; mediation
B. performance evaluation; merit rating
C. Injunction; critical incident
D. disciplinary action; suspension - ANS-B. performance evaluation; merit rating
