BIOD 121: Essentials in Nutrition Exam
Study Guide – Practice Questions with
Answers. GRADED A+. Updated 2026
Score for this quiz: 84 out of 100
Question 1
pts
True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
Nutritional value and taste are often the 2 most important reasons specific foods are consumed in
North America.
Your Answer:
False. Tast and texture are the 2 most important reasons specific foodd are consumed in North
America.
False: Taste and texture are often the 2 most important reasons specific foods are
consumed in North America.
Question 2
pts
Multiple Choice:
Nutrition is the science that links foods to and .
weight; health
nutritional value; disease
weight; disease
health; nutritional value
, BIOD 121: Essentials in Nutrition Exam
Study Guide – Practice Questions with
Answers. GRADED A+. Updated 2026
health; disease
Question 3
pts
Explain the difference between Internal and External drives that influence our desire to eat.
Your Answer:
Internal drive: Hunger is an internal drive and is a negative sensation due to experiencing pain.
External drive: Appetite is an external drive and is a positive sensation due to leading us to eat
when not hungry.
The internal drive is hunger and is associated with negative sensations like churning,
growling and pain in the stomach. External drives have to do with appetite and are
associated with positive food sensations and lead us to eat when we are not hungry.
Question 4
pts
A pharmaceutical company is interested in designing a drug to combat obesity. First, list 2
hormones involved in the regulation of hunger and satiety and state their function. Then, explain
why the pharmaceutical would target these to treat obesity.
Your Answer:
1.) Leptin
2.) Serotonin
By sensitizing the patient to leptin or triggering it's activity in the brain, the patient would feel
fuller and eat less. This is why pharmaceutical companies would target leptin.
The pharmaceutical would blovk ghrelin, which would decrease the feeling of hunger so the
patient could eat less.
Leptin alerts the brain to turn off the hunger center and activates the satiety center when
consuming a meal. By sensitizing the patient to leptin or triggering it’s activity in the
brain, the patient would feel fuller and eat less.
Study Guide – Practice Questions with
Answers. GRADED A+. Updated 2026
Score for this quiz: 84 out of 100
Question 1
pts
True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
Nutritional value and taste are often the 2 most important reasons specific foods are consumed in
North America.
Your Answer:
False. Tast and texture are the 2 most important reasons specific foodd are consumed in North
America.
False: Taste and texture are often the 2 most important reasons specific foods are
consumed in North America.
Question 2
pts
Multiple Choice:
Nutrition is the science that links foods to and .
weight; health
nutritional value; disease
weight; disease
health; nutritional value
, BIOD 121: Essentials in Nutrition Exam
Study Guide – Practice Questions with
Answers. GRADED A+. Updated 2026
health; disease
Question 3
pts
Explain the difference between Internal and External drives that influence our desire to eat.
Your Answer:
Internal drive: Hunger is an internal drive and is a negative sensation due to experiencing pain.
External drive: Appetite is an external drive and is a positive sensation due to leading us to eat
when not hungry.
The internal drive is hunger and is associated with negative sensations like churning,
growling and pain in the stomach. External drives have to do with appetite and are
associated with positive food sensations and lead us to eat when we are not hungry.
Question 4
pts
A pharmaceutical company is interested in designing a drug to combat obesity. First, list 2
hormones involved in the regulation of hunger and satiety and state their function. Then, explain
why the pharmaceutical would target these to treat obesity.
Your Answer:
1.) Leptin
2.) Serotonin
By sensitizing the patient to leptin or triggering it's activity in the brain, the patient would feel
fuller and eat less. This is why pharmaceutical companies would target leptin.
The pharmaceutical would blovk ghrelin, which would decrease the feeling of hunger so the
patient could eat less.
Leptin alerts the brain to turn off the hunger center and activates the satiety center when
consuming a meal. By sensitizing the patient to leptin or triggering it’s activity in the
brain, the patient would feel fuller and eat less.
