Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health
Chapter 2: Nutrition Tools – Standards and Guidelines
Chapter 3: The Remarkable Body
Chapter 4: The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen and Fibre
Chapter 5: The Lipids: Fats, Oil, Phospholipids, and Sterols
Chapter 6: The Proteins and Amino Acids
TEST BANK FOR NUTRITION: Chapter 7: The Vitamins
CONCEPTS AND Chapter 8: Water and Minerals
CONTROVERSIES, 5TH EDITION, Chapter 9: Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight
Chapter 10: Nutrients, Recreational Physical Activity, and the Body’s
FRANCES SIZER, ELLIE WHITNEY,
Responses
LEONARD PICHÉ, ISBN-10: Chapter 11: Role of Diet in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of
0176892869, ISBN- Chronic Disease
13: 9780176892869 Chapter 12: Food Safety and Food Bio-Technology
Chapter 13: Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant
Chapter 14: Child, Teen, and Older Adult
COMPLETE WITH ALL CHAPTER (1-15) Chapter 15: Hunger and the Global Environment
,Chapter 1 Food Choices and Human Health (D) 8
Answer : (C)
MULTICHOICE
1. Which of the following conditions is the most responsive to nutrition? 5. Which of the following nutrients is considered organic?
(A) diabetes (A) minerals
(B) iron deficiency anemia (B) carbohydrate
(C) sickle cell disease (C) water
(D) heart disease (D) alcohol
Answer : (B) Answer : (B)
2. What is the name for the study of environmental influences on genetic expression? 6. Which of the following nutrients yields energy and also provides materials that form
structures and working parts of body tissues?
(A) epigenetics
(A) proteins
(B) genetic counselling
(B) vitamins
(C) nutritional nucleic acid pool
(C) fats
(D) genetic metabolics
(D) proteins
Answer : (A)
Answer : (D)
3. The integration of nutrition, genomic science, and molecular biology has launched a new
area of study. What is this area of study called? 7. Which of the following nutrients is energy-yielding?
(A) nutrition genetics (A) carbohydrates
(B) nutritional genomics (B) vitamins
(C) nutritional molecular science (C) water
(D) nutritional science (D) minerals
Answer : (B) Answer : (A)
4. How many classes of nutrients are there? 8. Which of the following statements best defines an "essential" nutrient?
(A) 2 (A) It is necessary for good health and proper functioning of the body.
(B) 4 (B) It can be obtained only from the diet.
(C) 6 (C) It can be manufactured by the body from raw materials.
,(D) It can be manufactured by the body itself. Answer : (B)
Answer : (B)
13. How many Calories does 1 gram of alcohol provide?
9. Which of the following nutrients is the most energy-rich? (A) 2
(A) fat (B) 4
(B) protein (C) 7
(C) minerals (D) 9
(D) carbohydrate Answer : (C)
Answer : (A)
14. How many Calories are there in a food that contains 20 grams of carbohydrate, 8 grams
protein, and 5 grams of fat?
10. Which of the following units do food scientists use to measure food energy?
(A) 132 Calories
(A) units of mass
(B) 157 Calories
(B) kilocalories
(C) 231 Calories
(C) kilograms
(D) 297 Calories
(D) grams
Answer : (B)
Answer : (B)
15. When given to severely ill people unable to eat ordinary food, what are elemental diets
11. Which of the following characteristics applies to alcohol? designed to do?
(A) It contributes no Calories. (A) support life
(B) It interferes with repair of body tissues. (B) enable people to thrive
(C) It is a nutrient. (C) support optimal growth
(D) It is non-toxic to the body. (D) enhance digestive tract health
Answer : (B) Answer : (A)
12. How many Calories are there in 1 gram of carbohydrate or protein? 16. What class of compound gives hot peppers their burning taste?
(A) 2 (A) nonnutrient
(B) 4 (B) nutrient
(C) 7 (C) supplement
(D) 9
, (D) toxin (B) nonnutrient
Answer : (A) (C) partitioned
(D) phytochemical
17. A compound in cranberries may help prevent urinary tract infections by preventing
certain bacteria from clinging to the urinary tract. What is the general term for this type of Answer : (A)
compound?
(A) functional food 21. Sugar, butter, and corn oil provide few nutrients with many Calories. What is the name
for these types of foods?
(B) phytochemical
(A) partitioned
(C) natural food
(B) enriched
(D) nutraceutical
(C) processed
Answer : (B)
(D) natural
18. Which of the following statements most accurately describes items in the supermarket Answer : (A)
that are advertised as natural foods?
(A) The food is made from parts of whole foods. 22. In Italy, pasta is an example of what kind of food?
(B) The food is used frequently in most households. (A) fortified
(C) The food is implied to be wholesome, however this is not a legal term. (B) processed
(D) The food has had nutrients added to improve the nutritional profile. (C) natural
Answer : (C) (D) staple
Answer : (D)
19. Which of the following statements best defines "enriched" as it is applied to a food
product?
23. A nutritious diet should provide enough of each essential nutrient, enough fibre, and
(A) The product is low in Calories and high in nutrients. enough energy. What is the name for this principle of diet planning?
(B) The product is more expensive to purchase. (A) moderation
(C) The product is superior to similar products. (B) adequacy
(D) The product could be either nutritious or not nutritious. (C) variety
Answer : (D) (D) balance
Answer : (B)
20. Which of the following terms is used to describe a product that has been isolated from
food, is often sold in pill form, and is believed to have medicinal effects?
24. A certain amount of fibre in foods contributes to the health of the digestive tract, but too
(A) nutraceutical much fibre leads to nutrient losses. What is the term for the characteristic of diet planning
Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health
Chapter 2: Nutrition Tools – Standards and Guidelines
Chapter 3: The Remarkable Body
Chapter 4: The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen and Fibre
Chapter 5: The Lipids: Fats, Oil, Phospholipids, and Sterols
Chapter 6: The Proteins and Amino Acids
TEST BANK FOR NUTRITION: Chapter 7: The Vitamins
CONCEPTS AND Chapter 8: Water and Minerals
CONTROVERSIES, 5TH EDITION, Chapter 9: Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight
Chapter 10: Nutrients, Recreational Physical Activity, and the Body’s
FRANCES SIZER, ELLIE WHITNEY,
Responses
LEONARD PICHÉ, ISBN-10: Chapter 11: Role of Diet in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of
0176892869, ISBN- Chronic Disease
13: 9780176892869 Chapter 12: Food Safety and Food Bio-Technology
Chapter 13: Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant
Chapter 14: Child, Teen, and Older Adult
COMPLETE WITH ALL CHAPTER (1-15) Chapter 15: Hunger and the Global Environment
,Chapter 1 Food Choices and Human Health (D) 8
Answer : (C)
MULTICHOICE
1. Which of the following conditions is the most responsive to nutrition? 5. Which of the following nutrients is considered organic?
(A) diabetes (A) minerals
(B) iron deficiency anemia (B) carbohydrate
(C) sickle cell disease (C) water
(D) heart disease (D) alcohol
Answer : (B) Answer : (B)
2. What is the name for the study of environmental influences on genetic expression? 6. Which of the following nutrients yields energy and also provides materials that form
structures and working parts of body tissues?
(A) epigenetics
(A) proteins
(B) genetic counselling
(B) vitamins
(C) nutritional nucleic acid pool
(C) fats
(D) genetic metabolics
(D) proteins
Answer : (A)
Answer : (D)
3. The integration of nutrition, genomic science, and molecular biology has launched a new
area of study. What is this area of study called? 7. Which of the following nutrients is energy-yielding?
(A) nutrition genetics (A) carbohydrates
(B) nutritional genomics (B) vitamins
(C) nutritional molecular science (C) water
(D) nutritional science (D) minerals
Answer : (B) Answer : (A)
4. How many classes of nutrients are there? 8. Which of the following statements best defines an "essential" nutrient?
(A) 2 (A) It is necessary for good health and proper functioning of the body.
(B) 4 (B) It can be obtained only from the diet.
(C) 6 (C) It can be manufactured by the body from raw materials.
,(D) It can be manufactured by the body itself. Answer : (B)
Answer : (B)
13. How many Calories does 1 gram of alcohol provide?
9. Which of the following nutrients is the most energy-rich? (A) 2
(A) fat (B) 4
(B) protein (C) 7
(C) minerals (D) 9
(D) carbohydrate Answer : (C)
Answer : (A)
14. How many Calories are there in a food that contains 20 grams of carbohydrate, 8 grams
protein, and 5 grams of fat?
10. Which of the following units do food scientists use to measure food energy?
(A) 132 Calories
(A) units of mass
(B) 157 Calories
(B) kilocalories
(C) 231 Calories
(C) kilograms
(D) 297 Calories
(D) grams
Answer : (B)
Answer : (B)
15. When given to severely ill people unable to eat ordinary food, what are elemental diets
11. Which of the following characteristics applies to alcohol? designed to do?
(A) It contributes no Calories. (A) support life
(B) It interferes with repair of body tissues. (B) enable people to thrive
(C) It is a nutrient. (C) support optimal growth
(D) It is non-toxic to the body. (D) enhance digestive tract health
Answer : (B) Answer : (A)
12. How many Calories are there in 1 gram of carbohydrate or protein? 16. What class of compound gives hot peppers their burning taste?
(A) 2 (A) nonnutrient
(B) 4 (B) nutrient
(C) 7 (C) supplement
(D) 9
, (D) toxin (B) nonnutrient
Answer : (A) (C) partitioned
(D) phytochemical
17. A compound in cranberries may help prevent urinary tract infections by preventing
certain bacteria from clinging to the urinary tract. What is the general term for this type of Answer : (A)
compound?
(A) functional food 21. Sugar, butter, and corn oil provide few nutrients with many Calories. What is the name
for these types of foods?
(B) phytochemical
(A) partitioned
(C) natural food
(B) enriched
(D) nutraceutical
(C) processed
Answer : (B)
(D) natural
18. Which of the following statements most accurately describes items in the supermarket Answer : (A)
that are advertised as natural foods?
(A) The food is made from parts of whole foods. 22. In Italy, pasta is an example of what kind of food?
(B) The food is used frequently in most households. (A) fortified
(C) The food is implied to be wholesome, however this is not a legal term. (B) processed
(D) The food has had nutrients added to improve the nutritional profile. (C) natural
Answer : (C) (D) staple
Answer : (D)
19. Which of the following statements best defines "enriched" as it is applied to a food
product?
23. A nutritious diet should provide enough of each essential nutrient, enough fibre, and
(A) The product is low in Calories and high in nutrients. enough energy. What is the name for this principle of diet planning?
(B) The product is more expensive to purchase. (A) moderation
(C) The product is superior to similar products. (B) adequacy
(D) The product could be either nutritious or not nutritious. (C) variety
Answer : (D) (D) balance
Answer : (B)
20. Which of the following terms is used to describe a product that has been isolated from
food, is often sold in pill form, and is believed to have medicinal effects?
24. A certain amount of fibre in foods contributes to the health of the digestive tract, but too
(A) nutraceutical much fibre leads to nutrient losses. What is the term for the characteristic of diet planning
