NUR 140 Practice Questions and Correct
Answers
What are complete proteins ✅contain all essential amino acids plus many non-
essential ones
What are some foods that are considered complete proteins ✅animal proteins Meat,
dairy, & fish
What are incomplete proteins ✅Lack one or more essential amino acid. Usually
vegetables (usually lacking lysine, methionine, or tryptophan)
What are complementary proteins ✅combining two or more vegetables in order to
ingest complete protein and receive all essential amino acids
What are some foods that are complimentary proteins ✅beans + corn, grains + beans,
beans + nuts or seeds, grain beans nuts or seeds + milk
When can a pts BMI calculation be inaccurate ✅if a person has fluid retention, is an
athlete, and for older adults
BMI < 18.5 ✅underweight
BMI 18.5 to 24.9 ✅normal and healthy
BMI 25 to 29.9 ✅overweight
BMI 30 to 34.0 ✅obese 1
BMI 35 to 39.9 ✅obese 2
BMI > 40 ✅Morbidly obese
Health risks begin to increase at what BMI ✅BMI of 25
Ideal Body Weight ✅+/- 10% to account for body frame
Rule of 5 for females ✅ideal body weight is based off of a base of 100lbs at 5', with an
additional 5lbs for each inch over 5'
Rule of 6 for men ✅ideal body weight is based off of a base of 106 lbs at 5', with an
additional 6lbs for each inch over 5'
, % of ideal weight indicating morbid obesity ✅>200%
% of ideal weight indicating obese ✅120-199%
% of ideal weight indicating overweight ✅110-119%
% of ideal weight indicating within normal range ✅90-110%
% of ideal weight indicating mild malnutrition ✅80-90%
% of ideal weight indicating moderate malnutrition ✅70-79%
% of ideal body weight indicating severe malnutrition ✅<69%
Define Digestion ✅the process of breaking down foods for use. Involves mixing food
with digestive juices, moving it through the digestive tract, and breaking larger food
molecules into smaller molecules.
Enzyme that breaks down carbs ✅amylase (saliva and pancreas) lactase, maltase,
and sucrose in the intestines
Enzyme that breaks down lipids ✅bile and pancreatic enzymes
Enzyme that breaks down protein ✅protease and pepsin
Define Metabolism ✅physical and chemical processes in the body that convert or use
energy
Functions of metabolism ✅digesting food, nutrients, eliminating waste through urine
and feces, breathing, circulating blood, controlling body temp, contracting muscles,
functioning of the brain and nerves.
catabolism ✅breaks down substances to create energy
anabolism ✅use of energy to build up substances
Define Absorption ✅The active and passive transport of nutrients mostly happens in
the small intestines.
Carbs are broken down into____and stored as _____ in the ______ and ______
✅glucose, glycogen, liver and muscles.
Answers
What are complete proteins ✅contain all essential amino acids plus many non-
essential ones
What are some foods that are considered complete proteins ✅animal proteins Meat,
dairy, & fish
What are incomplete proteins ✅Lack one or more essential amino acid. Usually
vegetables (usually lacking lysine, methionine, or tryptophan)
What are complementary proteins ✅combining two or more vegetables in order to
ingest complete protein and receive all essential amino acids
What are some foods that are complimentary proteins ✅beans + corn, grains + beans,
beans + nuts or seeds, grain beans nuts or seeds + milk
When can a pts BMI calculation be inaccurate ✅if a person has fluid retention, is an
athlete, and for older adults
BMI < 18.5 ✅underweight
BMI 18.5 to 24.9 ✅normal and healthy
BMI 25 to 29.9 ✅overweight
BMI 30 to 34.0 ✅obese 1
BMI 35 to 39.9 ✅obese 2
BMI > 40 ✅Morbidly obese
Health risks begin to increase at what BMI ✅BMI of 25
Ideal Body Weight ✅+/- 10% to account for body frame
Rule of 5 for females ✅ideal body weight is based off of a base of 100lbs at 5', with an
additional 5lbs for each inch over 5'
Rule of 6 for men ✅ideal body weight is based off of a base of 106 lbs at 5', with an
additional 6lbs for each inch over 5'
, % of ideal weight indicating morbid obesity ✅>200%
% of ideal weight indicating obese ✅120-199%
% of ideal weight indicating overweight ✅110-119%
% of ideal weight indicating within normal range ✅90-110%
% of ideal weight indicating mild malnutrition ✅80-90%
% of ideal weight indicating moderate malnutrition ✅70-79%
% of ideal body weight indicating severe malnutrition ✅<69%
Define Digestion ✅the process of breaking down foods for use. Involves mixing food
with digestive juices, moving it through the digestive tract, and breaking larger food
molecules into smaller molecules.
Enzyme that breaks down carbs ✅amylase (saliva and pancreas) lactase, maltase,
and sucrose in the intestines
Enzyme that breaks down lipids ✅bile and pancreatic enzymes
Enzyme that breaks down protein ✅protease and pepsin
Define Metabolism ✅physical and chemical processes in the body that convert or use
energy
Functions of metabolism ✅digesting food, nutrients, eliminating waste through urine
and feces, breathing, circulating blood, controlling body temp, contracting muscles,
functioning of the brain and nerves.
catabolism ✅breaks down substances to create energy
anabolism ✅use of energy to build up substances
Define Absorption ✅The active and passive transport of nutrients mostly happens in
the small intestines.
Carbs are broken down into____and stored as _____ in the ______ and ______
✅glucose, glycogen, liver and muscles.
