Chapter 04: Proteins
Nix: Williams' Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 15th Edition
MULTIPLE57CHOICE
1. Proteins57are57built57from57simpler57organic57compounds57called
a. indispensable57amino57acids.
b. amino57acids.
c. fatty57acids.
d. monosaccharides.
ANS:57 B
All57proteins57are57made57of57building57block57units57called57amino57acids.57Proteins57are57made57f
rom57both57dispensable57and57indispensable57amino57acids.
DIF: Cognitive57Level:57Knowledge REF:5 7 p.5741
TOP:5 7 Nursing57Process:57Planning57MSC:5 7 NCLEX:57Physiological57Integrity:57Physiol
ogical57Adaptation
2. The57element57that57is57contained57in57proteins57but57not57in57carbohydrates57or57lipids57is
a. carbon.
b. hydrogen.
c. nitrogen.
d. oxygen.
ANS:57 C
Nitrogen57is57present57in57proteins57but57not57in57carbohydrates57or57lipids.57Amino57acids,57
the57building57blocks57of57protein,57are57named57for57their57chemical57structure;57amino57r
efers57to57compounds57containing57nitrogen.
DIF: Cognitive57Level:57Knowledge REF:5 7 p.5742
TOP:5 7 Nursing57Process:57Planning57MSC:5 7 NCLEX:57Physiological57Integrity:57Physiol
ogical57Adaptation
3. Two57types57of57protein57in57the57body57are protein57and protein.
a. complete,57incomplete
b. animal,57vegetable
c. dispensable,57indispensable
d. tissue,57plasma
ANS:57 D
Two57types57of57protein57in57the57body57are57tissue57protein57and57plasma57protein.57Amino57
acids57are57classified57as57indispensable,57dispensable,57or57conditionally57indispensable57in57t
he57diet57according57to57whether57the57body57can57make57them.
DIF: Cognitive57Level:57Comprehension REF:5 7 p.5743
TOP:5 7 Nursing57Process:57Planning57MSC:5 7 NCLEX:57Physiological57Integrity:57Physiol
ogical57Adaptation
4. The57number57of57amino57acids57that57are57indispensable57for57human57beings57is
a. 6.
b. 9.
c. 11.
, d. 14.