TB 01 Questions and Level A+ Answers

TB 01 Questions and Level A+ Answers
Chapter 01: Food, Nutrition, and Health
Nix: Williams' Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 15th Edition


MULTIPLE57CHOICE

1. Promoting57a57health57care57service57that57improves57diabetes57management57for57the57
elderly57in57a57community57would57assist57in57which57of57the57following?
a. Supporting57the57national57health57goals57Healthy57People572020
b. Reducing57hunger57in57a57subset57of57the57United57States57population
c. Improving57Medicare57reimbursement57claims
d. Providing57access57to57primary57health57care57services
ANS:5 7 A
Healthy57People57202057has57a57wide57influence57and57is57the57focus57of57the57nation’s57main57
objective57to57promote57health57and57prevent57disease.

DIF: Cognitive57Level:57Application REF:5 7 p.572
TOP:5 7 Nursing57Process:57Implementation
MSC:5 7 NCLEX:57Health57Promotion57and57Maintenance

2. A57patient57requires57a57nutrition57assessment.57The57most57appropriate57professional57to57p
erform57the57assessment57is57a
a. physician.
b. nurse.
c. public57health57nutritionist.
d. registered57dietitian.
ANS:5 7 D
The57registered57dietitian57is57the57nutrition57expert57registered57with57the57Commission57of57
Dietetic57Registration57(CDR),57the57certifying57agency57of57Academy57of57Nutrition57and57Di
etetics.57Registered57dietitians57are57the57only57professionals57who57have57met57strict57educati
onal57and57professional57prerequisites57and57passed57a57national57registration57examination57t
hat57properly57prepares57them57to57conduct57a57nutrition57assessment.

DIF: Cognitive57Level:57Application
REF:57p.57157TOP:5 7 Nursing57Process:57Asse
ssment
MSC:5 7 NCLEX:57Safe57and57Effective57Care57Environment:57Management57of57Care

3. The57sum57of57all57body57processes57inside57living57cells57that57sustain57life57and57health57is
a. science.
b. digestion.
c. metabolism.
d. nutrition.
ANS:5 7 C
Metabolism57is57the57sum57of57all57chemical57changes57that57take57place57in57the57body.57Meta
bolism57provides57energy,57builds57tissue,57and57regulates57metabolic57processes57in57the57bod
y.

DIF: Cognitive57Level:57Knowledge REF:5 7 p.573
TOP:5 7 Nursing57Process:57Planning57MSC:5 7 NCLEX:57Physiological57Integrity:57Physiol
ogical57Adaptation

,4. The57nutrients57that57provide57the57body57with57its57primary57source57of57fuel57for57energy57ar
e

, a. vitamins.
b. minerals.
c. fiber.
d. carbohydrates.
ANS:5 7 D
Carbohydrates57(e.g.,57starches57and57sugars)57are57the57body’s57primary57fuel57to57carry57out57
necessary57processes;57fat57is57the57secondary57source57of57energy.

DIF: Cognitive57Level:57Knowledge REF:5 7 p.574
TOP:5 7 Nursing57Process:57Planning57MSC:5 7 NCLEX:57Physiological57Integrity:57Physiol
ogical57Adaptation

5. Which57of57the57following57is57the57most57accurate57statement57regarding57the57functions57of57
protein?
a. Proteins57can57be57a57primary57fuel57source57even57if57there57is57adequate57carbohydrate57i
ntake.
b. Proteins57are57a57necessary57nutrient57to57provide57energy57for57the57body57in57times57of57s
tress.
c. Proteins57can57be57used57as57coenzyme57factors57during57cell57metabolism.
d. Proteins57are57essential57to57building57and57repairing57tissues57within57the57body.
ANS:5 7 D
The57primary57function57of57proteins57is57to57provide57amino57acids,57which57are57the57buildin
g57units57necessary57to57building57and57repairing57tissues57within57the57body.57This57is57a57cons
tant57process57that57ensures57adequate57growth57and57maintenance57of57tissues57for57a57strong5
7body.


DIF: Cognitive57Level:57Comprehension
REF:57p.57457TOP:5 7 Nursing57Process:57Asse
ssment
MSC:5 7 NCLEX:57Physiological57Integrity:57Physiological57Adaptation

6. A5765-year-
old57man57requires57200057kcal/57day57without57any57specific57fat57or57carbohydrate57requ
irements.57The57approximate57number57of57kilocalories57per57day57from57fat57that57his57diet
57should
provide57is kcal/day.
a. 40057to57700
b. 10057to57300
c. 50057to57800
d. 90057to571200

ANS:5 7 A
Fat57should57provide57no57more57than5720%57to5735%57of57the57total57kilocalories57per
57day,57so57for57a572000-kcal57diet,5740057to5770057kcal57should57be57provided.


DIF: Cognitive57Level:57Application REF:5 7 p.574
TOP:5 7 Nursing57Process:57Planning57MSC:5 7 NCLEX:57Health57Promotion57and57Mainten
ance

7. The57body’s57main57storage57form57of57carbohydrate57is
a. glycogen.
b. glycerol.
c. glucagon.
d. glucose.
ANS:5 7 A