Nutrition Exam 1 Community Health
Study Guide Questions And Actual
Answers.
Carbohydrate - Answer Which of the following is an energy-yielding nutrient?
A. Carbohydrate
B. Minerals
C. Vitamins
D. Water
E. All of the above are energy yielding
Water - Answer Which class of nutrients is needed in larger quantities than all the rest?
A. Carbohydrate
B. Protein
C. Lipids
D. Water
both a&b - Answer A nutrient is essential if it:
A. must be consumed by the diet
B. cannot be made by the body
C. provides kcalories
D. both A&B
E. all the above
infectious and chronic - Answer the leading causes of death in 1900 in the U.S. were ________; today
the leading causes are _______.
A. autoimmune diseases; chronic diseases
B. chronic diseases; infectious diseases
,C. infectious diseases; chronic diseases
D. infectious diseases; autoimmune diseases
mortality rate - Answer which of the following terms best describes the number of deaths in a given
time?
A. annual cause of death
B. morbidity rate
C. mortality rate
D. all of the above
all of the above - Answer Malnutrition is described as:
A. a state of nutritional imbalance
B. inadequate intake of calories or nutrition
C. excessive intake of calories or nutrition
D. all of the above
scurvy - Answer Which of the following diseases/conditions is most related to nutritional status?
A. Cancer
B. Scurvy
C. Pneumonia
D. Sickle-cell anemia
nutrient - Answer A substance in foods used by the body for energy, maintanence/growth of body
structures, or regulation of chemical processes is known as a/an
A. functional foods
B. nutrient
C. organic compound
D. phytochemical
,major or trace - Answer Minerals are classified as either:
A. simple or complex
B. organic or inorganic
C. essential or nonessential
D. major or trace
E. fat or water soluble
one third - Answer In the US, what fraction of the adult population is classified as having a "health" or
"normal" weight?
A. one-quater
B one third
C. one half
D. two thirds
case control study - Answer What is the term that described a research project that studies two groups
of individuals: a group of individuals with a disease/condition and a group of similarly matched
individuals who are healthy?
A. clinical trial
B. placebo controlled
C. case control study
D. epidemiological study
placebo effect - Answer The phenomenon in which there is an apparent effect of a treatment because
the individuals expects or believes that it will work is known as:
A. cause and effect
B. expectancy effect
C. Hawthorne effect
D. Placebo effect
, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - Answer In the US, young adults are increasingly relying on
mobile phones to communicate and not establishing "land line" phone accounts. Which of the following
nutrition-related studies will be most affected by this culture shift?
A. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
B. College Health and Nutrition Assessment Survey (CHANAS)
C. Framingham Heart Study
D. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
soy - Answer Zoonutrients provide health benefits beyond nutrients and energy. Examples of foods
that contain zoonutrients include all of the following except:
A. dairy products
B. fish
C. soy
D. honey bee products
fat contributes 4 kcal per gram - Answer Calories for the macronutrients vary. All of the following
values are correct except:
A. alcohol contributes 7kcal per gram
B. fat contributes 4 kcal per gram
C. carbohydrates contributes 4 kcal per gram
D. protein contributes 4kcal per gram
correlation - Answer When one factor is only related, or associated, with another factor it is called
A. casual relationship
B. correlation
C. hypothesis
D. observation
infectious diseases - Answer The increased life expectancy in the US over the past century is mainly due
to reduced
Study Guide Questions And Actual
Answers.
Carbohydrate - Answer Which of the following is an energy-yielding nutrient?
A. Carbohydrate
B. Minerals
C. Vitamins
D. Water
E. All of the above are energy yielding
Water - Answer Which class of nutrients is needed in larger quantities than all the rest?
A. Carbohydrate
B. Protein
C. Lipids
D. Water
both a&b - Answer A nutrient is essential if it:
A. must be consumed by the diet
B. cannot be made by the body
C. provides kcalories
D. both A&B
E. all the above
infectious and chronic - Answer the leading causes of death in 1900 in the U.S. were ________; today
the leading causes are _______.
A. autoimmune diseases; chronic diseases
B. chronic diseases; infectious diseases
,C. infectious diseases; chronic diseases
D. infectious diseases; autoimmune diseases
mortality rate - Answer which of the following terms best describes the number of deaths in a given
time?
A. annual cause of death
B. morbidity rate
C. mortality rate
D. all of the above
all of the above - Answer Malnutrition is described as:
A. a state of nutritional imbalance
B. inadequate intake of calories or nutrition
C. excessive intake of calories or nutrition
D. all of the above
scurvy - Answer Which of the following diseases/conditions is most related to nutritional status?
A. Cancer
B. Scurvy
C. Pneumonia
D. Sickle-cell anemia
nutrient - Answer A substance in foods used by the body for energy, maintanence/growth of body
structures, or regulation of chemical processes is known as a/an
A. functional foods
B. nutrient
C. organic compound
D. phytochemical
,major or trace - Answer Minerals are classified as either:
A. simple or complex
B. organic or inorganic
C. essential or nonessential
D. major or trace
E. fat or water soluble
one third - Answer In the US, what fraction of the adult population is classified as having a "health" or
"normal" weight?
A. one-quater
B one third
C. one half
D. two thirds
case control study - Answer What is the term that described a research project that studies two groups
of individuals: a group of individuals with a disease/condition and a group of similarly matched
individuals who are healthy?
A. clinical trial
B. placebo controlled
C. case control study
D. epidemiological study
placebo effect - Answer The phenomenon in which there is an apparent effect of a treatment because
the individuals expects or believes that it will work is known as:
A. cause and effect
B. expectancy effect
C. Hawthorne effect
D. Placebo effect
, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - Answer In the US, young adults are increasingly relying on
mobile phones to communicate and not establishing "land line" phone accounts. Which of the following
nutrition-related studies will be most affected by this culture shift?
A. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
B. College Health and Nutrition Assessment Survey (CHANAS)
C. Framingham Heart Study
D. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
soy - Answer Zoonutrients provide health benefits beyond nutrients and energy. Examples of foods
that contain zoonutrients include all of the following except:
A. dairy products
B. fish
C. soy
D. honey bee products
fat contributes 4 kcal per gram - Answer Calories for the macronutrients vary. All of the following
values are correct except:
A. alcohol contributes 7kcal per gram
B. fat contributes 4 kcal per gram
C. carbohydrates contributes 4 kcal per gram
D. protein contributes 4kcal per gram
correlation - Answer When one factor is only related, or associated, with another factor it is called
A. casual relationship
B. correlation
C. hypothesis
D. observation
infectious diseases - Answer The increased life expectancy in the US over the past century is mainly due
to reduced
