NSC 150 Exam 1 Questions with Complete Answers
What is the accepted definition of a food desert?
a) A poverty rate of 20% or higher where 33% of the people reside within a mile of a supermarket.
b) Median household income is at or below 185% of the Federal Poverty Level, over 40% of househ...
NSC 150 Exam 1 Questions with
Complete Answers
What is the accepted definition of a food desert?
a) A poverty rate of 20% or higher where 33% of the people reside within a mile of a
supermarket.
b) Median household income is at or below 185% of the Federal Poverty Level, over
40% of households have no vehicle available, and the distance to a supermarket is less
than ¼ mile.
c) Area of low healthy food access.
d) Different entities use different definitions. - Answer-d) Different entities use different
definitions.
The socioecological model focuses attention on the idea that an individual's food
choices are influenced by which of the following?
a) The person's genes.
b) Behaviors of family, friends, and peers.
c) Policy factors.
d) All of the above - Answer-d) All of the above
The problem of too few supermarkets is mostly a rural issue.
a) True
b) False - Answer-b) False
A "food desert" can be a "food swamp" at the same time.
a) True
b) False - Answer-a) True
Why do some communities feel uncomfortable with having the terms, food deserts and
food swamps applied to them?
a) These terms are not well defined.
b) These terms focus on a community's deficits.
, c) "Deserts" and "swamps" are like opposites, but in their communities, the two exist
together.
d) Calling an area a food desert or food swamp may reduce policymaker interest in
addressing the problem. - Answer-b) These terms focus on a community's deficits.
One way that the WIC program differs from the SNAP program is that WIC recipients
can buy only designated healthy foods with their benefits, while food purchased with
SNAP benefits does not need to meet health standards.
a) True
b) False - Answer-a) True
What is one reason why prices at supermarkets tend to be lower than prices at other
types of stores, like grocery and convenience stores?
a) Supermarkets are usually owned locally, so they have reduced overhead.
b) Supermarkets often purchase directly from farms, cutting out the middleman.
c) Supermarkets keep prices down by purchasing lower quality items.
d) Supermarkets purchase more products wholesale. - Answer-d) Supermarkets
purchase more products wholesale.
Which of the following factors best predicts where a fast food restaurant will be located?
a) Population density.
b) Age composition of the people living nearby.
c) Socioeconomic status of the people living nearby.
d) Racial composition of the people living nearby. - Answer-d) Racial composition of the
people living nearby.
system - Answer-a network of interacting components that together form a complex
whole, though they are influenced by factors outside of their boundaries
food system - Answer-a system encompassing all the activities and resources that go
into producing, distributing and consuming foods; the drivers/outcomes of these
processes; and all the relationships/feedback loops between system components
subsytems - Answer-a system that is also a component of a broader system
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