Community Nutrition – Final Exam
Complete Practice Questions with
Answers
Introduction:
This document contains a comprehensive set of final exam
practice questions and detailed answers for a Community
Nutrition course. It covers major topics including community
needs assessment, program planning and evaluation,
epidemiology, public health, food security programs, maternal
and child nutrition, global nutrition, cultural competence,
marketing, and nutrition education.
The material includes definitions, multiple-choice questions,
applied concepts, and structured review content aligned with
key course objectives and exam preparation. It serves as a
complete study guide for final exam review.
Exam Questions and Answers:
What is the 1st step in planning a survey? What questions
should you ask when designing a survey? -Answer:-the first
step is to determine the purpose of the survey
,is the survey valid and reliable?
are norms available?
are the survey questions easy to read and understand?
is the format of the questionnaire clear?
are the responses clear?
is the survey comprehensive but brief?
does the survey ask "socially loaded" questions?
What is a health risk appraisal, where is it used, & what does it
consist of? -Answer:-a type of survey instrument used to
characterize a population's general health status.
a. It is used in different settings as a health education or
screening tool.
b. The HRA consists of three parts: a questionnaire, certain
calculations that predict risk of disease, and an educational
message or report to the participant. c. HRAs are used to alert
people about their risky health behaviors and how such
behaviors might be modified through a lifestyle modification
program
What is screening, how is it done, and why is it an important
method of assessment? Know some examples. -Answer:-an
important preventive health activity designed to reverse,
,retard, or halt the progress of a disease by detecting it as soon
as possible.
a. Screening can be conducted in clinical and community
settings and examples include: blood pressure checks, blood
cholesterol checks, and height and weight
measures.
b. Screening programs are not meant to substitute for a health
care visit but they do have educational value and serve to
identify high-risk persons.
c. The Mini Nutrition Assessment® is a screening tool used,
especially among older adults, to identify persons at increased
risk of poor nutritional status.
What is a focus group? What must the moderator be able to
do? What do focus groups provide? -Answer:-informal groups
of about 5 to 12 people who are asked to share their concerns,
experiences, beliefs, opinions, or problems.
moderator is skilled at putting people at ease and promoting
group interaction leads focus group sessions
Focus groups can be used to:
1. Obtain advice and insights about new products and services.
2. Research data and information about key variables used in
quantitative studies. 3. Obtain opinions about products or
, creative concepts such as advertising campaigns or program
logos.
Why are key informants a valuable source of information? -
Answer:-people "in the know" about the community, can also
provide information about the target population.
What are the direct assessment methods of nutritional status?
-Answer:-
What are the purposes of dietary assessment methods? What
are the primary methods? -Answer:-used to determine an
individual's or population's usual dietary intake and to identify
potential dietary inadequacies.
a. Diet History Method has the advantage of being easy to
administer, although it is time-consuming and requires a
trained interviewer.
b. Twenty-Four-Hour Recall Method is one of the most widely
used diet assessment methods as it is easy to administer in
person or by phone and lends itself to large population studies.
c. Diet Record Method has been considered the "gold standard"
of diet assessment methods because diet records provide
detailed information about food products consumed over a
given period of time.
Complete Practice Questions with
Answers
Introduction:
This document contains a comprehensive set of final exam
practice questions and detailed answers for a Community
Nutrition course. It covers major topics including community
needs assessment, program planning and evaluation,
epidemiology, public health, food security programs, maternal
and child nutrition, global nutrition, cultural competence,
marketing, and nutrition education.
The material includes definitions, multiple-choice questions,
applied concepts, and structured review content aligned with
key course objectives and exam preparation. It serves as a
complete study guide for final exam review.
Exam Questions and Answers:
What is the 1st step in planning a survey? What questions
should you ask when designing a survey? -Answer:-the first
step is to determine the purpose of the survey
,is the survey valid and reliable?
are norms available?
are the survey questions easy to read and understand?
is the format of the questionnaire clear?
are the responses clear?
is the survey comprehensive but brief?
does the survey ask "socially loaded" questions?
What is a health risk appraisal, where is it used, & what does it
consist of? -Answer:-a type of survey instrument used to
characterize a population's general health status.
a. It is used in different settings as a health education or
screening tool.
b. The HRA consists of three parts: a questionnaire, certain
calculations that predict risk of disease, and an educational
message or report to the participant. c. HRAs are used to alert
people about their risky health behaviors and how such
behaviors might be modified through a lifestyle modification
program
What is screening, how is it done, and why is it an important
method of assessment? Know some examples. -Answer:-an
important preventive health activity designed to reverse,
,retard, or halt the progress of a disease by detecting it as soon
as possible.
a. Screening can be conducted in clinical and community
settings and examples include: blood pressure checks, blood
cholesterol checks, and height and weight
measures.
b. Screening programs are not meant to substitute for a health
care visit but they do have educational value and serve to
identify high-risk persons.
c. The Mini Nutrition Assessment® is a screening tool used,
especially among older adults, to identify persons at increased
risk of poor nutritional status.
What is a focus group? What must the moderator be able to
do? What do focus groups provide? -Answer:-informal groups
of about 5 to 12 people who are asked to share their concerns,
experiences, beliefs, opinions, or problems.
moderator is skilled at putting people at ease and promoting
group interaction leads focus group sessions
Focus groups can be used to:
1. Obtain advice and insights about new products and services.
2. Research data and information about key variables used in
quantitative studies. 3. Obtain opinions about products or
, creative concepts such as advertising campaigns or program
logos.
Why are key informants a valuable source of information? -
Answer:-people "in the know" about the community, can also
provide information about the target population.
What are the direct assessment methods of nutritional status?
-Answer:-
What are the purposes of dietary assessment methods? What
are the primary methods? -Answer:-used to determine an
individual's or population's usual dietary intake and to identify
potential dietary inadequacies.
a. Diet History Method has the advantage of being easy to
administer, although it is time-consuming and requires a
trained interviewer.
b. Twenty-Four-Hour Recall Method is one of the most widely
used diet assessment methods as it is easy to administer in
person or by phone and lends itself to large population studies.
c. Diet Record Method has been considered the "gold standard"
of diet assessment methods because diet records provide
detailed information about food products consumed over a
given period of time.
