ISSA NUTRITIONIST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
Hippocrates - ANS Who declared "Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy
food" in 400 B.C.?
early 1900s - ANS Vitamins and their importance in health and wellness were discovered by
European doctors in the
the eyes - ANS In humans, what provides the first impression of food?
umami - ANS Which of the following is one of the five categories of taste in food,
corresponding to the flavor of glutamates?
functional foods - ANS Foods selected, produced, or consumed for reasons beyond calorie
and nutrient content are referred to as
religious considerations - ANS Factors affecting a person's access to food, food selections and
the way they consume foods include: cultural, economic, and
medical foods - ANS Foods intended to be ingested under the supervision of a physician for
specific dietary management of a disease or condition are known as
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,olfactory system - ANS Which organ system is used for smelling?
firmness or thickness - ANS The consistency of a food describes its
fat - ANS the flavor of food is heavily influenced by the amount of
70 percent - ANS Approximately what percentage of a cell's mass is comprised of water?
lipid bilayer - ANS A thin polar membrane made of pairs of lipid molecules, is known as a(n)
columnar - ANS Epithelial cells can be classified as squamous, cuboidal, or
dense connective tissue - ANS Tendons and ligaments are made of
smooth muscle - ANS The three types of muscle found in the human body are: cardiac
muscle, skeletal muscle, and
11 - ANS How many organ systems are in the human body?
endocrine system - ANS Which organ system works closely with the nervous system to
produce, release, and regulate hormones?
chyme - ANS Which of the following is a pulpy, acidic fluid passing from the stomach to the
small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partially digested food?
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, islets of Langerhans - ANS Specialized cells on the pancreas, which secrete insulin, glucagon,
and somatostatin are referred to as the
duodenum, jejunum, and ileum - ANS The small intestine is divided into three sections, in the
following order:
metabolism - ANS The process of converting ingested nutrients into energy within the body is
known as
1 degree celsius at a pressure of 1 atmosphere - ANS A calorie is the amount of energy
needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by
9 kcal - ANS What is the caloric (kcal) yield of nutritional fat?
indirect calorimetry - ANS Which method of measuring energy expenditure measures oxygen
consumed, and carbon dioxide produced?
harris-benedict formula - ANS Which of the following is widely used to predict an individual's
resting metabolic rate (RMR)?
the law of conservation of energy - ANS Which of the following is a principle stating energy
cannot be created or destroyed, but only changed from one form to another?
resphosphorylation - ANS Within the ATP-ADP cycle, what is the process of adding a
phosphate is called?
atpase - ANS Which of the following is an enzyme catalyzing the breakdown of ATP to ADP?
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AND ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
Hippocrates - ANS Who declared "Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy
food" in 400 B.C.?
early 1900s - ANS Vitamins and their importance in health and wellness were discovered by
European doctors in the
the eyes - ANS In humans, what provides the first impression of food?
umami - ANS Which of the following is one of the five categories of taste in food,
corresponding to the flavor of glutamates?
functional foods - ANS Foods selected, produced, or consumed for reasons beyond calorie
and nutrient content are referred to as
religious considerations - ANS Factors affecting a person's access to food, food selections and
the way they consume foods include: cultural, economic, and
medical foods - ANS Foods intended to be ingested under the supervision of a physician for
specific dietary management of a disease or condition are known as
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,olfactory system - ANS Which organ system is used for smelling?
firmness or thickness - ANS The consistency of a food describes its
fat - ANS the flavor of food is heavily influenced by the amount of
70 percent - ANS Approximately what percentage of a cell's mass is comprised of water?
lipid bilayer - ANS A thin polar membrane made of pairs of lipid molecules, is known as a(n)
columnar - ANS Epithelial cells can be classified as squamous, cuboidal, or
dense connective tissue - ANS Tendons and ligaments are made of
smooth muscle - ANS The three types of muscle found in the human body are: cardiac
muscle, skeletal muscle, and
11 - ANS How many organ systems are in the human body?
endocrine system - ANS Which organ system works closely with the nervous system to
produce, release, and regulate hormones?
chyme - ANS Which of the following is a pulpy, acidic fluid passing from the stomach to the
small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partially digested food?
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, islets of Langerhans - ANS Specialized cells on the pancreas, which secrete insulin, glucagon,
and somatostatin are referred to as the
duodenum, jejunum, and ileum - ANS The small intestine is divided into three sections, in the
following order:
metabolism - ANS The process of converting ingested nutrients into energy within the body is
known as
1 degree celsius at a pressure of 1 atmosphere - ANS A calorie is the amount of energy
needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by
9 kcal - ANS What is the caloric (kcal) yield of nutritional fat?
indirect calorimetry - ANS Which method of measuring energy expenditure measures oxygen
consumed, and carbon dioxide produced?
harris-benedict formula - ANS Which of the following is widely used to predict an individual's
resting metabolic rate (RMR)?
the law of conservation of energy - ANS Which of the following is a principle stating energy
cannot be created or destroyed, but only changed from one form to another?
resphosphorylation - ANS Within the ATP-ADP cycle, what is the process of adding a
phosphate is called?
atpase - ANS Which of the following is an enzyme catalyzing the breakdown of ATP to ADP?
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