NTR 401 Final Exam Study Questions
With Correct Answers
To ensure adequate vitamin uptake, which figure encompasses the
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largest proportion of the populations needs? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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UL
Daniel Rudman, who postulated the idea of conditional essentiality,
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listed these requirements for the nutrient in the event that a nutrient
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was withheld from the diet - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Decline in plasma
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level of the nutrient into the subnormal range
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- Appearance of chemical, structural, or functional abnormalities
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- Correction of both these by a dietary supplement of the nutrient
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The DRI Guideline that meets the nutrient intake needs of half the
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healthy individuals is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-EAR
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Which of the following are considered essential nutrients, according to
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Alfred Harper - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Fatty acids
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- Water
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- Amino Acids
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,The DRI is made up of the following systems of measurement - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-- RDA
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- EAR
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- AMDR
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- AI|
- UL|
True of False: When trying to determine potential hazard of over
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exposure to a substance (nutrient), a benchmark dose of UL is usually
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used to avoid subjects being harmed by excess intake of nutrient -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True |
Of the following, which in not considered an essential nutrient:
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- Water
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- Iodine
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- Biotin
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- Iron - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-biotin
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A conditionally essential nutrient typically ____ essential and ____ but
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becomes essential when synthesis is ____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- not
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- synthesized
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- inadequate
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,Chemical substances that are essential for the body are called what? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Essential nutrients | | |
What value of the DRI is used when RDA value of nutrient cannot be
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determined - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Adequate intake | | | | |
Why did the USDA develop a food pyramid? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Emphasis on the need for a more individualized approach to improving
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diet and lifestyle
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An element is _____ if without adequate intake there are characteristic
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signs of a deficiency disease - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Essential
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Who and what does the RDA account for - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The
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average daily dietary nutrient intake level that meets 97-98% of all
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healthy individuals at a particular life stage
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List three of the 5 reference values that Dietary Reference Intakes
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include - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- RDA
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- EAR
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- UL
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- AI
|
, - AMDR
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What are two methods of DRI implementation used to positively affect
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the health of the public - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Achieve
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recommended and adequate intake for food-based guidance | | | | | |
- Consider distribution of intake for groups
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Low insulin, high glucagon, low CCK, increasing ghrelin are all
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components that indicates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Hunger/appetite
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The peripheral body systems, the central nervous system, metabolic
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influences (i.e. blood nutrient levels), and disease states (such as
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anorexia or obesity) all impact one's ____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Hunger
In the fasted state, which hormone is secreted by the pancreas to
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increase the availability of glucose in the bloodstream? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Glucagon
What area of the brain is targeted by hormones in order to produce a
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response to hunger or satiety? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Arcuate
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hypothalamus
With Correct Answers
To ensure adequate vitamin uptake, which figure encompasses the
| | | | | | | | |
largest proportion of the populations needs? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
UL
Daniel Rudman, who postulated the idea of conditional essentiality,
| | | | | | | | |
listed these requirements for the nutrient in the event that a nutrient
| | | | | | | | | | | |
was withheld from the diet - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Decline in plasma
| | | | | | | | | | |
level of the nutrient into the subnormal range
| | | | | | |
- Appearance of chemical, structural, or functional abnormalities
| | | | | | |
- Correction of both these by a dietary supplement of the nutrient
| | | | | | | | | | |
The DRI Guideline that meets the nutrient intake needs of half the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
healthy individuals is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-EAR
| | | | |
Which of the following are considered essential nutrients, according to
| | | | | | | | | |
Alfred Harper - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Fatty acids
| | | | | |
- Water
|
- Amino Acids
| |
,The DRI is made up of the following systems of measurement - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-- RDA
| |
- EAR
|
- AMDR
|
- AI|
- UL|
True of False: When trying to determine potential hazard of over
| | | | | | | | | | |
exposure to a substance (nutrient), a benchmark dose of UL is usually
| | | | | | | | | | | |
used to avoid subjects being harmed by excess intake of nutrient -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True |
Of the following, which in not considered an essential nutrient:
| | | | | | | | |
- Water
|
- Iodine
|
- Biotin
|
- Iron - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-biotin
| | | |
A conditionally essential nutrient typically ____ essential and ____ but
| | | | | | | | | |
becomes essential when synthesis is ____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- not
| | | | | | | | |
- synthesized
|
- inadequate
|
,Chemical substances that are essential for the body are called what? -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Essential nutrients | | |
What value of the DRI is used when RDA value of nutrient cannot be
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
determined - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Adequate intake | | | | |
Why did the USDA develop a food pyramid? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
Emphasis on the need for a more individualized approach to improving
| | | | | | | | | | |
diet and lifestyle
| |
An element is _____ if without adequate intake there are characteristic
| | | | | | | | | | |
signs of a deficiency disease - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Essential
| | | | | | |
Who and what does the RDA account for - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The
| | | | | | | | | | |
average daily dietary nutrient intake level that meets 97-98% of all
| | | | | | | | | | |
healthy individuals at a particular life stage
| | | | | |
List three of the 5 reference values that Dietary Reference Intakes
| | | | | | | | | | |
include - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- RDA
| | | |
- EAR
|
- UL
|
- AI
|
, - AMDR
|
What are two methods of DRI implementation used to positively affect
| | | | | | | | | | |
the health of the public - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Achieve
| | | | | | | | |
recommended and adequate intake for food-based guidance | | | | | |
- Consider distribution of intake for groups
| | | | | |
Low insulin, high glucagon, low CCK, increasing ghrelin are all
| | | | | | | | | |
components that indicates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Hunger/appetite
| | | | |
The peripheral body systems, the central nervous system, metabolic
| | | | | | | | |
influences (i.e. blood nutrient levels), and disease states (such as
| | | | | | | | | |
anorexia or obesity) all impact one's ____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
Hunger
In the fasted state, which hormone is secreted by the pancreas to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
increase the availability of glucose in the bloodstream? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Glucagon
What area of the brain is targeted by hormones in order to produce a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
response to hunger or satiety? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Arcuate
| | | | | | | |
hypothalamus
