ISSA Nutrition Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Who declared "Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be
thy food" in 400 B.C. -
correct answer ✅Hippocrates
Vitamins and their importance in health and wellness were
discovered by European doctors in the -
correct answer ✅Early 1900s
In humans what provides the first impression of food? -
correct answer ✅The eyes
Which of the following is one of the five categories of taste in food,
corresponding to the flavor glutamate? -
correct answer ✅Umami
Foods selected, produced, or consumed for reasons beyond calorie
and nutrient content are referred to as -
correct answer ✅Functional Foods
Approximately what percentage of a cell's mass is water? -
correct answer ✅70%
,ISSA Nutrition Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
A thin polar membrane made of pairs of a lipid molecules, is known
as -
correct answer ✅Lipid bilayer
Epithelial cells can be classified as squamous, cuboidal, or -
correct answer ✅Columnar
Tendons and ligaments are made of -
correct answer ✅Dense connective tissue
The three types of body muscle found in the human body are:
cardiac, skeletal, and -
correct answer ✅Smooth
How many organ systems in the body -
correct answer ✅11
Which organ system works closely with the nervous system to
produce, release, and regulate hormones? -
correct answer ✅Endocrine system
,ISSA Nutrition Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
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? -
correct answer ✅Chyme
Specialized cells on the pancreas, which secrete insulin, glucagon,
and somatostatin are referred to as the -
correct answer ✅islet of Langerhans
The small intestine is divided into the sections, in what order? -
correct answer ✅Doudenum, jejunum, and ileum
Process of converting ingested nutrients into energy within the
body -
correct answer ✅Metabolism
A calorie is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature
of 1 gram of water by -
correct answer ✅1 degree Celsius and 1 ATM
What is the caloric(kcal) yield of nutritional fat -
correct answer ✅9 kcal
, ISSA Nutrition Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Which method of measuring energy expenditure measures oxygen
consumed, and carbon dioxide produced? -
correct answer ✅Indirect calorimetry
Which of the following is widely used to predict an individual's RMR
-
correct answer ✅Bland Altman analysis
What principle states energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but
only change from one form to another -
correct answer ✅Law of Conservation of Energy
Within the ATP-ADP cycle, what is the process of adding a
phosphate? -
correct answer ✅Rephosphorylation
Enzyme catalyzing the breakdown of ATP to ADP -
correct answer ✅ATPase
Answers (Grade A+)
Who declared "Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be
thy food" in 400 B.C. -
correct answer ✅Hippocrates
Vitamins and their importance in health and wellness were
discovered by European doctors in the -
correct answer ✅Early 1900s
In humans what provides the first impression of food? -
correct answer ✅The eyes
Which of the following is one of the five categories of taste in food,
corresponding to the flavor glutamate? -
correct answer ✅Umami
Foods selected, produced, or consumed for reasons beyond calorie
and nutrient content are referred to as -
correct answer ✅Functional Foods
Approximately what percentage of a cell's mass is water? -
correct answer ✅70%
,ISSA Nutrition Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
A thin polar membrane made of pairs of a lipid molecules, is known
as -
correct answer ✅Lipid bilayer
Epithelial cells can be classified as squamous, cuboidal, or -
correct answer ✅Columnar
Tendons and ligaments are made of -
correct answer ✅Dense connective tissue
The three types of body muscle found in the human body are:
cardiac, skeletal, and -
correct answer ✅Smooth
How many organ systems in the body -
correct answer ✅11
Which organ system works closely with the nervous system to
produce, release, and regulate hormones? -
correct answer ✅Endocrine system
,ISSA Nutrition Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
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? -
correct answer ✅Chyme
Specialized cells on the pancreas, which secrete insulin, glucagon,
and somatostatin are referred to as the -
correct answer ✅islet of Langerhans
The small intestine is divided into the sections, in what order? -
correct answer ✅Doudenum, jejunum, and ileum
Process of converting ingested nutrients into energy within the
body -
correct answer ✅Metabolism
A calorie is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature
of 1 gram of water by -
correct answer ✅1 degree Celsius and 1 ATM
What is the caloric(kcal) yield of nutritional fat -
correct answer ✅9 kcal
, ISSA Nutrition Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Which method of measuring energy expenditure measures oxygen
consumed, and carbon dioxide produced? -
correct answer ✅Indirect calorimetry
Which of the following is widely used to predict an individual's RMR
-
correct answer ✅Bland Altman analysis
What principle states energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but
only change from one form to another -
correct answer ✅Law of Conservation of Energy
Within the ATP-ADP cycle, what is the process of adding a
phosphate? -
correct answer ✅Rephosphorylation
Enzyme catalyzing the breakdown of ATP to ADP -
correct answer ✅ATPase
