Jean Inman Practice Questions - Domain 1
What are you checking when you check overrun? - ANS-The weight of the ice cream
What is the process by which the water content of a vegetable is replaced by a
concentrated salt solution? - ANS-Diffusion
Why do egg whites beat more easily at room temperature? - ANS-The surface tension
is lower
Which pigment does not change color in an acid or alkaline solution? - ANS-Carotene
What are the end products of cellular oxidation? - ANS-Water, carbon dioxide, energy
CHO listed in order of decreasing sweetness - ANS-Fructose
Sucrose
Glucose
Sorbitol
What does the flakiness of pie crust depend on? - ANS-Type of fat
A group of rats being fed gelatin as the sole protein source are not growing well. What is
the likely reason? - ANS-Gelatin has no tryptophan and is low in methionine and lysine
How many cups does a #10 can hold? - ANS-13
What happens to ice crystals if you replace the half and half with whipping cream in ice
cream? - ANS-A decrease in the size of the crystals because there is more fat
Why does fat produce more calories than CHO? - ANS-Fat has more carbon and
hydrogen in relation to oxygen
What is the best lab value to use in assessing iron status? - ANS-Ferritin (it stores iron)
Not Hgb or Hct
What is the best flour for making cakes? - ANS-All-purpose flour if you do not have cake
flour
, Where is lactose absorbed? - ANS-Small intestine
Which minerals are involved in CHO metabolism? - ANS-Chromium and zinc
How does acidic chyme become neutralized in the duodenum? - ANS-Mixing with
bicarbonate and fluids
What is absorbed in the colon? - ANS-Water
Salts
Vitamin K
Thiamin
Riboflavin
How would you prevent frozen gravy from separating when thawed? - ANS-Prepare it
with modified starch
How much fluid is lost through insensible losses? - ANS-1 liter
Which of these cannot be produced by the body?
Alanine
Glycine
Tyrosine
Tryptophan - ANS-Tryptophan
Example of an irreversible reaction - ANS-Pyruvic acid into acetyl CoA
What vitamins are involved in the metabolism of CHO? - ANS-Riboflavin, thiamin, and
niacin
What does an increase in plasma pyruvate level indicate? - ANS-Thiamin deficiency
Because the pyruvate is not getting converted and it requires thiamin
What might cause EKG abnormalities? - ANS-Serum potassium
What does the brain use for energy in the fed state? - ANS-Glucose
What does the brain use for energy in the starvation state? - ANS-Ketone bodies
What are you checking when you check overrun? - ANS-The weight of the ice cream
What is the process by which the water content of a vegetable is replaced by a
concentrated salt solution? - ANS-Diffusion
Why do egg whites beat more easily at room temperature? - ANS-The surface tension
is lower
Which pigment does not change color in an acid or alkaline solution? - ANS-Carotene
What are the end products of cellular oxidation? - ANS-Water, carbon dioxide, energy
CHO listed in order of decreasing sweetness - ANS-Fructose
Sucrose
Glucose
Sorbitol
What does the flakiness of pie crust depend on? - ANS-Type of fat
A group of rats being fed gelatin as the sole protein source are not growing well. What is
the likely reason? - ANS-Gelatin has no tryptophan and is low in methionine and lysine
How many cups does a #10 can hold? - ANS-13
What happens to ice crystals if you replace the half and half with whipping cream in ice
cream? - ANS-A decrease in the size of the crystals because there is more fat
Why does fat produce more calories than CHO? - ANS-Fat has more carbon and
hydrogen in relation to oxygen
What is the best lab value to use in assessing iron status? - ANS-Ferritin (it stores iron)
Not Hgb or Hct
What is the best flour for making cakes? - ANS-All-purpose flour if you do not have cake
flour
, Where is lactose absorbed? - ANS-Small intestine
Which minerals are involved in CHO metabolism? - ANS-Chromium and zinc
How does acidic chyme become neutralized in the duodenum? - ANS-Mixing with
bicarbonate and fluids
What is absorbed in the colon? - ANS-Water
Salts
Vitamin K
Thiamin
Riboflavin
How would you prevent frozen gravy from separating when thawed? - ANS-Prepare it
with modified starch
How much fluid is lost through insensible losses? - ANS-1 liter
Which of these cannot be produced by the body?
Alanine
Glycine
Tyrosine
Tryptophan - ANS-Tryptophan
Example of an irreversible reaction - ANS-Pyruvic acid into acetyl CoA
What vitamins are involved in the metabolism of CHO? - ANS-Riboflavin, thiamin, and
niacin
What does an increase in plasma pyruvate level indicate? - ANS-Thiamin deficiency
Because the pyruvate is not getting converted and it requires thiamin
What might cause EKG abnormalities? - ANS-Serum potassium
What does the brain use for energy in the fed state? - ANS-Glucose
What does the brain use for energy in the starvation state? - ANS-Ketone bodies
