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MNT I Practice Questions with Correct
Answers
The oral cavity is an important region to evaluate during an NFPE since the high turnover of cells allows
for early detection of nutrient deficiencies. T or F - Ans:✔✔-True
The most common component of the nutrition-focused physical exam used by RDs is: visual inspection,
palpation, percussion, auscultation - Ans:✔✔-visual inspection
observation of food intake through calorie counts obtained in the inpatient hospital setting is highly
correlated with usual intake T or F - Ans:✔✔-False
Clinical characteristics that the RD can obtain and document to support the diagnosis of malnutrition in
adults based on current guidelines include which of the following: weight loss, albumin, insufficient
energy intake; weight loss, albumin, reduced hand grip strength; albumin, insufficient energy intake,
reduced hand grip strength; weight loss, insufficient energy intake, reduced hand grip strength. -
Ans:✔✔-weight loss, insufficient energy intake, reduced hand grip strength
Waist circumference measurement contributes to a nutrition assessment because: waist circumference
helps to determine BMI; waist circumference is necessary for malnutrition diagnosis; waist
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circumference is associated with cardiometabolic risk; waist circumference classifies obesity - Ans:✔✔-
waist circumference is associated with cardio metabolic risk
The expected relationship between body mass index and body fat may be confounded in the setting of:
thinness, obesity, weight loss, or edema - Ans:✔✔-edema
In the setting of illness, which might be the most useful to assess baseline nutritional status? serum
albumin and pre albumin; skin evaluation for wounds; presence of temporal muscle wasting; weight
after fluid resuscitation. - Ans:✔✔-presence of temporal muscle wasting
Dry weight is: weight when thirsty; weight after 10% of excess body fluid has been removed; weight at
which the patient has hypertension or hypotension; weight prior to fluid retention. - Ans:✔✔-weight
prior to fluid retention
One difference between the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) and the Malnutrition Universal Screening
Tool (MUST) is: The MST assesses unintentional weight loss and the MUST does not; the MST assesses
BMI and the MUST does not; the MST assesses the presence of acute disease and the MUST does not:
The MST assesses change in appetite while the MUST does not. - Ans:✔✔-The MST assessed change in
appetite while the MUST does not
Which of the following is the most useful method of determining intake of patients in a hospital
environment? Usual diet recall, Food frequency questionnaire, food disappearance data, or family
interview - Ans:✔✔-Usual diet recall
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MNT I Practice Questions with Correct
Answers
The oral cavity is an important region to evaluate during an NFPE since the high turnover of cells allows
for early detection of nutrient deficiencies. T or F - Ans:✔✔-True
The most common component of the nutrition-focused physical exam used by RDs is: visual inspection,
palpation, percussion, auscultation - Ans:✔✔-visual inspection
observation of food intake through calorie counts obtained in the inpatient hospital setting is highly
correlated with usual intake T or F - Ans:✔✔-False
Clinical characteristics that the RD can obtain and document to support the diagnosis of malnutrition in
adults based on current guidelines include which of the following: weight loss, albumin, insufficient
energy intake; weight loss, albumin, reduced hand grip strength; albumin, insufficient energy intake,
reduced hand grip strength; weight loss, insufficient energy intake, reduced hand grip strength. -
Ans:✔✔-weight loss, insufficient energy intake, reduced hand grip strength
Waist circumference measurement contributes to a nutrition assessment because: waist circumference
helps to determine BMI; waist circumference is necessary for malnutrition diagnosis; waist
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circumference is associated with cardiometabolic risk; waist circumference classifies obesity - Ans:✔✔-
waist circumference is associated with cardio metabolic risk
The expected relationship between body mass index and body fat may be confounded in the setting of:
thinness, obesity, weight loss, or edema - Ans:✔✔-edema
In the setting of illness, which might be the most useful to assess baseline nutritional status? serum
albumin and pre albumin; skin evaluation for wounds; presence of temporal muscle wasting; weight
after fluid resuscitation. - Ans:✔✔-presence of temporal muscle wasting
Dry weight is: weight when thirsty; weight after 10% of excess body fluid has been removed; weight at
which the patient has hypertension or hypotension; weight prior to fluid retention. - Ans:✔✔-weight
prior to fluid retention
One difference between the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) and the Malnutrition Universal Screening
Tool (MUST) is: The MST assesses unintentional weight loss and the MUST does not; the MST assesses
BMI and the MUST does not; the MST assesses the presence of acute disease and the MUST does not:
The MST assesses change in appetite while the MUST does not. - Ans:✔✔-The MST assessed change in
appetite while the MUST does not
Which of the following is the most useful method of determining intake of patients in a hospital
environment? Usual diet recall, Food frequency questionnaire, food disappearance data, or family
interview - Ans:✔✔-Usual diet recall
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