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MNT II Test 2 Practice Questions and
Answers
Which of the following foods is easiest to swallow for patients experiencing difficulty swallowing? -
Ans:✔✔-Cool, soft-textured foods with sauce or gravy
Damage to which of the following cranial nerves will likely affect the ability to eat food? - Ans:✔✔-
Glossopharyngeal (IX) nerve
Which of the following requires the greatest coordination and control in order to swallow? - Ans:✔✔-
Liquids of thin consistency
Which of the following can occur with impaired swallowing? - Ans:✔✔-Aspiration pneumonia.
Because of potential drug-nutrient interactions, it would be more beneficial to provide the majority of
their dietary protein to patients with Parkinson disease - Ans:✔✔-with the evening meal
How may phenobarbital, used for anticonvulsant therapy, interfere with the intestinal absorption of
calcium? - Ans:✔✔-It increases the metabolism of vitamin D in the liver
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The guideline for use of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in patients with neurologic
disease or disorders is to use - Ans:✔✔-With patients whose swallowing function will not ensure
adequate nutritional intake.
Which of the following can result from thiamin deficiency? - Ans:✔✔-Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has a rating of 3 or 4 on the swallowing severity scale.
Which of the following interventions would be recommended in the medical nutrition therapy plan? -
Ans:✔✔-Supplemental tube feedings
Which of the following is NOT true of head-injured patients? - Ans:✔✔-They have decreased energy
needs
For which condition might a ketogenic diet be used in treatment? - Ans:✔✔-Epilepsy
Which of the following is the inability to perform purposeful, complex movements, although no sensory
or motor impairment is evident? - Ans:✔✔-Apraxia
Which of the following is characterized by a cholesterol plaque within an artery that ruptures and
promotes platelet aggregation to clog an already narrowed artery? - Ans:✔✔-Thrombotic stroke
Sensory deficits of limbs on the opposite of the body that result from occlusion of the middle cerebral
artery on one side of the brain are known as - Ans:✔✔-Hemiparesis
Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with - Ans:✔✔-Active mood disorder
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
MNT II Test 2 Practice Questions and
Answers
Which of the following foods is easiest to swallow for patients experiencing difficulty swallowing? -
Ans:✔✔-Cool, soft-textured foods with sauce or gravy
Damage to which of the following cranial nerves will likely affect the ability to eat food? - Ans:✔✔-
Glossopharyngeal (IX) nerve
Which of the following requires the greatest coordination and control in order to swallow? - Ans:✔✔-
Liquids of thin consistency
Which of the following can occur with impaired swallowing? - Ans:✔✔-Aspiration pneumonia.
Because of potential drug-nutrient interactions, it would be more beneficial to provide the majority of
their dietary protein to patients with Parkinson disease - Ans:✔✔-with the evening meal
How may phenobarbital, used for anticonvulsant therapy, interfere with the intestinal absorption of
calcium? - Ans:✔✔-It increases the metabolism of vitamin D in the liver
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
The guideline for use of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in patients with neurologic
disease or disorders is to use - Ans:✔✔-With patients whose swallowing function will not ensure
adequate nutritional intake.
Which of the following can result from thiamin deficiency? - Ans:✔✔-Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has a rating of 3 or 4 on the swallowing severity scale.
Which of the following interventions would be recommended in the medical nutrition therapy plan? -
Ans:✔✔-Supplemental tube feedings
Which of the following is NOT true of head-injured patients? - Ans:✔✔-They have decreased energy
needs
For which condition might a ketogenic diet be used in treatment? - Ans:✔✔-Epilepsy
Which of the following is the inability to perform purposeful, complex movements, although no sensory
or motor impairment is evident? - Ans:✔✔-Apraxia
Which of the following is characterized by a cholesterol plaque within an artery that ruptures and
promotes platelet aggregation to clog an already narrowed artery? - Ans:✔✔-Thrombotic stroke
Sensory deficits of limbs on the opposite of the body that result from occlusion of the middle cerebral
artery on one side of the brain are known as - Ans:✔✔-Hemiparesis
Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with - Ans:✔✔-Active mood disorder
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