RD CDR EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔How many FTE employees would be required to staff ten 8-hour positions that
require coverage 7 days a week?
A. 10
B. 14
C. 14.4
D. 15.5 - ✔✔B. 14
(8 * 7) = 56
56x10= 560/ 40 = 14
✔✔Transferring a staff member who is rumored to have chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease violates which of the following acts?
A. Equal Employment Opportunity Act
B. Americans with Disabilities Act
C. Fair Labor Standards Act
D. Civil Rights Act - ✔✔B. Americans with Disabilities Act
✔✔A clinical manager has created a marketing strategy for a new pediatric weight-loss
program to be competitively prices and held at a local school. Another factor required
for a successful marketing mix is:
A. a logo and brand
B. expert guest speakers
C. Advertising to parents
D. additional convenient meeting locations - ✔✔C. Advertising to parents
Why: Advertising is a form of promotion and in order to get kids involved in the program
they need the parents consent.
✔✔Using the 5-week, simple moving average method of forecasting and the date
below, the dietitian will need to buy how many serving on October 7?
September 5 : 125 servings
September 12 : 115 servings
September 19 : 119 servings
September 26 : 123 servings
October 2 : 120 servings
October 10 : 121 servings
A. 115
B. 120
,C. 121
D. 125 - ✔✔B. 120
ADD last three before the one you are looking at:
September 19 : 119 servings
September 26 : 123 servings
October 2 : 130 servings
= 119+123+120/3 = 120.6 (DO NOT ROUND)
✔✔The most important critical control point to monitor in the preparation and service of
canned cream soup is the temperature of:
A. at delivery
B. of storage
C. during end-point cooking
D. During service holding - ✔✔D. During service holding
✔✔Carrots rank in the middle of the glycemic index scale, but the glycemic load of
carrots is low. Which of the following explanations for this fact is best?
A. Heating carrots lowers the glycemic load
B. The fiber in carrots negatively affects the glycemic load
C. There is a small amount of absorbable carbohydrates present in carrots
D. The carbohydrate in carrots are cleared from tissues at a slow rate - ✔✔C. There is a
small amount of absorbable carbohydrates present in carrots
✔✔Which of the following is the most appropriate as an alternative to dairy products for
a vegan?
A. rice milk
B. almond milk
C. acidophilus milk
D. Fortified soy milk - ✔✔D. Fortified soy milk
✔✔A client says to a dietitian, "I realize I am overweight, but this is not the time for me
to change my diet." The RD should respond by asking:
A. "How will your life improve as you make these changes?"
B. "What do you know about the relationship between weight and stress?"
C. "What are the advantages and disadvantages of focusing on change now?"
D. "What obstacles are you facing that are keeping you from reaching your goals?" -
✔✔C. "What are the advantages and disadvantages of focusing on change now?"
, Why this is the only answer that addresses her statement the next closest one is D but
this client isn't talking about the obstacles or difficulty with changing she is talking about
right now and that it is not the time to change.
✔✔A 75 year old man is to undergo a partial colectomy for treatment of
adenocarcinoma of the colon. He is 167.6 cm tall, and he has weighed 65 kg for several
years. His diet consists primarily of convenience foods. Nutritional assessment reveals
a serum albumin level of 3.5 mg/dl and a total lymphocyte count of 2,000/mm3. The
most likely assessment of the nutritional status of this patient is:
A. Kwashiorkor, mild risk
B. Marasmus, moderate risk
C. Marasmus-Kwashiorkor mix, mild risk
D. Adequate nutritional status, increased risk - ✔✔D. Adequate nutritional status,
increased risk
✔✔A nutritional assessment of a man with HIV reveals the lab results shown below:
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 115#
Hematocrit: 35%
MCV: 102
BUN: 11 mg/dl
Serum albumin: 2.8 g/dl
CD4: 280
Total lymphocytes: 1200/mm3
The primary concern of the dietitian should be:
A. weight
B. anemia
C. renal failure
D. protein deficiency - ✔✔A. weight
✔✔What is the correct diagnosis for a client who frequently eats in restaurants and has
the following laboratory finding: blood pressure: 135/86 mmHG, fasting BG: 130 mg/dl,
total cholesterol: 256 mg/dl, LDL: 192 mg/dl, and HDL: 34 mg/dl?
A. Limited access to food
B. Excessive oral food/beverage intake
C. Impaired ability to prepare food/meals
D. Altered nutrition-related laboratory values - ✔✔D. Altered nutrition-related laboratory
values
only one you could used based on the info provided. There is no information about how
the patient eats or his access to food.
GRADED A+
✔✔How many FTE employees would be required to staff ten 8-hour positions that
require coverage 7 days a week?
A. 10
B. 14
C. 14.4
D. 15.5 - ✔✔B. 14
(8 * 7) = 56
56x10= 560/ 40 = 14
✔✔Transferring a staff member who is rumored to have chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease violates which of the following acts?
A. Equal Employment Opportunity Act
B. Americans with Disabilities Act
C. Fair Labor Standards Act
D. Civil Rights Act - ✔✔B. Americans with Disabilities Act
✔✔A clinical manager has created a marketing strategy for a new pediatric weight-loss
program to be competitively prices and held at a local school. Another factor required
for a successful marketing mix is:
A. a logo and brand
B. expert guest speakers
C. Advertising to parents
D. additional convenient meeting locations - ✔✔C. Advertising to parents
Why: Advertising is a form of promotion and in order to get kids involved in the program
they need the parents consent.
✔✔Using the 5-week, simple moving average method of forecasting and the date
below, the dietitian will need to buy how many serving on October 7?
September 5 : 125 servings
September 12 : 115 servings
September 19 : 119 servings
September 26 : 123 servings
October 2 : 120 servings
October 10 : 121 servings
A. 115
B. 120
,C. 121
D. 125 - ✔✔B. 120
ADD last three before the one you are looking at:
September 19 : 119 servings
September 26 : 123 servings
October 2 : 130 servings
= 119+123+120/3 = 120.6 (DO NOT ROUND)
✔✔The most important critical control point to monitor in the preparation and service of
canned cream soup is the temperature of:
A. at delivery
B. of storage
C. during end-point cooking
D. During service holding - ✔✔D. During service holding
✔✔Carrots rank in the middle of the glycemic index scale, but the glycemic load of
carrots is low. Which of the following explanations for this fact is best?
A. Heating carrots lowers the glycemic load
B. The fiber in carrots negatively affects the glycemic load
C. There is a small amount of absorbable carbohydrates present in carrots
D. The carbohydrate in carrots are cleared from tissues at a slow rate - ✔✔C. There is a
small amount of absorbable carbohydrates present in carrots
✔✔Which of the following is the most appropriate as an alternative to dairy products for
a vegan?
A. rice milk
B. almond milk
C. acidophilus milk
D. Fortified soy milk - ✔✔D. Fortified soy milk
✔✔A client says to a dietitian, "I realize I am overweight, but this is not the time for me
to change my diet." The RD should respond by asking:
A. "How will your life improve as you make these changes?"
B. "What do you know about the relationship between weight and stress?"
C. "What are the advantages and disadvantages of focusing on change now?"
D. "What obstacles are you facing that are keeping you from reaching your goals?" -
✔✔C. "What are the advantages and disadvantages of focusing on change now?"
, Why this is the only answer that addresses her statement the next closest one is D but
this client isn't talking about the obstacles or difficulty with changing she is talking about
right now and that it is not the time to change.
✔✔A 75 year old man is to undergo a partial colectomy for treatment of
adenocarcinoma of the colon. He is 167.6 cm tall, and he has weighed 65 kg for several
years. His diet consists primarily of convenience foods. Nutritional assessment reveals
a serum albumin level of 3.5 mg/dl and a total lymphocyte count of 2,000/mm3. The
most likely assessment of the nutritional status of this patient is:
A. Kwashiorkor, mild risk
B. Marasmus, moderate risk
C. Marasmus-Kwashiorkor mix, mild risk
D. Adequate nutritional status, increased risk - ✔✔D. Adequate nutritional status,
increased risk
✔✔A nutritional assessment of a man with HIV reveals the lab results shown below:
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 115#
Hematocrit: 35%
MCV: 102
BUN: 11 mg/dl
Serum albumin: 2.8 g/dl
CD4: 280
Total lymphocytes: 1200/mm3
The primary concern of the dietitian should be:
A. weight
B. anemia
C. renal failure
D. protein deficiency - ✔✔A. weight
✔✔What is the correct diagnosis for a client who frequently eats in restaurants and has
the following laboratory finding: blood pressure: 135/86 mmHG, fasting BG: 130 mg/dl,
total cholesterol: 256 mg/dl, LDL: 192 mg/dl, and HDL: 34 mg/dl?
A. Limited access to food
B. Excessive oral food/beverage intake
C. Impaired ability to prepare food/meals
D. Altered nutrition-related laboratory values - ✔✔D. Altered nutrition-related laboratory
values
only one you could used based on the info provided. There is no information about how
the patient eats or his access to food.
