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1. You are providing health promotion teaching for a newly pregnant
woman, and recommend which of the following weight gain
parameters for a healthy pregnancy?
a. 25 to 35 pounds
b. 28 to 40 pounds
c. 15 to 25 pounds
d. The recommendation depends on the BMI of the mother at the start
of the pregnancy. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d. The recommendation
depends on the BMI of the mother at the start of the pregnancy.
2. You obtain which data when screening patients for nutritional
status?
a. Temperature, pulse, and respiration
,b. Blood pressure and genogram
c. Weight and nutrition intake history
d. Serum creatinine levels - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. Weight and
nutrition intake history
3. A 24-hour recall of dietary intake is used:
a. As an anthropometric measure of calories consumed
b. As a questionnaire or interview of everything eaten within the last 24
hours
c. As the same as a food frequency questionnaire
d. As a form of food diary - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. As a
questionnaire or interview of everything eaten within the last 24 hours
4. The balance between nutrient intake and nutrient requirements is
described as:
a. Undernutrition
b. Malnutrition
c. Nutritional status
d. Overnutrition - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. Nutritional status
5. Which is a normal expected change with aging?
,a. Increase in energy needs
b. Increase in body water
c. Decrease in height
d. Increase in AP diameter of the chest - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c.
Decrease in height
6. Mary, a 15-year-old, has come for a school physical. During the
interview, you learn that menarche has not occurred. The BMI is 17.
You suspect:
a. Nutritional deficiency
b. Alcohol intake
c. Smoking history
d. Possible elevated blood sugar - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a.
Nutritional deficiency
7. Which older adult is at lowest risk for alteration in nutritional status?
a. 80-year-old widow who lives alone
b. 65-year-old widower who visits a senior center with a meal program
5 days per week
c. 70-year-old person with poor dentition who lives with a son
, d. 73-year-old couple with low income and no transportation - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > b. 65-year-old widower who visits a senior
center with a meal program 5 days per week
8. The examiner is completing an initial assessment for a patient
admitted to a long-term care facility. The patient is unable to stand for
a measurement of height. To obtain this important anthropometric
information, the examiner would:
a. Measure the waist-to-hip circumference.
b. Estimate the body mass index.
c. Measure arm span.
d. Obtain a mid-upper arm muscle circumference to estimate skeletal
muscle reserve. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. Measure arm span.
9. Which assessment finding indicates a patient at nutrition risk?
a. BMI = 24 kg/m2
b. Waist circumference at 43 inches
c. Current weight = 200 lb
d. BMI = 19 kg/m2 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Waist circumference
at 43 inches
10. Marasmus is often characterized by: