WGU NUTRITION D440 CORE EXAMS SET 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What foods are rich in Vitamin A - ✔✔Leafy green vegetables (kale, spinach,
broccoli), orange and yellow vegetables (carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin and other
winter squash, summer squash) tomatoes.
✔✔What foods are rich in vitamin C - ✔✔Broccoli, citrus fruits, spinach, tomatoes,
strawberries
✔✔What foods are rich in Vitamin D - ✔✔Fish, milk, egg yolk
✔✔Which foods are rich in calcium - ✔✔Milk and milk products, kale, calcium fortified
foods, broccoli
✔✔what foods are rich In potassium - ✔✔bananas, oranges, dates, apricots, raisins,
broccoli, green beans, potatoes, meats, fish, and legumes
✔✔Celiac diet - ✔✔avoid gluten (BROW) barley, rye, oats, wheat
✔✔kidney disease diet - ✔✔low protein
limit salt
limit potassium (no carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, bananas)
limit phosphorous (turkey, chicken, dairy)
fluid intake must be monitored
low protein
✔✔Hemodialysis diet - ✔✔Vitamin c: 60-100 mg/day | Vitamin B6: 2 mg/day | Folate: 1-
5 mg/day | vitamin B12: 3 mcg/day | vitamin E: 15 IU/day | zinc: 15 mg/day
✔✔cardiac diet - ✔✔low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium
✔✔cirrohosis diet - ✔✔High in starchy carbohydrates such as potatoes, bread, pasta
and rice. Wholegrain options are healthiest. Low in red meat such as beef, pork and
lamb.
✔✔Hypokalemia diet - ✔✔A high potassium diet that entails broccoli, bananas, dark
green leafy veggies, fortified cereals, raisins
✔✔Hyperkalemia diet - ✔✔A low-potassium diet entails avoiding foods high in
potassium like fish, red meat, and potatoes, and favoring low-potassium foods like
poultry and berries.
✔✔Hypophosphatemia - ✔✔A serum phosphorus level less than 2.7 mg/dL.
, ✔✔Hyperphosphatemia - ✔✔a serum phosphorus level that exceeds 4.5 mg/dL
✔✔Drug-Food Interactions - ✔✔Food is known to increase, decrease, or delay drug
absorption. Food can bind with drugs, causing less or slower drug absorption. (warfarin
and grapefruit)
✔✔drug-drug interactions - ✔✔when the effect of a medication is changed, enhanced,
or diminished when taken with another drug (multiple medications)
✔✔Drug-Herb Interactions - ✔✔Conventional drugs can interact with herbal
preparations.
Interactions with herbal medicines are just as likely as with prescription medications.
Example of known interaction:
St. John's wort induces drug-metabolizing enzymes and reduces blood levels of many
drugs.
✔✔Osteoporosis diet - ✔✔High protein, high calcium, high vitamin D
Avoid alcohol and caffeine
✔✔diabetic diet - ✔✔balanced intake of protein, fats, and carbohydrates of about 1,800
calories
✔✔high fiber foods - ✔✔apples, pears with skin, bran, whole wheat products, grains,
oatmeal, brown rice, beans, carrots (fruits, vegetables, whole grain products)
✔✔simple carbohydrates - ✔✔sugars in fruits, honey, & sugar cane (monosaccharides
and disaccharides)
✔✔complex carbohydrates - ✔✔starches found in grains, potatoes, and vegetables
(polysaccharides) Examples include whole grains, legumes, and vegetables
✔✔clear liquid diet - ✔✔a diet that consists of foods that are liquid at room temperature
and leave little residue in the intestine. Ex: Water, Sprite, Ginger Ale, all beverages
without any residue, broth, Jello, coffee, popsicles
✔✔full liquid diet - ✔✔clear liquids + liquid dairy products, all juice, strained fruits,
vegetables, and cereals
✔✔mechanical soft diet - ✔✔clear and full liquids + diced or ground foods; is
recommended for people with difficulty in chewing or swallowing so foods prepared with
blenders, food processors, or cutting utensils.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What foods are rich in Vitamin A - ✔✔Leafy green vegetables (kale, spinach,
broccoli), orange and yellow vegetables (carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin and other
winter squash, summer squash) tomatoes.
✔✔What foods are rich in vitamin C - ✔✔Broccoli, citrus fruits, spinach, tomatoes,
strawberries
✔✔What foods are rich in Vitamin D - ✔✔Fish, milk, egg yolk
✔✔Which foods are rich in calcium - ✔✔Milk and milk products, kale, calcium fortified
foods, broccoli
✔✔what foods are rich In potassium - ✔✔bananas, oranges, dates, apricots, raisins,
broccoli, green beans, potatoes, meats, fish, and legumes
✔✔Celiac diet - ✔✔avoid gluten (BROW) barley, rye, oats, wheat
✔✔kidney disease diet - ✔✔low protein
limit salt
limit potassium (no carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, bananas)
limit phosphorous (turkey, chicken, dairy)
fluid intake must be monitored
low protein
✔✔Hemodialysis diet - ✔✔Vitamin c: 60-100 mg/day | Vitamin B6: 2 mg/day | Folate: 1-
5 mg/day | vitamin B12: 3 mcg/day | vitamin E: 15 IU/day | zinc: 15 mg/day
✔✔cardiac diet - ✔✔low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium
✔✔cirrohosis diet - ✔✔High in starchy carbohydrates such as potatoes, bread, pasta
and rice. Wholegrain options are healthiest. Low in red meat such as beef, pork and
lamb.
✔✔Hypokalemia diet - ✔✔A high potassium diet that entails broccoli, bananas, dark
green leafy veggies, fortified cereals, raisins
✔✔Hyperkalemia diet - ✔✔A low-potassium diet entails avoiding foods high in
potassium like fish, red meat, and potatoes, and favoring low-potassium foods like
poultry and berries.
✔✔Hypophosphatemia - ✔✔A serum phosphorus level less than 2.7 mg/dL.
, ✔✔Hyperphosphatemia - ✔✔a serum phosphorus level that exceeds 4.5 mg/dL
✔✔Drug-Food Interactions - ✔✔Food is known to increase, decrease, or delay drug
absorption. Food can bind with drugs, causing less or slower drug absorption. (warfarin
and grapefruit)
✔✔drug-drug interactions - ✔✔when the effect of a medication is changed, enhanced,
or diminished when taken with another drug (multiple medications)
✔✔Drug-Herb Interactions - ✔✔Conventional drugs can interact with herbal
preparations.
Interactions with herbal medicines are just as likely as with prescription medications.
Example of known interaction:
St. John's wort induces drug-metabolizing enzymes and reduces blood levels of many
drugs.
✔✔Osteoporosis diet - ✔✔High protein, high calcium, high vitamin D
Avoid alcohol and caffeine
✔✔diabetic diet - ✔✔balanced intake of protein, fats, and carbohydrates of about 1,800
calories
✔✔high fiber foods - ✔✔apples, pears with skin, bran, whole wheat products, grains,
oatmeal, brown rice, beans, carrots (fruits, vegetables, whole grain products)
✔✔simple carbohydrates - ✔✔sugars in fruits, honey, & sugar cane (monosaccharides
and disaccharides)
✔✔complex carbohydrates - ✔✔starches found in grains, potatoes, and vegetables
(polysaccharides) Examples include whole grains, legumes, and vegetables
✔✔clear liquid diet - ✔✔a diet that consists of foods that are liquid at room temperature
and leave little residue in the intestine. Ex: Water, Sprite, Ginger Ale, all beverages
without any residue, broth, Jello, coffee, popsicles
✔✔full liquid diet - ✔✔clear liquids + liquid dairy products, all juice, strained fruits,
vegetables, and cereals
✔✔mechanical soft diet - ✔✔clear and full liquids + diced or ground foods; is
recommended for people with difficulty in chewing or swallowing so foods prepared with
blenders, food processors, or cutting utensils.
