Community Nutrition, Food Safety, and
Professional Dietetics: Core Principles and
Practice Standards
Which entity oversees the National School Lunch program? - ✔✔USDA's Food and Nutrition Services
The Standards of Professional for dietetics professionals describes in general terms a
competent level of behavior in a professional role - ✔✔Performance
The Standards of Professional Performance for dietetics practitioners includes which of the following?
Professional accountability
Nutritional intervention
Nutrition monitoring and evaluation
Nutrition diagnosis - ✔✔Professional Accountability
Which set of dietary intake values is an estimate of average requirements when evidence is not available
to establish an RDA? - ✔✔Adequate Intake
The third step in developing one's professional portfolio to maintain status as an RDN or NDTR include
- ✔✔Developing a learning plan that shows how the professional will meet established goals
(The steps in developing a professional development portfolio are to (1) reflect on professional practice
to establish professional goals, (2) conduct a learning needs assessment to identify what you know now
and what you need to learn to reach goals, (3) develop a learning plan that shows how goals will be met,
(4) implement learning plan, and (5) evaluate learning plan outcomes.)
According to CDR's Essential Practice Competencies, graduates of accredited dietetics programs are
required to have knowledge in eight content areas, including physical and biological sciences, social
sciences, research, and: - ✔✔Communications
,Which federal agency is charged with tracking outbreaks of foodborne illness? - ✔✔CDC
Which bacteria is anaerobic and poses a threat to the safety of home-canned foods? - ✔✔Clostridium
botulinum
After defining the nutrition problem, which of the following is the correct sequence of steps a
community nutritionist should follow in assessing the needs of the community?
-Set the parameters of the assessment, collect data, analyze and interpret the data, share the findings,
and set priorities.
-Set priorities, collect data, set the parameters of the assessment, analyze and interpret the data, and
share the findings.
-Choose a plan of action, collect data, set the parameters of the assessment, share the findings, and
analyze and interpret the data.
-Collect data, analyze and interpret the data, set the parameters, share the findings, and set the
priorities. - ✔✔Set the parameters of the assessment, collect data, analyze and interpret the data, share
the findings, and set priorities
All of the following statements about patient-centered medical homes are true, EXCEPT:
-the cost for chronic care is reduced.
-electronic medical records are essential.
-patients are responsible for access to care.
-the team of providers changes as the health care needs differ. - ✔✔Patients are responsible for access
to care
All of the following statements about the intensive behavioral therapy benefit for obese Medicare Part B
beneficiaries are true, EXCEPT:
-coverage for the benefit is granted only in the primary care setting.
-in order to qualify, the beneficiary's BMI must be >30.
, -Continued treatment for obesity is contingent on weight loss assessed at the seventh month of
treatment.
-RDNs may provide the service and bill Medicare using a unique physician identification number. -
✔✔RDNs may provide the service and bill Medicare using a unique physician identification number
Stacey has been asked to complete a formative evaluation of her community nutrition program
designed to encourage more first-time mothers to breastfeed. To do this she should:
-determine the percentage of first-time mothers who breastfeed as a result of seeing a motivational
DVD during prenatal checkups.
-calculate the increase in the number of first-time mothers who breastfeed after viewing a motivational
DVD during prenatal checkups.
-choose a DVD that includes young mothers from varied ethnic backgrounds.
-pilot-test the motivational DVD she plans to use. - ✔✔Pilot-test the motivational DVD she plans to use
The first step in conducting a community needs assessment is to: - ✔✔Identify the target population and
nutrition problem of concern
The nutritionist employed by the local county wants her nutrition objectives for the next 5-7 years to
reflect the goals of Healthy People 2020. Which of her goals listed below most closely reflects the goals
of Healthy People 2020?
-Reduce among residents the severity of chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
-Promote, across every stage of life, healthy behaviors that positively affect the nutritional status of
residents.
-Improve the nutrition of residents by eliminating disparities in treatment plans.
-Eliminate social and physical environments that threaten the nutrition of residents. - ✔✔Promote,
across every stage of life, healthy behaviors that positively affect the nutritional status of residents
What is the best tool for the community nutritionist to use to learn what locally grown foods residents
consume most frequently? - ✔✔Survey
Professional Dietetics: Core Principles and
Practice Standards
Which entity oversees the National School Lunch program? - ✔✔USDA's Food and Nutrition Services
The Standards of Professional for dietetics professionals describes in general terms a
competent level of behavior in a professional role - ✔✔Performance
The Standards of Professional Performance for dietetics practitioners includes which of the following?
Professional accountability
Nutritional intervention
Nutrition monitoring and evaluation
Nutrition diagnosis - ✔✔Professional Accountability
Which set of dietary intake values is an estimate of average requirements when evidence is not available
to establish an RDA? - ✔✔Adequate Intake
The third step in developing one's professional portfolio to maintain status as an RDN or NDTR include
- ✔✔Developing a learning plan that shows how the professional will meet established goals
(The steps in developing a professional development portfolio are to (1) reflect on professional practice
to establish professional goals, (2) conduct a learning needs assessment to identify what you know now
and what you need to learn to reach goals, (3) develop a learning plan that shows how goals will be met,
(4) implement learning plan, and (5) evaluate learning plan outcomes.)
According to CDR's Essential Practice Competencies, graduates of accredited dietetics programs are
required to have knowledge in eight content areas, including physical and biological sciences, social
sciences, research, and: - ✔✔Communications
,Which federal agency is charged with tracking outbreaks of foodborne illness? - ✔✔CDC
Which bacteria is anaerobic and poses a threat to the safety of home-canned foods? - ✔✔Clostridium
botulinum
After defining the nutrition problem, which of the following is the correct sequence of steps a
community nutritionist should follow in assessing the needs of the community?
-Set the parameters of the assessment, collect data, analyze and interpret the data, share the findings,
and set priorities.
-Set priorities, collect data, set the parameters of the assessment, analyze and interpret the data, and
share the findings.
-Choose a plan of action, collect data, set the parameters of the assessment, share the findings, and
analyze and interpret the data.
-Collect data, analyze and interpret the data, set the parameters, share the findings, and set the
priorities. - ✔✔Set the parameters of the assessment, collect data, analyze and interpret the data, share
the findings, and set priorities
All of the following statements about patient-centered medical homes are true, EXCEPT:
-the cost for chronic care is reduced.
-electronic medical records are essential.
-patients are responsible for access to care.
-the team of providers changes as the health care needs differ. - ✔✔Patients are responsible for access
to care
All of the following statements about the intensive behavioral therapy benefit for obese Medicare Part B
beneficiaries are true, EXCEPT:
-coverage for the benefit is granted only in the primary care setting.
-in order to qualify, the beneficiary's BMI must be >30.
, -Continued treatment for obesity is contingent on weight loss assessed at the seventh month of
treatment.
-RDNs may provide the service and bill Medicare using a unique physician identification number. -
✔✔RDNs may provide the service and bill Medicare using a unique physician identification number
Stacey has been asked to complete a formative evaluation of her community nutrition program
designed to encourage more first-time mothers to breastfeed. To do this she should:
-determine the percentage of first-time mothers who breastfeed as a result of seeing a motivational
DVD during prenatal checkups.
-calculate the increase in the number of first-time mothers who breastfeed after viewing a motivational
DVD during prenatal checkups.
-choose a DVD that includes young mothers from varied ethnic backgrounds.
-pilot-test the motivational DVD she plans to use. - ✔✔Pilot-test the motivational DVD she plans to use
The first step in conducting a community needs assessment is to: - ✔✔Identify the target population and
nutrition problem of concern
The nutritionist employed by the local county wants her nutrition objectives for the next 5-7 years to
reflect the goals of Healthy People 2020. Which of her goals listed below most closely reflects the goals
of Healthy People 2020?
-Reduce among residents the severity of chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
-Promote, across every stage of life, healthy behaviors that positively affect the nutritional status of
residents.
-Improve the nutrition of residents by eliminating disparities in treatment plans.
-Eliminate social and physical environments that threaten the nutrition of residents. - ✔✔Promote,
across every stage of life, healthy behaviors that positively affect the nutritional status of residents
What is the best tool for the community nutritionist to use to learn what locally grown foods residents
consume most frequently? - ✔✔Survey
