Essential Nutrition, Management, and Leadership
Principles for Dietetics and Foodservice Practice
A job description: - ✔✔Can be used for employee appraisals
Human milk has more than formula or cow's milk - ✔✔fat
The contingency approach to leadership states: - ✔✔leadership style must change to fit the situation
What is the selling price for a hamburger in your cafeteria if you operate with a 45% food cost and the
cost of a beef patty and bun are $0.7920? - ✔✔$1.76
The score that occurs most frequently in a frequency distribution is what measure of central tendency? -
✔✔Mode
The school meals initiative updates standards for school meals to assure they: - ✔✔Are no more than
40% fat
A patient is newly diagnosed with renal failure and requires long-term dialysis. He is depressed about
having to make major lifestyle changes and is in need of financial assistance. The dietitian's initial
objective in the interviewing process should be to: - ✔✔establish rapport with the patient by getting to
know him better before discussing nutrient needs
In 2002 the Institute of Medicine published a new set of definitions for dietary fiber. They suggested the
following terms: - ✔✔dietary fiber and functional fiber
In a hospital with 300 patients, it takes 14 minutes to prepare one meal. How many F.T.E. are needed for
one week? - ✔✔36.75
, Mono and disaccharides do not: - ✔✔provide 9 kcal/gram
Which foodborne pathogen is more of a concern in ground meat than solid-muscle meats such as
steaks? - ✔✔Escherichia coli
A 6'1'' male has bilateral below-knee amputations. What is his adjusted ideal body weight? Weight
estimation in amputees: Foot: 2%, Lower leg below knee: 6%, Lower leg, above knee: 9% - ✔✔73.6 kg
In making decisions, which of the following steps should be taken? - ✔✔Recognize and analyze the
problem, gather data, choose action, take action and follow-up.
Poverty and hunger affect some groups more than others. Those most at risk are: - ✔✔female head of
households, children and the rural poor.
The smoke point temperature for fats is: - ✔✔above 442 degrees F
Your clinic provides nutrition intervention for parents of low-birthweight babies. What guidelines are
used to determine low-birthweight? - ✔✔Under 5.5 pounds
In writing a hospital menu: - ✔✔patient, staff, and public dining areas should have a unified menu.
Lactose intolerance is caused by: - ✔✔lactase insufficiency
To facilitate the receiving of goods, it is desirable to locate the receiving area near the: - ✔✔delivery
door
What is the median of the following frequency distribution: 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000? - ✔✔2500
Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for individual
employees.An example of an accommodation that employers could be asked to make is: - ✔✔to provide
a lavatory that is wheel chair accessible.
Principles for Dietetics and Foodservice Practice
A job description: - ✔✔Can be used for employee appraisals
Human milk has more than formula or cow's milk - ✔✔fat
The contingency approach to leadership states: - ✔✔leadership style must change to fit the situation
What is the selling price for a hamburger in your cafeteria if you operate with a 45% food cost and the
cost of a beef patty and bun are $0.7920? - ✔✔$1.76
The score that occurs most frequently in a frequency distribution is what measure of central tendency? -
✔✔Mode
The school meals initiative updates standards for school meals to assure they: - ✔✔Are no more than
40% fat
A patient is newly diagnosed with renal failure and requires long-term dialysis. He is depressed about
having to make major lifestyle changes and is in need of financial assistance. The dietitian's initial
objective in the interviewing process should be to: - ✔✔establish rapport with the patient by getting to
know him better before discussing nutrient needs
In 2002 the Institute of Medicine published a new set of definitions for dietary fiber. They suggested the
following terms: - ✔✔dietary fiber and functional fiber
In a hospital with 300 patients, it takes 14 minutes to prepare one meal. How many F.T.E. are needed for
one week? - ✔✔36.75
, Mono and disaccharides do not: - ✔✔provide 9 kcal/gram
Which foodborne pathogen is more of a concern in ground meat than solid-muscle meats such as
steaks? - ✔✔Escherichia coli
A 6'1'' male has bilateral below-knee amputations. What is his adjusted ideal body weight? Weight
estimation in amputees: Foot: 2%, Lower leg below knee: 6%, Lower leg, above knee: 9% - ✔✔73.6 kg
In making decisions, which of the following steps should be taken? - ✔✔Recognize and analyze the
problem, gather data, choose action, take action and follow-up.
Poverty and hunger affect some groups more than others. Those most at risk are: - ✔✔female head of
households, children and the rural poor.
The smoke point temperature for fats is: - ✔✔above 442 degrees F
Your clinic provides nutrition intervention for parents of low-birthweight babies. What guidelines are
used to determine low-birthweight? - ✔✔Under 5.5 pounds
In writing a hospital menu: - ✔✔patient, staff, and public dining areas should have a unified menu.
Lactose intolerance is caused by: - ✔✔lactase insufficiency
To facilitate the receiving of goods, it is desirable to locate the receiving area near the: - ✔✔delivery
door
What is the median of the following frequency distribution: 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000? - ✔✔2500
Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for individual
employees.An example of an accommodation that employers could be asked to make is: - ✔✔to provide
a lavatory that is wheel chair accessible.
