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Certified Dietary Manager
(CDM) Exam|COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH UPDATED
ANSWERS|NEWEST 2025
Acute Care - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Healthcare services for individuals who
become acutely or suddenly ill and need to be hospitalized, generally over a short
period of time.
Client - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️The accepted terminology for which services
are provided in any setting.
Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️An
organization offering several levels of healthcare on one campus.
Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A written statement of standards for
the guidance of both supervisors and employees.
Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️The protection of information that is
considered private or personal.
Congregate Feeding Sites - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Foodservice generally
offering hot meals 5 times a week at noon, providing necessary nutrition and an
opportunity for social contact and activities.
Contract Management - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Foodservice management
provided by a contract company.
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Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Professional who
has completed an ANFP-approved training program and passed the national
certification examination. Responsible for management of the food operation.
Dietetic Technician Registered (DTR) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Professional who
has completed an AND-approved associate degree program and who works under
clinical and consultant dietitians to provide appropriate nutrition care.
Healthcare Team - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A group of specialists in their
respective areas.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️Requiring all healthcare organizations to maintain confidentiality
and security of individuals' medical information.
Home Delivered Meals - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Agency that provides meals
and delivery to home environment to those meeting the criteria.
Hospice - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Service providing terminally ill patients with
help in improving the quality of life.
In-home Services - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Home healthcare providing skilled
nursing services, rehabilitation services, and personal care services.
Interdisciplinary Care Team (ICT) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️The combined group
of professionals that provide input into the care of the client.
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Long-term Care - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Services provided to individuals who
have healthcare needs that require ongoing support.
Manager - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A person who plans, directs, organizes, and
controls work.
Mission Stataement - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️An organization's reason for
being a definition of what the organization does.
Registered Dietitian (RD) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️An individual who has a
minimum of a bachelor's degree in nutrition/dietetics and who has completed
experience and registration requirements of the AND.
Residential Care Facility - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A facility that provides
ongoing day-to-day care for a resident who could not otherwise do so, but does
not have intensive medical needs.
Scope of Practice - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A terminology used by national and
state licensing boards for various professions that defines the procedures, actions,
and processes that are permitted for the certified individual.
Skilled Nursing Facility - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️An institution that accepts
patients who need the skill and healthcare professionals to manage health needs
around the clock.
Al dente' - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Italian cooking term meaning cooking until
still firm, but tender to the tooth; not soft.
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Buffet-style Service - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔C
️ lients serve themselves from a
number of choices on a buffet line.
Centralized Meal Service - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Foods prepared and
portioned onto trays of plates at a central location in or adjacent to the main
kitchen.
Closed Question - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A question with a limited number of
answers such as one easily answered with yes or no.
Comfort Food - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Any food that imparts a unique sense
of emotional well-being such as chicken soup.
Cultural Change - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Focus on person-centered, resident-
driven services and care for older Americans allowing expansion of choices in a
healthcare community.
Cycle Menu - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Changes to a menu daily over a period of
time or cycle such as three days or three weeks.
Decentralized Meal Service - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Bulk quantities of
prepared foods are sent hot or cold to other locations for finishing and service.
External Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Supplemental feeding, by mouth or
by tube, of formulas or food that contain essential nutrients.
SUCCESS
Certified Dietary Manager
(CDM) Exam|COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH UPDATED
ANSWERS|NEWEST 2025
Acute Care - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Healthcare services for individuals who
become acutely or suddenly ill and need to be hospitalized, generally over a short
period of time.
Client - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️The accepted terminology for which services
are provided in any setting.
Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️An
organization offering several levels of healthcare on one campus.
Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A written statement of standards for
the guidance of both supervisors and employees.
Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️The protection of information that is
considered private or personal.
Congregate Feeding Sites - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Foodservice generally
offering hot meals 5 times a week at noon, providing necessary nutrition and an
opportunity for social contact and activities.
Contract Management - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Foodservice management
provided by a contract company.
SUCCESS
,STUDYSAGE
Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Professional who
has completed an ANFP-approved training program and passed the national
certification examination. Responsible for management of the food operation.
Dietetic Technician Registered (DTR) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Professional who
has completed an AND-approved associate degree program and who works under
clinical and consultant dietitians to provide appropriate nutrition care.
Healthcare Team - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A group of specialists in their
respective areas.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️Requiring all healthcare organizations to maintain confidentiality
and security of individuals' medical information.
Home Delivered Meals - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Agency that provides meals
and delivery to home environment to those meeting the criteria.
Hospice - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Service providing terminally ill patients with
help in improving the quality of life.
In-home Services - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Home healthcare providing skilled
nursing services, rehabilitation services, and personal care services.
Interdisciplinary Care Team (ICT) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️The combined group
of professionals that provide input into the care of the client.
SUCCESS
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Long-term Care - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Services provided to individuals who
have healthcare needs that require ongoing support.
Manager - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A person who plans, directs, organizes, and
controls work.
Mission Stataement - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️An organization's reason for
being a definition of what the organization does.
Registered Dietitian (RD) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️An individual who has a
minimum of a bachelor's degree in nutrition/dietetics and who has completed
experience and registration requirements of the AND.
Residential Care Facility - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A facility that provides
ongoing day-to-day care for a resident who could not otherwise do so, but does
not have intensive medical needs.
Scope of Practice - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A terminology used by national and
state licensing boards for various professions that defines the procedures, actions,
and processes that are permitted for the certified individual.
Skilled Nursing Facility - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️An institution that accepts
patients who need the skill and healthcare professionals to manage health needs
around the clock.
Al dente' - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Italian cooking term meaning cooking until
still firm, but tender to the tooth; not soft.
SUCCESS
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Buffet-style Service - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔C
️ lients serve themselves from a
number of choices on a buffet line.
Centralized Meal Service - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Foods prepared and
portioned onto trays of plates at a central location in or adjacent to the main
kitchen.
Closed Question - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A question with a limited number of
answers such as one easily answered with yes or no.
Comfort Food - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Any food that imparts a unique sense
of emotional well-being such as chicken soup.
Cultural Change - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Focus on person-centered, resident-
driven services and care for older Americans allowing expansion of choices in a
healthcare community.
Cycle Menu - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Changes to a menu daily over a period of
time or cycle such as three days or three weeks.
Decentralized Meal Service - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Bulk quantities of
prepared foods are sent hot or cold to other locations for finishing and service.
External Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Supplemental feeding, by mouth or
by tube, of formulas or food that contain essential nutrients.
SUCCESS
