Bromatology
Nutrition Knowledge Quiz
Test your understanding of bromatology with our comprehensive quiz designed for nutrition enthusiasts, students, and professionals alike. This quiz covers essential concepts from nutrient types to digestion processes, ensuring you enhance your knowledge and understanding of nutrition.
Features:
- 106 thought-provoking questions
- Multiple choice format for easy answering
- Ideal for anyone interested in health and nutrition
The result of those processes whereby the body takes in and uses food for growth, development, and maintenance of health is?
Respiration
Diet therapy
Nutrition
Digestion
Nutritional status is determined by?
. heredity
Employment
Personality
Diet
Nutrients used primarily to provide energy to the body are?
Vitamins, water, and minerals
Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
Proteins, vitamins, and fat
Vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates
Nutrients used mainly to build and repair body tissues are?
Proteins, vitamins, and minerals
Carbohydrates, fats, and minerals
Fats, water, and minerals
fats, vitamins, and minerals
Foods such as potato chips, cakes, sodas, and candy are called?
Dietetic foods
Essential nutrient foods
low-nutrient-density foods
Nutritious foods
An inadequate intake of the six classes of nutrients in the diet may result in?
stamina
Malnutrition
Indigestion
diabetes
Malnutrition could be caused by?
Poor posture
Constipation
Disease
Hypertension
Anthropometric measures include measures of ?
Iron status
Fluid intake
client’s income
Weight
.When people eat the foods typical of their families or geographic region, their choices are influenced by?
occupation.
Nutrition.
Emotional state
Ethnic heritage or tradition.
The energy-yielding nutrients are?
Fats, minerals, and water.
Minerals, proteins, and vitamins.
Carbohydrates, fats, and vitamins.
Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
Alcohol is not a nutrient because?
. The body derives no energy from it.
it is organic
It is converted to body fat
it does not contribute to the body’s growth or repair.
A slice of apple pie supplies 350 kcalories with 3 grams of fiber; an apple provides 80 kcalories and the same 3 grams of fiber. This is an example of?
Kcalorie control
Nutrient density
Variety
essential nutrients.
Both the human body and many foods are composed mostly of?
Fat.
water
Minerals
proteins.
Historical information, physical examinations, laboratory tests, and anthropometric measures are?
Techniques used in diet planning.
steps used in the scientific method.
approaches used in disease prevention
Methods used in a nutrition assessment
Behaviors such as smoking, dietary habits, physical activity, and alcohol consumption that influence the development of disease are known as?
Risk factors.
Chronic causes
Preventive agents
Disease descriptors
Fruits and vegetables are rich sources of?
Vitamins
Fats
proteins
Carbohydrate
Milk and its products are the best dietary source of?
Proteins and fats
calcium
Carbohydrate
Vitamins
Breads, cereals, rice, and pasta are rich sources of?
Vitamin D
Fats
Carbohydrates
Calcium
Foods from the meat group are rich sources of?
proteins
Carbohydrates
Vitamin C
Vitamins
Excessive amounts of salt in the diet?
Raise cholesterol levels substantially
are thought to contribute to hypertension
cause cirrhosis of the liver
have no relevance to one’s nutritional status
The diet-planning principle that provides all the essential nutrients in sufficient amounts to support health is?
. balance.
variety
adequacy.
moderation.
A person who chooses a chicken leg that provides 0.5 milligram of iron and 95 kcalories instead of two tablespoons of peanut butter that also provide 0.5 milligram of iron but 188 kcalories is using the principle of nutrient?
control.
Density.
adequacy
Moderation
Digestion begins in the?
Mouth
Stomach
liver
Small intestine
Most of the digestive processes occur in the?
. mouth
Stomach
Small intestine
colon
Bile is needed to digest?
Carbohydrates
Fiber
Proteins
Fats
When energy intake is greater than energy output, the body weight will?
remain the same
decrease
increase and then decrease
increase
The main function of bile is to?
Emulsify fats.
Catalyze hydrolysis.
Slow protein digestion.
neutralize stomach acidity.
Which nutrient passes through the GI tract mostly undigested and unabsorbed?
fat
Fiber
protein
Carbohydrate
Absorption occurs primarily in the:
Mouth.
stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine.
Which nutrients leave the GI tract by way of the lymphatic system?
Water and minerals
proteins and minerals
All vitamins and minerals
Fats and fat-soluble vitamins
Gastrin, secretin, and cholecystokinin are examples of?
Crypts.
Enzymes
Hormones
Goblet cells
The three main groups of carbohydrates are?
Fats, proteins, and minerals
Glucose, fructose, and galactose
Monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides
. sucrose, cellulose, and glycogen
Galactose is a product of the digestion of?
Milk
meat
Breads
vegetables
The simple sugar to which all forms of carbohydrates are ultimately converted is?
Sucrose
glucose
Galactose
maltose
A fibrous form of carbohydrate that cannot be digested is?
glucose
Glycogen
Cellulose
Fat
Glycogen is stored in the?
Heart and lungs
Liver and muscles
Pancreas and gallbladder
small and large intestines
Glucose, fructose, and galactose are?
polysaccharides
Disaccharides
enzymes
Monosaccharides
Before carbohydrates can be metabolized by the cells, they must be converted to?
Glycogen
Glucose
Polysaccharides
Sucrase
The only form of carbohydrate that the brain uses for energy is?
Glycogen
galactose
Glucose
Glucagon
Substances to which fatty acids are broken down in the liver are?
galactose
estrogen
thyroxin
ketones
Starch is
the form in which glucose is stored in plants?
A monosaccharide
An insoluble form of dietary fiber
Found only in grains
Insoluble dietary fiber?
. Can increase blood glucose
Can decrease blood cholesterol
commonly causes diverticular disease
Is preferably provided by commercially prepared fiber products
The enzyme in the mouth that begins the digestion of starch is?
salivary ptyalin
Salivary amylase
Sucrase
lipase
Cellulose is?
Not to be included in the human diet
not digestible by humans
A monosaccharide
An excellent substitute for dextrose
Carbohydrates are found in virtually all foods except?
Milks
meats
Breads
Fruits
Disaccharides include?
Starch, glycogen, and fiber.
Amylose, pectin, and dextrose
Sucrose, maltose, and lactose
Glucose, galactose, and fructose.
The making of a disaccharide from two monosaccharides is an example of?
Digestion
hydrolysis
Condensation
gluconeogenesis
The storage form of glucose in the body is?
Insulin
Maltose
Glucagon
Glycogen
The significant difference between starch and cellulose is that?
Starch is a polysaccharide, but cellulose is not
Animals can store glucose as starch, but not as cellulose
Hormones can make glucose from cellulose, but not from starch
Digestive enzymes can break the bonds in starch, but not in cellulose
The enzyme that breaks a disaccharide into glucose and galactose is?
Amylase
Maltase
Sucrase
Lactase
With insufficient glucose in metabolism, fat fragments combine to form?
Dextrins
Mucilages
Phytic acids
ketone bodies
What does the pancreas secrete when blood glucose rises? When blood glucose falls?nsulin; glucagon
Insulin; glucagon
glucagon; insulin
Insulin; glycogen
glycogen; epinephrine
What percentage of the daily energy intake should come from carbohydrates?
15 to 20
25 to 30
45 to 50
45 to 65
Carbohydrate are made of the following?
oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon.
Nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon
Hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen
carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and oxygen
Fructose occurs in all of the following except?
Honey
Table sugar
Fruit
Milk
Maltose consists of?
Glucose and galactose
Galactose and fructose
Two glucose units
Lactose and glucose
Complex carbohydrate are called?
Natural sugars
monosaccharide
Polysaccharide
Complex sugars
The storage from of glucose found in plants in called ?
Chlorophyll
starch
Fiber
Glycogen
. The human brain depends almost exclusively on _______ for its energy?
fat
carbohydrate
Alcohol
Protein
Fiber promotes maintenance of proper weight through all of the following effects except?
Absorbing water and creating a feeling of fullness
Donating few calories
Speeding up movement of food through the upper digestive tract
Displacing calorie-dense fats and sweets from the diet
The body’s form of stored glucose is called?
Glycogen
Starch
Glucagon
Ketones
On drinking milk, a person with lactose intolerance is likely to experience?
vomiting and diarrhea
Diarrhea and excessive gas
Excessive gas and constipation
constipation and diarrhea
carbohydrate-containing foods appear in all of the following food groups except?
Milk, cheese and yogurt
Vegetables
grains
fats and oils
Based on the daily value, approximately 60% of total calories should come from carbohydrate. For someone consuming 2500 calories a day, this would equal ____ grams of carbohydrate. ?
250
375
400
525
Fats provide the most concentrated form of?
Carbon
Oxygen
lipase
Energy
Atherosclerosis is thought to increase the risk of?
Cancer
Plaque
Heart attacks
Hypercholesterolemia
Invisible fats can be found in?
Cake and cookies
Orange and tomato juice
Egg white and skim milk
Lettuce and tomatoes
Plant foods that contain saturated fats are?
Olives and avocados
Coconut and chocolate
Corn and soybeans
Cashew nuts and canola oil
When a polyunsaturated vegetable oil is changed to a saturated fat, the process is called?
hydrolysis
Hypercholesterolemia
hydrogenation
Hyperlipidemia
Three groups of lipids found naturally in the human body and in food are triglycerides, phospholipids, and?
cortisone
Steroids
Sterols
hydrogenated fats
Cholesterol?
is found in both plants and animals
Is found only in plants
Does not contribute in any way to heart disease
is a sterol
HDL (high-density lipoprotein) ?
Is sometimes called good cholesterol
Carries lipids to the cells
S the same as lipase
Levels should be less than 40 mg/dl of human blood
Saturated fatty acids?
Are always 18 carbons long.
have at least one double bond
are fully loaded with hydrogens
Are always liquid at room temperature
A triglyceride consists of?
three glycerols attached to a lipid
three fatty acids attached to a glucose
three fatty acids attached to a glycerol
Three phospholipids attached to a cholesterol.
The difference between cis- and trans-fatty acids is?
the number of double bonds
the length of their carbon chains
The location of the first double bon
The configuration around the double bond
Which of the following is not true? Lecithin is?
An emulsifier
A phospholipid
An essential nutrient
A constituent of cell membrane
Chylomicrons are produced in the?
liver.
Pancreas.
Gallbladder.
Small intestine.
Transport vehicles for lipids are called?
micelles.
Lipoproteins.
Blood vessels.
Monoglycerides.
The lipoprotein most associated with a high risk of heart disease is?
CHD.
HDL.
LDL.
LPL.
Which of the following is not true? Fats?
Contain glucose.
Provide energy.
Protect against organ shock.
Carry vitamins A, D, t, and K.
The essential fatty acids include?
Stearic acid and oleic acid.
Oleic acid and linoleic acid.
Palmitic acid and linolenic acid.
Linoleic acid and linolenic acid.
A person consuming 2200 kcalories a day who wants to meet health recommendations should limit daily fat intake to?
20 to 35 grams.
50 to 85 grams.
75 to 100 grams.
90 to 130 grams.
Saturated fats are usually?Saturated fats are usually?
Solid at room temperature
Liquid at room temperature
Found in fruits
Derived from plants
Polyunsaturated fats are usually?
Solid at room temperature
Liquid at room temperature
Found in animal foods
derived from dairy products
Some examples of blood lipids are?
Triglycerides
Lumens
Diuretics
plaques
Which of the following is not one of the three main classes of lipids?
Triglycerides
Lecithin
Phospholipids
Sterols
Lecithin is an example of a?
Phospholipid
Triglyceride
Sterol
fatty acid
Which of the following is not a characteristic of fat in food or in the body?
Protects the body form temperature extremes
Provides energy reserves
Helps cushion vital body organs
Decrease the flavor of foods
A person who eats a high-fat diet incurs a greater than average risk of developing?
Heart disease and cancer
Osteoporosis and heart disease
Cancer and hypertension
Heart diseases and osteoporosis
Within the body, fats usually travel from place to place mixed with ________particles?
Carbohydrate
Protein
Glycerol
Glycogen
Which of the following statements concerning cholesterol is not true?
It is the major part of the plaques that narrow the arteries
It is widespread in the body and necessary to its function
It is an important sterol in the structure of cell membranes
It cannot be made by the body and must be consumed in the diet
The main dietary factor associated with elevated blood cholesterol levels is?
High total fat intake
Monounsaturated fats
Dietary cholesterol
High saturated and trans fat intake
Which of the following food groups are considered to be fat free?
Fruits and unprocessed vegetables
Milk and meat
Unprocessed vegetables and milk
Fruits and milk
A blood lipid profile reveals much useful information regarding a person’s risk of ?
Diabetes
Cancer
Heart disease
Hypoglycemia
In most people,saturated and trans fats raise blood cholesterol__________ dietary cholesterol?
More than
Less than
The same as
Much less than
Trans fatty acids act somewhat like _______fats in the body?
Saturated
Unsaturated
Monounsaturated
Polyunsaturated
Linolenic acid, EPA and DHA are examples of ?
Omega-6 fatty acids
Linoleic acid
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Omega-3 fatty acids
Most fat digestion take place in the ?
Mouth
Stomach
Small intestine
Colon
Which of the following is critical in the process of carrying cholesterol from body cells to the liver for disposal?
HDL
VLDL
LDL
Chylomicrons
All of the following are major risk factors for CVD except?
Family history
Increasing age
Physical inactivity
Female gender
Physical activity promotes heart health because ?
It raises blood LDL concentration
It raises blood HDL concentration
A smaller volume of blood is pumped with each heartbeat, reducing the heart’s workload
It decreases circulation
A diet that provides_____ of its calories from fat is currently recommended by health authorities?
10-25
20-35
25-40
30-45
Someone asks you whether he should reduce dietary cholesterol in an effort to prevent cardiovascular disease An appropriate response would be?
Cholesterol , in general, doesn’t matter.
It doesn’t matter as much as saturated and trans fat intake.
Dietary cholesterol makes a major contribution.
Very few foods contain cholesterol anyway.
to do this , you would consume more? Research suggests that North Americans should consume more omega-3 fatty acids. In or
Research suggests that North Americans should consume more omega-3 fatty acids. In order to do this , you would consume more?
Beef
Safflower oil
Corn oil
Salmon
Your are trying to get a group of people to meet the currents dietary recommendation for fats You tell them that one of the most effective steps they can take at home is to?
Replace butter with margarine
Eat fewer foods
Eliminate solid saturated fats used as seasonings
Consume fewer snacks throughout the day
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