Food And Nutrition 3rd Edition: Chapter 14 Trivia Quiz

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The Food and Nutrition quiz consists of multiple choice questions that test your knowledge of the topics covered in the book. You can use these questions to check your understanding as you read through each chapter, or practice for your exam.


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 
    Which person is most likely to have the highest BMR?
    • A. 

      Male jockey on a starvation diet

    • B. 

      Overweight grandmother with an under-active thyroid

    • C. 

      Stocky adolescent football player with a broken leg

    • D. 

      Over-worked housewife addicted to coffee

    • E. 

      Adolescent female who is a chronic smoker

  • 2. 
    Which of the following factors has the least impact on BMR?
    • A. 

      High protein intake

    • B. 

      Body size

    • C. 

      Fasting

    • D. 

      Infection

    • E. 

      Body fat

  • 3. 
    Most energy expenditures for Australian males would be in the range of:
    • A. 

      4 – 7MJ/day

    • B. 

      7 – 9.5 MJ/day

    • C. 

      9 – 11 MJ/day

    • D. 

      11.5 – 14 MJ/day

    • E. 

      15 – 20 MJ/day

  • 4. 
    Which of the following foods has the greatest energy density i.e. energy content per 100g?
    • A. 

      Full cream milk

    • B. 

      Fruit cake

    • C. 

      Avocado

    • D. 

      Monounsaturated salad oil

    • E. 

      Sugar

  • 5. 
    If 50% of the energy from a 9000kJ western diet is from carbohydrate, approximately how many grams of carbohydrate are provided by the diet?
    • A. 

      120g

    • B. 

      280g

    • C. 

      560g

    • D. 

      775g

    • E. 

      1125g

  • 6. 
    In comparison to actual intakes, estimation of food energy intakes from diet histories and food records usually:
    • A. 

      Are highly accurate

    • B. 

      Underestimate actual intake

    • C. 

      Overestimate fat intake

    • D. 

      Reflect normal behaviour

    • E. 

      None of the above

  • 7. 
    Which method to determine energy expenditure is useful as it can be done over a two week period and has minimal effect on normal behaviour?
    • A. 

      Double-labelled water

    • B. 

      Direct calorimetry

    • C. 

      Indirect calorimetry

    • D. 

      Thermogenesis

    • E. 

      Bomb calorimetry

  • 8. 
    These factors are incorporated into the Schofield equation to estimate basal metabolic rate:
    • A. 

      Age, body surface area, gender

    • B. 

      Gender, height, weight

    • C. 

      Gender, age, weight

    • D. 

      Physical activity, weight, gender

    • E. 

      Physical activity, body surface area, age

  • 9. 
    The Atwater factors for protein, fat, carbohydrate and alcohol are respectively:
    • A. 

      17, 16, 27, 37

    • B. 

      37, 17, 16, 27

    • C. 

      37, 17, 27, 16

    • D. 

      17, 27, 16, 37

    • E. 

      17, 37, 16, 27

  • 10. 
    The hormone thought mostly responsible for long term control of body energy reserves stored as triglyceride is:
    • A. 

      Cholecystokinin

    • B. 

      Leptin

    • C. 

      Serotonin

    • D. 

      Growth hormone

    • E. 

      Aldosterone

  • 11. 
    One kilocalorie is equivalent to:
    • A. 

      1 kilojoule

    • B. 

      1.48 kilojoules

    • C. 

      2.48 kilojoules

    • D. 

      4.19 kilojoules

    • E. 

      8.24 kilojoules

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