RD sample test Flashcards
Client with diabetes drinks an alcoholic beverage. The caloric equivalent of the beverage should be subtracted from:
a. The carb exchange b. The fat exchange c. The meat exchange d. Free Exchange
b. The fat exchange
Which of the following foods would provide the highest biologic value proteins?
a. Rice and beans
b. Roast beef and baked potato
c. Cole slaw
d. Ketchup
b. Roast beef and baked potato
Rice and beans make a complete protein but it is not the highest biologic value dish.
A patient on a 2-g (or 2000mg) sodium diet states he must salt his food. The patient’s daily Na intake from food sources averages nearly 1500mg. How much salt could be allowed for seasoning?
a. 1/3 tsp b. ¼ tsp c. 1/5 tsp d. 1/8 tsp
b. ¼ tsp
Know how much sodium is in 1 tsp. 1 tsp=2325mg or roughly 2000mg. Recommended Range: 1,500-2,400 mg/day. Since his Na intake from food sources is already 1,500, he therefore can only salt 500mg worth of food. Since he is on a 2000mg Na diet and since 1 tsp=roughly 2000mg, ¼ of that=500mg.
- Use the following information to calculate the amount of bleach needed to make a 200 ppm solution in a 5-gallon tank of water if 1 oz (2 tbsp) of bleach to 1.5 gallons of water=200 ppm.
a. 4 TBS + 1 tsp
b. 8 TBS + 2 tsp
c. 6 TBS + 2 tsp
d. 8 TBS + 4 tsp
c. 6 TBS + 2 tsp
Set-up a proportion:
Bleach/bleach=water/water. Also know that 1 oz= 2 TBS
First Find TBS: 1oz/X oz=1.5 gal/5gal=3.33 oz (3x2=6 TBS)
FIND tsp: .33/ 1 oz= X tsp/6tsp=2 tsp.
OR METHOD 2: 1.5gal/2 TBS=5 gal/ X TBS= 6.6 TBS (6 TBS + 2 tsp)
- The Hourly Rate for all employees is $5.00/hour. Total meals/day=1000. Workers: 40 full time (35 hrs/wk) 10 part time (3 hours/day) 15 part-time (4hrs/day). The fringe benefit is 33%. Find meals/labor hours, minutes/meal, payroll costs/day, cost/meal, labor cost.
a. 3.45, 17.4, $1450, 1.45 and 1928
b. 5.65, 384, $2948, 1.56 and 9384
c. 484, 494, 3893, 3828
d. 284, 2938, 485, 4839, 3837
a. 3.45, 17.4, $1450, 1.45 and 1928
Assuming 8 hrs/day 5 days a week.
Meals/labor hours: Labor hours/day(7)= 200 +30+60=290= 1000 divided by 290=3.45. Minutes per meal. 290 hrs/day x 60min/hr=17400. 17400/1000=17.4. Payroll cost/day= $5.00 x290=1450. Payroll cost/meal served: 5.00 x 290=1450. 1450/1000=1.45. Labor cost: 1450 x .33=478.5+ 1450=1928
Mr. Jones consumes a 2000 kcal diet which provides 175g of CHO. This provides:
a. inadequate amount of CHO b. excessive amount of CHO c. appropriate amount of CHO d. inadequate amount of fiber
a. inadequate amount of CHO
About 55% of your calories should be coming from CHO based on the dietary guidelines. Therefore, you need to find the kcalories per gram.
2000kcal x 55% (.55)=1100. 1100/4=275g.
Mr. Jones should be consuming 275g of CHO’s. Therefore he is consuming an inadequate amount of CHO. Now if it was to find FAT, it would be 30% of the diet. Or if it was protein, you would calculate 0.8 g/kg of body weight to find protein needs.
A patient receiving Lasix most likely would benefit from an increased intake of:
a. Sodium b. Potassium c. Phosphorus d. Calcium
b. Potassium
Lasix is a diuretic which Increases excretion of K (Potassium) although you do lose other minerals such as Na and Ca, Lasix creates a loop (K) depleting and may need a K or magnesium supplement.
Find out how many exchanges are in the following meal. 3 oz baked fish ½ C green beans One Medium Baked Potato 1 C skim milk
a. 3 lean meats, 2 CHO and 1 veg
b. 3 lean meats, 2 CHO and 2 veg
c. 3 lean meats, 1 CHO and 1 veg
d. 2 lean meats, 2 CHO and 1 veg
a. 3 lean meats, 2 CHO and 1 veg
3 Lean meats (3 oz of fish) 2 CHO (1 from the potato and 1 from the milk 1 vegetable (1 green beans) Interesting fact: A Potato is considered a vegetable according to the food guide pyramid but is considered a starchy vegetable (carb group) according to the exchange system.
Which form of alternative medicine states that ill health results in internal disruption in the body. (answer just below)
a. homeopathic
b. naturopathic
c. traditional chinese medicine
d. chiropractic
b. naturopathic
RD’s care plan includes weight gain or 1.5 lb/wk. An appropriate monitoring plan would include.
a. Daily Weights
b. Serum Albumin
c. Meal Rounds
d. Intake Summary
d. Intake Summary
One would think it would be daily weight but the RD would not normally do this. It is not generally necessary to weigh a patient every single day
Clinical evaluation (a picture is worth a thousand words): Edema is a possible sign of:
a. Reduced physical exercise b. Protein-energy malnutrition c. Nutritional anemia d. Decreased functional activity
b. Protein-energy malnutrition
Edema: When too much fluid collects in the interstitial spaces. Proteins are able to help determine the distribution of fluids, and proteins help hold water properly.
A nutrition assessment includes which of the following:
a. Clinical, biochemical and anthropometric measurements, and dietary evaluation
b. Individual assessment, care plan, intervention, and evaluation
c. Daily meal round data, and dietary evaluation
d. Calculating the BEE formula
a. Clinical, biochemical and anthropometric measurements, and dietary evaluation
Cafeteria customer comments that the turkey salad tastes rancid. The dietitian should first:
a. Remove the turkey salad from the service line
b. Report the incident to the foodservice manager
c. Punch the customer in the face
d. Show the turkey is not rancid by eating some in front of the customer
a. Remove the turkey salad from the service line
Better safe than sorry. Foodservice manager may be busy in that moment and quick action is necessary. Understand your not throwing it out just because a customer makes a comment about it, your just removing it (possibly just temporarily) in order make sure the kitchen is not serving rancid food.
Dietary aides substituted a ½ C tomato or grape juice for an orange or a grape fruit half. The RD should:
a. Explain substitutions cannot be made without first checking with the dietitian
b. Provide an in-service training session on Carbohydrate content
c. Teach a class on exchanges for all the dietary employees
d. Post a list of interchangeable fruits and juices
d. Post a list of interchangeable fruits and juices
According to the exchange list: ½ C grape juice is more than 1 exchange, but 1/3 C counts as an exchange. ½ C tomato juice is an exchange but not a substitute for orange/grapefruit juice. Tomato juice is a non-starchy vegetable not a fruit.
What is the food guide pyramid?
a. The visual representation of the U.S dietary guidelines
b. A graph representing what the average person must eat
c. The # of exchanges per meal
d. none of the above
d. none of the above
The Food guide pyramid is quantitative nutrition guideline, using a mnemonic graphic of a pyramid with hierarchical separated zones to represent suggested percentages of the daily diet for different food groups. The food guide pyramid does however help the consumer follow the U.S dietary guidelines but it is not the exact representation of it.
(salt) and lose potassium when taking prednisone, particularly in higher doses. Sometimes the salt retention reverses when the dose of prednisone is reduced. The resulting fluid retention shows up as an apparent weight gain because a pint of fluid weighs about 1 pound. You can discourage this fluid retention by eating a reduced sodium diet and eating more potassium-rich foods.
Studies suggest that diets rich in caratoids is associated with a lower risk of
a. diabetes b. arthritis c. Heart disease d. Osteoporosis
c. Heart disease
The chemical digestion of fat takes place
a. Mouth
b. Stomach
c. Small Intestine
d. Gall Bladder
c. Small Intestine
- If the raw food cost for tuna salad is $1.00, the selling price, with a 40% raw food cost objective (expected), would be:
a. $2.50
b. $8.90
c. $3.30
d. $5.00
a. $2.50
When finding the selling price:
Cost of item (raw food cost)/ food cost % (expected)=$1.00/40%=$2.50
The combination of monoamine-oxidase and tryramine-containing foods may cause dangerous increases in a patient’s:
a. Blood sugars
b. Blood Pressure
c. Oxidative Stress
d. Hormones
b. Blood Pressure
Tyramine: causes elevated blood pressure. Foods containing tyramine: beer, aged cheeses, avocados and soy.
People taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI’s) must follow a low-tyramine diet.
Based on the exchange list, how many grams of carbohydrates is in the following meal plan?
Milk: 3. Meat: 5. Bread: 9. Fruit: 4. Vegetable: 3. Fat: 4
a. 234g
b. 898g
c. 123g
d. 246g
d. 246g
Milk: 3 x 12=36 CHO Meat: 5 x 0 =0 CHO Bread: 9 x 15=135 CHO Fruit: 4 x 15=60 CHO Vegetable: 3 x 5=15 CHO Fat: 4 x 0=0 Total: 246g CHO
An elderly nursing home patient with a low albumin level would be at risk for:
a. anemia b. osteoporosis c. Osteoarthritis d. Skin breakdown
d. Skin breakdown
Skin breakdown. Patient’s >70 years of age with a low albumin can get decubitus ulcer (pressure ulcer). That’s why nurses need to turn elderly patients over in their beds regularly.
A 2 oz portion of refried beans is used in a veggie burrito. How many #10 cans should be ordered if making 235 burritos and each can weighs 5 lbs?
a. 4 cans
b. 5 cans
c. 7 cans
d. 6 cans
d. 6 cans
Step 1: 2 oz portion/burrito x 235 burritos= 470 oz needed total.
Step 2: Convert 470 oz/16=29.4=30 lbs
Step 3: 30 lbs/5lbs/can= 6 cans total
OR: Method 2: 5 lbs=80 oz. Therefore 470/80=5.8=6 cans
OR: Method 3: 40 portions=1 can (16/2=8. 8x5lbs=40). 235/40=6 cans
Following chemotherapy, patients with mucositis should avoid:
a. milk b. sodium c. acid foods d. alkaline foods
c. acid foods
Biochemical Lab Data: What lab value responds to both PEM and Iron Status?
a. Albumin
b. Pre-albumin
c. TLC
d. Transferrin
d. Transferrin
Transferin transports iron and indicates protein status and PEM