Deck 4: Us Nutrition Monitoring and Food Assistance Programs

Question 1

When computing the assets limit for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, households may have $3,000 if at least one person is ________ or is disabled.

A) single
B) a veteran
C) 60 years old or older
D) All of these are correct.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is a very important interactive web-based mapping utility that shows program participation and benefit levels up to the county level?

A) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
B) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
C) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Map Machine
D) Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for victims of Hurricane Katrina

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is designed to supplement the food-buying power of eligible low-income people?

A) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
B) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
C) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
D) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Map Machine

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The assessments for the commodity Supplemental Food Program that can be used to determine whether individuals are at nutritional risk include which of the following?

A) Blood tests
B) Height
C) Weight measurements
D) All of these are correct.

Question 5

State agency food banks with The Emergency Food Assistance Program distribute foods to which sectors of the public?

A) Homeless people
B) Soup kitchens
C) Food pantries
D) All of these are correct.

Question 6

The purpose of the _________________________ is to provide incentives to states and tribes for the effective delivery of nutritious meals to older adults.

A) Commodity Supplemental Food Program
B) Nutrition Services Incentive Program
C) Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
D) Schools/Child Nutrition Commodity Programs

Question 7

The ______________________________________ distributes commodity foods directly to households that are in need as a result of an emergency. Such direct distribution takes place when normal commercial food supply channels such as grocery stores have been disrupted, damaged, or destroyed, or can't function (e.g., lack of electricity).

A) Commodity Supplemental Food Program
B) Nutrition Services Incentive Program
C) Food Distribution Disaster Assistance Program
D) Schools/Child Nutrition Commodity Program

Question 8

Which of the following is not an advantage of Federal Food Assistance Programs?

A) Reduces the incidence of anemia in children
B) Reduces child poverty
C) Insulates individuals and families from repetitive economic difficulties
D) Increases household food expenditures

Question 9

The eligibility requirements for the Senior Farmers Nutrition Program are income not more than ______________ of poverty level and age 60 years or older (with some exceptions).

A) 130%
B) 145%
C) 185%
D) 185%

Question 10

Which program provides community-based nutrition education programs to low-income families and individuals?

A) Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
B) Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
C) Nutrition Assistance Program
D) Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

Question 11

Which of the following was not a quoted impact of welfare reform?

A) Decrease in the number of families receiving cash public assistance
B) Increase in the employment rates of various groups of single mothers
C) Improvements in single mothers' income and poverty levels
D) Greater self-esteem due to entering the workforce

Question 12

In 2010, what percentage of households in the United States was food insecure?

A) 9.1%
B) 10.8%
C) 14.5%
D) 21.3%

Question 13

The family food plans developed by the USDA at four separate cost levels may be used in all of the following except:

A) bankruptcy courts.
B) divorce courts.
C) State Department Travel Costs.
D) Department of Defense.

Question 14

The Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System targets which U.S. population?

A) Physicians practicing in the conterminous United States
B) Low-income, high-risk pregnant women
C) Low-income, high-risk children
D) Enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps

Question 15

Lisa is considering enrolling in the WIC program. She is 35 years old, and is a single mother of one and expecting another child. She needs assistance with paying for groceries, but she is not sure what the qualifications are to be able to enroll in WIC. To which group(s) does the WIC program provide with nutritious foods?

A) All pregnant women
B) Low-income pregnant women
C) All children under the age of 5
D) Low-income pregnant women and all children under the age of 5
E) All of these are correct.

Question 16

John, a 5-year-old child, had a checkup 1 month ago and he was in the 50th to 75th percentile for weight for age. Six months later, he was charted closer to the 85th to 90th percentile. What is the nutrition-monitoring data that was used to develop the population reference standards for this child known as?

A) National Center for Health Statistics/Center for Disease Control Growth Charts
B) National Center for Health Statistics Dietary Guidelines for Americans Charts
C) National Center for Health Statistics/National School Lunch Program

Question 17

Which of the following provides educational programs that increase, within a limited budget, the possibility that all SNAP recipients will make healthy food and lifestyle choices?

A) SNAP-Ed
B) National Center for Health Statistics
C) Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System
D) Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

Question 18

Which program aims to improve the health of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and children up to age 6, and elderly people at least 60 years of age, by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA commodity foods?

A) Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
B) Habitat for Humanity
C) Commodity Supplemental Food Program
D) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Nutrition Education

Question 19

Which of the following programs has the purpose of helping low-income American Indian and non-Indian households living on a reservation to maintain a nutritionally balanced diet?

A) Indian Program of Support
B) Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
C) Foodservice for Indian Reservations
D) Reservations in Need

Question 20

Jonny's parents both are still at work when he gets out of school. His parents put him in a program that gives him nutritional enhancement and encourages him to participate in supervised activities that are safe and filled with learning opportunities. Which of the following programs is Jonny in?

A) School Breakfast Program
B) Special Milk Program
C) After-School Snack Program

Question 21

A woman who is getting assistance through WIC needs a medical checkup. The WIC program will fund clinic visits for a medical checkup.

Question 22

The National School Lunch Program allows local school districts to serve lunch without cost or at a reduced cost to families with income between 130 percent and 185 percent poverty level.

Question 23

A 3-year-old child had a checkup 1 month ago and he was in the 25th to 50th percentile for weight for age. Six months later, he was charted closer to the 50th to 75th percentile. Nutrition-monitoring data that was used to develop the population reference standards for this child is set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Question 24

The National School Lunch Program directs students to pay the full price for lunches, but allows local school districts to serve lunch without cost or at a reduced cost to any child who is unable to pay the full cost.

Question 25

Households with children that have reduced the children's food intake to an extent that it implies the children have experienced the physical sensation of hunger are classified as food insecure with severe hunger.

Question 26

Being food secure implies that a person or family has no or minimal evidence of food insecurity.

Question 27

Nutrition-monitoring data have been used by regulating agencies to develop and examine U.S. food fortification, food safety, and food labeling policies to enlighten and educate consumers.

Question 28

The eligibility criterion for the elderly nutrition program is set on income not more than 185% of poverty level, and ages 60 years or older.

Question 29

All seniors 60 years of age and older and a spouse of any age are eligible to participate in the elder nutrition program.

Question 30

Households are classified into one of four categories of food security. List the four categories of food security.

Question 31

What is the terms of the following definition.
-Distributes commodity foods directly to households that are in need as a result of an emergency.

Question 32

What is the terms of the following definition.
-Serves nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults who are enrolled for care at participating child care centers, day care homes, and adult care centers.

Question 33

What is the terms of the following definition.
-This program reduces federal food inventories and storage costs, and helps poor people (including the elderly) at the same time.

Question 34

What is the terms of the following definition.
-Provides milk to children in schools, child care institutions, and eligible camps that don't participate in other federal child nutrition meal service programs

Question 35

What is the terms of the following definition.
-Provides incentives to states and tribes for the effective delivery of nutritious meals to older adults.

Question 36

What is the terms of the following definition.
-Fills the gaps for low-income children when school is no longer in session.

Question 37

What is the terms of the following definition.
-Provides community-based nutrition education programs designed to assist individuals, families, and communities.

Question 38

What is the terms of the following definition.
-Provides fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables to program participants.

Question 39

When food insecurity is evident in the household's concerns and in adjustments to household food management, including reduced quality of diets, and Little or no reduction in household members' food intake is reported, the household is said to be:

A) food secure.
B) food insecure without hunger.
C) food insecure with moderate hunger.
D) food insecure with severe hunger.

Question 40

When food intake for adults in the household has been reduced to an extent that it implies the adults have repeatedly experienced the physical sensation of hunger, and such reductions are not observed at this stage for children in the household, the household is said to be:

A) food secure.
B) food insecure without hunger.
C) food insecure with moderate hunger.
D) food insecure with severe hunger.

Question 41

When households with children that have reduced the children's food intake to an extent that it implies the children have experienced the physical sensation of hunger, and adults in households with and without children have repeatedly experienced more extensive reductions in food intake at this stage, the household is said to be:

A) food secure.
B) food insecure without hunger.
C) food insecure with moderate hunger.
D) food insecure with severe hunger.

Question 42

Respondents with a score of ________ on the food security scale are classified as food secure.

A) Zero
B) One
C) Two
D) Three

Question 43

Which of the following populations had a high incidence of poverty and hunger within the household?

A) Households with children headed by single women
B) African Americans
C) Hispanics
D) All of these are correct.

Question 44

Reports show that ________ workers were more vulnerable to being poor than _______ workers.

A) older/younger
B) younger/older
C) female/male
D) African American/Hispanic

Question 45

After what age is the probability of a person experiencing a year below the poverty line at some point 40 percent?

A) 25
B) 45
C) 65
D) 85

Question 46

Individuals who do not have a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence are called:

A) working poor.
B) food insecure.
C) homeless people.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 47

The national _____________ is the amount a person working full time must earn to pay for a two-bedroom rental unit at fair market rent without paying more than 30 percent of his or her income in rent.

A) working poor
B) food insecure
C) homeless people
D) housing wage

Question 48

Homeless individuals have _________(on an emergency basis only) or no access to health care, and in most cases have problems ______________________.

A) minimal/following a prescribed diet
B) excessive/renewing subscriptions
C) all-inclusive/expressing symptoms of conditions
D) out-of-network/finding treatment within walking distance

Question 49

Which of the following is not a common deficiency found in homeless individuals?

A) Folate
B) Calcium
C) Vitamin A
D) Magnesium

Question 50

Which of the following is not a common nutrition-related health condition for homeless individuals.

A) Gout
B) Dental caries
C) Failure to thrive
D) Obesity

Question 51

PRWORA significantly changed the structure of income support for poor, single-parent families in the United States by which of the following?

A) Eliminating the entitlement to cash assistance
B) Imposing a time limit on federal aid
C) Granting broad discretion to states in designing a "work-based safety net" for poor families with children
D) All of these are correct.

Question 52

Studies show that welfare reform causes all of the following except:

A) a higher incidence of depression.
B) poorer child health status.
C) increased civic participation.
D) household food insecurity.

Question 53

Which of the following competes for funds through the congressional appropriation process and establish eligibility requirements for recipients?

A) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
B) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
C) Welfare reform
D) Nonentitlement programs

Question 54

Which of the following foods is commonly available to food assistance programs through the USDA?

A) Fresh produce
B) Peanut butter
C) Beef products
D) Reduced fat dairy products

Question 55

The amount of benefit, which varies according to family size and income, that each household could receive is called:

A) a nonentitlement program.
B) a requirement.
C) an allotment.
D) a premium.

Question 56

Factors that would prevent some households from participating in SNAP include which of the following?

A) Stigma
B) Previous bad experience
C) Costs of application or participation
D) All of these are correct.

Question 57

SNAP households are expected to spend what percent of their resources on food?

A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 30%
D) 40%

Question 58

Which of the following is a countable resource in determining the SNAP allotment for a family?

A) Bank accounts
B) Vehicles
C) Houses
D) Property lot values

Question 59

The governmental agency responsible for administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is the:

A) US Department of Treasury.
B) US Department of Health and Human Services.
C) US Department of Agriculture.
D) US Department of Education.

Question 60

JoAnna is considering enrolling in the WIC program. She is 25 years old and is a single mother of one and expecting another child. She needs assistance with paying for groceries, but she is not sure what the qualifications are to be able to enroll in WIC. JoAnna will qualify if:

A) her income is at or below 185 percent of the U.S. Poverty Income Guidelines.
B) she is participating in the SNAP program.
C) she is receiving Medicaid benefits.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 61

What is the program that distributes commodity foods directly to households when normal commercial food supply channels have been disrupted?

A) Commodity Supplemental Food Program
B) Food Distribution Disaster Assistance
C) Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
D) Food Distribution Disaster Assistance

Question 62

Which of the following is not a feature of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Map Machine?

A) Per capita participation
B) Local resources and services
C) Per capita benefits
D) Changes from year to year

Question 63

Which of the following is a goal of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Map Nutrition Education (SNAP-Ed)?

A) Assisting SNAP households to implement healthy eating and active lifestyles that are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPlate
B) Decreasing practices related to economical shopping and preparation of nutritious foods
C) Decreasing food security of SNAP households and making certain that people eligible for SNAP but not participating are aware of its benefits and how to apply for them as part of nutrition education activities
D) Decreasing SNAP households' safe handling, preparation, and storage of food

Question 64

The purpose of the _____________________ is to serve nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults who are enrolled for care at participating childcare centers, daycare homes, and adult daycare centers.

A) Special Milk Program
B) Child and Adult Care Food Program
C) Summer Food Service Program
D) After-School Snack Program

Question 65

The _________ provides free meals to all eligible participants and children up to the age of 18 years from households with incomes at or below 185 percent of the poverty guidelines. Most sites can provide up to two meals (breakfast and lunch or breakfast and dinner) or one meal and a snack a day.

A) Special Milk Program
B) Child and Adult Care Food Program
C) Summer Food Service Program
D) After-School Snack Program

Question 66

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act changed the structure of income support for poor single-parent families in the United States by doing all of the following except:

A) eliminating the entitlement to cash assistance.
B) imposing a time limit on federal aid.
C) designing a "work-based safety net" for poor families with children.
D) encouraging the use of SNAP benefits.

Question 67

Gary is 63 years old and has low-income status. He lives in a rural community and wants to continue his consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. However, he cannot because of his medication bills. Which government program should he apply for?

A) Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
B) Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
C) Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
D) School Breakfast Program

Question 68

Which of the following describes individuals who don't have a fixed regular and adequate nighttime residence?

A) Working poor
B) Homeless
C) Rural Americans
D) Urban poor

Question 69

Which of the following describes the ongoing description of nutrition conditions in the population, with particular attention to subgroups defined in socioeconomic terms?

A) Nutrition monitoring
B) SNAP-Ed
C) U.S. Census
D) Mortality data

Question 70

Being food secure implies that a person or family has access to enough food for an active healthy life.

Question 71

The working poor are individuals who spent at least 20 weeks in the labor force, but whose incomes are below the official poverty threshold.

Question 72

Households with children that have reduced the children's food intake to an extent that it implies the children have experienced the physical sensation of hunger are classified as food insecure with moderate hunger.

Question 73

A woman who is getting assistance through WIC needs the flu vaccination. The WIC program will fund clinic visits for medical checkups and vaccinations to all women.