Deck 2: Nutrition Screening and Assessment

Question 1

In the 1960s, the incidence of malnutrition was not noticed because little or no attention was given to nutritional health. The acronym for one of the surveys for monitoring nutritional health is NHANES, which stands for:

A) National Health Americans Nutrition Examination Survey.
B) National Help Americans Not Eat Stupidly.
C) National Health and Nutrition Examination Study.
D) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Larry is a dietitian at the local community health clinic, and one of his responsibilities is to conduct nutrition assessments of the clients. Which one of the following is not considered a technique used in conducting a nutrition assessment?

A) Anthropometric measures
B) Biochemical analysis
C) Note taking
D) Physical examination

Answer 2

C

Question 3

An outpatient dietitian such as Debbie counsels clients after they have left the hospital. If Debbie wants to obtain her clients' food intake patterns, she may use all of the following tools except:

A) 24-hour recall.
B) food frequency questionnaire.
C) usual intake record.
D) food record.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which technique(s) could Mary use to properly assess the needs of the community?

A) Existing data approach
B) Key informant approach
C) Focus group interview approach
D) Community forum
E) All of these are correct.

Question 5

A nutritionist screening individuals who are at risk for poor nutritional status, such as low hemoglobin levels, will yield:

A) a high sensitivity rate.
B) a high negative rate.
C) a high specificity rate.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 6

What are the ABCDs of nutrition assessment?

A) Anthropometrics, Biomedical tests, Clinical tests, and Diet history
B) Anthropometrics, Biochemical tests, Clinical tests, and Diet history
C) Anthropometrics, Biochemical tests, Clinical observations, Dietary intake
D) Assessment, Biochemical tests, Clinical observations, Dietary intake

Question 7

By conducting community needs assessments, a dietitian allows community groups to:

A) collect information about community attitudes and opinions regarding specific nutrition, health, and other issues.
B) determine how the communities would prioritize the issues.
C) provide the community the opportunity to determine policy, goals, methods, and procedures for solving problems.
D) evaluate current programs and policies and available resources.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 8

Marcellinus, a nutritionist, was asked to list at least three factors that may influence the nutrition status of individuals or populations that he serves. These factors may include:

A) income and ethnicity.
B) religion and household composition.
C) education and employment status.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 9

In the Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative, several strategies were utilized to assess rural communities regarding nutrition and health problems. What were the most important findings?

A) High prevalence of teen pregnancy
B) High prevalence of heart disease
C) High prevalence of hypertension
D) Unwillingness to change
E) All of these are correct.

Question 10

The National Center for Health Statistics percentiles for physical growth charts are standard for evaluating the physical growth of males and females from:

A) birth to 20 years.
B) 2 to 20 years.
C) 2 to 18 years.
D) All of these are correct.
E) None of these is correct.

Question 11

An outpatient dietitian such as Sue counsels clients after they have left the hospital. If Sue wants to obtain one of her client's body mass index, she may use all of the following except:

A) height.
B) weight.
C) usual intake record.

Question 12

A community nutritionist needs to collect data on food intake from clients. Which of the following would he use to obtain an estimate of typical food intakes of a small number of people?

A) Food diary
B) Food frequency questionnaire
C) 24-hour recall
D) Usual intake record
E) Food frequency questionnaire and 24-hour recall

Question 13

Maria is a dietitian at the local community health clinic and one of her responsibilities is to conduct nutrition assessments of the clients. Which one of the following is not considered a technique used in conducting a nutrition assessment?

A) Anthropometric measures
B) Biochemical tests
C) Dietary intakes
D) Key informant

Question 14

In the late 60s and early 70s, the TSNS and NHANES discovered that population groups that were at nutritional risk were also deprived:

A) psychologically.
B) medically.
C) emotionally.
D) economically.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 15

A community nutrition assessment needs includes all of the following except:

A) the health of the community itself.
B) the health of individuals within the community.
C) the characteristics, resources, and needs of the community.
D) strictly behaviors of individuals.

Question 16

Jeff is a dietitian and is going to perform several clinical/physical observations on his client. These will include observations such as:

A) protein, carbohydrate, and fat intake.
B) blood and urine test results to ensure the client doesn't have disease or infection.
C) changes in skin color, eyes, fingernail shape, and hair texture.
D) growth measurements that can show changes in weight that can reflect diseases.

Question 17

Danielle is a dietitian who constantly performs biochemical tests at her community health center. Some of the most common tests that she executes include all of the following except:

A) blood glucose.
B) iron status.
C) body protein status.
D) vitamin K deficiency.

Question 18

The purpose of a broad community nutrition assessment is to not reveal the important nutrition-related needs in the community together with finding opportunities for interception.

Question 19

Nutrition assessment is a constant and evolving process.

Question 20

Community needs assessment studies allow community groups or sponsoring agencies to disregard community attitudes and opinions involving specific nutrition, health, and other issues.

Question 21

Between 1968 and 1970, the National Center for Health Statistics conducted the Ten State Survey.

Question 22

The National Center for Health Statistics conducted the Ten State Survey, which is an ongoing nutritional surveillance program.

Question 23

The third NHANES survey was conducted between 1988 and 1994, using nationwide samples of about 40,000 noninstitutionalized persons, ages 2 months and older.

Question 24

One of the disadvantages of 24-hour dietary recall is that clients may underreport their intake.

Question 25

Community needs assessment studies are not an effective way to find out what people are thinking and how they feel.

Question 26

Annual reports that present detailed data including nationality, mortality, marriage, and divorce are called census reports.

Question 27

Community and public health nutritionists must abide by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) ethical code, regardless of where they practice.

Question 28

The World Health Organization estimated that prevention of the major nutrition-related risk factors (high fat, sodium, and sugar intake; cigarette smoking; inactivity; poor dietary behavior; and alcohol abuse) could translate into a gain of 5 years of disability-free life expectancy.

Question 29

Public health nutrition was developed in the United States in response to societal events and changes; list five of these events.

Question 30

Name three types of generally used biochemical nutrition indicators in community and public health settings, and list at least three likely public health problems that may be associated with the nutrition indicators.

Question 31

In the 1960s, the incidence of malnutrition was not noticed because little or no attention was given to nutritional health. The acronym for one of the surveys for monitoring nutritional health is NHANES, which stands for:

A) National Health Americans Nutrition Examination Survey.
B) National Help Americans Not Eat Stupidly.
C) National Health and Nutrition Examination Study.
D) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Question 32

After Mary collected and analyzed the dietary intake of her clients, she compared the results using:

A) Recommended Dietary Allowances.
B) MyPlate.
C) Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
D) All of these are correct.
E) None of these is correct.

Question 33

Kelly has been trying to lose weight recently since she found out that her BMI is 32.4. Measurements such as this, also known as anthropometric measurements, are concerned with:

A) biochemical indices.
B) bodily measurements.
C) clinical observations.
D) dietary intake.

Question 34

Larry is a dietitian at the local community health clinic, and one of his responsibilities is to conduct nutrition assessments of the clients. Which one of the following is not considered a technique used in conducting a nutrition assessment?

A) Anthropometric measures
B) Biochemical analysis
C) Note taking
D) Physical examination

Question 35

An outpatient dietitian such as Debbie counsels clients after they have left the hospital. If Debbie wants to obtain her clients' food intake patterns, she may use all of the following tools except:

A) 24-hour recall.
B) food frequency questionnaire.
C) usual intake record.
D) food record.

Question 36

Which of the following would the nutritionist use if quantified intake was very important?

A) Food frequency questionnaire
B) Food record
C) 24-hour recall
D) Usual intake record.
E) Food record and 24-hour recall

Question 37

Mary is a nutritionist who was recently hired to address the nutritional needs of the community. Her first action was to conduct a community needs assessment. This needs assessment will allow her to:

A) give the community a voice in determining policy, goals, and priorities.
B) determine how the community would prioritize the nutrition issues.
C) evaluate current programs and policies and available resources.
D) collect information about community attitudes and opinions regarding specific nutrition issues.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 38

Which technique(s) could Mary use to properly assess the needs of the community?

A) Existing data approach
B) Key informant approach
C) Focus group interview approach
D) Community forum
E) All of these are correct.

Question 39

A nutritionist screening individuals who are at risk for poor nutritional status, such as low hemoglobin levels, will yield:

A) a high sensitivity rate.
B) a high negative rate.
C) a high specificity rate.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 40

What are the ABCDs of nutrition assessment?

A) Anthropometrics, Biomedical tests, Clinical tests, and Diet history
B) Anthropometrics, Biochemical tests, Clinical tests, and Diet history
C) Anthropometrics, Biochemical tests, Clinical observations, Dietary intake
D) Assessment, Biochemical tests, Clinical observations, Dietary intake

Question 41

By conducting community needs assessments, a dietitian allows community groups to:

A) collect information about community attitudes and opinions regarding specific nutrition, health, and other issues.
B) determine how the communities would prioritize the issues.
C) provide the community the opportunity to determine policy, goals, methods, and procedures for solving problems.
D) evaluate current programs and policies and available resources.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 42

The preferred method to be used for those individuals who cannot stand is:

A) knee-height.
B) stature.
C) height.
D) arm span.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 43

A community nutritionist conducting a needs assessment may use the nine-step framework such as:

A) decide when to conduct the needs assessment, set up a committee that will motivate community members to become involved in the needs assessment, and then develop a plan of action.
B) start with listing important issues or needs of the community. Determine the information that needs to be collected after reviewing available information.
C) determine the target population to be surveyed and how the data will be collected.
D) determine the availability of existing data that must be collected, or information gathered using a survey. Determine the cost estimates and the time frame.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 44

Marcellinus, a nutritionist, was asked to list at least three factors that may influence the nutrition status of individuals or populations that he serves. These factors may include:

A) income and ethnicity.
B) religion and household composition.
C) education and employment status.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 45

In the Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative, several strategies were utilized to assess rural communities regarding nutrition and health problems. What were the most important findings?

A) High prevalence of teen pregnancy
B) High prevalence of heart disease
C) High prevalence of hypertension
D) Unwillingness to change
E) All of these are correct.

Question 46

The National Center for Health Statistics percentiles for physical growth charts are standard for evaluating the physical growth of males and females from:

A) birth-20 years.
B) 2-20 years.
C) 2-18 years.
D) All of these are correct.
E) None of these is correct.

Question 47

The MyPlate food guide is a tool that Heather, a dietitian, likes to use with her clients. How is MyPlate helpful for nutrition professionals?

A) Helps market fruits and vegetables
B) Allows the dietitian to categorize foods into different groups to determine the number
Of servings or amounts the respondents ate
C) Encourages school-age children to increase their carbohydrate intake
D) All of these are correct.

Question 48

A dietitian collecting detailed information from her clients about the dietary makeup of meals, plus other risk factors such as the economic status, could use which method?

A) Food frequency questionnaire
B) Diet history
C) A 24-hour recall
D) None of these is correct.

Question 49

John is a dietitian at the local community health clinic, and one of his responsibilities is to conduct nutrition assessments of the clients. Which one of the following is not considered a technique used in conducting a nutrition assessment?

A) Anthropometric measures
B) Focus group
C) Note taking
D) Key informant

Question 50

After Mary collected and analyzed the dietary intake of her clients, she compared the results using:

A) Recommended Dietary Allowances.
B) MyPlate.
C) Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
D) All of these are correct.
E) None of these is correct.

Question 51

Kelly has been trying to lose weight recently since she found out that her BMI is 32.4. Measurements such as this, also known as anthropometric measurements, are concerned with:

A) biochemical indices.
B) bodily measurements.
C) clinical observations.
D) dietary intake.

Question 52

Which of the following the preferred method to be used for those individuals who cannot stand?

A) Knee-height
B) Stature
C) Height
D) Arm span
E) All of these are correct.

Question 53

Which of the following describes how a community nutritionist conducting a needs assessment may use the nine-step framework?

A) Decide when to conduct the needs assessment, set up a committee that will motivate community members to become involved in the needs assessment, and then develop a plan of action.
B) Start with listing important issues or needs of the community and then determine the information that needs to be collected after reviewing available information.
C) Determine the target population to be surveyed and how the data will be collected.
D) Determine the availability of existing data that must be collected or information gathered using a survey then determine the cost estimates and the time frame.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 54

Doris, an outpatient dietitian, counsels a young mother 6 months after she left the hospital. If Doris wants to evaluate the infant's physical growth, she may use which of the following?

A) 24-hour recall
B) NCHS growth chart
C) Usual intake record

Question 55

A community nutritionist needs to collect data on food intake from clients. She could use the following to obtain an estimate of typical food intakes except:

A) food diary.
B) food frequency questionnaire.
C) 24-hour recall.
D) usual intake record.

Question 56

The purpose of a broad community nutrition assessment is not to reveal the important nutrition-related needs in the community together with finding opportunities for interception.

Question 57

Nutrition assessment is a constant and evolving process.

Question 58

Nikki has been trying to lose weight recently since she found out that her BMI is 34.4. The BMI is an index calculated by a ratio of height to weight that is used as a measure of obesity.

Question 59

Between 1968 and 1970, the National Center for Health Statistics conducted the Ten State Survey.

Question 60

A nutritionist could measure body fluids such as blood, urine, or feces as part of a physical examination test.

Question 61

A nutritionist conducting physical examinations of individuals should evaluate hair, fingernails, skin color, lips, and eyes.

Question 62

The relationship between eating behaviors and chronic diseases is significant and impacts individuals and communities greatly.

Question 63

There have been concerns about the eating patterns of the U.S. population since the 1980s.