Question 1

Individuals who have limited or uncertain access to foods of sufficient quality or quantity to sustain a healthy and active life with reduced quality of life with little or no indication of reduced food intake have ____________________.

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Question 2

As you sit in the waiting room of a doctor's office leafing through a magazine, you see a letter to the editor about world hunger. In it, the author takes issue with a statement made in a previous issue that stated, "…and thus, hunger worsens poverty...." The letter writer claims that this statement is completely unfounded and has no reasoning behind it. Does hunger worsen poverty?

Accepted Answer

A) Yes, but it can be corrected with appropriate access to reproductive health care. 
B) No; if hungry people work hard enough they can work to get themselves out of poverty. 
C) Yes, it propagates poverty by increasing the death rate and leaving many families as single-parent households. 
D) Yes, hunger makes poverty worse by robbing a person of the good health and the physical and mental energy needed to be active and productive. 
E) Sometimes, but only when unemployment is high and jobs are scarce.

Question 3

MATCHING
-Number of pounds of grain needed to produce one pound of beef weight gain

Accepted Answer

A) 1.4 
B) 7 
C) 8 
D) 20 
E) 25
F)85.5
G)100
H)300
I)1500
J)Fossil
K)Famine
L)Methane
M)Irrigation
N)Dead zones
O)Poverty
P)Sustainable
Q)SNAP
R)Food insecurity
S)Feeding America
T)ORT

Question 4

Individuals who have access to enough food to sustain a healthy and active life with one or two indications of food-access problems but with little or no change in food intake have ____________________.

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Question 5

You are reading a case study from a researcher at World University. The researcher has traveled to the largest city in India and is reporting on an illness present in a 15-month-old boy. The researcher describes the child as extremely thin and bony, with wrinkled skin and enlarged fatty liver. For the past year, this child has subsisted almost entirely on diluted cereal drink. Your first thought is that most of these observations are characteristic of marasmus, but then you realize that ____ is more consistent with kawashikor.

Accepted Answer

A) wrinkled skin 
B) food intake pattern 
C) enlarged fatty liver 
D) extremely thin 
E) bony appearance

Question 6

What is meant by a person's "food footprint," and how is it determined?

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Question 7

List 3 ways the food industry could substantially reduce fossil fuel use and still remain sustainable.

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Question 8

MATCHING
-Number of children, in millions, under age 5 with vitamin A deficiency

Accepted Answer

A) 1.4 
B) 7 
C) 8 
D) 20 
E) 25
F)85.5
G)100
H)300
I)1500
J)Fossil
K)Famine
L)Methane
M)Irrigation
N)Dead zones
O)Poverty
P)Sustainable
Q)SNAP
R)Food insecurity
S)Feeding America
T)ORT

Question 9

Discuss the effects of water misuse in agricultural production.

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Question 10

Define the subcategories of food security and food insecurity.

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Question 11

MATCHING
-Number of barrels of oil, in millions, wasted as a result of food waste

Accepted Answer

A) 1.4 
B) 7 
C) 8 
D) 20 
E) 25
F)85.5
G)100
H)300
I)1500
J)Fossil
K)Famine
L)Methane
M)Irrigation
N)Dead zones
O)Poverty
P)Sustainable
Q)SNAP
R)Food insecurity
S)Feeding America
T)ORT

Question 12

The word "marasmus" means

Accepted Answer

A) terribly thin. 
B) without muscle. 
C) dying away. 
D) empty stomach. 
E) lacking food.

Question 13

MATCHING
-Oxygen-depleted areas of bodies of water in which marine life cannot survive

Accepted Answer

A) 1.4 
B) 7 
C) 8 
D) 20 
E) 25
F)85.5
G)100
H)300
I)1500
J)Fossil
K)Famine
L)Methane
M)Irrigation
N)Dead zones
O)Poverty
P)Sustainable
Q)SNAP
R)Food insecurity
S)Feeding America
T)ORT

Question 14

In kwashiorkor, the loss of hair color is indirectly related to

Accepted Answer

A) lack of tyrosine. 
B) elevated levels of blood homocysteine. 
C) excessive exposure to the sun's UV rays. 
D) being nursed by a poorly-nourished mother. 
E) increased blood lead levels.

Question 15

MATCHING
-Intermittent hunger caused by lack of money

Accepted Answer

A) 1.4 
B) 7 
C) 8 
D) 20 
E) 25
F)85.5
G)100
H)300
I)1500
J)Fossil
K)Famine
L)Methane
M)Irrigation
N)Dead zones
O)Poverty
P)Sustainable
Q)SNAP
R)Food insecurity
S)Feeding America
T)ORT

Question 16

MATCHING
-Produced in large quantities by cows

Accepted Answer

A) 1.4 
B) 7 
C) 8 
D) 20 
E) 25
F)85.5
G)100
H)300
I)1500
J)Fossil
K)Famine
L)Methane
M)Irrigation
N)Dead zones
O)Poverty
P)Sustainable
Q)SNAP
R)Food insecurity
S)Feeding America
T)ORT

Question 17

At the end of your class presentation on "Acute Malnutrition," a student asks you to clarify how the rapid onset of malnutrition occurs in kwashiorkor. How should you respond?

Accepted Answer

A) It is the result of an inborn error of metabolism. 
B) It is usually synchronized with the drought season in each respective country. 
C) It is typically seen in patients who are 2-5 years old due to the sudden change in diet arising from their dislike for breast milk as they grow older. 
D) It is typically seen in patients after weaning due to the sudden change in diet arising from their being weaned from breast milk after the birth of a sibling. 
E) It occurs when the family's finances are no longer able to afford food for all family members.

Question 18

How does population growth contribute directly and indirectly to hunger?

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Question 19

How much more grain is consumed by livestock than by people?

Accepted Answer

A) Twice as much 
B) Three times as much 
C) Five times as much 
D) Ten times as much 
E) Twenty times as much

Question 20

Discuss the advantages of obtaining foods grown locally versus globally.

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Exam 20: Hunger and the Global Environment

Individuals who have limited or uncertain access to foods of sufficient quality or quantity to sustain a healthy and active life with reduced quality of life with little or no indication of reduced food intake have ____________________.

MATCHING -Number of pounds of grain needed to produce one pound of beef weight gain

Individuals who have access to enough food to sustain a healthy and active life with one or two indications of food-access problems but with little or no change in food intake have ____________________.

What is meant by a person's "food footprint," and how is it determined?

List 3 ways the food industry could substantially reduce fossil fuel use and still remain sustainable.

MATCHING -Number of children, in millions, under age 5 with vitamin A deficiency

Discuss the effects of water misuse in agricultural production.

Define the subcategories of food security and food insecurity.

MATCHING -Number of barrels of oil, in millions, wasted as a result of food waste

The word "marasmus" means

MATCHING -Oxygen-depleted areas of bodies of water in which marine life cannot survive

In kwashiorkor, the loss of hair color is indirectly related to

MATCHING -Intermittent hunger caused by lack of money

MATCHING -Produced in large quantities by cows

At the end of your class presentation on "Acute Malnutrition," a student asks you to clarify how the rapid onset of malnutrition occurs in kwashiorkor. How should you respond?

How does population growth contribute directly and indirectly to hunger?

How much more grain is consumed by livestock than by people?

Discuss the advantages of obtaining foods grown locally versus globally.