SCI 220 Week 1 WileyPLUS Weekly Exam

In this graded assignment, you are assessed on the content covered in this weeks’ readings, activities, and assignments. To help you prepare, it is recommended that you first complete this week’s Learning Path and Self-Test Learning Activities prior to completing this exam.

Click on the Assignments link in WileyPLUS to access the Week 1 Exam.

Complete the Week 1 Exam covering this week’s assigned readings listed below:

• Ch. 1: Nutrition: Everyday Choices
• Ch. 2: Guidelines for a Healthy Diet
• Ch. 3: Digestion: From Meals to Molecules

Note. Work submitted in WileyPLUS does not count toward attendance. Be sure to post at least two times each week in the online classrom to avoid being auto-dropped from the course.

Test Bank, Question 6

Which of the following statements regarding phytochemicals is true?

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Dietary supplements provide nutrients and all the other benefits of food.

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Healthy eating requires you to give up your favorite low nutrient-dense foods.

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Over time, consuming excess or insufficient amounts of one or more nutrients will result in malnutrition.

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Nutrigenomics explores the interaction between genetic variation and nutrition.

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Ethan achieves his recommended intake of vegetables by eating a large baked potato every day. Which principle is he not achieving?

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Which is NOT an example of moderation in your diet and lifestyle?

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Limiting empty calories is important as they provide mostly calories and fewer nutrients.

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For all nutrients, Tolerable Upper Intake (UL) Levels are set for intakes from dietary supplements only.

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A person’s nutritional status is influenced by his/her intake and utilization of nutrients.

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The EARs are set higher than the RDAs.

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Food additives must be included in the ingredients list.

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Restaurants, upon request, must be able to provide consumers with the nutritional information of the foods served.

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Beans and peas are good sources of the nutrients found in both vegetables and protein foods, so they can be counted in either food group.

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Which of the following is NOT considered to be a source of empty calories?

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Nutrient content and health claims are approved by the:

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The smallest units of life are

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Which of the following substances is not absorbed by the human body?

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What might occur if the sphincter denoted here doesn’t close correctly, and some of the contents from the stomach enter into the esophagus?

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Which of the following is digested before being absorbed?

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Collectively, the microvilli are referred as the brush border.

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The gastric pits produce each of the following EXCEPT

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Glucose can be used to make fatty acids.

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The nutritional composition of a meal affects how long it stays in the stomach.

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All of the following are examples of lipids except

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Which of the following statements regarding phytochemicals is true?

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Healthy eating requires you to give up your favorite low nutrient-dense foods.

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Which of the following is associated with overnutrition?

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All six classes of nutrients play important roles in regulating body processes.

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Chronic overconsumption of kcalories and certain nutrients from foods can cause health problems.

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With the exception of _______, all the classes of nutrients are involved in forming and maintaining the body’s structure.

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Minerals are organic molecules that are needed in small amounts to maintain health.

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The Dietary Reference Intakes are only concerned with the correction of nutrient deficiencies.

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MyPlate:

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All of the following are characteristics of the Dietary Reference Intakes EXCEPT:

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If you ate the entire box, how many calories from fat would you have consumed?

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A limitation of the information obtained from population health and nutrition surveys is that the information cannot be used if the nation is meeting health and nutrition goals.

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Food labels are designed to help consumers make wise food choices at the point of purchase.

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Which of the following pieces of information is NOT required on the foods label?

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Beans and peas are good sources of the nutrients found in both vegetables and protein foods, so they can be counted in either food group.

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MyPlate emphasizes the importance of proportionality, moderation, and nutrient density, but not variety.

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The mass of chewed food that is swallowed is called

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Factors that influence transit time include all of the following EXCEPT the

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The _____ system eliminates the majority of nitrogen-containing metabolic waste products.

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_____ is a circular muscle that acts as a valve, opening and closing to allow the gastric contents to move throughout the GI tract.

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Which of the following substances is not absorbed by the human body?

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Enzymes are substrate specific, meaning that lipases will only digest lipids.

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Amylase is a hormone that digests carbohydrates.

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As compared to when you are at rest between meals, when you have eaten a meal, a ____________ proportion of your blood goes to your digestive system.

Which of the following statements about fortified foods is false?

A slice of apple pie has the same nutrient density as eating a medium-size apple.

If you know you are going to order dessert at dinner tonight, which of these choices would illustrate the concept of balancing your choices?

Carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins are all organic compounds that provide energy to the body.

Typically, less processed foods have lower nutrient density.

Which nutrient intake recommendation is used as a goal when a Recommended Dietary Allowance does not exist?

For a dietary supplement to claim “high potency,” it must contain ____ percent of the Daily Value for the given nutrient based on the stated serving size.

To decrease your chance of getting a food-borne illness, you should:

Which of the following is promoted by the Mediterranean Eating Pattern?

The intestinal microflora synthesize small amounts of vitamin D.

In regard to blood circulation, if you begin with oxygen-poor blood that reaches the heart from the body and is pumped through arteries to capillaries of the lungs, then determine the order for the following:

1. In capillaries of the body, nutrients and oxygen move from the blood to body tissues.

2. Oxygen-rich blood returns to the heart from the lungs by veins.

3. In capillaries of the lungs, oxygen from inhaled air is picked up by the blood and carbon dioxide is released into the lungs and exhaled.

4. Oxygen-rich blood is pumped out of the heart into arteries leading to the body.

The slow movement of food stuff through the _____ favors the growth of microflora.

The first location of chemical and mechanical digestion is the stomach.

Nutrients are used for energy or to synthesize substances in the body after they are absorbed.