PBH-306 Midterm Practice Questions - Fall 2024

Which vitamin is primarily responsible for blood clotting?

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin K

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women who are capable of becoming pregnant take a daily supplement containing 400–800 micrograms of ______ to reduce ______.

• folic acid, birth defects
• thiamin, large-for-gestational age infants
• vitamin B6, small-for-gestational age infants
• vitamin B12, low-birth weight

True or False? Vitamin D is unique because, given sufficient sunlight, your body can make all that it needs and dietary vitamin D intake is not necessary.

• True
• False

Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of ______ metabolism.

• amino acid
• protein
• fat
• carbohydrate

In situations when the body cannot use glucose for energy, such as in the case with diabetes, cells turn to __________ as an energy source.

• essential amino acids
• B vitamins
• fat and protein
• complex carbohydrates

How many kilocalories are in 7 grams of protein?

• 28 kilocalories
• 49 kilocalories
• 63 kilocalories
• 77 kilocalories

Two hundred seventy-five grams of carbohydrate provides what percent of calories from carbohydrate in a 2,000 kcal diet?

• 25 Percent
• 40 percent
• 50 percent
• 78 percent

Which organ is the storage spot for bile?

• salivary glands
• liver
• gallbladder
• pancreas

As an emulsifier, bile is needed for the:

• digestion of fat
• absorption of protein
• synthesis of cholesterol
• metabolism of carbohydrate

Most fatty acids in food and in the body exist as part of a ___________ molecule.

• monoglyceride
• triglyceride
• polyglyceride
• cholesterol