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WorksheetsNUTR*3210 (Weeks 1-6)
Total questions: 93
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
What does RDA mean?
(a)
Provide the formula for percent moisture.
True or False? Typically, with crude fat (ether extract) there is an overestimation.
True
False
True or False? Typically, with crude protein (Kjeldahl analysis) there is an underestimation.
True
False
Provide the formula for percent crude fat.
Provide the formula for percent crude fibre.
Provide the formula for percent Nitrogen free extract (NFE).
Provide the formula for ASH (mineral content).
Provide the formula for percent crude protein.
Provide the formula for percent dry matter.
True or false? There is typically a slight under-estimation of dry weight.
True
False
1 chemistry calorie = 1 kcal = 4.18 KJ (kilojoules)
True
False
The process of determining the ether extract aims to determine the:
Mineral content
Crude fiber
Crude fat content
Crude protein content
Digestible Carbohydrate Content
In proximate analysis, after conducting ether extraction and...
Acid (Boiling, mimicking the acidity of the stomach, perhaps)
Alkali (Basic conditions, representing the SI)
Which of the following nutrients are obtained TOGETHER?
Mineral content (ASH)
Crude fiber
Crude fat content
Crude protein content
Digestible Carbohydrate Content
Kjeldahl analysis aims to determine the:
Mineral content
Crude fiber
Crude fat content
Crude protein content
Digestible Carbohydrate Content
The process of determining the ASH aims to determine the:
Mineral content
Crude fiber
Crude fat content
Crude protein content
Digestible Carbohydrate Content
The process of determining the Nitrogen Free Extract (NFE) aims to determine the:
Mineral content
Crude fiber
Crude fat content
Crude protein content
Digestible Carbohydrate Content
What does EAR mean?
(a)
What is UL?
(a)
What is the only tissue that can release glucose back into the blood?
What is AI?
(a)
Which of the following is not an organic nutrient class?
Minerals
Carbohydrates (Including Fibre)
Protein
Lipids
Vitamins
Which of the following is not a macronutrient?
Carbohydrates (Including Fibre)
Protein
Lipids
Vitamins
True or False? Avoiding deficiency of a nutrient is the same as meeting the nutritional requirement.
What is the red labelled box indicating?
RDA
AI
UL
EAR
How do we obtain the apparent digestibility coefficient using the total collection method? In other words, provide the formula.
How do we obtain the apparent digestibility coefficient using the indicator method? In other words, provide the formula.
How do we obtain the true digestibility coefficient? In other words, provide the formula.
True or False? Apparent digestibility over-estimates true digestibility
False
True
What is the blue labelled box indicating?
RDA
AI
UL
EAR
What is the yellow labelled box indicating?
Health Status of an individual
Normal distribution of population
Concentration of a nutrient required to achieve an endpoint of interest
Calories consumed per day
What is the green labelled box indicating?
Health Status of an individual
Normal distribution of population
Concentration of a nutrient required to achieve an endpoint of interest
Calories consumed per day
When sufficient scientific evidence is not available to establish a ___ and ___, then an AI is proposed. Write your answer as ABC, XYZ.
(a)
T or F? The agricultural industry more interested in composition of dry matter while human food labelling is based on wet weight.
F
T
There are two assumptions made for the Kjeldahl analysis - one of these assumptions is that all protein contains _% nitrogen
4
6.25
12
16
8
In the first step of Kjeldahl analysis, digestion occurs where a food sample is mixed with (a) , which converts nitrogen into ammonia
In the final step of Kjeldahl analysis, (a) occurs which quantifies the amount of ammonia.
The second step of kjeldahl analysis is (a) , which helps separate the ammonia that is created during digestion (where nitrogen is converted to ammonia by sulfuric acid).
Insoluble fibres are lost during the proximate analysis (determination of crude fibre). True or false?
True
False
In terms of dietary fibre, which is a non-digestible complex of CHO, which of the following are insoluble fibres?
Mucilages
Cellulose
Lignin
Hemicellulose
Gums
In terms of dietary fibre, which is a non-digestible complex of CHO and a structural part of plants, which of the following are soluble fibres?
Mucilages
Pectins
Lignin
Hemicellulose
Gums
True or false? Measuring crude fibre under-estimates the actual dietary fibre content of feed by up to 50%.
True
False
Feed analysis that differentiates between insoluble fibres (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose, & lignin) and determines fermentable and non-fermentable CHO is known as the (a) method.
Which of the following insoluble fibres are poorly fermented and prevent the fermentation of other fibres?
Lignin
Cellulose
Hemicellulose
True or False? Fermentability refers to carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids.
Feed analysis that differentiates between sugars, starches, and various fibres (e.g., soluble fibres) is known as the (a) method.
T or F? Humans are foregut fermenters.
T
F
In animals with a simple system without a caecum, the main site for nutrient digestion and absorption is the:
In animals with a simple system without a caecum, the main site for fermentation
In animals with a simple system without a caecum, production of short chain fatty acids (SCFA), also known as volatile fatty acids (VFA), occurs in the:
Circled in green is a:
Microvilli
Villi
Crypt
Kerckring folds
True or False? CHO fermentation produces many compounds including lactate and SCFA.
In ruminants, the ____ can capture nutrients and trap foreign materials that are accidently swallowed. This component is also rich in bacteria (fermentation vat).
Reticulum
Rumen
Omasum
Abomasum
In ruminants, the ____ is the largest section of the stomach and is rich in bacteria (fermentation vat). It contains ____ papillae to increase SA for absorption. Food is mixed & partially broken down, and stored temporarily here.
Reticulum
Rumen
Omasum
Abomasum
In ruminants, the _____ filters large particles before they reach the SI. Reabsorption of water & some electrolytes also occur here.
Reticulum
Rumen
Omasum
Abomasum
In ruminants, the _____ is known as the ‘true stomach’, or glandular stomach due to digestive enzymes secreted from gastric glands (HCl, mucin, pepsinogen, lipase, etc). The _____ is similar to the stomach of monogastric animals.
Reticulum
Rumen
Omasum
Abomasum
The brush border is also known as:
Kerckring folds
Villi
Microvilli
Which of the following are micronutrients?
Minerals
Lipids
Water
Proteins
Vitamins
In terms of the process of digestion, an example of a catabolic hormone would be:
Glucagon
In terms of the process of digestion, an example of a anabolic hormone would be:
Glucagon
Ruminants have a _-directional esophagus
uni-directional
bi-directional
In ALL carbohydrates (CHO), what is the H:O ratio?
Type answer as A:B
(a)
True or False? The Bomb Calorimeter measures the metabolizable energy of a compound.
True
False
Bomb calorimetry overestimates the energy obtained from the substance combusted.
True
False
1 Food Calorie = (a) Chemistry calorie(s)
The energy used for the digestion, absorption, distribution & storage of nutrients is known as:
(a)
T or F? The more double bonds, the more energy released (for equivalent chain length fatty acids).
True
False
T or F? Longer chain length releases more energy.
True
False
What is the BMR for a 65 kg person? Type the number only (round).
(a)
True or False? The tissues most reflective of the BMR are the muscles and bones
True
False
True or False? The process of determining ASH content gets rid of all organic material.
True
False
True or False? Soluble fibres decrease transit time.
True
False
Provide the formula for net energy.
Carbs are digested PRIMARILY in which of the following digestive organs?
pancreas
large intestine
mouth
stomach
small intestine
α-amylase breaks what kind of glycosidic bonds?
β-1,4-glycosidic bonds
α-1,1-glycosidic bonds
α-1,4-glycosidic bonds
α-1,6-glycosidic bonds
alpha-dextrinase is also known as ______.
invertase
isomaltase
invertase is also known as ______.
alpha-dextrinase
isomaltase
Maltase breaks down maltose into...
glucose + glucose
glucose + galactose
glucose + fructose
sucrose + lactose
The hexose monophosphate shunt occurs where?
The synthesis of glycogen is known as:
Glycogenesis
Glycogenolysis
Glycolysis
Gluconeogenesis
The process of glycogen being broken down into glucose is known as:
Glycogenesis
Glycogenolysis
Glycolysis
Gluconeogenesis
The process of glucose breakdown is known as:
Glycogenesis
Glycogenolysis
Glycolysis
Gluconeogenesis
An alternative pathway to glycolysis used to produce ribose-5-phosphate and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) - helps create material/nucleotides for our DNA
Hexose monophosphate shunt
Glycogenolysis
Glycogenosis
Gluconeogenesis
Kreb's cycle
_____ is a hormone that increases your blood sugar level and prevents it from dropping to low
Leptin
We need to eat essential fatty acids because we lack the enzymes necessary to insert double bonds beyond the _____ position of a fatty acid
delta-6
delta-9
delta-12
delta-15
True or False? The respiratory quotient = CO2 consumed / O2 produced
True
False
In the formula for basal metabolic rate, where BMR = A × [M^0.75] kcal/day, "A" represents:
Total body weight
Metabolically active tissue
Muscle mass
Lean body mass
In the formula for basal metabolic rate, where BMR = A × [M^0.75] kcal/day, "M" represents:
Total body weight (kg)
Metabolically active tissue (pounds or kg)
Muscle mass (kg)
Lean body mass (pounds)
Total body weight (pounds)
In an enterocyte, the apical side interacts with:
the lumen
the bloodstream
True or False? An essential nutrient is a chemical/substance that is required for metabolism and made in the body but not rapidly enough to meet the needs of an animal or human for one or more physiological functions.
True
False
If an individual had cancer and medical professionals examined medical notes to look at exposures that may have caused the disease (move backwards), this would be an example of what kind of epidemiological cohort study?
Prospective
Retrospective
True or False? Though water enters our body through ingestion, most water in the body is a byproduct of metabolic reactions.
True
False
True or False? The most effective way to revert hyponatremia is by adding sodium to the diet.
True
False
