Some questions for preparation of RD (Registered Dietitian) Exam are as follows:

1. If you ever want to replace regular milk with buttermilk in a recipe, it is important that you also increase the ______.
A. Baking soda
B. All purpose flour
C. Cake flour
D. Salt

2. Which of the following is not considered a simple carbohydrate?

A. Glucose
B. Cellulose
C. Fructose
D. Sucrose

3. Which of the following is not considered a fat soluble vitamin?

A. A
B. K
C. E
D. C

4. Which of the following organizations runs the Commodity Food Distribution Program?

A. USDA's Food and Nutrition Service
B. Child Health Bureau
C. Health Resources and Services Administration
D. NSIP

5. Which of the following is not a contraindication for Enteral Nutrition?

A. Complete bowel obstruction or severe bowel ileus
B. Intractable vomiting or major UGI hemorrhage
C. Complete inability to absorb nutrients through the GI tract
D. Inadequate oral intake

6. Which of the following is not a symptom of a person with anorexia?

A. Mild anemia
B. Swollen joints
C. Moist Skin
D. Reduced muscle mass

7. Which of the following organizations runs the Healthy People 2010 Program?

A. Child Health Bureau
B. USDA
C. Department of Health and Human Services
D. NSIP

8. Fat in the intestine triggers the release of _____, which then signals the gallbladder to send bile.

A. Cholecystokin (CCK)
B. Citric acid
C. Glucose 6 phosphate
D. Glucagon

9. ______ is when the kidneys produce too much hydrogen or retain to much hydrogen which leads to an increase in carbonic acid production. Or the kidneys may excrete to much base.

A. Metabolic acidosis
B. Metabolic alkalosis
C. Respiratory alkalosis
D. Respiratory acidosis

10. Which of the following microorganisms is anaerobic, symptoms occur after 8-18 hours including nausea, vomitting, abmonial pain and diarrhea? It is also called the cafeteria bug.

A. Clostridium botulinum
B. Bacillus cerus
C. Staphylococcus aureus
D. Clostridium perfringens

11. A client with Type I diabetes will be attending a family picnic and plans to eat 2 large (12-inch each) ears of corn with one TBSP of butter. The corn and butter would be counted as:
2 vegetable and 3 fat exchanges
2 starch and 2 fat exchanges
4 starch and 3 fat exchanges
3 starch and 3 fat exchanges

12. The amounts of nutrients on a food label are described by:
The Daily Value (DV)
The Daily Reference Value (DRV)
The Reference Daily Intake (RDI)
The Tolerable Upper Limit (TOL)

13. A researcher is investigating the effects of income on fresh fruit and vegetable consumption. Her data show that income and fresh orange juice consumption are positively associated at a “p” level of 0.001. What conclusion(s) can be drawn from the “p” value?
There is no relationship between income and fresh orange juice consumption.
Income is a strong predictor of fresh orange juice intake.
People who make less money do not buy fresh orange juice
Fresh orange juice is more expensive than frozen orange juice.

14. The digestive hormone gastrin exerts all of the following effects except:
Increased esophageal sphincter pressure
Decreased pepsinogen production by the stomach
Increased gallbladder contraction
Increased HCL production by the parietal cells

15. Which of the following nutrients produces an RQ (Respiratory Quotient) of 1.0, as measured by indirect calorimetry?
Protein
Fat
Carbohydrate
All of the above

16. Pancreatitis may be caused by which of the following:
Destruction of pancreatic tissue by digestive enzymes
Chronic alcoholism
Hypertriglyceridemia
All of the above

17. The most common pediatric food allergies are:
Shellfish, citrus fruit, beef
Corn, rice, rye
Milk, soy, peanuts
Potatoes, bananas, tomatoes

18. Lactose intolerance is diagnosed by which of the following tests?
Breath hydrogen test
Lactose tolerance test
Blood lactase test
A & B

19. Which of the following is the most common measure of skeletal muscle mass?
Body mass index
Triceps skinfold thickness
Mid-arm muscle circumference
None of the above

20. Which hormone secreted by the pancreas opposes the effect of insulin:
Glucagon
Epinephrine
Secretin
Cortisol