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1. Question 1
Which of the following are NOT considered one of the essential energy-yielding macronutrients?
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Carbohydrates
Proteins
Fats
: Probiotics
2. Question 2
Which of the following nutrition professionals is most likely to be employed by a university?
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Nutritionist
Nutrition Specialist
: Dietician
Physician
3. Question 3
In which year did the original Food Guide Pyramid launch?
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: 1992
1922
1975
1917
4. Question 4
Which of the following disorders is related to micronutrient deficiency?
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Beriberi
Pellagra
Scurvy
: All of the above
5. Question 5
The field of nutrition is defined by relationships between which three elements?
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Food intake, nutrition, and health
Macronutrients, micronutrients, and minerals
Health, behavior, and medicine
Diet, nutrition, and exercise
6. Question 6
Which scientist from the 1970s initiated the movement of vitamin supplementation?
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Francis Crick
William Lipscomb
Matthew Meselson
: Linus Pauling
7. Question 7
Which macronutrient has an energy yield of 9 kcal per gram?
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Carbohydrate
: Fat
Protein
Water
8. Question 8
The National School Lunch Act, the first national food supplementation program was initiated in what year?
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1880
: 1946
1920
1985
9. Question 9
Which of the following is an accurate description of food science?
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Research that focuses on the study of nutrients in the human body
Information that serves as the backbone to the understanding of nutrient structure
: The study of the composition of food materials and the reactions of food
Systematic study of food choices and health status
10. Question 10
Food security implies that food is all but which of the following?
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Available
Accessible
Affordable
Assumed
11. Question 11
Approximately how many people in the world are hungry?
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300 million
: 820 million
4 billion
1.65 million
12. Question 12
Which of the following continents houses more than half of the chronically hungry population?
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Africa
: Asia
South America
Europe
13. Question 13
The world’s poorest people spend about what percentage of their income on food?
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One-half
Three-quarters
: Two-thirds
One-third
14. Question 14
By 2050, the global population is estimated to reach between 9.2 and 9.7 billion, which would require an increase in food production by what percentage to avoid chronic hunger?
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: 70 percent
150 percent
10 percent
340 percent
15. Question 15
In what year was the Global Food Security Act (GFSA) passed?
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1996
2000
2006
: 2016
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