CDR RD Exam Questions Expertly

CDR RD Exam / Questions & Expertly Verified Answers, 2025 / 2026.Quiz____?Which of the following foods would be the best source of zinc for Jewish clients who observe dietary laws?

• Roast Turkey
• Stuffed Pork Chops
• Whole Wheat Bread
• Frozen Green Beans -

Answer✓✓

• Roast Turkey

Why: Jewish Dietary law restrict pork and zinc is found in mainly in red

meat and poultry. Other good sources of zinc include beans, nuts, and certain types of seafood, whole grains, fortified breakfast cereals and dairy products. However, the phytates in whole-grains, cereals, and legumes bind zinc and can inhibit its absorption.Quiz____?A dietitian who is counseling the mother of a child with eating difficulties has evaluated needs and decided on the best alternatives for feeding. The

dietitian should do next:

• Evaluate the mother's level of comprehension
• Instruct the mother in various feeding approaches
• Obtain a list of the child's food preferences and typical eating patterns
• Review with the mother the ways to implement the recommended

approaches - Page 1 of 63 1 / 4

Answer✓✓

• Review with the mother the ways to implement the recommended

approaches

Why: This is the best answer because the dietitian has already evaluated

needs and decided on the best alternatives.Quiz____?During the counseling session about lowering sodium, the client states, "i have begun reading labels to identify sodium contents of food." The client is in which of the following stages of change?

• Precontemplation
• Contemplation
• Preparation
• Action -

Answer✓✓

• Preparation

They are still thinking about making the change, but taking steps toward the change. The "action" stage is reached when the individual has made the change of switching to low sodium foods for less than 6 months.

Why: Because the client is starting to get ready to lower his intake of

sodium but hasn't actually done so. So he is preparing Quiz____?Which of the following statements best describes the samples that fall within the shaded areas?Page 2 of 63 2 / 4

*Curve with x in the middle

• Positively Skewed
• Negatively Skewed
• Indicate a bimodal distribution
• They are two standard deviations from the mean -

Answer✓✓

• They are two standard deviations from the mean

68 Quiz____?A patient has a pre-surgery serum albumin level of 3.7 mg/dl and a post- surgery level of 3.1 mg/dl. The dietitian should recognize that?

• a laboratory error has likely occurred
• The patient is experiencing a protein-losing enteropathy
• A decreased serum albumin level is normal after surgery
• The patient is experiencing severe visceral protein storage depletion -

Answer✓✓

• A decreased serum albumin level is normal after surgery

Quiz____?An adolescent's BMI is plotted on the 90th percentile on the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention growth chart. The adolescent is:

• Obese
• Overweight

Page 3 of 63 3 / 4

• Normal weight
• At risk for overweight -

Answer✓✓

• Overweight

Underweight is <5 percentile Normal weight is 5-84th percentile Overweight is 85-94th percentile Obese is greater or equal to 95th percentile Quiz____?A patient with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis has the following

laboratory tests: BUN 50 mg/dL; albumin 2.8 mg/dL; and calcium 8 mg/dL.

What recommendations should the dietitian make to improve these lab values?

• Decrease fluid intake
• Increase protein intake
• Use a calcium supplement
• Increase the amount of phosphate binders -

Answer✓✓

• Increase protein intake

Why: Albumin is a good indicator of long term protein stores in non acute

situations.Quiz____?An infant with phenylketonuria requires which of the following dietary alterations?Page 4 of 63

• / 4