Dietetic Technician Registered Exam: Book

Dietetic Technician Registered Exam: Book

Exam DTR Book Exam Reasons that the general population is told to "eat your colors" when referring to

fruits and vegetables include all the following except:

• The different colors contain different phytochemicals
• Selecting from all 5 colors ensures adequate protein intake
• Doing so ensures adequate fiber intake, which may protect against certain types

of cancers

• Eating the colors helps lower type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart diesase risks.

(ans- b.

Which cooking method is recommended for cuts of beef such as stew beef, short ribs, chuck steak or beef round?

• Pan frying
• Broiling
• Roasting
• Braising (ans- d.

All of the following are potential benefits of genetically engineered food, except:

• A faster growing food supply, thus greater food production
• Food that tastes better and is more nutritious
• Shorter shelf-life
• Reductions in pesticide use (ans- c.
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Egg yolks used in lemon meringue pie primarily serves as which of the following agents?

• Emulsifying agent
• Coloring agent
• Thickening agent
• Textural agent (ans- b.

Which of the following is not an ingredient in baking powder?

• Corn starch
• Sodium bicarbonate
• Cream of tartar
• Potassium bicarbonate (ans- d.

Two men are the same age and both weigh, but one man is 5'7" and the other is 6' tall. What can be determined about their resting metabolic rate?

• Their resting metabolic rate is about the same
• The resting metabolic rate is higher for the taller man
• The resting metabolic rare is higher for the shorter man
• It is difficult to draw conclusions based on the information available (ans- b.

Which of the following statements is not true about soluble fiber?

• As soluble fiber is digested, it becomes gel-like
• Soluble fiber works to slow the digestive track
• Soluble fiber works to add bulk to the stool helps move food through the

digestive track faster.

• Soluble fiber may help lower cholesterol levels (ans- c.
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Chronic alcoholics are most likely to be deficient in the following nutrients,

except:

• Magnesium
• Thiamin
• Folate
• Vitamin c (ans- d.

The end process of sucrose digestion is:

• Glucose and fructose
• Glucose and galactose
• Glucose and mannose
• 2 glucose molecules (ans- a.

Protein digestion begins in the:

• Jejunum
• Stomach
• Small intestines
• Brush border (ans- b.

A deficiency of vitamin d results in:

• Rickets
• Night blindness
• Scurvy
• Beri beri (ans- a.

All of the following are true about vitamin c, except: 3 / 4

• The best food sources of vitamin c are fruits, such as citrus, and vegetables,

such as broccoli

• Cigarette smokers should consume at least 100mg per day of vitamin c
• Deficiency of vitamin c can result in issues with wound healing, bleeding gums,

tooth loss, and leg pain

• The rda is 75mg for women and 100mg for men (ans- d.

Which of the following choices indicates nutritional risk?

• A nursing home patient stable on a tube feeding regimen
• Diarrhea for 1 week with a 10 pound weight loss
• A 3 year-old girl with a sore throat and poor appetite for 2 days
• A 21 year-old male who is drinking protein shakes in an attempt to build muscle

(ans- b.

A nutrition screen must be completed by which of the following?

• A registered dietitian (rd)
• A registered dietetic technician (dtr)
• A nurse
• A trained health professional (not necessarily an rd or dtr) (ans- d.

Which of the following laboratory data would best indicate nutritional risk?

• Fasting blood glucose level of 130mg/dl
• Fasting cholesterol level of 199mg/dl
• Serum albumin level of 3.5g/dl
• Hematocrit level of 42% (ans- a.

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