basic nutrition

1. Test I: TRUE OR FALSE Direction: Read the statements below. Write TRUE if the statement is
correct and FALSE if it is incorrect. Use your answer sheet to accomplish this activity.
TRUE 1. When you prepare for the sick person‘s
diet always bear in mind that he needs a simple,
easily digestible food.
TRUE 2. A sick person has a good taste on food
to be served.
TRUE 3. Dietary requirements differ at different
stages of life.
TRUE 4. Fruits and juices will help a lot in
regaining the lost appetite of the sick ones.
TRUE 5. Time is a very important factor in
feeding the sick.

2. Test II: MULTIPLE-CHOICE Direction: Choose the letter of the word that is best described in the
statement. Write the answers on your quiz notebook.
1. It is the period when a child is not over two years of age.
A)Infant B) Adult C) Teenager
D) Pregnant and Lactating Mother
2. This is the period when a rapid growth, mental changes,
and emotional development happen.
A) Infant B) Adult C) Teenager
D) Pregnant and Lactating Mother
3. This is the period that an individual tends to be
independent in terms of their food choices.
A) Infant B) Adult C) Teenager
D) Pregnant and Lactating Mother

3. 4. It is the period that needs high nutritional
requirement because of the rapid build-up of the
fetus in the womb.
A) Infant B) Adult C) Teenager
D) Pregnant and Lactating Mother
5. The FNRI recommends that at this stage one has to
eat four and a half to six servings of rice, rice
products, corn, bread or noodles
A) Infant B) Adult C) Teenager
D) Pregnant and Lactating Mother

4. 6. It is a statement that can best describe vitamins
A) It cannot be synthesized by the body
B) It is a macronutrient
C) It supplies energy to the body
D) It requires energy to be formed
7. This food is a rich source of vitamin A.
A) Liver B) bread C) broccoli D) apricot
8. It is an important function of vitamin A in the human body.
A) help with blood clotting B) act as an anticoagulant
C) helps maintain eyesight D) prevent osteoporosis

5. 9. This illness is caused by the deficiency of vitamin A in the
body.
A) bile obstruction B) rapid breakdown of cell membranes
C) color blindness D) night blindness
10.This is an excellent natural food source of vitamin D.
A) oily fish B) wheat germ oil C) mineral oil D) margarine
11.These are foods that are commonly fortified with vitamin
D.
A) cereals and macaroni products B) milk and margarine
C) flour and salt D) vegetable oil and shortenings
12. Folic acid helps human body to these illnesses.
A) birth defects of the brain B) visual disturbances
C) disease of the four D's(Diarrhea, Dermatitis, Dementia,
and Death) D) dry, cracked lips

6. 13.This reason makes vitamin D as the sunshine vitamin.
A) the initial stage of synthesis occurs in the skin when
exposed to sunlight
B) B) the sunlight stimulates synthesis of vitamin D in
foods
C) the vitamin is degraded when exposed to sunlight
D) in its natural form the vitamin has a bright yellow
appearance
14.A deficiency of vitamin D in growing children will lead
to this kind of malformation of skeletal tissues.
A) muscle diseases B) bone disease
C) joint disorder D) disease of growing bone
15.This fat-soluble vitamin is responsible for the synthesis
of bloodclotting factors by the liver.
A) A B) D C) E D) K