1. Which of the following is not a class of essential nutrient? a. Dietary supplements b. Carbohydrates c. Lipids d. Minerals 2. Which of the following statements about the nutrient composition of the American diet is true? a. It contains too little protein b. It contains too little carbohydrate c. It contains too little fat d. It contains too many calories 3. A kcalorie is a measure of a. Heat energy b. Fat in food c. Nutrients in food d. Sugar and fat in food 4. Which of the following nutrients can directly supply energy for human use? a. Lipids and oils b. Fiber c. Vitamins d. Minerals 5. Gram for gram, which provides the most energy? a. Carbohydrates b. Proteins c. Alcohol d. Fats 6. Which of the following yield greater than 4 kcalories per gram? a. Plant fats b. Plant carbohydrates c. Plant proteins d. Animal proteins 7. Which of the following contain no calories? a. Alcohol b. Proteins c. Carbohydrates d. Vitamins 8. Which one of the following is a carbohydrate? a. apples b. chicken c. potatoes d. both a and c 9. Which of the following is a protein? a. apples b. chicken c. potatoes d. both a and c 10. Which of the following is a lipid? a. oils b. fat c. cholesterol d. all the above 11. Fats: a. Regulate body temperature b. protect organs c. produce energy d. All of the Above 12. Water is _____ of a person's total body weight. a. 40% b. 65%-75% c. 10% - 20% d. None of the above 13. When looking at the ingredient label of a bottled spaghetti sauce, you see that olive oil is the second ingredient. This means that a. Olive oil is the second ingredient by alphabetical listing b. Olive oil is just one of the ingredients present in the sauce c. Olive oil is the second ingredient by weight d. Olive oil is the second ingredient by amount present in the sauce 14. How many kcalories are provided by a 2-oz brownie with icing? Its nutrient composition is 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and 15g of carbohydrates a. 89 b. 109 c. 84 d. 159 15. Which of the following provides the most kcalories? a. 5g carbohydrate b. 3g fat c. 4g protein d. 2g alcohol 16. One-half of a mashed potato with milk contains 2g of protein, 1g of fat, and 14g of carbohydrate. What percentage of the total kcalorie content is provided by carbohydrates a. 19% b. 72% c. 82% d. 77% 17. True or False: A nutrition facts label can list 0 grams of fat even if the food does in fact contain some fat. .

1. 1. Which of the following is not a class of essential nutrient?
a. Dietary supplements
b. Carbohydrates
c. Lipids
d. Minerals
2. Which of the following statements about the nutrient
composition of the American diet is true?
a. It contains too little protein
b. It contains too little carbohydrate
c. It contains too little fat
d. It contains too many calories
3. A kcalorie is a measure of
a. Heat energy
b. Fat in food
c. Nutrients in food
d. Sugar and fat in food

2. 4. Which of the following nutrients can directly supply
energy for human use?
a. Lipids and oils
b. Fiber
c. Vitamins
d. Minerals
5. Gram for gram, which provides the most energy?
a. Carbohydrates
b. Proteins
c. Alcohol
d. Fats
6. Which of the following yield greater than 4 kcalories per
gram?
a. Plant fats
b. Plant carbohydrates
c. Plant proteins

3. d. Animal proteins
7. Which of the following contain no calories?
a. Alcohol
b. Proteins
c. Carbohydrates
d. Vitamins
8. Which one of the following is a carbohydrate?
a. apples
b. chicken
c. potatoes
d. both a and c
9. Which of the following is a protein?
a. apples
b. chicken
c. potatoes

4. d. both a and c
10. Which of the following is a lipid?
a. oils
b. fat
c. cholesterol
d. all the above
11. Fats:
a. Regulate body temperature b. protect organs
c. produce energy d. All of the
Above
12. Water is _____ of a person's total body weight.
a. 40% b. 65%-75%
c. 10% - 20% d. None of the above
13. When looking at the ingredient label of a bottled

5. spaghetti sauce, you see that olive oil is the second ingredient.
This means that
a. Olive oil is the second ingredient by alphabetical listing
b. Olive oil is just one of the ingredients present in the sauce
c. Olive oil is the second ingredient by weight
d. Olive oil is the second ingredient by amount present in the
sauce
14. How many kcalories are provided by a 2-oz brownie with
icing? Its nutrient composition is 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and
15g of carbohydrates
a. 89
b. 109
c. 84
d. 159
15. Which of the following provides the most kcalories?
a. 5g carbohydrate
b. 3g fat
c. 4g protein

6. d. 2g alcohol
16. One-half of a mashed potato with milk contains 2g of
protein, 1g of fat, and 14g of carbohydrate. What percentage of
the total kcalorie content is provided by carbohydrates
a. 19%
b. 72%
c. 82%
d. 77%
17. True or False: A nutrition facts label can list 0 grams of fat
even if the food does in fact contain some fat.
a. true
b. false
18. True or False: Food labels are more important for some
people than others, and in some cases, they may be the
difference between life and death!
a. true
b. false

7. 19. When reading a food label, what information do most
nutrition professionals recommend you look at FIRST?
a. Fat content
b. Serving size
c. Vitamin content
d. Calories
20. True or False: Food labels list ingredients in the order of
most to least healthful.
a. true
b. false
21. True or False: One function of protein is to carry
oxygen.
a. true
b. false
22. A concentric action occurs when:
a. Sufficient tension is developed in a muscle to cause
shortening

8. b. Tension is developed in a muscle but outside forces cause
it to lengthen
c. Calcium is pumped into the sarcoplasmic reticulum
d. No movement occurs in the muscles
23. An eccentric action occurs when:
a. Sufficient tension is developed in a muscle to cause
shortening
b. Tension is developed in a muscle but outside forces cause it
to lengthen
c. Calcium is pumped into the sarcoplasmic reticulum
d. No movement occurs in the muscles
24. The hormone responsible for stimulating muscle synthesis
and recovery during sleep is:
a. Melatonin
b. Estrogen
c. HGH
d. Testosterone

9. 25. The hormone responsible for stimulating muscle metabolism
and increasing the force of contraction during a sudden crisis is:
a. epinephrine
b. thyroid hormone
c. growth hormone
d. testosterone
26. The type of skeletal muscle fibers that have low fatigue
resistance are:
a. Fast fibers
b. Slow fibers
c. Intermediate fibers
d. Type 1 fibers
27. An example of an activity that requires anaerobic endurance
is:
a. A 50 yard dash
b. A 3 mile run
c. A 10 mile bicycle ride

10. d. Running a marathon
28. Athletes training to develop anaerobic endurance perform:
a. Few, long, relaxing workouts
b. A combination of weight training and marathon running
c. Frequent, brief, intensive workouts
d. Stretching, flexibility, and relaxation exercises
29. Which of the following are specific joint movements?
a. flexion b. Adduction
c. hyperextension d. All of the above
30. Skeletal muscle:
a. is a voluntary muscle b. consist of muscle
fibers
c. contains connective tissue d. all of the above
TRUE-FALSE:

11. 31. Muscle length changes during isometric movements.
32. Concentric movement shortens the muscle.
33. Most adults need eight hours of sleep each night.
34. Restoration and growth take place during the deepest sleep
stages.
35. If an individual is awakened during stage one of NREM, he
or she will often deny that he or she was sleeping.
36. Although dreams may occur in all stages of sleep, they
generally happen in stages three and four of NREM sleep.
37. When dreaming, an individual has periods of no muscle tone
or movement, except for eyes, diaphragm, nasal membranes, and
erectile tissue.
38. Memory can be impaired from missing the long REM sleep
periods that come later in the sleep cycle.

12. 39. Sleepwalking occurs during non-REM sleep.
40. Typically, an individual experiences one sleep cycle each
night.
41. Sleeping one hour less than your body needs each night over
a week’s time is equivalent to staying up all night.
42. Attempting to cancel sleep debt on the weekends is a viable
solution to decreasing weekday sleep deprivation.
43. Chronic insomnia is usually rather simple to treat.
44. Nicotine from tobacco is a stimulant that can enhance sleep.
45. It takes five or six hours for an individual’s core body
temperature to drop after vigorous exercise and induce
drowsiness and deeper sleep.

13. 46. One should avoid eating within two hours of bedtime,
particularly meals with high fat content.
47. An individual napping more than 45 minutes will be less
groggy than an individual napping 15-20 minutes.
48. Melatonin is naturally secreted by the pineal gland in
response to darkness; it lowers body temperature and causes
drowsiness.
49. With advancing age, people experience reduction in total
REM sleep.
50. More than a million patients are injured as a result of
medical errors each year; many of these injuries are associated
with chronic sleep deprivation.