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Carbohydrates

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Carbohydrates quiz for Nutrition students
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Question 1

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According to most dietary guidelines, what percentage of the day's total energy intake should be furnished by carbs?
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  • 10-30
  • 45-65
  • 55

Question 2

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What is the staple grain of the USA?
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  • beans
  • rice
  • wheat
  • barley

Question 3

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which of the following is known as blood sugar or dextrose?
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  • sucrose
  • glucose
  • glycose

Question 4

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What is the primary storage form of a carb in the body?
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  • glycogen
  • fructose
  • glucose

Question 5

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all of the following are sources of dietary carbs except
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  • barley
  • oats
  • legumes
  • fish

Question 6

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which of the following is a component of all three dietary disaccharides ?
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  • fructose
  • glucose
  • sucrose

Question 7

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the types of atoms found in glucose molecule include all of the following except
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  • Oxygen
  • Hydrogen
  • Nitrogen
  • Carbon

Question 8

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Which of the following sugars is not found in plants?
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  • Lactose
  • Starch
  • Glycogen
  • Fiber

Question 9

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Which of the following is not a simple carb?
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  • Galactose
  • Starch
  • Maltose

Question 10

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All of the following foods are rich sources of soluble fiber except
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  • Wheat Bran
  • oats
  • citrus fruits
  • barley

Question 11

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Sugar causes...
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  • Diabetes
  • hyperactivity
  • criminal activity
  • rots teeth
  • high blood pressue
  • fat
  • kidney stones

Question 12

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What percentage of calories do carbs come from?
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  • 50%
  • 80%

Question 13

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What carb source is popular in Europe/N.America?
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  • rice
  • corn
  • wheat
  • barley

Question 14

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Carbs are made up of carbon dioxide form the air, water from the sun, and energy from the soil.
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Are carbohydrates an organic compound?
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  • True
  • False

Question 16

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Why are Carbs popular in a diet?
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  • Least expensive of the energy yielding nutrients
  • The highest yield of energy per acre of land
  • widely available
  • make up the major source for the world
  • most easily obtained energy-yielding nutrient
  • most readily digestible form of energy
  • all the above

Question 17

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What is the primary role of a Carb?
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  • To supply energy
  • to give sugar to the body

Question 18

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Mono, Di, and Polysaccharides are the three sugar units.
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  • True
  • False

Question 19

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Which sugar unit is the base for all units?
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  • glycogen
  • glucose

Question 20

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Dextrose is defined as...
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  • 5-10% in chart
  • goes in IV to keep hydrated
  • more than one

Question 21

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Glucose is important because...
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  • Form that Carbs circulate into the bloodstream
  • It's bitter
  • Dextrose
  • Most abundant in nature

Question 22

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Does fructose have the same chemical structure as glucose?
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  • True
  • False

Question 23

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Maltose is the sweetest of all simple sugars.
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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Fructose is converted into what...
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  • glucose
  • corn syrup

Question 25

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Galactose is found in nature.
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  • True
  • False

Question 26

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Galactose is the primary CHO in milk.
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  • True
  • False

Question 27

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Galactose is not produced during digestion
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  • True
  • False

Question 28

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Galactose is a disaccharide.
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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Sucrose is made up of what two sugar units.
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  • glucose + galactose
  • galactose + fructose
  • glucose + fructose

Question 30

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Sucrose is the sweetest of the Disaccharides because of it's fructose.
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  • True
  • False

Question 31

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Sucrose is...
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  • common table sugar
  • 30- 40% of total Kcal
  • provides the natural sweetness in foods
  • most abundant saccharide
  • least sweet DI
  • found in milk

Question 32

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Lactose is a DIsaccharide.
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  • True
  • False

Question 33

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An example of lactose breaking down is...
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  • yogurt
  • sour milk
  • curdling

Question 34

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The sugar units that make up Maltose are...
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  • glucose + galactose
  • galactose + fructose
  • glucose +sucrose
  • glucose + glucose

Question 35

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Maltose is a product of CHO digestion.
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  • True
  • False

Question 36

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What is an example of a fermenting process for Maltose?
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  • maple syrup
  • beer
  • malt milk

Question 37

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Polysaccharides are...
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  • more complex structures
  • product of CHO digestion
  • less soluble
  • more stable
  • abundant in nature

Question 38

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The three Polysaccharides are:
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  • starch, sugar, fiber
  • starch, fiber, glucose
  • glucose, sugar, fiber
  • starch, glycogen, fiber

Question 39

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Starch is the least important poly in nutrition
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  • True
  • False

Question 40

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What is the recommended CHO intake?
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  • 50- 60 %
  • 55%

Question 41

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Starches are...
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  • easy storage or hard to find
  • plant sources only
  • most abundant source in the whole wide world
  • inexpensive
  • a complex CHO
  • all the above

Question 42

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Glycogen is a form of CHO that passes through the body
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  • True
  • False

Question 43

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There are large amounts of glycogen in the liver and muscle tissues
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  • True
  • False

Question 44

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Glycogen is
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  • essential to maintain storage
  • helpful in sustaining glucose levels

Question 45

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Fiber does not
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  • provide energy
  • give plants structure
  • provide structure to plant/cell walls
  • digest
  • resemble starches

Question 46

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Fiber is classified by it's solubility.
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  • True
  • False

Question 47

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Soluble fiber:
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  • dissolves in water
  • passes the GI tract intact
  • forms a gel
  • lowers cholesterol/glucose

Question 48

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The following are soluble fibers: Oats, Barley, Spinach, Bananas
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  • True
  • False

Question 49

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Almonds and seeds are soluble fibers.
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  • True
  • False

Question 50

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The recommended grams per day for fiber is
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  • 10-16
  • 16-20
  • 25-35

Question 51

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The average person gets about 12-20 g per day of fiber.
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  • True
  • False

Question 52

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Name the 6 functions of CHO:
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  • Provide energy
  • Protein- sparing action
  • Heart Health
  • Digestive Health
  • Glycogen reserves
  • Prevent Ketosis
  • Allows sugar to enter quickly through blood stream
  • Disease prevention

Question 53

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Why is protein-sparing action an important function in CHO?
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  • It spares protein from its major role
  • Reduces inflammation
  • Gets energy from but doesn't want to use unless for tissue growth repair

Question 54

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Glycogen reserves means to replenish and balance the body
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  • True
  • False

Question 55

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Heart, GI, and Cancer are example of what function of CHO?
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  • Protein-sparing action
  • Heart Health
  • Disease prevention
  • Prevent Ketosis

Question 56

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Why is it Preventing Ketosis important?
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  • It is inadequate CHO shifts body's energy metabolism and fat steps in as a energy source (forms Ketosis)
  • It upsets the balance of the body

Question 57

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Heart Health Function of CHO is important because:
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  • Glycogen reserve in heart
  • lower blood pressure
  • improve blood lipids
  • reduce inflammation
  • soluble fiber benefit
  • all the above

Question 58

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The minimum dietary intake for CHO is how many grams?
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  • 130
  • 200
  • 150
  • 125
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