Competency Appraisal for Nutrition and Dietetics

You have a chicken pastel on the menu. The recipe calls for mushrooms. To max profit:

• Omit mushroom

• Buy less expensive brand 

• Reduce portion size

Government agency mandated to ensure safety of food supplies

• FNRI 

• NNC 

• FDA

• DA

 Process involved in the manufacture of “chippies” and similar products:

• Dehydration

• Fermentation 

• Extrusion

• Germination

 In cookery, eggs act as

• Binder

• Emulsifier 

• Leavener

• All of the Above

The distinctive preservative effect of smoking due to

• Heat

• Dehydration

• Smoke itself

• Pyroligneous acids

 Body mass index (BMI) is determined from

• BMR data

• Height and weight 

• skinfold thickness

• MUAC

An individual is considered obese if his weight is

• 100 – 109% of DBW

• over 120% of DBW

• 110 – 119% of DBW

• any weight about 100% of DBW

In the FAO classification, the BMI considered diagnostic of obesity begins at 

• 20.0

•  22.5

• 25.0

• 27.0

Studies have shown that mortality and morbidity begin to rise sharply at BMI of 

• 20.0

• 22.0

• 25.0

• 27.0

Anthropometric measurements are indirect methods of determining fatness and leanness. A modern direct measure is 

• bioelectric impedance

• ultrasound

• computed tomography or CI scan 

• all of the above