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What is the study design that can best determine the effect of promotional techniques on cafeteria sales?
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Experimental
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What should you do with a new client who sits scowling at you during your session?
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Ask her if she is uncomfortable about the session
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The absence of reinforcement following an undesirable behavior is
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extinction
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When training new employees, what should always be followed?
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Planned orientation and training program
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In a study of the effects of saccharine, who received the placebo?
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The group receiving sugar
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Before you teach a class on nutrition, you should
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ASSESS the students current nutrition knowledge
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What type of learning is used when you learn certain physical skills that require physical manipulation?
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Psychomotor
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Active listening in counseling sessions involves
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paraphrasing and responding
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A study reported a 10% morbidity rate in infants in the country and a 12% morbidity rate for infants in the city. This means that there is ___ disease in infants in the city than in the country
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More
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The outpatient dietitian is planning a continuing education program...what should be done first?
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survey patients to see what interests them
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When planning a program for the rural elderly, what is important?
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How they will get to you
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What is a definite positive correlation?
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.8 to 1.0
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Where would this sentence be placed in a research article..."most of the changes seen were probably due to..."
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Discussion
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You are asked to give an inservice to the staff. What should you do first?
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observe the staff at work to identify problems
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When should performance objectives be given to workers?
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the day they are hired
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When developing educational plans, when do you plan the evaluation criteria?
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plan evaluation criteria at each step in the process
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When instituting an employee training program, begin by
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conducting a needs assessment of all to be trained
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What is the most useful measurement for evaluating long term nutrition in a community assessment program
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height for age
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What number denotes a high correlation?
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.8
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The mean is a measure of
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central tendency
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In interpreting statistical data, if half the observations are above the number 8 and half are below the number 8, the number 8 is the
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median
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The best advantage of self instructional models is they allow a student to
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proceed at their own pace
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A study showed the morbidity of children to be 5:1000. This means
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5 out of 1000 had anemia
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The results of a glucose tolerance test would best be plotted on a
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line graph
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When you measure functional and manipulative skills, which domain of learning are you analyzing?
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psychomotor
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At your first counseling session with a new patient you should
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find out what he eats
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An appropriate purpose of analytical research is to ___ the hypothesis
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test
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Define Mean
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the average
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If patients in a counseling session become restless
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shorten the sessions
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What is the best way to prepare staff for a new way to deliver trays?
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include them during discussions of proposed methods
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The best indicator that children profited from a nutrition education program about iron is
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the children select snacks with more iron
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In a research study on custards which would be the dependent variable?
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the cooked custard
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What is the mean of this set of numbers-3, 2, 2
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2.3
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Statistics that let you draw probable conclusions beyond your immediate universe of data are called
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inferential statistics
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To define performance objectives for a class for patients you must determine
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what the learner should know or be able to do
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You are asked to evaluate a new herbal supplement that you know is not healthy. You should
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explain why it is not sound and give alternatives
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Synergistics is
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a group of people working together to solve a problem
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When counseling an anorexic, the best advice is to
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be flexible and help them choose reasonable goals
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After you review the patients medical record the first step in counseling is to establish
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a climate of trust
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The best way to improve communication with participants in an nutrition education group would be to focus on
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paraphrasing
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When counseling patients who have limited ability to speak and understand your language, you should use
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demonstrations and food models
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The number of individuals in a population diagnosed with a specific condition during a specified time is the
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incidence
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Results of a 3 day food record were obtained in June and again there days later. What is this called?
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Reliability
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Which of the following responses by a counselor indicates "reflection"
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You said " You want to lose weight?"
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How do you begin an interview with a patient?
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Introduce yourself and make them comfortable
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Inferential statistics are associated with
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probability
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When teaching a non English speaking patient about serving sizes you should use
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food models to show the choice of recommended serving sizes
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What is your first concern when deciding how to teach?
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The needs and abilities of your students
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The statement "after class, the patient will be able to write a days menu following the guidelines" is an
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objective
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To determine the reading level of a text, count
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the number of words with more than one syllable
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In a normal curve, what percent of data falls between 1 and negative 1 standard deviation?
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68
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When writing a standard research paper, a statement including "this is probably due to..." should be placed in which section?
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discussion
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The statement "the country's infant mortality rate is 12.8 and the states infant mortality rate is 10.5 means that for every ___ births in the country, ___infants died"
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1000, 12.8
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What reading level is appropriate for educational material for the general population?
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8th grade
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What reading level is appropriate for written materials for a population with low literacy skills?
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6th grade
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The formula that counts the number of polysyllabic words in text to calculate the reading level is the ___ index
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SMOG
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Which is the dependent variable?
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Volume
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The incidence of xeropthalmia in children between the ages of 1-5 is 5:1000. This means
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morbidity rate of xeropthalmia is 5 in every 1000 children ages 1-5
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If there is no statistical difference between study groups, the hypothesis is
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null
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A focus group contributes what data?
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attitudinal
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An example of nominal (frequency) data is
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differentiate between men and women
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A 3 day recall is done and then repeated in 2 months. This is done to test
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reliability
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Which result is desirable?
Experimental group before was A and after was B Control group before was C and after was D |
the difference between A and B is more significant than the difference between C and D, the goal is that the experiment works better than the control
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A patient related a story to the RD. The RD says "This happened to me too". This is called
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self disclosure
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An example of formative evaluation is
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pre test quiz
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A lecture provides...
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the most amount of material in a short time
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How can you encourage pre school children to eat more fruits and vegetables?
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Have them participate in the preparation
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What is the best way to teach food service workers to prepare a full liquid diet?
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demonstrate, then have them prepare it.
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Following counseling, a client is able to prepare a low sodium diet. The learning domain is
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cognitive (knowledge!)
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A client says "I want to change my eating habits" You ask why. The learning domain is
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affective (attitudes/values)
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What is the best way to assess what a group of students has learned after their diet instruction?
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have them demonstrate their skills
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A research study was done on plate waste. Plate waste for breakfast is more than for dinner. This was due to the familiarity and popularity of the food. What section of a research paper would this statement be found in?
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Discussion
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Which of the following methods is most effective for marketing a nutrition program to an inner city, Hispanic population?
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Spanish food demos at local grocery stores
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An advantage of using focus groups to collect data is that they help
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the researchers understand participants perspectives
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An example of a survey with negative correlations is
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when folic acid intake increases prior to pregnancy, the incidence of neural tube defects declines
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When providing nutrition education to a pregnant teacher, which characteristic of adolescents should be kept in mind?
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desire to be like their peers
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A clients failure to become in involved in a breast feeding program may be due to lack of
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social support
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A client states they can no longer return to the clinic for counseling due to a change in jobs. To ensure continued compliance with the diet you should...
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inform the person about other resources for follow up counseling
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The first step in evaluating the effectiveness of a series of nutrition education programs would be to identify
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the objectives of each of the programs
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A behavioral strategy for weight control intended to limit exposure to food would require an individual to
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portion the food before serving it at the table
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Which of the following is an achievable outcome for a community weight control program
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reduce by 10% the number of obese adults, age 25-49 years, within two years of starting the program
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A client refuses to follow the diet after you have explained the plan and its rationale. You should then ask
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what changes he is willing to make
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Which of the following best encourages a client to take responsibility for making appropriate dietary changes? Ask them...
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Which change will you be most comfortable trying first?
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To determine the effectiveness of an 8th grade nutrition program to be offered throughout a city, you should
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pilot test the program in one school
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The most effective way to increase the incidence and duration of breast feeding among clients receiving prenatal care is to implement
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a breast feeding peer counselor program
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A client returns for a follow up visit after diet instruction and states " I have not lost any weight on this diet". You should respond with...
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What is your typical day like?
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