Community Medicine Practice

20 learning units • 10 questions per unit • 200 explained questions

Module 13 — Nutrition, Food Safety & Community Assessment

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Question 01 • Single best answer

Low height-for-age in a child describes which pattern?

A. Wasting by definition B. Stunting C. Obesity by definition D. Normal hydration

Question 02 • Single best answer

Low weight-for-height describes which pattern?

A. Wasting B. Stunting by definition C. High birth rate D. Excess linear growth

Question 03 • Single best answer

Low weight-for-age describes what?

A. Only stunting in every case B. Underweight C. Only obesity D. High muscle mass

Question 04 • Single best answer

A 70-kg adult is 1.75 m tall. What is approximate BMI?

A. 40 kg/m² B. 22.9 kg/m² C. 12.3 kg/m² D. 70 kg/m²

Question 05 • Single best answer

Which statement about anemia is correct?

A. Every anemia proves iron deficiency B. Anemia never relates to infection C. Iron deficiency is one of several causes D. All anemia requires the same intervention

Question 06 • Single best answer

Which micronutrient is central to prevention of iodine-deficiency disorders?

A. Sodium alone B. Iodine C. Vitamin C alone D. Calcium alone

Question 07 • Single best answer

Does pasteurization make food permanently sterile?

A. Yes in every storage condition B. No C. Yes even after contamination D. Yes without a controlled process

Question 08 • Single best answer

Why separate raw and cooked foods?

A. To reduce cross-contamination B. To remove every chemical toxin C. To eliminate all need for refrigeration D. To guarantee nutritional balance

Question 09 • Single best answer

Which programme measure is closer to a nutritional outcome than an activity count?

A. Number of leaflets printed B. Number of boxes purchased C. Number of staff meetings D. Recovery among appropriately assessed malnourished children

Question 10 • Single best answer

What should nutritional edema or severe wasting prompt?

A. Generic advice alone in every case B. Appropriate clinical assessment and referral C. Waiting for a yearly census D. Assuming normal growth