Dietary Practices in Diverse Populations Exam Bank
Course Introduction
This course explores the dietary practices, food preferences, and nutritional challenges of various populations across the globe. Emphasizing cultural, religious, socioeconomic, and environmental influences, students examine how these factors shape eating habits and nutrient intake. The course also addresses issues of health disparities, food access, acculturation, and the impact of globalization on traditional diets. Through case studies and analysis, students gain insight into culturally sensitive approaches for promoting healthy eating behaviors in diverse communities.
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Food and Culture 7th Edition by Pamela Goyan Kittler
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Chapter 1: Food and Culture
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Q1) One classification system used to categorize foods is "edible" versus "inedible." In this classification, a Hindu vegetarian would consider chicken
A) inedible.
B) edible by animals, but not by me.
C) edible by humans, but not by me.
D) edible by humans, but not by my kind.
E) edible by me.
Answer: C
Q2) Your self- identity related to your role in life affects your perception of what should and should not be eaten for health.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Dining out is one way that we demonstrate belongingness, status, and self-realization.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Traditional Health Beliefs and Practices
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Q1) How might "cultural imposition" affect a new immigrant's interaction with the standard health care system in the United States?
Answer: There is a tendency for health care providers to enforce their beliefs, practices, and values upon clients, sometimes unknowingly because they are unaware of cultural differences, but more often because they believe their ideas are superior.This process is called "cultural imposition," and it impacts nearly all client care.If the new immigrant is from a culture that values unconventional, alternative, or folk medical care, the immigrant may be met with resistance unless his or her health care provider is open to and willing to operate in partnership with unconventional health care practitioners.
Q2) The use of astrology for determining the health status of a person coincides with what belief about sickness?
A) Sickness is due to the social world.
B) Sickness is due to the patient.
C) Sickness is due to the natural world.
D) Sickness is due to the supernatural world.
E) Sickness is due to spiritual fate.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Intercultural Communication
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Q1) Mass media campaigns are believed to influence a change in health behavior in approximately what percentage of the target audience?
A) 20 percent
B) 10 percent
C) less than 1 percent
D) 15 percent
E) 30 percent
Answer: B
Q2) The field of intercultural communication encompasses language and the context in which words are interpreted.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) hold group membership as more important than the individual.
A)Low-context cultures usually
B)High-context cultures usually
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Food and Religion
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Q1) On fasting days, Muslims are allowed which of the following while the sun is up?
A) drink
B) coitus
C) smoking
D) food
E) exercise
Q2) What self-described religious affiliation is identified by the highest percentage of the population in the U.S.?
A) Protestant
B) Catholic
C) Jewish
D) Buddhism
E) Agnosticism
Q3) Two examples of specific religious guidelines dealing with how to slaughter meat include
A) halal and Ramadan.
B) kashrut (kosher) and halal.
C) kashrut (kosher) and Hindu.
D) halal and Hindu.
E) pollution and purity.
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Chapter 5: Native Americans
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Q1) What percentage of the diet was dependent on wild rice for the Ojibwa of the Plains?
A) 12%
B) 25%
C) 10%
D) 50%
E) 2%
Q2) In the area that is today the United States, there are estimated to be about _____ different distinct Native American nations.
A) 250
B) 300
C) 35
D) 400
E) 4500
Q3) Traditional foods make up less than 25 percent of the daily diet among the Hopi.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the therapeutic use of corn by Native Americans.
Q5) Briefly discuss why sharing food is an important aspect in most Native American societies today.
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Chapter 6: Northern and Southern Europeans
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Q1) While it was traditional for Spain and Italy to celebrate religious feast days, this custom is no longer followed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Mardi Gras is celebrated in France just before the start of the Lenten season.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Southern Europeans may have a higher rate of lactose intolerance than do other European groups.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Immigrants that came to the U.S.from the Madeira and Azore Islands are from what country?
A) Italy
B) Portugal
C) Spain
D) Greece
E) Basque
Q5) What are some of the features of the Mediterranean diet that may be health promoting?
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Chapter 7: Central Europeans - People of the Former Soviet
Union - and Scandinavians
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Q1) Prior to 1910, Austrians and ________ were counted together as a single group in the census data.
A) Russians
B) Poles
C) Hungarians
D) Amish
E) Central Europeans
Q2) The largest ethnic group, which includes one in every six Americans, is from what country?
A) Czech Republic
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) Poland
E) Austria
Q3) What is something that Scandinavians are likely to avoid talking about?
A) family
B) politics
C) religion
D) money
E) illness
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Chapter 8: Africans
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Q1) What are meat strips dried and preserved over smoke in South Africa called?
A) biltong
B) bobotie
C) chutney
D) atjar
E) bredie
Q2) Tea made from what shrub is thought to cure stomachache among black people?
A) redroot
B) yellowroot
C) blackroot
D) greenroot
E) marshmallow
Q3) What is one type of cow pea which is found in West Africa?
A) black-eyed pea
B) snap pea
C) sweet pea
D) green pea
E) chick pea
Q4) What different groups influenced the development of African American and traditional southern cuisine?
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Chapter 9: Mexicans and Central Americans
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Q1) Foods commonly eaten by the early Mayans included
A) corn.
B) seafood.
C) rice.
D) bread.
E) pork.
Q2) Hogs
A)Present in the Americas before the Spanish arrived
B)Brought to Mexico and Central America by the Spanish
Q3) Rice
A)Present in the Americas before the Spanish arrived
B)Brought to Mexico and Central America by the Spanish
Q4) What was the most popular beverage during the time of the Aztecs?
A) black tea
B) goat's milk
C) mescal
D) chocolatl
E) horchata
Q5) Describe how the value of family and children might be used during nutrition counseling to encourage dietary changes when working with someone from Mexico.
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Chapter 10: Caribbean Islanders and South Americans
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Q1) People from what country were the first documented South Americans to come to the U.S.?
A) Argentina
B) Peru
C) Chile
D) Venezuela
E) Brazil
Q2) What is a favorite way to prepare meats in South America?
A) grilling
B) stewing
C) drying
D) smoking
E) boiling
Q3) Maté is a beverage commonly drunk in South America that is made as a tea.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Brazil's cuisine is uniform throughout the country without much variation among the five regions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: East Asians
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Q1) Korea is one nation that contains two provinces-North and South Korea-administered by a centralized government.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What ingredient is used in the city of Shanghai to make the specialty red foods?
A) cumin
B) palm oil
C) red wine paste
D) chile pepper
E) paprika
Q3) In Korea, a therapeutic use of food follows a classification system known as A) um and yang.
B) yin and yang.
C) yadu nal and yang.
D) um and yadu nal.
E) ayurvedic.
Q4) Studies have shown that Japanese American elders may have a low intake of calcium.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders
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Q1) Most Southeast Asians, while belonging to one of many religions, also may believe in
A) spirits and ghosts.
B) spirit possession.
C) cannibalism of enemies.
D) diviners.
E) power healers.
Q2) What is the popular noodle-based soup in Vietnam?
A) pho
B) poi
C) cha gio
D) piarun
E) dan dan
Q3) Where would you find Spam to be a commonly eaten meat?
A) Micronesia
B) Hawaii
C) Guam
D) Tonga
E) Malaysia
Q4) What are the three principles included in Filipino cooking?
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Chapter 13: People of the Balkans and the Middle East
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Q1) In the Middle East, it is believed the digestive system must have time to adjust between eating foods that are hot in temperature and then foods that are cold in temperature.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In Greece, traditionally eggs are dyed many colors to celebrate Easter.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Fruits simmered in thick syrup are a Balkan specialty called A) slatko.
B) sarma.
C) musaka.
D) samana.
E) bayildi.
Q4) How do beliefs in the "will of God" or tagdir affect Iranian health care?
Q5) It is the southern section of the Balkan region that is known for using German-style sausages and hams.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 14: South Asians
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Q1) What is the name for the syrup-soaked, orange-colored pretzels eaten in southern India?
A) gongura
B) karhi
C) pachadi
D) jalebis
E) phitta
Q2) In Pakistan, what kind of holidays are Pakistan Day, Independence Day, and Jinnah's birthday?
A) religious
B) fasting
C) mourning
D) outlawed
E) secular
Q3) In America, Asian Indians use ghee as frequently in cooking as they do in India.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An Islami-Tibb is the person who practices hakim in Pakistan.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Regional Americans
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Q1) When hard apple cider is distilled, this is known as applejack or apple brandy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What state is third, after California and Washington, in wine production?
A) New York
B) Washington
C) Oregon
D) Missouri
E) New Hampshire
Q3) What is the dominant agricultural activity of the Mountain states?
A) cattle and sheep ranching
B) fruit and vegetable production
C) fish farming
D) dairy production
E) bee keeping and honey production
Q4) Wisconsin can thank the Swedish immigrants for the dairies and breweries for which this state is famous.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What factors are associated with the development of a regional cuisine?
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