Trace Minerals sample questions

List the trace elements
- iron
- zinc
- copper
- manganese
- selenium
- iodine
- chromium
- fluoride
- molybdenum
Which is a characteristic of the trace minerals?

C. amounts in foods reflect amounts in soil
Which protein binds iron in blood and distributes it to tissues?

A. transferrin
Which food provides the most highly bioavailable iron?
- C. hamburger
- (most highly bioavailable iron is found in animal meat)
Which is a principle storage site for iron?
- B. liver
- (explorers died of overdose from eating polar bear liver)
What represents the first stage of iron deficiency?

iron stores decline
Which typifies hereditary hemochromatosis?

D. liver damage
Which is a feature of zinc in nutrition?

B. beef is high in zinc
Which condition is associated with zinc deficiency?

C. impaired immune response
What mineral is critical for the synthesis of thyrozine?

iodine
Which raw food increases risk of iodine deficiency if consumed in large amounts?

cassava
Which nutrient has functions similar to vitamin E?

selenium
Keshan disease results from a deficiency of which mineral?

selenium
Menke's and Wilson's diseases relate to abnormal utilization of which nutrient?

copper
Which is a feature of fluoride in nutrition?

A. no known toxicity symptoms
Which is characteristic of molybdenum?

D. functions as an enzyme cofactor

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trace mineral sample exam questions

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