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Question 1 of 5

Which is NOT a classification of carbohydrate?

A. Monosaccharides

B. Disaccharides

C. Polysaccharides

D. Triglycerides

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Triglycerides

Question 2 of 5

Each statement is true of calcium within saliva, except one. Which is the exception?

A. Saliva is supersaturated with calcium.

B. Saliva is a source of calcium to mineralize an immature or demineralized enamel surface.

C. Calcium and phosphate in saliva provide a buffering action.

D. Calcium within saliva increases dental caries.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Calcium within saliva increases dental caries.

Question 3 of 5

Water loss can occur from each, except one. Which is the exception?

A. Respiratory inflammation

B. Strenuous exercise

C. Diarrhea

D. Perspiration

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Perspiration

Question 4 of 5

Vitamin deficiencies, especially the B-complex vitamins, seldom occur in isolation. Folate, a B-complex vitamin, is the exception because it functions separately from other vitamins.

A. Both statements are true.

B. Both statements are false.

C. The first statement is true; the second is false.

D. The first statement is false; the second is true.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The first statement is true; the second is false.

Question 5 of 5

Patients with this chronic nutrient deficiency may feel tired, weak, and irritable while being unable to pinpoint why. Hypertension, heart attack, stroke, kidney stones, and osteoporosis are associated with the chronic deficiency of which nutrient?

A. Zinc

B. Iron

C. Sodium

D. Potassium

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Potassium

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