Continuing Professional Education quizzes offer dietetics professionals the opportunity to earn CPE credit. Food & Nutrition offers 2.0 CPE hours via a self study (not professional reading) for completing the entire issue. Quiz questions reflect a series of articles, not a single article.

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Instructions

Below are links to Food & Nutrition CPE quizzes. All questions are multiple choice and include an answer key.

  1. Enter your name and CDR registration number.
  2. Answer all of the quiz questions.
  3. Enter the Captcha® code. (This is to verify you are a real person and not a bot.)
  4. Press the SUBMIT button.
  5. From the confirmation page, you may choose to download a Certificate of Completion or email yourself a link to the certificate. Click one of the links — either to download or to email certificate:
    • Download: the certificate will appear in your browser window as a PDF; print the certificate from this page or right-click to download and save.
    • Email: this will open your computer’s default email program with a populated message that includes a link to download the certificate. Be sure to change the email recipient “To:” field to your email address.
  6. Print and fill out the certificate for your records. Retain a copy for your portfolio and licensure needs. Food & Nutrition will have your participation on file for seven (7) years.
  7. Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) and Dietetic Technicians, Registered (DTRs) will need to manually log this activity in the Step 4 CPE Activity Log. It is up to the practitioner to determine which learning needs code is most appropriate for his or her portfolio.
Release Date 7/1/2016
Quiz Expiration Date 7/1/2019
Estimated time to complete activity 2.0 hrs
Quiz CPE credits 2.0 hrs

Educational Objectives

This CPE quiz covers the following articles:

  • Click: App Reviews
  • The Shady Business of Food Fraud
  • DIY Blended Diets
  • Wild Eats
  • Seafood Splendor
  • Super Seeds
  • Discover: Kitchen Shears
  • Ask: Blood as a Food Ingredient
  • Savor: Tahini
  • Waste Not: Salvage Pantry Staples

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

  • Explain the difficulties with detecting food fraud, and one step that can be taken to reduce risk of being deceived.
  • Summarize the findings of one recently published nutrition or medical study highlighted in this issue.
  • Detail an example of how to salvage a pantry staple that is past its prime.
  • Describe one detail related to sustainability, preferred cooking method, nutrition benefit or purchasing tip for each category of seafood.
  • List the nutrients contained in one type of seed.
  • Give an example of a food safety concern with foraging wild plants.
  • Describe one risk and one benefit of blended tube feedings.
  • Explain how tahini is made.
  • Provide an example of an app listed in the issue and summarize its functions.
  • List a functional or mechanical differences between kitchen shears and other scissors.

Answers

1. B
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. A – TRUE
8. B
9. D
10. C