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FSN611S - FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION - 2ND OPP - JULY 2022 |
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n Am I BI A u n IVER s ITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHn0L0GY
FACULTY OF HEALTH, APPLIED SCIENCESAND NATURAL RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOROF HUMAN NUTRITION
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08BOHN
LEVEL: 6
COURSE CODE: FSN611S
COURSE NAME: FOODSECURITYAND NUTRITION
SESSION:
JULY 2022
PAPER:
THEORY
DURATION:
2 HOURS
MARKS:
110
SUPPLEMENTARY/SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER{S) PROFSYLVESTERRODGERSMOYO
MODERATOR: MR. WALIOMUZIBU MUKISA GEORGE
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
NONE
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 8 PAGES (Including this front page}
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SECTION A
QUESTION 1
(30 MARKS)
(20 MARKS)
Select the most appropriate answer from the options provided. (Each correct answer earns
1 mark)
1.1 Of the following years, when was the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human
rights document enacted:
a. 1945
b. 1960
c. 1948.
d. 1930.
1.2 The planet earth produces enough food of adequate quality to feed the world's
entire population:
a. True
b. False
1.3 Of the following micronutrient deficiencies, which is the leading cause of mental
development disorders in young children in the world:
a. Vitamin A deficiency
b. Iron deficiency anaemia
c. Iodine deficiency
d. Zinc deficiency
1.4 Food security at the national level may not necessarily translate into household food
security:
a. False
b. True
1.5 The following are characteristics of chronic food insecurity except:
a. People are unable to meet their minimum food requirements over an
extended period of time
b. There is a sudden drop in the ability to produce or access enough food to
maintain a good nutritional status
c. People go through an extended period of poverty and have inadequate access
to productive resources
d. It's persistent over an extended period of time
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1.6 Under the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of
1999, States are obliged to respect the rights to food of their people. Of the
following statements, which one best explains the meaning of "State's obligation to
respect rights to food":
a. States should enforce appropriate laws to stop third parties from violating the
right to food of others
b. States must engage in activities that strengthen people's accessto and
utilization of resources to facilitate their ability to feed themselves
c. States should not take any arbitrarily measures to deprive people of their
right to food
d. All of the above
1.7 The following are the direct indicators used to measure household food insecurity:
a. Food frequency and 24-hour recall
b. Coping strategies and dietary diversity score
c. Dietary diversity score and food frequency
d. All of the above
1.8 Which of the following best explains people's entitlements to food:
a. The term refers to social welfare programmes such as the fair price food shops
in Zimbabwe
b. It means the pathways through which people access food, whether by
production, purchase, social protection programmes or other means
c. When countries enact right-to-food legislation, then people are entitled to
food
d. The term is a reference to agrarian reform programmes that provide farmers
with land titles
1.9 According to United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, the
right to food has the following elements expect:
a. Accessibility
b. Availability
c. Adequacy
d. Utilization
1.10 Based on FAOforecasts on global milk production, it's expected that milk production
will increase from 580 million tons to------------million tons by 2050:
a. 1090
b. 1043
C. 930
d. None of the above
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1.11 Which of the following is true about adaptation measures to climatic change:
a. Adaption measures are universal and can be applied in all geographical contexts
b. Adaption measures are not universal and cannot be applied to all geographical
contexts
c. These measures are not effective on climatic change and cannot be applied in
all geographical contexts
d. None of the above
1.12 Based on the Namibia Health and Demographic Survey, 2013, the prevalence of
wasting in Namibia is:
a. 13%
b. 6%
C. 3%
d. 24%
1.13 The Alma Declaration hoped for:
a. Democracy in South Africa
b. Health for all by 2020
c. End to the cholera outbreak in England
d. The Karks to be allowed to continue their work
1.14 All the following are the top 5 causes of death in Namibia except:
a. HIV/AIDS
b. Tuberculosis
c. Myocardial infarction
d. Cerebrovascular disease
e. Motor vehicle accidents
1.15 The effects of stunting on a child, especially in the first 1000 days of life can be
corrected with good nutrition in the later years:
a. True
b. False
1.16 A person's ability to have meaningful interactions with other people with whom they
come into contact is referred to as:
a. Physical health
b. Spiritual health
c. Social health
d. Emotional health
1.17 Which of the following models of health would approach a patient with symptoms of
diarrhea by looking at risk factors such as clean water and food sources:
a. Social model
b. Lay model
c. Health and illness continuum model
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d. Traditional model
1.18 Which of the following is the best long term and sustainable mitigation measure to
food insecurity at the household level:
a. Food aid
b. Empowerment through education
c. Pest and vector control
b. None of the above
1.19 Obesity can best be explained as:
a. Body mass index greater than 30
b. Body mass index less than 25
c. Body mass index less or equal to 30
d. None of the above
1.20 Based on the World Health Organization, which is the best age to start providing
Vitamin A supplements to children under five years of age:
a. 12 months
b. 6 months
c. 15 months
d. None of the above
QUESTION 2
(10 MARKS)
2.1 Explain the following terms as they relate to food security and nutrition:
2.1 Human rights
(2)
2.2 Wasting
(2)
2.3 Over nutrition
(2)
2.4 Hunger
(2)
2.5 Climate change mitigation
(2)
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SECTION B
QUESTION 3
(35 MARKS)
(35 MARKS}
3.1 Define the term stunting.
(2)
3.2 Explain the health effects of stunting on children under five years of age
(10)
3.3 Outline five ways of addressing wasting in children under five years of age
(10)
3.4 Outline four characteristics of transitory food insecurity
(8)
3.5 What are the four basic or root causes of malnutrition
(5)
QUESTION 4
(10 Marks)
Each of the five pictures below, represent a feature which has to do with climate change.
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Briefly explain what each of the five pictures represent in terms of climate change.
4.1
(2)
4.2
(2)
4.3
(2)
4.4
(2)
4.5
(2)
SECTIONC
(35 MARKS)
QUESTION 5
(5 MARKS)
Thissection consists of one case scenario, use it to answer the questions that follow.
5.0 Havanah is an informal settlement with a population of which 2500 children under five
years of age, 530 pregnant women, and 1350 lactating mothers. It was also found that
10% of children and 5% of pregnant mothers had night blindness and 23% of pregnant
mothers were anaemic. Hygiene and sanitation are very poor with 65% of the
population practicing open defecation. Hand washing was low at 20% and access to
clean water was poor with the majority of households obtaining water from open
springs. There are high rates of malnutrition with stunting and wasting twice the
national average (24%).
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5.1 Name type of malnutrition affecting the children and mothers in Havanah.
(2)
5.2 Name are the main causes of malnutrition in this informal settlement
(3)
QUESTION 6
(15 MARKS)
6.1 Discussthe causes of food insecurity at household level.
(7)
6.2 Discussthe various ways the state can ensure the right to food of its people
(8)
QUESTION 7
(15 MARKS)
7.1 Outline the six characteristics of climatic change
(5)
7.2 Discussfive ways of addressing Vitamin A deficiency in the community
(10)
ALL THE BEST
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