RD Exam Professional Practice & Marketing Practice Questions
Professional Practice & Marketing makes up 3 of every 50 questions on a Tigertest RD Exam practice test. Here are 10 of the 12 questions on it, each with the answer and the reason.
Updated by the Tigertest team. Based on the CDR Registration Examination for Dietitians test specifications. Original questions; 50 per test, weighted like the real exam. Not affiliated with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
1. A supplement company offers an RDN a paid trip if she recommends its product to clients. What does the Code of Ethics require?
- A.Report the company to the FDA
- B.Avoid or disclose the conflict
- C.Accept if the product is safe
- D.Accept and tell no one
Answer: B. The Code of Ethics for the Nutrition and Dietetics Profession asks practitioners to avoid conflicts of interest and to disclose any that exist. Recommendations must rest on evidence and the client's interest.
2. An outpatient clinic gives its limited counseling slots by nutrition risk, not by insurance or ability to pay. Which ethical principle does this reflect?
- A.Beneficence
- B.Fidelity
- C.Autonomy
- D.Justice
Answer: D. Justice is the fair distribution of care and resources. Autonomy is a person's right to make informed choices, beneficence is acting for the person's good, and fidelity is keeping promises and trust.
3. A new graduate is asked to manage insulin drips. Which document helps her judge whether this is within her practice?
- A.Scope and Standards of Practice
- B.Facility diet manual
- C.Hospital mission statement
- D.Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Answer: A. The Scope of Practice and the Standards of Practice and Professional Performance, with state law and facility privileges, define what a practitioner may do and at what level of competence.
4. An RDN looks up the chart of a neighbor she is not treating, out of curiosity. What rule does this break?
- A.Stark self-referral law
- B.OSHA record rule
- C.HIPAA privacy rule
- D.FERPA student rule
Answer: C. Under HIPAA a workforce member may use protected health information only as needed for treatment, payment or operations. Viewing a record without a work reason is a privacy violation even if nothing is shared.
5. When releasing records for billing, an RDN sends only the parts the payer needs. Which HIPAA standard is this?
- A.Breach notification
- B.Notice of privacy practices
- C.Minimum necessary
- D.Right of access
Answer: C. The minimum necessary standard limits uses and disclosures of PHI to what the purpose requires. It does not apply to disclosures to a provider for treatment.
6. An electronic health record alert warns that a renal patient was ordered a high-potassium supplement. What is this feature?
- A.Clinical decision support
- B.Telehealth platform
- C.Data warehouse
- D.Interoperability standard
Answer: A. Clinical decision support gives the clinician patient-specific prompts and alerts at the point of care. Interoperability is the ability of systems to exchange data with each other.
7. In the marketing mix, a new grab-and-go salad kiosk near the hospital lobby is a decision about which P?
- A.Promotion
- B.Product
- C.Price
- D.Place
Answer: D. Place is where and how customers get the product. The salad itself is the product, its cost to the customer is price, and the signs and coupons about it are promotion.
8. A SWOT analysis notes that a competing café is opening next door. Where does this go?
- A.Strengths
- B.Threats
- C.Weaknesses
- D.Opportunities
Answer: B. Strengths and weaknesses are internal; opportunities and threats are external. A new competitor is an outside force that could hurt sales, so it is a threat.
9. A hospital café redesigns its menu for night-shift staff only. What marketing step is this?
- A.Writing a press release
- B.Targeting a market segment
- C.Mass marketing to all customers
- D.Setting a cost-plus price
Answer: B. Segmentation splits customers into groups with shared needs, and targeting picks one to serve with a fitted offer. Mass marketing offers one product to everyone.
10. A local TV station asks an RDN about a viral diet trend. What should guide the answer?
- A.Personal food preferences
- B.The trend's popularity
- C.The station's sponsors
- D.Current scientific evidence
Answer: D. The Code of Ethics asks practitioners to present information based on current evidence and to distinguish fact from opinion. Public relations work builds trust only when it is accurate.
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