Carbohydrate Quiz Answers: Which Foods Are Carbohydrates (Carbs) ?

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Carbohydrate Quiz Answers

Which foods are Carbohydrates (Carbs)?


Bread Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Breakfast Sausages Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Baked Potato Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Regular Maple Syrup Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
American Cheese Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Low-Fat Milk Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Apple Juice Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Soda Pop (not diet) Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Cooked Dried Beans Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
(Navy beans, lentils)
Apple Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Sugar Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Butter Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Cooked Rice Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Plain Grilled Chicken Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Blackberry Jam Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Cooked Spaghetti Noodles Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
(no sauce)
Canned Spaghetti Sauce Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
(tomato)
Hamburger Patty Yes No Unsure Never eat this food
Honey Yes No Unsure Never eat this food

How many Carb Choices does the portion contain?

1 Cup Milk 012345 Unsure Never eat this food


1 Cup Pasta 012345 Unsure Never eat this food
1 Cup Cooked Rice 012345 Unsure Never eat this food
1 Cup 100% Juice 012345 Unsure Never eat this food
1 Cup Hot Cereal 012345 Unsure Never eat this food
1 Cup Cooked Dried Beans 012345 Unsure Never eat this food
1 Cup Mashed Potatoes 012345 Unsure Never eat this food

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How many grams of carbohydrate does the portion contain?
1 Cup Milk 0g 15g 30g 45g 60g 75g
1 Cup Pasta 0g 15g 30g 45g 60g 75g
1 Cup Cooked Rice 0g 15g 30g 45g 60g 75g
1 Cup 100% Juice 0g 15g 30g 45g 60g 75g
1 Cup Hot Cereal 0g 15g 30g 45g 60g 75g
1 Cup Cooked Dried Beans 0g 15g 30g 45g 60g 75g
1 Cup Mashed Potatoes 0g 15g 30g 45g 60g 75g

Circle the best answer


Which will make your blood sugar go up higher: eating 3 carbs or 5 carbs?
3 5 Unsure

A good blood sugar reading just before a meal would be?


60 110 180 Unsure

A good blood sugar reading 2 hours after a meal would be?


60 140 220 Unsure

One “carb choice” is equal to how many grams of carbohydrates?


15 5 25 Unsure

One carb choice will bring up your blood sugar by how many points?
500 10 50 Unsure

Which of these carb foods will bring up your blood sugar the fastest?
Glucose tablets Candy bar Bread Unsure

You are going to mow the grass, which takes about 30 minutes of solid work. By how
many points do you expect your blood sugar to go down?
25 50 150 Unsure

You just walked fast for one hour and you start to feel shaky and nervous. Before you
started walking, you blood sugar was 160. What is it now?
210 160 60 Unsure

You get a low blood sugar of 50. How many hard candies should you eat to bring up
your blood sugar 50 points?
1 5 10 Unsure

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How many Carb Choices do these meals contain?
Breakfast: 2 eggs and 2 sausage patties. 2 cups black coffee with sweetener.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unsure

Lunch: 1 sandwich, 1 dill pickle and 1-20-ounce bottle of fruit juice.


0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unsure

Snack: 1 large banana


0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unsure

Supper: Half (4 pieces) of a large pizza, green salad and iced tea with sweetener.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unsure

For each question circle the best answer


Look at the Nutrition Facts label, what is the serving size?

1 cup 2 cups 4 cups Unsure

For one serving, how many carbohydrates would you eat in


grams?

228g 5g 31g Unsure

If you ate the whole package, how many cups would you
eat?

1 cup 2 cups 4 cups Unsure

If you ate the whole package, how many carbohydrates


would you eat in grams?

456g 10g 62g Unsure

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