8 The Vitamins

Multiple choice questions Please choose one correct answer 1. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for pyruvate dehydrogenase? a) b) c) d) e) Folate Niacin Riboflavin Thiamin Vitamin B6

2. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for reduction reactions in fatty acid synthesis? a) b) c) d) e) Folate Niacin Riboflavin Thiamin Vitamin B6

3. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for transamination of amino acids? a) b) c) d) e) Folate Niacin Riboflavin Thiamin Vitamin B6

4. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for transfer of one-carbon units? a) b) c) d) e) Folate Niacin Riboflavin Thiamin Vitamin B6

5. Which of the following vitamins is essential for gluconeogenesis from lactate? a) b) c) d) e) Biotin Folate Pantothenic acid Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12

6. Which of the following vitamins is essential for fatty acid synthesis? a) b) c) d) e) Biotin Folate Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12 Vitamin C

7. Which of the following vitamins is essential for fatty acid synthesis? a) b) c) d) e) Folate Pantothenic acid Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12 Vitamin C

8. Which one of these vitamins is involved in calcium homeostasis? a) b) c) d) e) Vitamin B12 Vitamin B6 Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K

9. Which one of these vitamins is involved in blood clotting? a) b) c) d) e) Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12 Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K

10. Deficiency of which one of these vitamins may lead to megaloblastic anaemia? a) b) c) d) e) Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12 Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K

11. Deficiency of which one of these vitamins may lead to hypochromic anaemia? a) b) c) d) e) Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12 Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K

12. Deficiency of which one of these vitamins may lead to haemolytic anaemia? a) b) c) d) e) Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12 Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K

13. Which one of these vitamins may mask the anaemia of vitamin B12 deficiency? a) b) c) d) e) Biotin Folate Riboflavin Thiamin Vitamin B6

14. Deficiency of which one of these vitamins is a major cause of blindness? a) b) c) d) e) Vitamin A Vitamin B12 Vitamin B6 Vitamin D Vitamin K

15. Which one of these vitamins is required for DNA synthesis? a) b) c) d) e) Biotin Folate Pantothenic acid Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12

16. Which one of these vitamins has a role in oxidation and reduction reactions? a) b) c) d) e) Folate Niacin Pantothenic acid Vitamin A Vitamin B6

17. Which one of these vitamins has a role in oxidation and reduction reactions? a) b) c) d) e) Biotin Folate Riboflavin Vitamin E Vitamin K

18. Which one of these vitamins has a role as an antioxidant? a) b) c) d) e) Biotin Folate Niacin Pantothenic acid Vitamin E

19. Which one of these vitamins is involved in controlling cell differentiation and proliferation? a) b) c) d) e) Vitamin A Vitamin B12 Vitamin B6 Vitamin E Vitamin K

20. Which one of these vitamins is involved in controlling cell differentiation and proliferation? a) b) c) d) e) Vitamin B12 Vitamin B6 Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K

The Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Introduction to Human Nutrition, Second Edition 2009, 2002 by The Nutrition Society.

Answers 1. D. 2. B. 3. E. 4. A. 5. A. 6. A. 7. B. 8. C. 9. E. 10. B. 11. A. 12. D. 13. B. 14. A. 15. B. 16. B. 17. C. 18. E. 19. A. 20. C.