The First Step in the MUST Screening Tool's Five-Step Assessment

question 56

Multiple Choice

The first step in the MUST screening tool's five-step assessment of nutritional status is _____.

• A) use height and weight measurement to calculate BMI
• B) score unplanned weight loss
• C) assign an acute disease effect score
• D) sum scores to determine overall risk of malnutrition
• E) use the score to plan management

Understand and apply the concept of a Poisson distribution, including its mean and variance properties.

Understand and calculate the expected value of transformed random variables.

Calculate the probability of specific events given a probability distribution.

Understand and apply the concept of covariance and correlation.

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Definitions:

Groundwater

Water that is found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand, and rock, an important source of water for wells and springs.

Irrigation

The artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.

Porosity

The measure of void spaces in a material, indicating the volume percentage of pores or spaces between particles.

Unfractured Granite

A type of igneous rock, characterized by its large crystals and lack of cracks or fractures, often used in construction due to its strength.