8

The Vitamins
Multiple choice questions

Please choose one correct answer

1. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for pyruvate dehydrogenase?

a) Folate
b) Niacin
c) Riboflavin
d) Thiamin
e) Vitamin B6

2. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for reduction reactions in fatty acid
synthesis?

a) Folate
b) Niacin
c) Riboflavin
d) Thiamin
e) Vitamin B6

3. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for transamination of amino acids?

a) Folate
b) Niacin
c) Riboflavin
d) Thiamin
e) Vitamin B6

4. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for transfer of one-carbon units?

a) Folate
b) Niacin
c) Riboflavin
d) Thiamin
e) Vitamin B6

5. Which of the following vitamins is essential for gluconeogenesis from lactate?

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

a) Biotin
b) Folate
c) Vitamin B6
d) Vitamin B12
e) Vitamin C

7. Which of the following vitamins is essential for fatty acid synthesis?

a) Folate
b) Pantothenic acid
c) Vitamin B6
d) Vitamin B12
e) Vitamin C

8. Which one of these vitamins is involved in calcium homeostasis?

a) Vitamin B12
b) Vitamin B6
c) Vitamin D
d) Vitamin E
e) Vitamin K

9. Which one of these vitamins is involved in blood clotting?

a) Vitamin B6
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin D
d) Vitamin E
e) Vitamin K

10. Deficiency of which one of these vitamins may lead to megaloblastic anaemia?

a) Vitamin B6
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin D
d) Vitamin E
e) Vitamin K

11. Deficiency of which one of these vitamins may lead to hypochromic anaemia?

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

a) Vitamin B6
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin D
d) Vitamin E
e) Vitamin K

13. Which one of these vitamins may mask the anaemia of vitamin B12 deficiency?

a) Biotin
b) Folate
c) Riboflavin
d) Thiamin
e) Vitamin B6

14. Deficiency of which one of these vitamins is a major cause of blindness?

a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin B6
d) Vitamin D
e) Vitamin K

15. Which one of these vitamins is required for DNA synthesis?

a) Biotin
b) Folate
c) Pantothenic acid
d) Vitamin B6
e) Vitamin B12

16. Which one of these vitamins has a role in oxidation and reduction reactions?

a) Folate
b) Niacin
c) Pantothenic acid
d) Vitamin A
e) Vitamin B6

17. Which one of these vitamins has a role in oxidation and reduction reactions?

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

a) Biotin
b) Folate
c) Niacin
d) Pantothenic acid
e) Vitamin E

19. Which one of these vitamins is involved in controlling cell differentiation and proliferation?

a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin B6
d) Vitamin E
e) Vitamin K

20. Which one of these vitamins is involved in controlling cell differentiation and proliferation?

a) Vitamin B12
b) Vitamin B6
c) Vitamin D
d) Vitamin E
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.