Mini practice paper: 8 questions
Mixed-difficulty questions from across the Food and Nutrition syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.
Q1 · Difficulty 1/3
A student in Trinidad is studying the nutritional content of local foods. She discovers that cassava is high in a particular macronutrient that provides energy. Which macronutrient is cassava PRIMARILY a source of?
- Carbohydrate
- Vitamin C
- Protein
- Fat
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✓ Answer: A — Carbohydrate
Award 1 mark for identifying carbohydrate as the primary macronutrient in cassava (ground provisions). C is incorrect — cassava contains minimal protein. D is incorrect — cassava is not a significant source of fat. B is incorrect — Vitamin C is a micronutrient, not a macronutrient.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3
Personal hygiene in food handling includes:
- Wearing dirty clothes
- Working with dirty hands
- Washing hands thoroughly before handling food
- Coughing over food
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✓ Answer: C — Washing hands thoroughly before handling food
Clean hands prevent transferring bacteria to food.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3
A special diet is one adapted to meet a person's particular:
- favourite colour
- shoe size
- name
- health or dietary needs
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✓ Answer: D — health or dietary needs
Special/therapeutic diets are adapted to a person's health needs.
Q4 · Difficulty 1/3
A vegetarian diet excludes:
- all vegetables
- all fruit
- water
- meat
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✓ Answer: D — meat
Vegetarians do not eat meat.
Q5 · Difficulty 1/3
During a Food and Nutrition practical in Barbados, students tested various foods for nutrients. When iodine solution was added to a sample of green banana, it turned blue-black. This positive result indicates the presence of:
- Fat
- Reducing sugar
- Starch
- Protein
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✓ Answer: C — Starch
Award 1 mark for identifying that iodine solution turns blue-black in the presence of starch. B is incorrect — Benedict's solution is used to test for reducing sugars. D is incorrect — Biuret test is used for protein (purple colour). A is incorrect — the grease spot test or ethanol emulsion test is used for fats.
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3
A patient diagnosed with hypertension in Trinidad is advised to follow a therapeutic diet. Which mineral must be significantly reduced in this patient's diet?
- Potassium
- Calcium
- Iron
- Sodium
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✓ Answer: D — Sodium
Award 1 mark for identifying sodium restriction as essential in hypertension management. B is incorrect — calcium is not typically restricted in hypertensive diets. C is incorrect — iron restriction is not relevant to blood pressure control. A is incorrect — potassium is often encouraged, not restricted, as it helps lower blood pressure.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3
A low-salt diet is often advised for people with high:
- fibre
- calcium
- blood pressure
- vitamin C
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✓ Answer: C — blood pressure
Reducing salt helps manage high blood pressure.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3
Someone with a food allergy must avoid:
- only sweets
- water
- the food that triggers a reaction
- all food
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✓ Answer: C — the food that triggers a reaction
Allergy sufferers avoid the specific trigger food.
CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition FAQ
What does the CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition exam look like?
The CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1 (Section A): 60 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark each. 75 minutes. Tests knowledge across the whole syllabus. Paper 2: Structured short-answer + 1 extended response question. Section A is compulsory; Section B has a choice. Approximately 2 hours 10 minutes. School-Based Assessment (SBA): Coursework component graded by the teacher, externally moderated. Worth ~20-30% of the final grade depending on subject. Total exam time: ~3.5 hours across Paper 1 and Paper 2 sittings.
Can I download a free CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition past paper?
Real CXC past papers are published directly by CXC on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition graded?
Grades: I (highest) to VI (lowest). A grade of III or above is typically required for further study. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.