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Digestion and Metabolism
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20 CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition questions on Digestion and Metabolism, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

A student in Trinidad observed that after eating a meal of roti and curried channa (chickpeas), she felt full for several hours. Which component of the meal takes the longest time to digest?

  1. Carbohydrates in the roti
  2. Proteins in the channa
  3. Fats in the curry oil
  4. Water in the meal
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✓ Answer: CFats in the curry oil
Award 1 mark for identifying fats as the slowest nutrient to digest. A is incorrect — carbohydrates begin digestion in the mouth and are digested relatively quickly. B is incorrect — proteins are digested faster than fats. D is incorrect — water requires no digestion and is absorbed rapidly.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which enzyme is responsible for the initial breakdown of starch in a meal of ground provisions such as dasheen?

  1. Pepsin
  2. Salivary amylase
  3. Lipase
  4. Trypsin
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✓ Answer: BSalivary amylase
Award 1 mark for identifying salivary amylase as the enzyme that begins starch digestion in the mouth. A is incorrect — pepsin digests proteins in the stomach. C is incorrect — lipase digests fats. D is incorrect — trypsin digests proteins in the small intestine.
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CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition: Digestion and Metabolism FAQ

How many CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition questions on Digestion and Metabolism are there on Kramizo?
Kramizo currently has 20 exam-board-aligned practice questions on Digestion and Metabolism for CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition, with new questions added every week. Each question gives you instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme that tells you exactly what would earn marks on a real CXC paper. The questions span the full difficulty range — from straightforward recall (level 1) right up to multi-step reasoning and evaluation (level 3) — so the bank works for first-pass revision and final exam-week stress testing alike.
Is Kramizo free for CXC CSEC students preparing for Food and Nutrition?
Yes — completely free. Every student gets 45 questions a day on the free plan, with no card required and no trial countdown. That free quota works across every subject and every topic in our bank, so you can mix Digestion and Metabolism practice with other Food and Nutrition topics or even switch to a totally different CXC subject without paying anything. Kramizo's optional Pro plan removes the daily cap and adds detailed progress analytics, but the free tier is the real product — used by thousands of GCSE, IGCSE and CSEC students.
Are the Digestion and Metabolism questions aligned to the official CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition syllabus?
Every question is written against the published CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real CXC paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from CXC.
How is Digestion and Metabolism typically tested on CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition papers?
Digestion and Metabolism appears across multiple question types on real CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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