Question

1) Which of the following individuals would most likely be in a positive nitrogen balance?

a) A 10-year-old boy after he fell out of a tree and broke his arm

b) A healthy female in the third trimester of pregnancy

c) An elderly individual with pneumonia

2) The process of beta-oxidation and gluconeogenesis are coupled in the fasted state. Which of the following compounds is produced by Beta-oxidation and required for gluconeogenesis?

a) FADH2

b) Acetyl COA

c) Keytone bodies

d) Glycerol

3) Autophagy is a process that involves the degradation of proteins. Under conditions of high energy (High ATP) which of the following is true regarding regulation of this process?

a) AKT is inactive

b) Rhed is bound to GDP

c) AMPK is Active and phosphorylates TSC1/TSC2 complex

d) mTOR is activated