Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA) Practice Exam

How many servings of the "bread, rice, cereal, pasta" group does the following meal provide? 1.5 cups of cooked oatmeal, 1 cup of 1% milk, 3/4 cup of apple juice, 2 slices of whole wheat toast with 2 tbsp. of peanut butter.

1. 8

2. 5

3. 4

4. 3

The correct answer is: 5

To determine how many servings from the "bread, rice, cereal, pasta" group the meal provides, it is essential to analyze each component of the meal in relation to the standard servings in this food group. 1. **Cooked oatmeal**: One cup of cooked oatmeal is generally considered one serving. Since the meal has 1.5 cups of cooked oatmeal, this provides 1.5 servings. 2. **Whole wheat toast**: Each slice of whole-wheat bread counts as one serving. With 2 slices of whole wheat toast, this contributes 2 servings. When you add the servings from the oatmeal and the toast together, you have: - 1.5 servings from oatmeal - 2 servings from whole wheat toast If you sum these components, you arrive at 3.5 servings just from oatmeal and toast. However, in the context of meal planning and serving size guidelines, this is often rounded to the nearest whole number for general dietary recommendations in practice. Therefore, when evaluating the total servings related specifically to the bread, rice, cereal, or pasta group, while it can be seen as 3.5 servings, practical interpretations in dietary context can lead to rounding or classifying this as equivalent to