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This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Food Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
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A. | |
B. | True, False |
C. | True, True |
Answer» B. True, False | |
2. |
Statement 1: At _____ and _____of mercury, water is at triple point.$ |
A. | |
B. | -273 k, 76 mm, conventional methods of heating |
C. | 273 k, 14.7 mm, non-conventional methods of heating |
Answer» C. 273 k, 14.7 mm, non-conventional methods of heating | |
3. |
It is possible to maintain conditions of temperature and pressure whereby the physical state of food substrate can be maintained at a critical point for the successful removal of water. This is called _____$ |
A. | Freeze dehydration |
B. | Freeze rehydration |
C. | Freezing |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. Freeze rehydration | |
4. |
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of freeze-dehydration? |
A. | Moisture loss by sublimation from boundary of ever receding ice crystal zone |
B. | Continuous process |
C. | Temperatures sufficiently low to prevent thawing used |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Temperatures sufficiently low to prevent thawing used | |
5. |
With the _____ in temperature and _____ in ice percentage, the percentage of soluble solids _____ |
A. | Increase, decrease, increases |
B. | Decrease, increase, decreases |
C. | Increase, decrease, decreases |
D. | Decrease, increase, increases |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
Statement 1: Moisture vapor obtained from sublimation needs to be evacuated to keep the system below the critical pressure level. |
A. | |
B. | True, False |
C. | True, True |
Answer» C. True, True | |
7. |
Statement 1: In drying, the vapor pressure of water in the solid is more than outside? |
A. | |
B. | True, False |
C. | True, True |
Answer» C. True, True | |
8. |
Statement 1: Case hardening is controlled by _____ and ____? |
A. | |
B. | Increases, humidity, temperature |
C. | Decreases, humidity, concentration |
Answer» B. Increases, humidity, temperature | |
9. |
Statement 1: The volume of gas at standard pressure increases _____ in volume for every _____ rise in temperature. |
A. | |
B. | 1/273, 5 deg C, doubles |
C. | 273, 1 deg C, halves |
Answer» D. | |
10. |
Which of the following is an advantage/use of dried food items? |
A. | Lesser cost and minimum labor required |
B. | Limited processing equipment and minimum food storage requirements |
C. | Reduction in distribution costs |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
Which of the following is NOT a method of controlling biological forces on food supply? |
A. | Packaging and chemical additives |
B. | Reducing free water content |
C. | Increasing osmotic pressure |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. Reducing free water content | |
12. |
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of dehydration under controlled conditions over sun drying? |
A. | Cost |
B. | Time of drying |
C. | Quality of drying |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. Time of drying | |
13. |
Statement 1: Dried foods from a dehydration unit have better quality than sun dried components. |
A. | |
B. | True, False |
C. | True, True |
Answer» B. True, False | |
14. |
Evaporation, desiccation and dehydration all mean the same thing. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |