Explore topic-wise MCQs in Food Engineering.

This section includes 8 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Food Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Beef carcasses need to be made devoid of their body heat before they re sent for retail.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
2.

Statement 1: _____ packaging helps increase shelf-life of milk.
Statement 2: Spoilage patterns for milk, eggs and meat is the same.

A. Septic, False
B. Aseptic, True
C. Aseptic, False
D. Septic, True
Answer» C. Aseptic, False
3.

Statement 1: Bacteria at a count of a few low millions in milk are psychrotrophic.
Statement 2: Psychrotrophic bacteria can re contaminate milk after pasteurization.

A. True, False
B. True, True
C. False, False
D. False, True
Answer» C. False, False
4.

Microorganisms causing spoilage of fresh meat, poultry, dairy products and eggs are mostly at 20 deg C.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
5.

Specific heat of food is calculated by the formula Specific heat = 0.008 (percentage water in food) + 0.2.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
6.

The heat load for the storage of fruits and vegetables is calculated by multiplying the specific heat of the food by the number of degrees of the temperature that needs to be lowered divided by the weight of the food.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
7.

Statement 1: Microorganism responsible for most organism pathogen in humans is thermophile.
Statement 2: Mesophiles have an optimum temperature growth below 10 deg C and psychrophiles have an optimum temperature growth at around 55 deg C.

A. True, False
B. True, True
C. False, False
D. False, True
Answer» C. False, False
8.

Statement 1: At low temperatures, near the freezing point of water, the respiration rate decreases.
Statement 2: Lemons last longer than bananas at the same relative humidity.

A. True, False
B. True, True
C. False, False
D. False, True
Answer» C. False, False