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1.

Which of the following fermentation is carried out by yeast?

A. Lactic acid fermentation
B. Alcohol fermentation
C. Pyruvic fermentation
D. Acrylic fermentation
Answer» B. Alcohol fermentation
2.

Which of the following process is used in the recovery of the product?

A. Downstream processing
B. Upstream processing
C. Chromatography
D. Treatment process
Answer» B. Upstream processing
3.

Shear conditions do not affect scale-up studies.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
4.

Who reviewed the scale-down methods?

A. Jem
B. Lilly
C. Fox
D. Sinclair
Answer» B. Lilly
5.

Which of the following is not an aspect in the context of scale-down?

A. Number of generations
B. Oxygen Transfer rate
C. Mixing
D. Temperature
Answer» E.
6.

Which of the following is a scale-down process?

A. Laboratory to pilot-scale
B. Pilot-scale to industrial-scale
C. Industrial to pilot-scale
D. Laboratory to industrial-scale
Answer» D. Laboratory to industrial-scale
7.

What do you mean by ‘scale-down’?

A. Decreasing the scale of fermentation
B. Increasing the scale of fermentation
C. Decreasing the rate of agitation
D. Increasing the rate of fermentation
Answer» B. Increasing the scale of fermentation
8.

If scale-up studies failed, proceed with scale-down.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
9.

Which of the following is not a rule while doing scale-up studies?

A. The similarity in the geometry of the fermenter used
B. The similarity in the configuration of the fermenter used
C. There should a minimum of three or four stages of increment
D. Increasing power is a jump in scale
Answer» E.
10.

Given below is a graphical representation of the scale-up window. What do the x and y-axis denote?

A. y – agitation, x – aeration
B. y – aeration, x – agitation
C. y – KLa, x – time
D. y – time, x – KLa
Answer» B. y – aeration, x – agitation
11.

Who summarized the procedure for scaling up both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fermentations?

A. Hubbard
B. Fox
C. Lilly
D. Sinclair
Answer» B. Fox
12.

Which of the following factors are not involved in the scale-up process?

A. Inoculum development
B. Sterilization
C. Temperature
D. Medium design
Answer» E.
13.

Which of the following is not a scale-up process?

A. Laboratory to pilot-scale
B. Pilot-scale to industrial-scale
C. Industrial to pilot-scale
D. Laboratory to industrial-scale
Answer» D. Laboratory to industrial-scale
14.

What do you mean by ‘scale-up’?

A. Decreasing the scale of fermentation
B. Increasing the scale of fermentation
C. Decreasing the rate of agitation
D. Increasing the rate of fermentation
Answer» C. Decreasing the rate of agitation