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FOS3042 Final Exam Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Which is one of the macronutrients?
a. Vitamins
b. Phytochemicals
c. Carbohydrates
d. All of the above - ✔✔Carbohydrates
What does a bomb calorimeter determine in a food sample?
a. Its temperature
b. Its caloric content
c.Its minerals content
d. Its brittleness - ✔✔Its caloric content
Which of the following organizations has a national nutrient database
mentioned in the lecture?
a. USDA
b. IFSAC
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c. IFT
d.IFAS - ✔✔USDA
On the food ingredient label
a. the most predominant ingredient is listed first.
b. the ingredients are listed in alphabetical order.
c. the least predominant ingredient is listed first.
d. the order of ingredients does not follow any rule. - ✔✔the most
predominant ingredient is listed first
Which of the following pairs is a correct match for kind of fat and typical
good source of fat?
a. Saturated fats- Meat and dairy
b. Monounsaturated fats- Corn, sunflower, fish
c. Polyunsaturated fats- Avocado, peanuts, olives
d. All of these are correct. - ✔✔Saturated fats- Meat and dairy
What vitamin is formed in the body when skin is exposed to sunlight?
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin D
c. Vitamin E
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d. Vitamin K - ✔✔Vitamin D
Which line below shows the food items in decreasing order of water
content? Hint: If you are not sure, check the USDA Nutrient Database.
a. Apple juice, honey, apples, bread, flour, vegetable oil
b. Apples, apple juice, bread, honey, vegetable oil, flour
c. Apple juice, apples, bread, honey, flour, vegetable oil
d. Apples, apple juice, bread, honey, flour, vegetable oil - ✔✔Apple juice,
apples, bread, honey, flour, vegetable oil
Foods are ___________ composed of elements from the periodic table.
a. chemicals
b. inorganic
c. plasma
d. All of the above - ✔✔Chemicals
Titratable acidity
a. is equivalent to pH
b. measures total acidity
c. measures only associated ions
d. measures only dissociated ions - ✔✔measures the total acidity
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Water Activity (Aw) is defined as
a. humidity
b. the ratio of substance vapor pressure / vapor pressure of
pure water
c. free water
d. All of the above - ✔✔the ratio of substance vapor pressure/vapor
pressure of pure water
Saturated fatty acids
a. contain an equal number of double bonds to carbons
b. contain an equal number of double bonds to hydrogen
c. do not contain double bonds in the carbon chain
d. contain 18 carbons - ✔✔do not contain double bonds in the carbon chain
Which of the following sugars is typically called "table sugar"?
a. glucose
b. fructose
c. sucrose
d. lactose - ✔✔sucrose
Which of the following instruments measure color?
a. farbenometer
FOS3042 Final Exam Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Which is one of the macronutrients?
a. Vitamins
b. Phytochemicals
c. Carbohydrates
d. All of the above - ✔✔Carbohydrates
What does a bomb calorimeter determine in a food sample?
a. Its temperature
b. Its caloric content
c.Its minerals content
d. Its brittleness - ✔✔Its caloric content
Which of the following organizations has a national nutrient database
mentioned in the lecture?
a. USDA
b. IFSAC
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c. IFT
d.IFAS - ✔✔USDA
On the food ingredient label
a. the most predominant ingredient is listed first.
b. the ingredients are listed in alphabetical order.
c. the least predominant ingredient is listed first.
d. the order of ingredients does not follow any rule. - ✔✔the most
predominant ingredient is listed first
Which of the following pairs is a correct match for kind of fat and typical
good source of fat?
a. Saturated fats- Meat and dairy
b. Monounsaturated fats- Corn, sunflower, fish
c. Polyunsaturated fats- Avocado, peanuts, olives
d. All of these are correct. - ✔✔Saturated fats- Meat and dairy
What vitamin is formed in the body when skin is exposed to sunlight?
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin D
c. Vitamin E
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d. Vitamin K - ✔✔Vitamin D
Which line below shows the food items in decreasing order of water
content? Hint: If you are not sure, check the USDA Nutrient Database.
a. Apple juice, honey, apples, bread, flour, vegetable oil
b. Apples, apple juice, bread, honey, vegetable oil, flour
c. Apple juice, apples, bread, honey, flour, vegetable oil
d. Apples, apple juice, bread, honey, flour, vegetable oil - ✔✔Apple juice,
apples, bread, honey, flour, vegetable oil
Foods are ___________ composed of elements from the periodic table.
a. chemicals
b. inorganic
c. plasma
d. All of the above - ✔✔Chemicals
Titratable acidity
a. is equivalent to pH
b. measures total acidity
c. measures only associated ions
d. measures only dissociated ions - ✔✔measures the total acidity
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Water Activity (Aw) is defined as
a. humidity
b. the ratio of substance vapor pressure / vapor pressure of
pure water
c. free water
d. All of the above - ✔✔the ratio of substance vapor pressure/vapor
pressure of pure water
Saturated fatty acids
a. contain an equal number of double bonds to carbons
b. contain an equal number of double bonds to hydrogen
c. do not contain double bonds in the carbon chain
d. contain 18 carbons - ✔✔do not contain double bonds in the carbon chain
Which of the following sugars is typically called "table sugar"?
a. glucose
b. fructose
c. sucrose
d. lactose - ✔✔sucrose
Which of the following instruments measure color?
a. farbenometer
