Rtu Test #1 Summer 2025 Questions With Complete Solutions!!

FDSC Midterm Exam Questions and
answers Updated 2025/26 RATED A+
The current (2014) global population is estimated to be around 7 billion people. As of 2050, the population
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is estimated to be - Correct Answers 10 billion
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I! One of the earliest mechanical technologies employed in agriculture was the use of oxen to - Correct
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I! Just what basic nutrients are required for healthy living is often taken for granted. In reality, the recognized
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I! need to understand proper human nutrition is a relatively recent phenomenon. By the late 1800's, which of
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I! the following were known components of food? - Correct Answers Proteins, fats, minerals, carbohydrates
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I! Wherever in the world it occurred, as permanent settlements developed, the human diet became
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I! ___________ as compared to our hunter-gatherer days. - Correct Answers less variable I! I! I! I! I! I! I! I! I! I! I! I! I!




I! The food system includes which of the following components? - Correct Answers Social, Cultural, Political,
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I! Biological



I! Food processing technologies, such as canning, are an example of knowledge we take for granted today.
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I! During the Industrial Revolution, when canning was first being developed, it wasn't until _______________
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I! began studying bacteria that we learned why canning worked to preserve food. - Correct Answers Louis
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I! Pasteur



I! By what age is it thought that 90% of our hunter-gatherer ancestors would have been dead? - Correct
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I! Which of the following is one of the six major changes influencing the food system? - Correct Answers Rise
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I! As permanent settlements gave way to full-fledged towns and cities, individuals who lived in towns were
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I! more vulnerable to _____________ than people living in more rural areas. - Correct Answers
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, I! Many plant and animal-based foods have been spread around the world, far from their origins. One
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I! example of this is - Correct Answers Chili Peppers; Asian
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I! The body that creates world-wide standards for food is called - Correct Answers Codex Alimentarius
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I! FDA regulates what aspects of food in the usa? - Correct Answers what food is imported, nutrition facts
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I! panels on food, food label claims, food composition standards
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I! How are proposed chemical food additives tested by the FDA? - Correct Answers High levels are tested in
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I! Equity, efficiency, stability, sustainability, and growth are five common tenets considered when formulating
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I! what kind of policies? - Correct Answers Socioeconomic policies
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I! From 1971 to 1991, the amount of each dollar spent on food went from ______ to ______. - Correct
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I! By 1990, Norway increased its food self-sufficiency by 13%. This increase has had some positive effects for
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I! Norway but what could one unintended, negative effect be? - Correct Answers Reduced food variety,
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I! increased cost, production in marginal environments, economic impacts from reduced trade
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I! Which of the following is NOT a common reason for laws and regulations pertaining to food? - Correct
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I! Today, only a small % of the U.S. population works on a farm. In the early 1900's, how many Americans were
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I! employed on farms? - Correct Answers 45% I! I! I! I! I! I! I! I!