FDSC 200 EXAM 1 DEFINITIONS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A)
pasteurization - Correct Answers -destruction of all vegetative pathogens (not
endospores)
hazard analysis critical control point - Correct Answers -HACCP
food safety modernization act - Correct Answers -FSMA
vegetative cells - Correct Answers -cells that actively reproduce by binary fission
endospores - Correct Answers -resting or dormant cells that must germinate into
vegetative cells before they can reproduce; need to be killed by pressure cooking
gram positive - Correct Answers -thick layer of peptidoglycan and stains purple
reservoir - Correct Answers -any person, animal, plant, soil or substance in which a
microorganism normally lived and reproduces
secondary source - Correct Answers -the personal, animal, plant or object from which a
microorganism passes to a food
primary source - Correct Answers -the food from which a microorganism passes to a
human host
gram negative - Correct Answers -thin layer of peptidoglycan and stains pink
mesophile - Correct Answers -microorganisms that reproduce fastest at room
temperatures
thermophile - Correct Answers -microorganisms that reproduce fastest at elevated
temperatures
thermoduric - Correct Answers -microorganisms that can survive pasteurization
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A)
pasteurization - Correct Answers -destruction of all vegetative pathogens (not
endospores)
hazard analysis critical control point - Correct Answers -HACCP
food safety modernization act - Correct Answers -FSMA
vegetative cells - Correct Answers -cells that actively reproduce by binary fission
endospores - Correct Answers -resting or dormant cells that must germinate into
vegetative cells before they can reproduce; need to be killed by pressure cooking
gram positive - Correct Answers -thick layer of peptidoglycan and stains purple
reservoir - Correct Answers -any person, animal, plant, soil or substance in which a
microorganism normally lived and reproduces
secondary source - Correct Answers -the personal, animal, plant or object from which a
microorganism passes to a food
primary source - Correct Answers -the food from which a microorganism passes to a
human host
gram negative - Correct Answers -thin layer of peptidoglycan and stains pink
mesophile - Correct Answers -microorganisms that reproduce fastest at room
temperatures
thermophile - Correct Answers -microorganisms that reproduce fastest at elevated
temperatures
thermoduric - Correct Answers -microorganisms that can survive pasteurization