ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
the milk fat differential used in paying for raw milk is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the price
to be added or subtracted per 1/10% of the milk fat above or below a set percentage
the ______ test is used to detect if milk has been pasteurized properly. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Phosphatase
One type of teat for antibiotics, common adulterants of milk, is based upon the principle that
growth of bacteria is _____ by them. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Inhibited
The standard plate count (SPC) has a prescribed incubation time of ___ hours and ____
Celsius - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 48 hours at 32 Celsius
Which of the following will best control contagious mastitis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Germicidal teat dip.
The form of mastitis that is hidden from sight is known as ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Sub-clinical
Milk provides ______ and _______ in approximately the same ratio as found in bone. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Calcium and phosphorous
Which of the following is not a cause of Coliform mastitis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Milking too soon after calving
about ____ percent of the calcium available in the food supply is provided by milk and milk
products. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 76%
which of the following directly influences the total supply of milk? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Prices paid milk producers
,The pasteurized Milk Ordinance regulates what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Grade A milk
Dairy farmer can buy and sell dairy futures on what exchange? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
According to the Food & nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences, all people
need at least ______ milligrams of calcium per day. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1000
The cheese price series is based on 63 U.S. cheese [;ants that make 80-85 percent of the bulk
cheddar. what is the price series called? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- NASS cheddar cheese
price survey
What marketing tool would be used in the futures market by someone who owns a
commodity such as milk and intends to sell it sometime in the future? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Short Hedge
Farm water supplies must be protected from surface contamination. Water is usually tested
for ____ as an indicator of possible sewage contamination. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Coliform bacteria
Specific gravity of milk at 60 degrees fahrenheit is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1.032
The international Dairy Federations (IDF) mission is to promote - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Scientific, technical & economic progress
USDA reports net prices received by dairy farmers for milk, usually the prices are published
on a map to show regional differences. The prices are referred to as ______. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Mailbox prices
The "set aside" of $0.15 per hundred pounds of milk from a milk producer's check is used in
programs that support ______. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Promotions&research
, What is the most popular size container used for fluid milk? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Gallon
Onion and garlic are responsible for the garlic/onion off-flavor in milk, and are more
prevalent in pasture during __________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Early spring and late
fall
Chemical sanitizers containing __________ are most widely used for sanitizing milking
equipment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Chlorine
Milk found in cows with a high somatic cell count would result in a decrease in __________.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Casein
Milk is a good supplier of minerals except for _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Magnesium-Iron-Manganese-Copper
Adulterants of milk that are detrimental to human health are _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Pesticides
Water added to milk is detected by checking the _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Freezing point
Milk with low total solids will produce what off-flavor? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Flat
A cryoscopy is an important tool that test for __________ in milk. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Added water
Milk is the only source of __________ in nature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Lactose
Which of the following is not an important reason for a five day-seven degree shelf life test? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- It lowers variability among cartons of milk