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NUFD 153 MidTerm Review Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Which of the following is NOT true of Iodine Deficiency Disorder? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ They Affect 7 Million
People
-They really affect 2 Billion
What Does Vitamin A deficiency cause Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Blindness
In the following countries, more than 45% of the population is affected by IODINE DEFICIENCY and
more than 45% of preschool children and women of child-bearing age are deficient in Vitamin A
Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Ethiopia and Central African Republic
What countries residents are at HIGHEST risk of dying from CORONARY HEART DISEASE? Ans: ✓ ✓
✓ RUSSIA
As countries such as Brazil and China get wealthier their residents usually eat more cereals and
vegetables Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ FALSE
Which world regions so most residents receive more than 30 %of their total energy from animal
products ,sugars, and sweetness? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
Concentration in the food processing industry may be a problem for farmers because: (click all that
apply) Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 1)Farmers have little control over who they can sell to because there are only a
few companies.
2)Processing companies can dictate conditions and keep farmers under their control.
Robots and tubers such as manioc provide at least 15% of the total energy supply in most of the
countries in this region: Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Coca-Cola was introduced as a health food product in 1885. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ TRUE
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American companies made up 9 of the top 10 grocery retail companies by sales value in 2007. Ans:
✓ ✓ ✓ FALSE
Which of the following food processing companies were in the top 5 sales revenue in 2007 Ans: ✓
✓ ✓ NESTLE (SWITZERLAND)
The value of agriculture imports to Europe from Africa is less than the value of exports from Europe
to Africa. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ FALSE
The value of agricultural imports to North America from Central and South America is greater than
value of exports from North America to Central and South America Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ TRUE
Why does the industrial and profit-oriented food system lead to necessity of live animal transport
over long distance? (CLICK ALL THAT APPLY) Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 1)Elongated supply chains mean that
farms specialize in only one time period of animals life span (fattening/Birth/etc)
2)Concentration in the industry means that there are fewer and fewer slaughterhouses and they
are more dispersed
Which of the following is not a problem associated with live animal transport Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ It allows
consumers to have freshly slaughtered meat
What is the key factor driving the unprecedented growth in global food trade since the 1990s? Ans:
✓ ✓ ✓ Regional and Global Trade Agreements
19th European colonialism left a lasting legacy in Africa. Significantly much of Africa was forced into
exporting raw materials (food and natural resources) to Europe. One way European countries have
tried to make up for its colonial past is by setting up preferential trade agreements that supports
farmers in former colonies. For ex: Europe has supported small -scale banana growers in Africa by
allowing them duty free access to Europes market. What has threatened this arrangement? Ans: ✓
✓ ✓ Disputes at the World Trade Organization to liberalize banana trade.
Of the countries listed below which one provides the lowest amount of financial support to its
farmers as a percentage of total farm receipts (as averaged from 2004-2006? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ USA
Many countries with malnutrition and undernutrition are also countries with economics that are
predominantly agricultural. What reasons explain why farming countries are mostly poor countries
too Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 1)farming is risky
2)Farmers get only small fractions of the money made selling their productions (mainly to
wholesaler)
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NUFD 153 MidTerm Review Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Which of the following is NOT true of Iodine Deficiency Disorder? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ They Affect 7 Million
People
-They really affect 2 Billion
What Does Vitamin A deficiency cause Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Blindness
In the following countries, more than 45% of the population is affected by IODINE DEFICIENCY and
more than 45% of preschool children and women of child-bearing age are deficient in Vitamin A
Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Ethiopia and Central African Republic
What countries residents are at HIGHEST risk of dying from CORONARY HEART DISEASE? Ans: ✓ ✓
✓ RUSSIA
As countries such as Brazil and China get wealthier their residents usually eat more cereals and
vegetables Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ FALSE
Which world regions so most residents receive more than 30 %of their total energy from animal
products ,sugars, and sweetness? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
Concentration in the food processing industry may be a problem for farmers because: (click all that
apply) Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 1)Farmers have little control over who they can sell to because there are only a
few companies.
2)Processing companies can dictate conditions and keep farmers under their control.
Robots and tubers such as manioc provide at least 15% of the total energy supply in most of the
countries in this region: Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Coca-Cola was introduced as a health food product in 1885. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ TRUE
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American companies made up 9 of the top 10 grocery retail companies by sales value in 2007. Ans:
✓ ✓ ✓ FALSE
Which of the following food processing companies were in the top 5 sales revenue in 2007 Ans: ✓
✓ ✓ NESTLE (SWITZERLAND)
The value of agriculture imports to Europe from Africa is less than the value of exports from Europe
to Africa. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ FALSE
The value of agricultural imports to North America from Central and South America is greater than
value of exports from North America to Central and South America Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ TRUE
Why does the industrial and profit-oriented food system lead to necessity of live animal transport
over long distance? (CLICK ALL THAT APPLY) Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 1)Elongated supply chains mean that
farms specialize in only one time period of animals life span (fattening/Birth/etc)
2)Concentration in the industry means that there are fewer and fewer slaughterhouses and they
are more dispersed
Which of the following is not a problem associated with live animal transport Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ It allows
consumers to have freshly slaughtered meat
What is the key factor driving the unprecedented growth in global food trade since the 1990s? Ans:
✓ ✓ ✓ Regional and Global Trade Agreements
19th European colonialism left a lasting legacy in Africa. Significantly much of Africa was forced into
exporting raw materials (food and natural resources) to Europe. One way European countries have
tried to make up for its colonial past is by setting up preferential trade agreements that supports
farmers in former colonies. For ex: Europe has supported small -scale banana growers in Africa by
allowing them duty free access to Europes market. What has threatened this arrangement? Ans: ✓
✓ ✓ Disputes at the World Trade Organization to liberalize banana trade.
Of the countries listed below which one provides the lowest amount of financial support to its
farmers as a percentage of total farm receipts (as averaged from 2004-2006? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ USA
Many countries with malnutrition and undernutrition are also countries with economics that are
predominantly agricultural. What reasons explain why farming countries are mostly poor countries
too Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 1)farming is risky
2)Farmers get only small fractions of the money made selling their productions (mainly to
wholesaler)
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