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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Dairy Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
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? |
| A. | Basis contract |
| B. | Pooling contract |
| C. | Short Hedge |
| D. | Speculating buyer |
| Answer» D. Speculating buyer | |
| 2. |
The cheese price series is based on 63 U.S. cheese plants that make 80-85 percent of the bulk Cheddar. What is the price series called? |
| A. | NASS Cheese Price Survey |
| B. | NASS Cheddar Cheese Price Survey |
| C. | NASS Swiss cheese Price Survey |
| D. | U.S. Cheddar Cheese Price Survey |
| Answer» C. NASS Swiss cheese Price Survey | |
| 3. |
According to the Food & Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences, all people need at least _________ milligrams of calcium per day. |
| A. | 100 |
| B. | 1000 |
| C. | 10,000 |
| D. | 100,000 |
| Answer» C. 10,000 | |
| 4. |
Dairy farmers can buy and sell dairy futures on what exchange? |
| A. | New York Stock Exchange |
| B. | National Dairy Exchange |
| C. | Coffee, Sugar, Coca Exchange |
| D. | Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
The pasteurized Milk Ordinance regulates what? |
| A. | Grade A milk |
| B. | Manufacturing grade milk |
| C. | Grade B milk |
| D. | Grade C milk |
| Answer» B. Manufacturing grade milk | |
| 6. |
Which of the following directly influence(s) the total supply of milk? |
| A. | Prices paid milk producers |
| B. | Manufacturing plants |
| C. | Costs of fat production |
| D. | Foreign exports |
| Answer» B. Manufacturing plants | |
| 7. |
About ____________ percent of the calcium available in the food supply is provided by milk and milk products. |
| A. | 66% |
| B. | 76% |
| C. | 86% |
| D. | 96% |
| Answer» C. 86% | |
| 8. |
Which of the following is not a cause of coliform mastitis? |
| A. | Cracked or split inflations |
| B. | Milking too soon after calving |
| C. | Using excessive water in washing udders |
| D. | Slightly damp, warm bedding |
| Answer» C. Using excessive water in washing udders | |
| 9. |
Milk provides__________ and _____________ in approximately the same ratio as found in bone. |
| A. | Calcium and Magnesium |
| B. | Calcium and Phosphorus |
| C. | Calcium and Iron |
| D. | Phosphorus and Magnesium |
| Answer» C. Calcium and Iron | |
| 10. |
The __________ test is used to detect if milk has been pasteurized properly. |
| A. | Lipase |
| B. | Coliform |
| C. | Standard Plate Count |
| D. | Phosphatase |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
One type of test for antibiotics, common adulterants of milk, is based upon the principle that the growth of bacteria is __________ by them. |
| A. | Stimulated |
| B. | Enhanced |
| C. | Magnified |
| D. | Inhibited |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
The Standard Plate Count (SPC) has a prescribed incubation time of _____ hours at _____ ºC. |
| A. | 24 hours at 32ºC |
| B. | 48 hours at 45ºC |
| C. | 48 hours at 32ºC |
| D. | 12 hours at 45ºC |
| Answer» D. 12 hours at 45ºC | |
| 13. |
Which of the following will best control contagious mastitis? |
| A. | Pre-milking teat dip |
| B. | Barrier type teat dip |
| C. | Antibiotic teat dip |
| D. | Germicidal teat dip |
| Answer» D. Germicidal teat dip | |
| 14. |
The form of mastitis that is hidden from sight is known as __________________ |
| A. | Infectious |
| B. | Clinical |
| C. | Acute |
| D. | Sub-Clinical |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The milk fat differential used in paying for raw milk is? |
| A. | The price to be added or subtracted per 1/10 % of milk fat above or below a set percentage |
| B. | A value established to penalize milk producers who have too much fat in their milk |
| C. | A value set to penalize milk producers who have too little fat in their milk |
| D. | The price to be added or subtracted per 50 percent of milk fat above or below a set percentage |
| Answer» B. A value established to penalize milk producers who have too much fat in their milk | |