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Dairy Foods Industry
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the most popular size container used for fluid milk?
Gallon
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Ultra high temperatures
Inhibited
2. Each month - the USDA calculates the Basic Formula Price (BFP) which often ranges from $11.00 to $13.00 per hundredweight. The BFP establishes the basic price for _______.
Raw Fluid Milk
Market stabilization
Cwt
90
3. The cheese price series is based on 63 U.S. cheese plants that make 80 to 85 percent of the bulk Cheddar. What is the price series called?
Penicillin G
Germicidal teat dip
NASS Cheddar cheese price survey
3.25 percent milkfat and 8.25 percent solids-not-fat
4. 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 ________.
11
Mailbox prices
Dairy Management - Inc.
Cheese
5. Federal Milk Marketing Orders are a mechanism for...
Leukocytes
Cheese
Clenbuterol
Market stabilization
6. Bulk milk cooling and storage and the increased use of milking systems on farms has resulted in ________ bacteria being the primary organisms in raw milk.
Bitter - salt - sour - sweet
Pesticides
Psychrotropic
Added water
7. The ideal cleaning material for removing milk stone from milking equipment surfaces is _____.
Iron-copper
Acidic detergent
Bacterial
Alkaline
8. The establishment of a Federal milk marketing order is generally initiated by ________.
Freezing point
Strip cup
Dairy farmers - through their cooperative association
Iron-copper
9. Which one of the following is not a cause of mastitis?
Calcium and phosphorus
Penicillin
Staphylococcus dysgalactiae
Provide marketing power for dairy farmers
10. Net profit after taxes divided by annual net sales is called ___________.
Streptococcus agaiactiae and Staphylococcus aureaus
Third
Profit margin
Fluid milk products and cheese
11. Which of the following is a name used for bacteria that grow in milk at 40-50 deg. F?
Magnesium-Iron-Manganese-Copper
19
Cwt
Psychrotrophs
12. The __________ test may be of value in detecting gross carelessness in the production and handling of milk on the farm.
Sediment
Imports of milk protein concentrates and casein
4 ounces of Cheddar or American cheese
Feeds consumed by the cow
13. Which of the following is untrue concerning the federal milk marketing orders?
Enhancing scientific opportunities for the European Dairy Industry.
Streak canal
Breakfast
Sanitary restrictions on production are imposed on producers.
14. The main objection of dirt and milkstone on parts is _____.
Increased bacterial count
Chlorine
I
Milk testing and record keeping program for dairy cows
15. The antibiotic _____ gives sensitive reaction to a large proportion of the public.
Streptococci
Penicillin G
1937
The percentage of the population between 45-60 years of age
16. A milk order - including pricing and other provisions - becomes effective only after approval by _____.
161ºF for 15 seconds
Imports of milk protein concentrates and casein
Dairy farmers
Skim milk
17. Which of the following is untrue concerning the federal milk marketing orders?
Sanitary restrictions on production are imposed on producers.
$5.27
A large proportion of the human population is sensitive to antibiotics
Calcium
18. The objectives of the Babcock Institute do not include________________.
Listeria monocytogenes
1937
Enhancing scientific opportunities for the European Dairy Industry.
Raw Fluid Milk
19. The ideal cleaning material for removing milk stone from milking equipment surfaces is _____.
Handlers
Acidic detergent
Cheese - nonfat dry milk - butter
Milk testing and record keeping program for dairy cows
20. Although cheese has taken an increasing percent of the U.S. Milk supplies in recent years - __________ still use(s) the largest share of the U.S. Milk supply.
Cheese
60
Public hearings are held so that all interested parties may present their views.
Fluid milk and cream
21. Some streptococci that produce lactic acid also produce certain aldehydes - which impart a _____ flavor.
60
The Food and Drug Administration
Malty
A higher price for non fat dry milk and a lower price for butter
22. Badly dented or damaged milker unit parts are caused by?
Mold
Careless handling
Assure consumers an adequate supply of pure - wholesome milk
Acid degree value
23. Milk meeting the highest sanitary requirements is known as Grade _____.
Bitter - salty
Profit margin
Marketing coops
A
24. The milk-borne illness outbreak that occurred in California via the consumption of a fresh - unripened Mexican type cheese was caused by the microorganism __________.
Third
Fluid milk and cream
Grade A
Listeria monocytogenes
25. Over the past 20 years the difference between the prices farmers receive for milk and the prices consumers pay for dairy products has...
Class I
Dairy farmers - through their cooperative association
More than doubled
Sterilization
26. At the present time - most milk is sold through...
Handlers
Added water
Plastic
Supermarkets
27. The milk-borne illness outbreak that occurred in California via the consumption of a fresh - unripened Mexican type cheese was caused by the microorganism __________.
Feeds consumed by the cow
Producer settlement fund (equalization fund)
Listeria monocytogenes
An atrophied cell
28. Corn that is drought stressed is much more likely to be contaminated with molds - especially Aspergillus flavus and the aflatoxin it produces. The best way to prevent the growth of aflatoxins is to __________.
Dry the corn down as soon as possible
Streptococci
Decreased
100%
29. The largest percentage of the U.S. milk supply is utilized in the production of ______.
Handler
The percentage of the population between 45-60 years of age
Cheese
Streptococcus agaiactiae and Staphylococcus aureaus
30. The pasteurized Milk Ordinance regulates what?
Alkaline
Low-carbohydrates diets
Coliform bacteria
Grade A milk
31. Milk with low total solids will produce what off-flavor?
Lactose
The products made from it by milk processors
Flat
A
32. The Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) specifies requirements for the production of Grade A raw milk for pasteurization and is recommended by _________.
Dairy Export Incentive Program
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Cheese - nonfat dry milk - butter
The Food and Drug Administration
33. Cottage cheese is breaking a long cycle of flat sales and enjoying a revived popularity not seen since the 1970's because of its versatility and the popularity of...
Aged Gouda
Each state
Low-carbohydrates diets
Penicillin G
34. The two most important diseases of cattle transmissible to man through milk are _______.
Penicillin G
Sediment
100000
Tuberculosis and brucellosis
35. The Babcock test is a rapid - simple and accurate test for...
Skim milk
Dairy farmers - through their cooperative association
Fat content
Penicillin G
36. The components of milk responsible for richness and sweetness - in this order are...
Brucellosis
Fluid milk products
Milk fat and milk sugar
3.5
37. _________ is the time after processing during which a dairy product normally remains suitable for human consumption
Shelf date
75%
Staphylococcus dysgalactiae
Flat
38. Milk is a good source of all water soluble vitamins except for _____.
Ascorbic acid
4 to 6
Secretary of Agriculture of the U.S.
Mastitis
39. The quantity of milk used to produce 1 pound of buttermilk depends chiefly upon the _______.
Microorganisms
Milk fat content
Dairy farmers - through their cooperative association
Alkaline phosphatase
40. The utilization of U.S. supply of milk fat in the production of butter over the past 25 years has ___________.
Enhancing scientific opportunities for the European Dairy Industry.
Decreased
Vacuum
Not controlled by Federal Orders
41. _______ milk is gaining in popularity because of the historically unfavorable price ratio of milk fat to vegetable fat.
Increased
Psychrotrophs
Filled
Handlers
42. The milk In what class receives the highest price in the market?
Bacterial
Class I
Vacuum
Increased
43. For the over 40 years the National Cheese Exchange had established the national cheeses cash prices. On May 1 - 1998 Cheese was traded at the ________ for the first time.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Gallon
Alkaline phosphatase
Class I
44. S. M. Babcock developed the Babcock Test in _____.
1890
Milk handlers
Shelf date
Psychrotropic
45. A pooling method where by handlers with higher than average utilization pay into and handlers with lower than average utilization receive payment from is called _______.
2 to 5 cents
Producer settlement fund (equalization fund)
More than doubled
10
46. The somatic cell count standard for Grade A raw milk is _____ or less per milliliter of milk.
Market stabilization
750000
60
Increased
47. Summer milk has been estimated to contain 1.6 times as much vitamin ____ as winter milk.
A
Breakfast
The products made from it by milk processors
Brucellosis
48. The increased use of bulk cooling and storage equipment has made _____ bacteria the primary organisms in raw milk.
Psychrophilic and psychotrophic
Osteoporosis
Cheese
Ultra high temperatures
49. Milk supplies more than 70% of which vital component of the American diet?
Vaccuumization
Calcium
Handlers
Butter-cheese
50. The protein in a quart of milk is approximately equivalent to that in ________.
Vacuum
Butter-cheese
4 ounces of Cheddar or American cheese
Listeria monocytogenes