SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Introduction To Culinary Arts
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
cooking
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Another name for a finger sandwich
tea sandwich
To use to un stick pasta
Boiling
Cake flour
2. When should you flip pancakes during cooking?
Salt
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
The water is at a slow simmer
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
3. To cook in a liquid where bubbles rise and break at the surface is called:
The filling
Quiche
Boiling
To use to un stick pasta
4. 3 tsp is equal to:
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
To use to un stick pasta
1 tablespoon
What does porous mean
5. For best results when using fresh pastas
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
The water is at a slow simmer
Peewee
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
6. The chemical name for table salt is;
Sodium chloride
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
Garnish
White pepper
7. Seasonings that come from the leaves and stems of plants
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Herbs
tea sandwich
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
8. What are the 3 grades of eggs?
Salt
16 ounces
A -AA -B
Black pepper
9. The Italian version of a pressed sandwich
Peewee
Parcooking
Panini
1 tablespoon
10. Seasonings that come from the bud - bark - roots - stalks and fruits of plants
Spices
Kosher salt
What does porous mean
Spice
11. The main attraction of the sandwich
The filling
Mirepoix
Quiche
Hoagies
12. What are the five senses that contribute to how we taste food?
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
8 oz
Herb
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
13. Is one of the five tastes
Hoagies
Umami
Spice
Spices
14. A moist heat cooking method for foods like fish and chicken breasts
2 cups
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Easy
Poaching
15. The type of gas given off by certain types of fruits during the ripening process is called:
White pepper
Herb
Ethylene
What is a crepe
16. What are 4 basic types of salt?
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
2 pints
Marinating
In the coldest part of the fridge
17. A salt most preferred by chefs because it contains no additives
Kosher salt
2 pints
Parcooking
Garnish
18. Not a salt but contains salt like qualities with a protein like flavor
Herb
New Orleans - Louisiana
Cake flour
What is MSG
19. The leavening agent used in quick breads is a:
White pepper
Parcooking
Chemical leavening agent
Mirepoix
20. Which color eggs are the most nutritional?
Sodium chloride
What is a poached egg
Brown and white have the same value
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
21. Parsley is an example of an herb or a spice?
Herb
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Parcooking
To use to un stick pasta
22. To combine two foods together until smooth and creamy
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Cream
Chemical leavening agent
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
23. The way a food feels when we bite into - touch it or cut it
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Herb
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
What is texture
24. 1 quart is equal to:
2 pints
Spice
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Black pepper
25. A type of salt produced by evaporating seawater
Sodium chloride
The filling
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Sea salt
26. A sandwich made from a rolled pizza crust and fillings and baked is called what:
The water is at a slow simmer
Stromboli
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
What is a poached egg
27. Basil would be an example of an herb or a spice?
Peewee
Herb
Bouquet Garni
Monte Cristo
28. Decorative - edible accompaniment for sandwiches on plates
Garnish
1 tablespoon
Herbs
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
29. A process of cooking part way - not to completion - to speed up service at a restaurant
2/3 of the way full
Weigh
Umami
Parcooking
30. 1 gallon is equal to:
Herbs
Cubano
4 quarts
Spices
31. A moist heat cooking method for vegetables when you are most concerned with preserving the nutrients
Steaming
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
Spice
Saute
32. When can you use an egg with a crack in it from the carton?
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
What does porous mean
Sodium chloride
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
33. Ginger is an example of an herb or a spice?
Spice
New Orleans - Louisiana
2 pints
Mirepoix
34. Another name for hero sandwiches
4 quarts
Spice
Sea salt
Hoagies
35. 1 cup is equal to:
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
White pepper
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
8 oz
36. 16 oz is equal to:
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
8 oz
2 cups
Hoagies
37. 1 pound is equal to:
16 ounces
tea sandwich
Herb
What is MSG
38. How long should scrambled eggs be cooked?
White pepper
2 cups
Quick breads
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
39. The pepper that comes from the dried unripe berries of the pepper vine
Black pepper
What is texture
1 tablespoon
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
40. Examples of spreads for sandwiches
What is MSG
2 cups
Boiling
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
41. A fried egg with a partially set yolk is considered:
Easy
2 cups
Garnish
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
42. Examples of thickeners used in baking can include:
Steaming
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Cake flour
Mincing
43. The term 'al dente' refers to
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
Kosher salt
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Sodium chloride
44. 1 pint is equal to :
Herb
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
2 cups
Cream
45. The best place to store eggs
New Orleans - Louisiana
The water is at a slow simmer
In the coldest part of the fridge
Panini
46. Muffin - biscuits - pancakes and waffles are examples of:
Quick breads
In the coldest part of the fridge
The filling
What is a crepe
47. A ham and cheese sandwich dipped in egg batter - fried and served with jelly is called a:
Monte Cristo
Hoagies
Saute
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
48. Another name for a french pancake
Saute
Sea salt
What is a crepe
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
49. A combination of aromatic herbs and vegetables tied together in pot during cooking is called:
What is MSG
What does porous mean
Brown and white have the same value
Bouquet Garni
50. Cinnamon is an example of an herb or a spice?
Spice
Black pepper
4 quarts
White pepper