AESC 2050 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
CDC estimates about __________ Americans get sick from food borne diseases. - answer✔1 in 6
The amount of money Americans spend on eating outside of home has increased about _____
since 1970. - answer✔20%
What is the number one pathogen to cause hospitalization and death? - answer✔Salmonella
U.S. ranked superior in food safety categories, while _____ and ______ were ranked poor. -
answer✔Germany and Italy
Food Safety Modernization Act 2011 focuses on - answer✔preventative controls on food supply,
inspection of food facilities, ensuring recall of unsafe foods, overseeing safe imported food,
creating partnerships with other government agencies
FSIS (Food Safety and Inspection Service) - answer✔ensuring nation's supply of meat, poultry,
and eggs are safe and correctly packaged
FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) - answer✔regulates things other than meat, poultry,
and eggs, such as drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. Protects people from unsafe or
incorrectly labeled products
CDC
(Center for Disease Control and Prevention) - answer✔investigates and prevents food borne
illnesses. works with state and local health departments.
Tester-Hagan Amendment to FSMA - answer✔exempts small businesses from FSMA and
regulates them at state and local levels, they must label products and their source
Changes in culture that lead to increase in food borne illnesses - answer✔-loss of ability to cook
and clean =, increased pets/portion sizes/consumption of fresh fruits and veggies (local
market)/bake sales, picnics, home-based daycare
-no one is to blame for illnesses, although many come from inside the home
What is the key to becoming alpha species? - answer✔being non-selective omnivores
What is the key nutrient in human development? - answer✔fat
Why are human's eyes on the front of their heads? - answer✔it produces a larger binocular field
of vision
Right To Farm - answer✔-prohibits local gov't from passing stricter laws than laws of state gov't
-restricts nuisance suits if plaintiff moved to area after farm was already there
-restricts nuisance suits if farm isn't breaking any laws
-restricts nuisance suits if farm is located in ag. zone
-orders plaintiff to pay attorneys if they lose the case
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) - answer✔agreement signed by Canada,
Mexico, and US in creating rule-based trade block in North America
Current Trade Deficit - answer✔$40.73 billion
Population Bomb (1968) - answer✔by Paul Ahrlich, Foretold billions of deaths from starvation
and collapse of civilization
Green Revolution (1940-1960) - answer✔development and spread of technology, plant varieties,
and ag practices
Antibiotics - answer✔medicine that inhibits growth of or destroys microorganisms
Hormone - answer✔substance produced in organism, transported in blood/sap to stimulate
specific cells or tissue
Therapeutic dose - answer✔treatment in response to illness
Sub-therapeutic dose - answer✔preventative treatment that increases growth rate and feed
efficiency and prevents or reduces incidents of diseases
Most cases of antibiotic resistant pathogens are a result of __________ medical treatment, not
animals. - answer✔human
rBST (bovine somatotropin) - answer✔protein hormone produced by milk cow to stimulate milk
production, FDA approved
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