AESC 2050 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What changes in US culture has/have led to increases in food-related illnesses contracted in the home? - Answer- Loss of cooking skills; loss of cleaning skills; increased number of pets; storage problems with large portion sizes
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AESC 2050 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
What changes in US culture has/have led to increases in food-related illnesses
contracted in the home? - Answer- Loss of cooking skills; loss of cleaning skills;
increased number of pets; storage problems with large portion sizes
The __________ is a public health agency (part of the USDA) responsible for ensuring
the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and eggs is safe, wholesome, correctly
labeled, and packaged. - Answer- Food Safety and Inspection Service
The ___________ is charged with protecting consumers against impure, unsafe, and
fraudulently labeled products. It regulates foods other than meat, poultry, and eggs. -
Answer- Food and Drug Administration
The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies which group that accounts for almost
1/3 of the world's deaths due to food borne illness? - Answer- Children under the age of
5
Which of the following has the largest risk of being exposed to food borne illness? -
Answer- Eating food cooked at home
Does Scientific Uncertainty tell us that you cannot ever be absolutely sure about
anything? - Answer- Yes, it does.
The "Green Revolution" focuses on: - Answer- Development of agricultural technologies
and new plant varieties.
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize and is called the creator of the Green Revolution? -
Answer- Norman Borlaug
In 1968, Paul Ehrlich wrote this book that predicted widespread global starvation and
death. - Answer- The Population Bomb
A physiological regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue
fluids to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action: - Answer- Hormone
While animal agriculture get much of the blame for negative effects of widespread
antibiotic use, much evidence actually points to: - Answer- Unnecessary prescription of
antibiotics by physicians
, Treating an animal with an antibiotic before it shows symptoms of an illness is known
and treating how? - Answer- Sub-therapeutically
Bovine Somatotropin is a __________ given to __________ to increase the production
of ____________. - Answer- Hormone/ Dairy cows/ Milk
Antibiotics target what bacteria that are harmful to humans and animals? - Answer-
Pathogenic
Organic production does not allow for the use of some herbicides and pesticides. T/F? -
Answer- False
Copper, iron, manganese, nickel, and zinc are examples of ______ in fertilizer. -
Answer- Micronutrients
What are the 2 primary nutrients of concern entering the US waterways? - Answer-
Nitrogen and Phosphorus
What does GMO stand for? - Answer- Genetically Modified Organism
About how much is the annual budget of the US government today? - Answer- $4 trillion
US farm bills cover a number of diverse and/or seemingly unrelated topics. These types
of bills are known as: - Answer- Omnibus
The first US Farm Bills were introduced by whom? - Answer- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The first US Farm Bills focused on the price stabilization and supply of what? - Answer-
Storable, non-perishable grains
The US Farm Bill of 1973 saw the growth of larger and larger farms. American culture at
the time was focused on the US being self-sufficient, mainly based on: - Answer-
Widespread fuel shortages
The federal food stamps program became part of the US Farm Bill in the: - Answer-
1970s
The US Farm Bills of the 1980s had significant focus on: - Answer- The environment
The US Farm Bill 2008 continued the long-troublesome policy standard of: - Answer-
Farm subsidies
80% of the funding planned for the 2014 US Farm Bill is for: - Answer- Nutrition
Programs
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