Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Primary Production of Milk Engineering MCQs
1 - Question
A dairy farmer who delivers “Grade A “or “bottling quality “milk to the processing plant is known as the __________
a) Handler
b) Producer
c) Order taker
d) Consumer
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Explanation: Producer is the dairy farmer which assigns a quality to the milk in the processing plant.
2 - Question
What is not the justification for government involvement in the marketing of milk?
a) Price and Income support for Dairy farmers
b) Reduce price and income flexibility
c) Improve market power of farmers
d) To reduce the consumption
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Explanation: The government is involved in the marketing of milk in order to support the price and income of dairy farmers; reduce price and improve the market power of farmers.
3 - Question
Milk from cows being treated with antibiotics should be withheld from the supply because:
a) Antibiotics curdle the milk
b) People are sensitive to antibiotics
c) They create high bacteria counts
d) They prevent proper cooling
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Explanation: Many people are sensitive to antibiotics hence milk treated with them should be excluded from the supply.
4 - Question
________ is not a form of differentiation milk sellers use to separate themselves from competitors.
a) Physical product differentiation
b) Container differentiation
c) Advertising
d) Production
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Explanation: Physical product differentiation; container differentiation; advertising helps milk sellers in differentiating them from their business competitor.
5 - Question
The tanker of milk must be checked for which of the following before it can be unloaded at a milk plant?
a) Antibiotics
b) Lactose
c) Fat
d) BST
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Explanation: Before a tanker of milk can be unloaded at a milk plant; it must be checked for antibiotics. Many people are sensitive to antibiotics.
6 - Question
Every month, regulated handlers file a report of milk receipts and utilization with the order market administrator. This information is used to determine:
a) Maximum price paid to processors
b) Minimum price paid to producers
c) Minimum price paid to processors
d) No price paid
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Explanation: Reports of milk receipts and utilization are used to determine the minimum price paid to producers.
7 - Question
Major deductions on a dairy farmer’s milk check does not include:
a) Hauling
b) Federal advertisement/promotion
c) Cooperative/marketing fees
d) Seasonal loss
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Explanation: Major Deductions on a dairy farmer’s milk check include Hauling, federal advertisement/promotion and cooperative/marketing fees.
8 - Question
What is the purpose of a “milk check-off”?
a) To increase the milk price support
b) Determine if milk contains antibiotics
c) To pay for the generic advertising and research
d) To prevent spoilage
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Explanation: The purpose of a “milk check-off” is to increase milk price support. Fifteen cents per hundredweight of milk is taken from the producers ‘milk check.
9 - Question
Prices are based on which of the following in component pricing system?
a) Uniform skim milk price and uniform butter price
b) Value of butterfat, protein, and other solids
c) Total solids content
d) Total moisture content
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Explanation: In the component pricing system producer prices are based on the value of butterfat, protein, and other solids.
10 - Question
Specific milk will not be rejected by the plant if the milk fails to meet requirements for which of the following?
a) Color and appearance
b) Sediment
c) Tests positive for drug residue
d) Acceptable pH
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Explanation: The plant will reject specific milk from a producer if the milk fails to meet requirements for Color and appearance; sediment or it tests positive for drug residue.
11 - Question
_____ is the smallest building block of all matter in nature and cannot be divided chemically.
a) Element
b) Molecule
c) Cube
d) Atom
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Explanation: Atom is the smallest particle of a chemical element that can exist. They cannot be divided chemically.
12 - Question
A Substance in which all the atoms are of the same kind is called ______
a) Blocks
b) Pyramid
c) Element
d) Atom
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Explanation: Chemical substance interconvert able or broken down into simpler substances and are primary constituents of matter is called element. They have atoms of the same kind.
13 - Question
Approximately how many elements are known to us?
a) 20
b) 30
c) More than 100
d) 50
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Explanation: We know the existence of more than 100 elements. 115 elements have been discovered so far.
14 - Question
What constitutes the nucleus of the atom?
a) Electron
b) Proton
c) Neutron
d) Proton and neutron
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Explanation: Proton and Neutron are present in the nucleus of the atom. They are together known as nucleons.
15 - Question
The charge on a proton is _____
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Neutral
d) Both positive and Negative
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Explanation: Proton is a positively charged ion. They have a mass of 1 atomic unit. They are present in the nucleus of the atom.
16 - Question
The charge on Electron is _______
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Neutral
d) Both positive and Negative
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Explanation: Electron is negatively charged. An electron is a subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity. It is found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
17 - Question
The charge on neutron is ______
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Neutral
d) Both positive and Negative
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Explanation: Neutron is neutral, having no charge on itself.
18 - Question
The smallest part of an element that cannot exist as a free state is __________
a) Ion
b) Charge
c) Atom
d) Molecule
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Explanation: Ion is the smallest part of an element. It cannot exist as a free state. Ion can be an atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons.
19 - Question
What are positively charged Ions in a solution called?
a) Cation
b) Anion
c) Atom
d) Element
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Explanation: Cation is a positively charged ion. It will be attracted to a cathode in electrolysis.
20 - Question