MQP Questions 1-54

Approximately _____ percent of today's youth consume the recommended amount of dairy products?

• 30

• 50

• 70

• 10

Milk marketed as low-fat milk has no more than _____ percent milk fat.

• 1

• 3.25

• 2.5

• 2

Pasteurization is the process of heating every particle of milk and milk product to the minimum required _____ and holding it continuously for the minimum required _____ in equipment that is properly designed and operated.

• temperature and length

• time and length

• temperature and time

• time and temperature

Yogurt is manufactured from fresh, whole, low-fat or skim milk that is heated before fermentation. Federal standards require yogurt to have a minimum of _____ percent fat.

• .5

• 2

• 1

• 3.25

The absence of _____ in milk is not an accident, since they would catalyze oxidation, producing metallic or oxidized flavors.

• iron and copper

• lead and casein

• boron and tin

• zinc and brass

New food plate guidelines recommended servings of dairy products per day?

• 5

• 3

• 4

• 2

Demand for dairy products is typically the lowest in the _____.

• summer

• fall

• spring

• winter

One mechanism used by the USDA to remove surplus dairy products from the supply is the __________ which subsidize manufacturers who sell overseas at a loss.

• Dairy Export Incentive Program

• Butter-Powder Formula

• Price Support Program

• Commodity Credit Program

The total dollars a dairy has in assets divided by the number of cows determines the __________.

• debt per cow

• total investment per cow

• owner equity

• debt to asset ratio

According to the Food & Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences, all people need at least __________ milligrams of calcium per day.

• 100,000

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 100