AESC 2050 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND PRACTICE EXAM

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AESC 2050 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND PRACTICE EXAM

NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250

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AESC 2050 FINAL EXAM

Tomato Ketchup was developed in the U.S. because:

• there was an over-abundance of tomatoes
• people loved the red color
• tomatoes are highly acidic and ketchup had a long shelf-life
• it wasn't developed in the U.S., it was from Russia
• there was a shortage of mushrooms - ANSWER- A. there was an

over-abundance of tomatoes

The person given credit for spreading the popularity of Tomato Ketchup

throughout the U.S. is:

• Charles Hunt
• Henry Heinz
• Dave Thomas
• Ray McDonald
• Harland Sanders - ANSWER- B. Henry Heinz

Who is known as "The Father of Frozen Food"? A. John Pemberton

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• Clarence Birdseye
• Albert Swanson
• John Hunts - ANSWER- C. Clarence Birdseye

The KEY to top quality frozen food is:

• freeze it SLOW
• freeze it DRY
• freeze it FAST
• freeze it in WATER
• HEAT it before freezing - ANSWER- C. freeze it FAST

What is the common story given to why the Potato Chip was first invented?

• it was created to feed the huge number of WWI basic training recruits

at an Army base

• it was created by mistake when a machine in a food processing plant

stopped operating properly

• it was developed and sent in for a recipe contest in a popular

Women's magazine

• it was in response to a shortage of rice in the Southeast U.S.

following flooding

• it was in response to a restaurant customer complaint about thick and

soggy fried potatoes - ANSWER- E. it was in response to a restaurant customer complaint about thick and soggy fried potatoes

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In 1961, what 2 companies merged to create the nation's largest snack- food manufacturer?

• Ben & Jerry's
• Fritos & Lay's
• Coca-Cola & Doritos
• Lay's & Wise
• Pepsi & Taco Bell - ANSWER- B. Fritos & Lay's

Where was the CACAO tree (where chocolate comes from) first domesticated?

• Africa
• New Zealand
• The Philippines
• China
• Central & South America - ANSWER- E. Central & South America

60% of your BRAIN is made up of this MACRO-NUTRIENT:

• Carbohydrate
• Minerals
• Fat
• Protein
• Vitamins - ANSWER- C. Fat
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Archeologist believe it was this EATING HABIT of early Hominids that was a key to us becoming the Alpha species on planet earth?

• Non-selective Insectivore
• Non-selective Herbivore
• Non-selective Carnivore
• Non-selective Omnivore
• None of the above - ANSWER- D. Non-selective Omnivore

What animal is part of the national dish of KAZAKHSTAN that it is cultural unacceptable to eat in the U.S.?

• cow
• horse
• cat
• dog
• snake - ANSWER- B. horse

What does the word "BOARD" mean in "Room and Board"?

• food (a place at the eating board)
• a bed (board to sleep on)
• a partition (board for privacy)
• transportation (a place on the buckboard)
• a bath (boarded up area for bathing) - ANSWER- A. food (a place at

the eating board)

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