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-PLEASE READ THIS: THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS- Here is the list of multiplechoice questions. As you can see, it’s a long list, and my ‘study advise’ would be to use it as a ‘test’ for your knowledge on the book. First read and study the book, then use the questions to check if you know it! To learn every question by heart seems to be a lot more work… Some other things: CLASS IS CANCELLED ON TUESDAY!!!!!! I will be in the office (room 8 Berkey Hall, this is in the basement) from 3pm till about 4:30pm (but longer if a lot of people show up with questions). If you have questions, but cannot make it during that time for some reason, let me know, and we can try to set another time (but since this is during our class time, I do not expect any problems…). Then: the composition of the final:
Make sure you bring a pencil: I am using the scoring office for the mc-questions. You will get those results through the scoring office. I will grade the essay questions as soon as possible, and I will put the results on the web site: this will be by student number, and it will be the total that you received of the 40 points. On Thursday, I will give you back all other assignments when you are done with the exam. Please email me when you have questions on those: don’t ask me in class that day since other students will still be working on the exam. Good luck, and see you on Thursday. Karijn Nijhoff PS The server was acting up again, please let me know if there is something wrong with this document. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: What is a recently new phrase used by McDonald’s corporation in hopes for foreign conquest? Economic Globalization Cultural Globalization Global Realization Corporate dumping In the ten months that the USDA had been testing ground beef intended for school children, roughly 5 million pounds were rejected because of what? Ebola Virus Salmonella Tape worms Mad cow disease Which did not occur when McDonald’s fired all their carhops in 1948? Prepared food with a new method Increase of management Closed the restaurant Installed larger grills What state used its McDonalds Corporation as a test sit for other types of restaurant technology? Michigan State University Florida California Colorado None of the Above In what city was the meat packaging plant that slaughtered about 50 cattle an hour? Detroit Los Angeles Boston Chicago
George Bush Barbra Walters Colin Powell Denzel Washington Mario Cuomo
There was substantial evidence that the risk to humans was negligible. It would interfere with these companies’ abilities to retain high profits. Mad Cow’s disease was confined to Europe, so it was senseless for the FDA to impose bans on companies in America None of these options are correct
The customers increasing interests in the healthy organic foods that these restaurants offered. The growing infatuation with and dependence on automobiles as a mode of transportation and as a way of life in America. The attractive female carhops that drew thousands of teenage boys and their wallets to fast food restaurants. Automation and jobs that require little skill benefit fast food chains by: Making the quality of the food nearly identical in multiple locations. Making the likelihood of errors in the kitchen far less. Allowing management to no longer depend on the individual talents and skills of its workers, making them increasingly interchangeable. a & b
a, b, & c Pick the statement that is FALSE. Natural flavors: are chemically identical to some artificial flavors, but are produced by different means. are often more healthy and pure than artificial flavors because they come from natural sources rather than from a laboratory and artificial flavors are produced and manufactured at the same chemical plants. Both a & c All of these are true statements
Laws meant to make it easier for companies to consolidate and merge in order to control more of the market. Laws that made it easier for the giants to either put hundreds of smaller companies out of business or to swallow them whole They did not support a, b, and c They supported a, b, and c
It imports entire agricultural systems and specially modified seeds to grow its product in foreign countries. It helps homogenize and assimilate existing cultures into American culture. All of these are true In what decade did African Americans attack McDonalds Corporation fro opening restaurants in minority neighborhoods without giving minority businessmen the opportunity to become franchises. 1950 1970
1960 1980
Mc Donald’s KFC
Burger King Both A and B None of the above
Senior Citizens Teenagers Young Children According to marketers the reason advertisers target market children is there? Children are easier to fool Nudge factor Pestering power B and C
None of the above What does O.S.H.A. stand for? Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Security Heating Agreement Occupational Safety and Hearing Association Occupational Safety and Health Agreement Under Colorado new law, how much money does an individual receives if they lose their arm in the work place? $4,000 $10,000
$36,000 $100,000
none of the above 1.IN 1976 the U. S. Department of Agriculture stated that each American consumed how many pounds of ground beef? 55 lbs 65lbs
100lbs 94 lbs
$311 $15
$326 $325
Children Elderly
Adolescents Minorities The J.R. Simplot Dehydrating Company was a principal supplier of food to the American military during what event? WWI
Vietnam Great Depression The Industrial Revolution
$4,500
$2,000 $36,000
$5,000 Super Size Fries at McDoanld=s contains _____ calories and ______ grams of fat? 200,10
50,5 610,23
610,29 Every month more than _______ % of the children in the United States eat at MCDonald=s? 50 98 75 90
Speedy service Labor separation Division of labor Integration of labor Instead of relying upon small, stable, well-paid, and well-trained workforce, the fast food industry seeks out: Elderly workers Highly skilled workers Unskilled Workers Former waitresses Amid a barriage of criticism over the amount of cholesterol in fries, McDonald’s switched to what cooking oil in the 1990’s? Coconut Oil Vegetable Oil Animal Lard Cottonseed Oil The late night cleaning crews of America’s slaughterhouses employed by sanitation companies, whom are considered to be “independent contractors” are mostly made up of: Skilled worker’s Illegal Immigrants Licensed Sanitizers Meatpacking Line Cr In March of 2000, the annual Restaurants and Institutions choice for best food quality was awarded to which fast-food chain? KFC In-N-Out Burger Hot-N-Now McDonald’s Due to the elevated consumption of fast food the U.S. has the highest obesity rate of any industrialized nation. Which statistic matches this trend? The rate of obesity among American adults today is twice that of the 1960’s. Has steadily decreased since the 1960’s Obesity rates have remained unchanged since the invention of fast food. Has slightly increased since the 1960’s The wide expansion of the McDonald’s franchise during the 1970’s is compared in the book to: the personal computer boom of the late 1900’s the monopoly of Microsoft in the 1990’s the number of churches built during the 1980’s around the U.S. the monopoly of Q-Tips cotton swabs French fries were McDonald’s greatest money-maker in 1965 and for many years to come due to: the surplus of potatoes in the United States at that time they did not require any additional ingredients making them cheap to process the reduced cost of starting with a frozen French fry. America’s increasing demand for salted foods With the addition of a new menu item in 1983, McDonald’s became the second-largest producer of _______ in the United States. beef
fish eggs
poultry The company talked about in Chapter 7 named “ConAgra” is a combination of two Latin words meaning…. Congress of Agriculture supreme goods partnership with the land monopoly of beef business A dangerous beef disease that causes food poisoning facing the United States today is: E. coli 0157:H7 Pasturisty Salmonella all of the above A + C only Federal officials and meatpacking executives claim that the country with the safest food supply in the world is: Japan
Portugal United States Korea
Working conditions were so poor that something needed to be done The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, prompted a public outcry for change because of its detailed accounts of the deplorable conditions in meatpacking plants There was no food safety legislation in 1906, it wasn’t enacted until 1922 Both b & c
The elderly People with impaired immune systems Teenagers and young adults Choices a, b, and c
Workers who are illegal immigrants have little ability to defend their legal rights Poor and illiterate illegal immigrants are often exploited by companies Illegal immigrants don’t have the same taste in food Which of the following is true? The aroma of a food can be responsible for as much as 90 percent of its flavor. Studies have shown that the color of a food has no effect on how its taste is perceived. The aroma of a food has no effect on the food’s flavor. The taste buds can detect thousands of tastes. Which of the following is not true? 70 percent of fast food visits are “impulsive”. Ray Croc flew in a Cessna plane to determine new sites for his McDonald’s Restaurants. There is a manual known as “the Bible” detailing everything from how many burgers to place on the grill at once, to how thick the french fries should be. Adults in their mid-twenties have long provided the fast food industry with the bulk of its workforce. What was the original price for a hamburger from “McDonald’s Famous Hamburgers”? 35 cents 60 cents
15 cents 5 cents
form of sunbock nasty germ that infects chicken nasty germ that infects beef cool new ride at Cedar Point Veggie libel laws are laws that? give vegtable the right to vote make it ok to slander veggies. Makes it illegal to eat veggies. Make it illegal to criticize agricultural commodities without proof.\
Ford
General Motors All of the above None of the above
4 days
2 hours 2 weeks
week In 1990, McDonald’s switched the type of oil they used because of criticism concerning too much cholesterol in the oil, and a new ingredient was added to the fries to try to keep the flavor unchanged, this new ingredient is Artificial Flavor Natural Flavor Special Seasoning Beef Flavor Extract What is considered to be the most dangerous legitimate job in America? Auto Assembly Line worker Maintenance at a Fast Food Restaurant Meat Packer Factory Worker McDonald’s targeted what group of consumers with their foreign advertising as they also do in the U.S. Old people Middle aged people Minorities Kids
None of the above One of the Bush administration’s first food safety decisions was to stop testing the National School Lunch Program’s ground beef for Salmonella E-coli
Mad cow disease Mad McChicken disease Moth balls
Employers to pay 16 and 17-year-old workers less than min. wage. Fast food companies to not abide by all food codes. All of the above. The McDonald’s Corporation uses Colorado Springs as An example of urban sprawl A test ground for new types of restaurant technology The basis for all of their comparisons A test ground for teen-run franchises. McDonald’s hired a/an _____ to help them redesign the franchise buildings. Architect Engineer
Psychologist None of the above. Which novel highlights the problems of the meatpacking industry? In Dubious Battle The Grapes of Wrath The Jungle None of the above Recently, beef production has been responsible for Half the employment in agriculture. Recent food poisoning outbreaks. An increase in demand for hamburgers. None of the above. Schlosser states that many of America’s greatest accomplishments stand in complete defiance of the free market. Which of the following are examples? Creation of national parks Establishment of the minimum wage Construction of roads, dams, bridges, and churches. All of the above What ultimately led to the expansion and change of lifestyle in California? casinos |