FSHN 302 Exam Questions – Food Science and Human Nutrition – Practice Questions and
Review Material
Which of the following basic tastes are both perceived through an ion channel transduction?
a. Salty & Sweet
b. Bitter & Umami
c. Sour & Umami
d. Salty & Sour
e. Sour & Bitter - ✔✔Salty & Sour
Which of the following is a specific difference test?
a. Duel Standard Test
b. Duo-trio Test
c. Triangle Test
d. 2-AFC test
e. None of the above are specific difference tests - ✔✔2-AFC test
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a Consumer Tests?
a. Uses judges from the target population
b. Uses ordinary conditions of eating
c. Uses controlled settings
d. Uses untrained consumers
e. All are characteristics of consumer tests - ✔✔Uses controlled settings
An example of sensitization is:
a. Having ginger and hot chili peppers in the same meal and feeling an increase irritation
, b. Eating a jalapeno in one bite and having your eyes immediately water from the spiciness
c. After eating a spicy meal one night, you wait to finish your leftovers and they are not quite as
spicy
d. Having hot chili peppers and black pepper together and noticing a decrease in irritation
e. Eating chips and salsa and it keeps getting spicier and spicier - ✔✔Eating chips and salsa and
it keeps getting spicier and spicier
The threshold at which the stimulus level of a characteristic taste or aroma is identified is:
a. Difference Threshold
b. Absolute Threshold
c. Recognition Threshold
d. Detection Threshold
e. Terminal Threshold - ✔✔Recognition Threshold
A sensory lab wants to conduct a common difference test to determine whether FSHN 302
students find the Coca-Cola produces with real sugar is sweeter than the Coca-Cola produced
with high fructose corn syrup. When comparing both of these products, which test would be
the most appropriate to use?
a. One-tailed Duo-trio Test
b. 2-AFC Test
c. One-tailed Dual Standard
d. Two-tailed Dual Standard
e. None of the above is correct. the lab needs to conduct a specific difference test - ✔✔2-AFC
Test
Pick the group taste that correctly matches the taste mechanism
a. Umami- Na+ channel
b. Sour- Receptor protein
Review Material
Which of the following basic tastes are both perceived through an ion channel transduction?
a. Salty & Sweet
b. Bitter & Umami
c. Sour & Umami
d. Salty & Sour
e. Sour & Bitter - ✔✔Salty & Sour
Which of the following is a specific difference test?
a. Duel Standard Test
b. Duo-trio Test
c. Triangle Test
d. 2-AFC test
e. None of the above are specific difference tests - ✔✔2-AFC test
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a Consumer Tests?
a. Uses judges from the target population
b. Uses ordinary conditions of eating
c. Uses controlled settings
d. Uses untrained consumers
e. All are characteristics of consumer tests - ✔✔Uses controlled settings
An example of sensitization is:
a. Having ginger and hot chili peppers in the same meal and feeling an increase irritation
, b. Eating a jalapeno in one bite and having your eyes immediately water from the spiciness
c. After eating a spicy meal one night, you wait to finish your leftovers and they are not quite as
spicy
d. Having hot chili peppers and black pepper together and noticing a decrease in irritation
e. Eating chips and salsa and it keeps getting spicier and spicier - ✔✔Eating chips and salsa and
it keeps getting spicier and spicier
The threshold at which the stimulus level of a characteristic taste or aroma is identified is:
a. Difference Threshold
b. Absolute Threshold
c. Recognition Threshold
d. Detection Threshold
e. Terminal Threshold - ✔✔Recognition Threshold
A sensory lab wants to conduct a common difference test to determine whether FSHN 302
students find the Coca-Cola produces with real sugar is sweeter than the Coca-Cola produced
with high fructose corn syrup. When comparing both of these products, which test would be
the most appropriate to use?
a. One-tailed Duo-trio Test
b. 2-AFC Test
c. One-tailed Dual Standard
d. Two-tailed Dual Standard
e. None of the above is correct. the lab needs to conduct a specific difference test - ✔✔2-AFC
Test
Pick the group taste that correctly matches the taste mechanism
a. Umami- Na+ channel
b. Sour- Receptor protein
