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VEN 125 Final Questions and Correct
Answers
What is sensory evaluation? Ans: Scientific discipline that
EVOKES, QUANTIFIES, ANALYZES, and INTERPRETS response to
the characteristics of stimuli perceived by the senses.
What are flavor, color, texture, and taste? Ans: Sensory
sensations; the physiological interpretation of a physiological
response
What are the 4 components of appearance? Ans: 1) First
impression
2) Color
3) Visual Texture
4) First perceived attributes
What is appearance? Ans: The geometry of light reflectance
and/or transmission, and size/shape
What is Scotopic vision? Ans: Uses rods for dim light (black and
white)
What is Photopic vision? Ans: Uses cones for bright light (color)
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What are the 3 types of cones and their corresponding colors?
Ans: 1) L-cone: long (red light)
2) M-cone: medium (green light)
3) S-cone: short (blue light)
What are the 4 types of color blind people and their isse? Ans: 1)
Protanopes- long cone issues
2) Deuteranopes-medium cone issues
3) Tritanopes-small cone issues (not X-linked)
4) Monochromasy-complete absence of color sensation
What are two physical factors that affect the perception of wine
color? Ans: 1) Light source intensity
2) Light source color temperature
What is a Metameric match? Ans: Objects that look the same
under one light source but different under another
What are the 3 components involved in the description of color?
Ans: 1) Hue (actual color)
2) Saturation (depth)
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3) Lightness (value)
Lightness (value) is... Ans: The amount of black in each color
What happens when white is added to a color? Ans: Saturation
decreases
What is 0% Saturaction and low Saturation? Ans: 1) Grey Scale
2) Pastel
What does it mean when a color has 100% value or low value? Ans:
1) No black
2) More black until each color is basically all black
Olfaction Ans: Smell
Gustation Ans: Taste
What is taste? Ans: Taste= Smell+ taste
What is flavor? Ans: Physiological interpretation of the
physiological response to a physical stimuli
Flavor= Ans: Aroma+Taste+Oral Sensation
3 types of Olfaction? Ans: 1) Orthonasal
2) Retronasal
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VEN 125 Final Questions and Correct
Answers
What is sensory evaluation? Ans: Scientific discipline that
EVOKES, QUANTIFIES, ANALYZES, and INTERPRETS response to
the characteristics of stimuli perceived by the senses.
What are flavor, color, texture, and taste? Ans: Sensory
sensations; the physiological interpretation of a physiological
response
What are the 4 components of appearance? Ans: 1) First
impression
2) Color
3) Visual Texture
4) First perceived attributes
What is appearance? Ans: The geometry of light reflectance
and/or transmission, and size/shape
What is Scotopic vision? Ans: Uses rods for dim light (black and
white)
What is Photopic vision? Ans: Uses cones for bright light (color)
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What are the 3 types of cones and their corresponding colors?
Ans: 1) L-cone: long (red light)
2) M-cone: medium (green light)
3) S-cone: short (blue light)
What are the 4 types of color blind people and their isse? Ans: 1)
Protanopes- long cone issues
2) Deuteranopes-medium cone issues
3) Tritanopes-small cone issues (not X-linked)
4) Monochromasy-complete absence of color sensation
What are two physical factors that affect the perception of wine
color? Ans: 1) Light source intensity
2) Light source color temperature
What is a Metameric match? Ans: Objects that look the same
under one light source but different under another
What are the 3 components involved in the description of color?
Ans: 1) Hue (actual color)
2) Saturation (depth)
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3) Lightness (value)
Lightness (value) is... Ans: The amount of black in each color
What happens when white is added to a color? Ans: Saturation
decreases
What is 0% Saturaction and low Saturation? Ans: 1) Grey Scale
2) Pastel
What does it mean when a color has 100% value or low value? Ans:
1) No black
2) More black until each color is basically all black
Olfaction Ans: Smell
Gustation Ans: Taste
What is taste? Ans: Taste= Smell+ taste
What is flavor? Ans: Physiological interpretation of the
physiological response to a physical stimuli
Flavor= Ans: Aroma+Taste+Oral Sensation
3 types of Olfaction? Ans: 1) Orthonasal
2) Retronasal
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