Emory University HLTH 340 Final
Review, Food, Health and Society
Midterm Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+
____ exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to
sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food
preferences for an active and healthy life - Correct answer-Food Security
____ is the right of people to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced
through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their
own food and agriculture systems. - Correct answer-Food Sovereignty
On Pantelleria, locals have devised a unique technique for growing grapevines in a
water limited environment. They: - Correct answer-Dig conical terraces to plant the
vines below the normal ground level
Between 1964 and 2014, in Kamma community of Italy, plant-based traditions
related to hunting and fishing largely disappeared from local practice - Correct
answer-True
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,Between 1964 and 2014, in Kamma community of Italy, traditions related to edible
fungi have largely disappeared from local practice - Correct answer-False
___ are gathered from the wild across the island of Pantelleria, Italy. Their flower
buds are fermented in a brine solution to create the final food product, which is
sold on the global market as a food condiment - Correct answer-Capers
Which of the following is a problem presented by wild food collecting: - Correct
answer-ALL OF THE ABOVE:
Seasonal
Danger of poisoning
Difficult to Gather
Atlanta is situated in the Georgia plant Hardiness zone of 7/8. Which of the
following fruits would NOT be found growing in the Atlanta landscape? - Correct
answer-Orange
Which of the following fruit trees requires the most care in the Georgia growing
zones due to its tendency to be susceptible to different diseases? - Correct answer-
Peach
Out of all of the fruit crops in Georgia, _____ is grown and exported the most. -
Correct answer-Blueberry
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,In the US, chicken is marketed as "antibiotic free'" has never been exposed to
antibiotics. - Correct answer-False
Chickens have been bred to have the following features of interest to industrial
agriculture: - Correct answer-Enlarged Breasts
Rapid Growth to Adult Bird
In 2016 , in the USA, more than 30 million pounds of antibiotics were sold for use
in animals - Correct answer-True
In the 1950s-60s, a popular method of preparing chicken for sale was to "acronize"
the meat. This process involved: - Correct answer-Coating the raw meat in
Antibiotics
Thomas Jukes, when working at Lederle Pharmaceuticals, discovered that feeding
chicks the fermentation residue of ______ caused them to rapidly gain weight. -
Correct answer-Aureomycin
Inclusion of antibiotics as growth promoters for chickens, pigs, and cattle: -
Correct answer-Disrupts the gut microbiome of the animals
Helps animals gain weight faster
Contributes to rise of antibiotic resistance
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, Consumption of undercooked ground beef tainted with pathogenic E. coli can
result in death in youth children - Correct answer-True
People can become resistant to antibiotics - Correct answer-False
Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic which kills multiple species of bacteria by inhibiting
DNA replication. In other words, it is a ______ spectrum agent with ______
activity. - Correct answer-Broad
Bactericidal
Which of the following can be thought of as a "cultural keystone species" for the
Northwest Coast of North America? - Correct answer-ALL OF THESE:
Saskatoons/Service Berries
Western red cedar
Raspberries
Rat root
Studies on contamination of the food chain in the Fort McCay project include: -
Correct answer-ALL OF THESE:
Nutritional testing
Passive air monitoring
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Review, Food, Health and Society
Midterm Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+
____ exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to
sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food
preferences for an active and healthy life - Correct answer-Food Security
____ is the right of people to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced
through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their
own food and agriculture systems. - Correct answer-Food Sovereignty
On Pantelleria, locals have devised a unique technique for growing grapevines in a
water limited environment. They: - Correct answer-Dig conical terraces to plant the
vines below the normal ground level
Between 1964 and 2014, in Kamma community of Italy, plant-based traditions
related to hunting and fishing largely disappeared from local practice - Correct
answer-True
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,Between 1964 and 2014, in Kamma community of Italy, traditions related to edible
fungi have largely disappeared from local practice - Correct answer-False
___ are gathered from the wild across the island of Pantelleria, Italy. Their flower
buds are fermented in a brine solution to create the final food product, which is
sold on the global market as a food condiment - Correct answer-Capers
Which of the following is a problem presented by wild food collecting: - Correct
answer-ALL OF THE ABOVE:
Seasonal
Danger of poisoning
Difficult to Gather
Atlanta is situated in the Georgia plant Hardiness zone of 7/8. Which of the
following fruits would NOT be found growing in the Atlanta landscape? - Correct
answer-Orange
Which of the following fruit trees requires the most care in the Georgia growing
zones due to its tendency to be susceptible to different diseases? - Correct answer-
Peach
Out of all of the fruit crops in Georgia, _____ is grown and exported the most. -
Correct answer-Blueberry
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,In the US, chicken is marketed as "antibiotic free'" has never been exposed to
antibiotics. - Correct answer-False
Chickens have been bred to have the following features of interest to industrial
agriculture: - Correct answer-Enlarged Breasts
Rapid Growth to Adult Bird
In 2016 , in the USA, more than 30 million pounds of antibiotics were sold for use
in animals - Correct answer-True
In the 1950s-60s, a popular method of preparing chicken for sale was to "acronize"
the meat. This process involved: - Correct answer-Coating the raw meat in
Antibiotics
Thomas Jukes, when working at Lederle Pharmaceuticals, discovered that feeding
chicks the fermentation residue of ______ caused them to rapidly gain weight. -
Correct answer-Aureomycin
Inclusion of antibiotics as growth promoters for chickens, pigs, and cattle: -
Correct answer-Disrupts the gut microbiome of the animals
Helps animals gain weight faster
Contributes to rise of antibiotic resistance
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, Consumption of undercooked ground beef tainted with pathogenic E. coli can
result in death in youth children - Correct answer-True
People can become resistant to antibiotics - Correct answer-False
Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic which kills multiple species of bacteria by inhibiting
DNA replication. In other words, it is a ______ spectrum agent with ______
activity. - Correct answer-Broad
Bactericidal
Which of the following can be thought of as a "cultural keystone species" for the
Northwest Coast of North America? - Correct answer-ALL OF THESE:
Saskatoons/Service Berries
Western red cedar
Raspberries
Rat root
Studies on contamination of the food chain in the Fort McCay project include: -
Correct answer-ALL OF THESE:
Nutritional testing
Passive air monitoring
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