Food Illness MCQs : This section focuses on the "Food Illness". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Food Illness skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
Which of the following toxin causing botulism is less toxic to human beings?
A. Type A
B. Type B
C. Type C
D. None of these
Question 2
Which of the following is a food infection?
A. Salmonellois
B. Botulism
C. Staphylococcal intoxication
D. All of the above
Question 3
The staphylococcal intoxication refers to presence of
A. an enterotoxin
B. neurotoxin
C. mycotoxin
D. All of the above
Question 4
A bacterial food intoxication refers to
A. illness caused by presence of pathogens
B. food borne illness caused by the presence of a bacterial toxin formed in food
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
Question 5
The method of successful treatment of botulism prior to appearance of botulism symptoms involve administration of
A. antibiotic
B. analgesic
C. antitoxin
D. antipyretic
Question 6
Botulism is caused by the presence of toxin developed by
A. Clostridium tyrobutyricum
B. Clostridium sporogenes
C. Clostridium botulinum
D. None of these
Question 7
Which of the following is true to prevent botulism from smoked fish?
A. The fish should be heated at its coolest part to at least 82°C for 30 min during or after smoking
B. Fish should be immediately frozen after packaging and kept frozen
C. Good sanitation should be maintained throughout production and handling
D. All of the above
Question 8
Salmonellois is caused by the
A. enterotoxin of Salmonella spp
B. endotoxin of Salmonella spp
C. neurotoxin of Salmonella spp
D. exoenterotoxin of Salmonella spp
Question 9
Group I C. botulinum strains generally includes in
A. all types of strains (proteolytic)A, B and F
B. all types of strains (non-proteolytic) E and F
C. all types of strains (proteolytic)C, D and F
D. None of these
Question 10
The application of Gamma rays destroys botulism toxin. The dose of gamma rays required for this purpose is
A. 73 Gy
B. 73 Rad
C. 7.3 Mrad
D. 173 Rad
Question 11
Arrange the potencies of toxin in descending order of the following canned foods
A. peas>string beans>spinach> corn
B. corn> string bean>peas>spinach
C. corn> spinach> peas>string beans
D. corn> peas>string beans>spinach
Question 12
The milk streptococci produce acetoin that gets spontaneously oxidized yielding a flavorings agent (responsible for aroma of butter) that is
A. acetone
B. acetyl coA
C. butyric acid
D. diacetyl
Question 13
The botulism intoxication occurs due to
A. an enterotoxin
B. neurotoxin
C. mycotoxin
D. All of the above
Question 14
The Bacillus cereus causes gasteroenteritis by the production of an exoenterotoxin which is released in food as a result of
A. cell growth
B. cell autolysis
C. cell permeation
D. cell damage
Question 15
Staphylococcal intoxication is caused by the toxin m the food from
A. Staphylococcus aureus
B. S. cerevisiae
C. S. thermophillus
D. None of these
Question 16
A bacterial food intoxication refers to
A. illness caused by presence of pathogens
B. food borne illness caused by the presence of a bacterial toxin formed in food
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of the above
Question 17
Group I C. botulinum strains generally includes in
A. all types of strains (proteolytic)A, B and F
B. all types of strains (non-proteolytic) E and F
C. all types of strains (proteolytic)C, D and F
D. none of the above
Question 18
The botulism intoxication occurs due to
A. an enterotoxin
B. neurotoxin
C. mycotoxin
D. all of these
Question 19
The staphylococcal intoxication refers to presence of
A. an enterotoxin
B. neurotoxin
C. mycotoxin
D. All of these
Question 20
Which of the following is a food infection?
A. Salmonellois
B. Botulism
C. Staphylococcal intoxication
D. None of these