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Poultry, Egg and Meat MCQ Questions & Answers

Poultry, Egg and Meat MCQs : This section focuses on the "Poultry, Egg and Meat". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Poultry, Egg and Meat skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.




Question 1

The technique first described to determine the incipient spoilage in meat was

A. homogenate extract volume (HEV)
B. agar Plate Count (APC)
C. extract Release Volume (ERV)
D. None of these

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Question 2

Which of the following is responsible for a musty or earthy flavor?

A. Actinomycetes
B. Flavobacterium
C. Both A and B
D. Pseudomonas syncyanea

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Question 3

Molds causing spoilage of eggs include species of

A. Cladosporium
B. Mucor
C. Thamnidium
D. All of the above

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Question 4

Vacuum packaged meats are spoiled by

A. B. thermosphacta
B. Lactobacilli
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

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Question 5

More spoilage of eggs is caused by

A. bacteria than molds
B. molds than bacteria
C. synergistically
D. None of these

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Question 6

The growth of Streptomyces on straw or elsewhere near the egg may produce

A. musty or earthy flavors
B. hay odour
C. fishy flavor
D. cabbage-water flavor

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Question 7

Unopened, sliced bacon, packaged in material somewhat highly resistant to oxygen permeability, is spoiled mostly by

A. Lactobacilli
B. Micrococci
C. fecal Streptococci
D. molds

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Question 8

Pink rots in eggs is caused by the strains of

A. Pseudomonas
B. Pseudomonas fluorescens
C. species of Micrococcus or Bacillus
D. None of these

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Question 9

Beef hams are made spongy by species of

A. Rhodotorula
B. Bacillus
C. Pseudomonas
D. red Bacillus

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Question 10

The red color of meat, called its bloom, may be changed to shades of green, brown or grey as a result of production of oxidizing compounds by bacteria. Which of the following species are reported to cause the greening of sausage?

A. Lactobacillus
B. Leuconostoc
C. Both A and B
D. Pseudomonas

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Question 11

Yellow discolorations in meat are caused by bacteria with yellow pigments, usually species of

A. Micrococcus
B. Flavobacterium
C. Both A and B
D. Pseudomonas syncyanea

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Question 12

Which of the following (s) is/are responsible for the green patches on the surface of meats under aerobic conditions?

A. P. expansum
B. P. asperulum
C. P. oxalicum
D. All of the above

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Question 13

Which of the following microorganisms grow in beef at a temperature of 15°C and above?

A. Micrococci
B. Pseudomonas
C. Both A and B
D. Lactobacillus

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Question 14

Green rots in eggs is chiefly caused by

A. Pseudomonas fluorescens
B. Micrococcus or Bacillus species
C. Molds or yeasts
D. All of the above

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Question 15

Black rots in eggs is most commonly caused by

A. species of Proteus
B. species of Micrococcus or Bacillus
C. molds or yeasts
D. All of the above

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Question 16

In storage atmospheres of high humidity variety of molds may cause

A. superficial fungal spoilage
B. bacterial spoilage
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

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Question 17

Which of the following microorganism spoil poultry in polyethylene bags?

A. Pseudomonas-achromobacter
B. Alcaligenes
C. hetero-fermentative species
D. catalase negative bacteria

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Question 18

Black spot in meat are produced mainly by

A. Cladosporium
B. Thamnidium
C. Mucor
D. Rhizopus

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Question 19

Which of the cause(s) has/have been suggested for the chill rings in sausage?

A. Oxidation
B. Production of organic acids or reducing substances by bacteria
C. Excessive water
D. All of the above

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Question 20

Lactic acid bacteria in meats may be responsible for

A. slime formation at the surface or within especially in presence of sucrose
B. production of green discoloration
C. souring
D. All of the above

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Question 21

Colorless rots in eggs is caused by

A. Pseudomonas alcaligenes
B. Pseudomonas fluorescens
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

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Question 22

The greening of sausage may appear as a green ring not far from the casing, a green core, or a green surface. The cause of greening is the production of hydrogen peroxide by

A. hetero-fermentative species
B. catalase negative bacteria
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

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Question 23

Iced, cut up poultry often develops a slime i.e. accompanied by an odor describe as tainted, acid, sour or dishraggy. This defect is chiefly by the species of

A. Pseudomonas
B. Alcaligenes
C. hetero-fermentative species
D. catalase negative bacteria

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Question 24

Which of the following is recommended for the improvement in flavor during ageing of beef under controlled conditions?

A. PseudomonasThamnidium
B. Rhizopus
C. T. elegans
D. M. mucedo

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Question 25

The spoilage of eggs by fungi goes through stages of mold growth that give the defects their names. Very early mold growth is termed

A. pin-spot molding
B. fungal rotting
C. superficial fungal spoilage
D. Any of the above

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Question 26

Black rots in eggs is most commonly caused by

A. species of Proteus
B. species of Micrococcus or Bacillus
C. molds or yeasts
D. all of these

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Question 27

Colorless rots in eggs is caused by

A. Pseudomonas alcaligenes
B. Pseudomonas fluorescens
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of these

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Question 28

In storage atmospheres of high humidity variety of molds may cause

A. superficial fungal spoilage
B. bacterial spoilage
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of these

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Question 29

Molds causing spoilage of eggs include species of

A. Cladosporium
B. Mucor
C. Thamnidium
D. all of these

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Question 30

Pink rots in eggs is caused by the strains of

A. Pseudomonas
B. Pseudomonas fluorescens
C. species of Micrococcus or Bacillus
D. none of the above

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Question 31

The greening of sausage may appear as a green ring not far from the casing, a green core, or a green surface. The cause of greening is the production of hydrogen peroxide by

A. hetero-fermentative species
B. catalase negative bacteria
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of these

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Question 32

The red color of meat, called its bloom, may be changed to shades of green, brown or grey as a result of production of oxidizing compounds by bacteria. Which of the following species are reported to cause the greening of sausage?

A. Lactobacillus
B. Leuconostoc
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Pseudomonas

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Question 33

The spoilage of eggs by fungi goes through stages of mold growth that give the defects their names. Very early mold growth is termed

A. pin-spot molding
B. fungal rotting
C. superficial fungal spoilage
D. any of these

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Question 34

The technique first described to determine the incipient spoilage in meat was

A. homogenate extract volume (HEV)
B. agar Plate Count (APC)
C. extract Release Volume (ERV)
D. none of the above

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Question 35

Vacuum packaged meats are spoiled by

A. B. thermosphacta
B. Lactobacilli
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. none of these

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Question 36

Which of the following (s) is/are responsible for the green patches on the surface of meats under aerobic conditions?

A. P. expansum
B. P. asperulum
C. P. oxalicum
D. All of these

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Question 37

Which of the following is recommended for the improvement in flavor during ageing of beef under controlled conditions?

A. Thamnidium
B. Rhizopus
C. T. elegans
D. M. mucedo

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Question 38

Which of the following is responsible for a musty or earthy flavor?

A. Actinomycetes
B. Flavobacterium
C. both (a) and (b)
D. Pseudomonas syncyanea

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Question 39

Which of the following microorganisms grow in beef at a temperature of 15°C and above?

A. Micrococci
B. Pseudomonas
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Lactobacillus

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Question 40

White spot in meat is formed due to presence of

A. P. expansum
B. Sporotrichum carnis
C. both (a) and (b)
D. P. oxalicum

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Question 41

Yellow discolorations in meat are caused by bacteria with yellow pigments, usually species of

A. Micrococcus
B. Flavobacterium
C. both (a) and (b)
D. Pseudomonas syncyanea

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