Test / Quiz Questions Flashcards
_____ involves the governmental control and debate over the production, regulation, inspection, distribution and consumption of food.
A. food advocacy
B. food politics
C. food protection
D. food gleaning
E. right to farm
B. food politics
Many “right to farm” statues focus on limiting _____ lawsuits from farm neighbors.
A. criminal
B. land ownership
C. land use
D. nuisance
E. contractual
D. nuisance
What agricultural commodities are most often at the “heart” of food politics?
A. fresh fruit and vegetables
B. dairy products
C. GMO foods
D. non perishable storable grain crops
E. fresh and frozen meats
D. nonperishable storable grain crops
NAFTA is a trade agreement between
A. US and mexico
B. US and Brazil
C. US and Cana
D. US Mexico and Canada
E. US Mexico and Brazil
D. US, Mexico, and Canada
In general, Right-to-farm statues prohibit local governments from passing stricter laws on agriculture than the laws of the state. A. TRUE or B. FALSE
A. TRUE
We watched a video in class that helped explain the pros and cons of NAFTA using:
A. avocados and shoes
B. oranges and cars
C. ammunition and heart valves
D. seafood and swine
E. Mexican food and computes
A. avocadoes and shoes
Dr Kiepper listed 5 areas which are the focus of US domestic food politics. which focus area below was NOT on Dr Kiepper’s list?
A. GMOs
B. Famines and aid
C. CAFOs
D. “BIG” food companies
E. pesticide use on crops
B. famines and aid
_____ are taxes on imported goods and services
A. quotas
B. embargoes
C. tariffs
D. trade deficits
E. blockades
C. tariffs
At the start of the advertising lecture, Dr Kipper showed 4 short commercials by 2 poultry companies taking alternative view of ______ by the poultry industry.
A. antibiotic use
B. hormone use
C. free-range
D. cage-free
E. heritage breeds
A. antibiotic use
appeal to emotion
pathos
appeal to reason, facts
logos
appeal to credibility and character
ethos
Which of the following is an EXTRINSIC value?
A. affiliation
B. benevolence
C. community farming
D. financial success
E. universalism
D. financial success
Which of the following is an INTRINSIC motivation?
A. achievement
B. conformity
C. image
D. self-acceptance
E. power
D. self-acceptance
The use of persuasive techniques in advertising dates back to the “rhetorical triangle” developed by:
A. aristotle
B. plato
C. descartes
D. socrates
E. nitezsche
A. Aristotle
Food companies using marketing that states NO HORMONES are using:
A. associative advertising (we all do this)
B. anti advertising (none of us do this)
C. implicative advertising (we don’t, so they must)
D. spin advertising (we do it, but they do it more)
E. none of the above
C. implicative advertising (we don’t, so they must)
Advertising, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view is called
A. advertising
B. marketing
C. vulgarity
D. spin
E. propaganda
E. propaganda
In 1968, Paul Ehrlich wrote this book that predicted widespread global starvation and death in the 1970s.
A. silent spring
B. the people explosion
C. the population bomb
D. the Jungle
E. paradise lost
C. the population bomb
______ won the Nobel peace prize and is called the father of the “Green revolution”
A. Jesse Jewell
B. Robert Malthus
C. Al gore
D. Norman Bourlag
E. Rachel Carson
D. Norman Burlap
Antibiotics are designed to kill harmful bacteria and viruses
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
B. FALSE
A physiological regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action:
A. antibiotic
B. serum
C. ester
D. gene
E. hormone
E. hormone
While animal agriculture gets much of the blame for negative effects of widespread antibiotic use, much evidence usually points to:
A. disposal of antibiotics by medicine manufacturers
B. unnecessary prescription of antibiotics by physicians
C. illegal antibiotic sales on the blackmarket
D. import of antibiotics in the US
B. unnecessary prescription of antibiotics by physicians
Treating an animal with an antibiotic AFTER it shows symptoms of an illness is known as treating ______.
A. subtherapeutically
B. therapeutically
B. therapeutically
What product can you buy in the grocery store that is typically labeled as “rBST free” today?
milk
Crops labeled as ORGANIC are pesticide free.
A. true
B. false
B. false
Natural fertilizers “night soils” are actually ______
A. owl manure
B. bat manure
C. human excrement
D. cow dung
E. compost
C. human excrement