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| Which phrase best describes chemethesis? |
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The burning sensation from eating chilies
The titallating sensation of soft drink produced by carbonic acid
the cooling sensation associate with menthol found in most plants of the mint family |
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| Preception is bi-directional: this means that perception involves cognition (memories) and affect (moods) |
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| What is the study of pleasure |
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| The omnivores paradox refers to the tension between two conflicing tendencies: to be interested in new experiences while at the same time suspicious of them |
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| What statement about human visual capacity is most true? |
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We see colors because we evolved with a fruit-based diet
Our visual system is multipurpose and not great at any one thing
Vision is critical to making judgements about edibility and potential pleasure derived from eating a food |
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| Which example involves intrinsic color? |
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| Briefly cooking spinach in order to preserve the brightness of chlorophyll |
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| Which textural adjective descries tenderness of pie dough? |
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| Which statement is true about tastebuds? |
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| In adults, tastebuds are found on the tongue, the soft palate and epiglottis |
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| Which papillae are distributed over most of the top surface of the tongue #9 1st test |
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| Tastebuds only capable of sensing sweet taste are located at the front of the tongue while tastebuds only capable of sensing bitter taste are located at the back of the tongue |
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| Which textural adjective is best associated with melt in the mouth texture? |
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| Which term describes the tendency of taste and aroma sensations to diminish with each taste or sniff? |
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| when salt increases the perception of flavors, this activity is refereed to as potentiation |
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| Which of the following are true? |
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| sugar masks sourness of applesauce |
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| In lab we used a descending forced choice method to determine thresholds |
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| There are four Aristotelian tastes sweet sour salty and bitter Unami coined by the japanese is produced by amino acids specifically glutamic and aspartic |
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| Which of the following nest illustrates modification? |
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| Eating artichoke while sipping white wine causes the wine to taste sweeter |
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| Which of the following is true? |
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Complexity refers to many taste or flavor inputs and can result in a richer smoother sensation
Caffeine is an intensely bitter compound
It becomes easier to label aroma categories or specific aromas if one has experience with them |
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| Which of the following is true? |
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Our lab results showed that butter cookies flavored with real vanilla are not differentiable from cookies made with artificial
Bourbon vanilla conatins heliotropin but Tahitian vanilla does not
Imitation vanilla contains the informing compounds ethyl vanillin |
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| Cross-modality suppression is one of the complexity effects; an example is how addition of citrus note can cause a reduction in the sweetness of a vanilla pudding |
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| In lab 2 why were the chicken and asparagus flavors less apparent when other vegetable flavors were added to the soup? |
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| Additional flavors interfere with the brain's ability to process the information |
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| Which statement is correct? |
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| Androstenone, probably a male pheromone, is found in truffles. |
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| Peri- and retronasal aroma refer to the same phenomenon |
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| Which statement is correct? |
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| Scoville units measure the heat of chillies |
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| Which statement is correct? |
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An essential oil is comprised of a plant part's lipid portion
Essential oils are made by distillation
A spice contains more essential oils than an herb |
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| A double blind study means neither the sensory technician nor the panelist knows the identities of the samples |
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| According to Linda Bartoshuk, food preferences are usually acquired, not hard wired |
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| York Peppermint Patty Co. is consideringswitching to a cheaper Chinese peppermint essential oil. The company's sensory technician has selected a panel. After running a triangle tes, they find that the panel cannot find the difference between the two versions, statically speaking. It turns out they are wrong, that there really is a difference. what type of error is that? |
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| Which word best describes the scaling method used that involves 7 or 9 boxes anchored at the ends? |
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| Which of the following attribute descriptors is most likely to be complex? |
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| Creaminess, Oxidized flavor, softness to the touch |
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| The nine-point hedonic scale is a balance scale with labeled response alternatives that are about equally spaced. What sort of number is assigned to its response categories? |
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| Which type of number is used as a flag and would never be analyzed parametrically? |
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| What type of number is most likely associated with magnitude estimation? |
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| Which number type is associated with ranking products and should not be analyzed parametrically (but often is)? |
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| Which is one of the concerns associated with using category scales? |
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Categories may not be equally spaced
Provide sufficient midpoints
Avoiding the endpoints |
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| Which phrase best describes frame of reference, one of the five practical guidelines discussed about designing categorical scales ? |
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| Take care to use accurate endpoints- that reflect that reflect the probable sensations |
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| Which phrase best describes sufficient room, one of the five guidelines discussed about designing categorical scales? |
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| The law of diminishing returns should be kept in mind |
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| Which phrase is best associated with a violation of statical assumptions, one of the five practical guidelines discussed about designing categorical scales? |
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| Two populations should have similar degrees of variance |
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| Orthogonality refers to a situation where two attributes are not at all related like dense and hard |
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| A sensory specialist is more likely to be concerned with brand and cost tha a marketing person, whereas the marketing person is more likely to be concerned with production method and how it impacts quality |
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| A panel chosen to preform preference tests is also ideally suited for doing a battery of discrimination tests so you can run both types of tests in a single session- great way to save money! |
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| All paired preference tests are always forced choice |
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| The Basker hedonic test is an acceptance test, not a preference test |
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| If the results of a preference test show no differences between samples, this means that a discrimination test would also find not difference |
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| Choose the phrase that best describes descriptive analysis |
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| It is holistic compared to other types of tests |
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| Which statement is most accurate regarding designing descriptive analysis tests? |
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Use dimensions that discriminate
maintain orthogonality of terms
Avoid composite attributes like creaminess and freshness |
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| Regarding the effect of processing on attributes, which statement is correct? |
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A fresh flavor of orange juice is partly determined by recapturing of lost high notes
Friability of graham crackers is partly determined by the fat content
Crunchiness of pickles is partly due to the addition of calcium chloride to the brine |
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| Graham crackers are named after graham flour which is |
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| Named after Slyvester Graham |
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| Regarding attributes studied in lab,we learned that |
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| Wheatiness in Wheat Thins is partly determined by the addition of malted barley |
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| Regarding attributes studied in lab, we learned that |
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| Nathan's hot dogs had a beefier flavor than Ballpark hot dogs |
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| Regarding attributes studied in lab, we learned that |
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| Sharp cheddar cheese gets its sharpness from free fatty acids released during aging |
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| Kettle type potato chips are flatter ad less resistant to the bite than the standard continuous process potato chip |
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| The vinegar used is salsa inhibits molding both in the head-space over the jarred product and in the jar once it has been opened |
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| The chewiness of pizza crust come partly from the wheat flour used |
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