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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Greatly reducing the fat content of ________ could have and immediate effect on the nation's kids, according to the author.
(a) Chocolate sundaes.
(b) Steak.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Happy Meals.

2. Which pet food company was responsible for contracting a feline variant of mad cow disease?
(a) Pedigree Master Foods.
(b) Special Kitty.
(c) Science Diet.
(d) Nutro.

3. In what area of the packing plant do workers use a power saw to slice cattle into halves?
(a) The rest area.
(b) The kill floor.
(c) The sticker shack.
(d) The fab room.

4. Injured workers at IBP who can't claim worker's comp almost always sign a ________ or risk losing their jobs.
(a) Confession of personal negligence.
(b) Consent form.
(c) Waiver.
(d) Short-term contract.

5. What does the "knocker" use to shoot the live cattle in the head as they enter the building?
(a) A captive bolt stunner.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) An air rifle.
(d) A taser gun.

6. The sections of beef known as chucks, loins, ribs, and rounds are known as _______.
(a) Subprimals.
(b) Secondals.
(c) Primals.
(d) Choice.

7. Chickens are regulated by what federal agency?
(a) NAS.
(b) NIH.
(c) USDA.
(d) FDA.

8. Cattle manure is not sent to waste treatment plants but dumped into ______.
(a) Septic systems.
(b) City dumps.
(c) Lagoons.
(d) Irrigation ditches.

9. What is the name of the small electric knives with spinning, round blades that workers use to carve meat?
(a) Carver.
(b) Sectioner.
(c) Whizzard.
(d) Slingblade.

10. Who announces that it is putting a new restaurant in every Wal-Mart in Germany?
(a) Pizza Hut International.
(b) Subway Rhineland.
(c) KFC Germany.
(d) McDonald's Deutschland.

11. In 1988, a panel from which organization warns that the nation's public health infrastructure is in serious disarray, limiting its ability to track or prevent the spread of newly emerging pathogens?
(a) The National Institute of Health.
(b) The National Academy of Sciences.
(c) The Health and Safety Board.
(d) The Center for Disease Control.

12. Which room in the meatpacking plant contains machines that assemble cardboard boxes and vacuum seal meat in plastic?
(a) The rump room.
(b) The kill floor.
(c) The butcher shop.
(d) The fabricating room.

13. What item collected from restaurants in 1997 is banned from being fed to cattle by the FDA?
(a) Leftover cheese.
(b) Plate waste.
(c) Spoiled produce.
(d) Paper.

14. Which California-based restaurant chain boasts no microwaves, heat lamps, or freezers?
(a) P.F. Chang's.
(b) In-N-Out Burger.
(c) California Pizza Kitchen.
(d) Boston Market.

15. Rich Conway helps run which family business?
(a) Monfort.
(b) Red Top Restaurant.
(c) Red X grocery.
(d) Lasater Ranch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country's beef has a vastly lower rate of Salmonella than the U.S., at .01%?

2. What was the name of the cat that died in Bristol, England of a feline variant of mad cow disease?

3. How high can the percentage of cattle that carries E. coli O157:H7 get in the summer?

4. Companies from which country have bought Chrysler, Random House, and RCA Records?

5. What is considered the most important tool in the modern slaughterhouse?

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