National Postgraduate Entrance Exam (考研) — Food Science and Engineering

China · Ministry of Education / NEEA and universities · pg · unverified source

2practice questions written to this syllabus
2subjects

Format

Unverified for this discipline. The general format is politics 100 + foreign language 100 + two subject papers of 150 (see the agricultural engineering and agribusiness tracks).

Over the years

Dairy science in China is usually studied within Food Science and Engineering (including dairy engineering programmes at agricultural universities). University-set specialist papers were not checked.

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Subjects this exam draws on

Dairy Colloids: Emulsions, Foams & Gels1 questionsAdvanced Dairy Chemistry1 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. What is the Laplace pressure inside an oil droplet of radius 0.5 µm if the interfacial tension is 10 mN/m?

  1. 40 kPa
  2. 400 kPa
  3. 4 kPa
  4. 20 kPa
Answer and working

A. 40 kPa

ΔP = 2γ/r = 2 × 0.010/(0.5 × 10⁻⁶) = 40,000 Pa = 40 kPa. 20 kPa forgets the factor 2 or uses the diameter.

Dairy Colloids: Emulsions, Foams & Gels · Interfacial science and surfactants

2. On Labuza's food stability map, lipid oxidation is minimal near:

  1. aw = 0.99
  2. The monolayer moisture content
  3. aw = 0.7
  4. aw = 0.5 only for proteins
Answer and working

B. The monolayer moisture content

Very dry systems oxidise faster; water near the monolayer protects; oxidation rises again at higher aw.

Advanced Dairy Chemistry · Water activity, glass transition and state diagrams

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