ICAR AIEEA-PG / PGS In-plant Training, Experiential Learning & Project: practice questions

1 · Choosing a placement and setting learning objectives · easy

Which learning objective is written in SMART form?

1. Learn about the dairy industry in general terms
2. Understand everything about food safety during the placement
3. By week four, map the milk line and its CCPs unaided
4. Become a good food technologist by the end of the year

2 · Plant orientation: process flow, utilities and quality systems · medium

What does document control in a quality system ensure?

1. Documents are never changed once they have been written
2. Only current versions are in use
3. All documents are kept secret from the production staff
4. Only senior managers may read the written procedures

3 · Plant orientation: process flow, utilities and quality systems · medium

In a mass balance for a steady continuous process, what is assumed about accumulation?

1. It always equals the input
2. It is equal to the water evaporated
3. It equals the product flow
4. It is zero, so input equals output

4 · Laboratory practice in an industry or regulatory laboratory · medium

Why are blanks and control samples run with each batch of analyses?

1. To increase the number of results reported each day
2. To use up surplus reagents before they expire
3. To replace the need for calibration of instruments
4. To detect contamination and confirm the method

5 · Experiential learning: running a small production unit · medium

Why does the experiential unit assign roles such as production, quality, marketing and finance?

1. To let each student avoid any production work
2. Because the law requires four managers in every unit
3. To experience running a whole small enterprise
4. To make record keeping unnecessary for the group

6 · Experiential learning: running a small production unit · medium

Which control point is critical when hot-filling jam into jars?

1. The number of jars per carton
2. The brand name on the lid
3. The colour of the fruit
4. Filling temperature and container treatment

7 · Data collection and analysis · medium

For the same data (mean 3.30%, SD 0.16%), what is the CV?

1. 0.16%
2. 3.3%
3. 48%
4. 4.8%

8 · Report writing and presentation · medium

What must the materials and methods section allow?

1. The student to avoid citing methods
2. Another person to repeat the work
3. The reader to skip the results
4. The results to be omitted

9 · Professional conduct, safety and confidentiality · easy

A trainee has had diarrhoea the night before a production shift. What should they do?

1. Tell nobody to avoid losing a day
2. Wear two pairs of gloves and continue
3. Report it before entering production areas
4. Work as usual and wash hands more often

10 · Professional conduct, safety and confidentiality · easy

May a trainee post photographs of the production line on social media?

1. Yes, freely, at any time during the placement
2. Only with the host's permission
3. Yes, provided that all faces are blurred out
4. Yes, but only after the placement has ended