Q. The Standard Plate Count (SPC) has a prescribed incubation time of _____ hours at _____ °C.

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Q. One type of test for antibiotics, common adulterants of milk, is based upon the principle that the growth of bacteria is __________ by them.

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Q. The __________ test is used to detect if milk has been pasteurized properly.

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Q. Milk provides__________ and _____________ in approximately the same ratio as found in bone.

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Q. Which of the following is not a cause of coliform mastitis?

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Q. About ____________ percent of the calcium available in the food supply is provided by milk and milk products.

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Q. Which of the following directly influence(s) the total supply of milk?

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Q. The pasteurized Milk Ordinance regulates what?

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Q. Dairy farmers can buy and sell dairy futures on what exchange?

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Q. According to the Food & Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences, all people need at least _________ milligrams of calcium per day.

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Q. The cheese price series is based on 63 U.S. cheese plants that make 80-85 percent of the bulk Cheddar. What is the price series called?

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Q. What marketing tool would be used in the futures market by someone who owns a commodity such as milk and intends to sell it sometime in the future?

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Q. Farm water supplies must be protected from surface contamination. Water is usually tested for __________ as an indicator of possible sewage contamination.

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Q. Specific gravity of milk at 60°F is __________

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Q. The International Dairy Federations (IDF) mission is to promote ______________

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Q. USDA reports net prices received by dairy farmers for milk, usually the prices are published on a map to show regional differences. The prices are referred to as _______________

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Q. The “set aside” of $0.15 per hundred pounds of milk from a milk producer’s check is used in programs that support ______

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Q. Onion and garlic are responsible for the garlic/onion off-flavor in milk, and are more prevalent in pasture during __________

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Q. Chemical sanitizers containing __________ are most widely used for sanitizing milking equipment.

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Q. Milk found in cows with a high somatic cell count would result in a decrease in __________

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