In making a large pot of chili for a family reunion, you find that you have to add 1 onion to your pot of chili that already has 5 onions mixed in it to notice a difference. According to Weber’s Law, how many onions would you have to add to notice a difference if you are making twice as much chili with 10 onions?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 5

A forklift can safely carry as much as 6000 lb. A case of paint weighs 70 lb. At most how many cases of paint can the forklift safely carry at one time? Use number sense: How much do 100 cases weigh? Try the strategy Systematic Guess and Check: How much do 90 cases weigh? 80 cases?

A slicer is used to cut whole pieces of meat and cheese for sandwiches. Suppose a customer wants slices of cheese that are round and slices that are rectangular. How can the cheese be placed on the slicer to get each shape?

A good contact surface must be cleaned and sanitized every _____.

Fecal-oral transmission can occur at all of the following times, except

A. When a food handler does not wash his/her hands before touching food to be prepared

B. When a daycare worker does not wash his/her hands after changing a baby's diaper and then picking up another child's bottle to feed them

C. When a food server cleans the restaurant bathroom and does not wash his/her hands before delivering food plates to a table

D. When animal fecal matter is present in the field where produce is grown and harvested

E. After toys in a daycare facility are soaked in a bleach-and-water solution overnight

Which of the following is not a function performed in scheduling and controlling an operation?

a. Allocating orders and equipment

b. Setting priorities and sequencing jobs

c. Allocating personnel to work centers

d. Expediting late orders Reporting bottleneck operations

A food worker is cooking a whole leg of lamb. What minimum internal temperature must the lamb reach?

A. 135*F

B. 145*F

C. 155*F

D.165*F

The first time Megan had to install a ceiling fan in her new home, it took a long time. But later when she helped install a ceiling fan in her best friend’s home, she completed the job very quickly. Her improved speed and skill can partially be attributed to

a. bottom-up processing.             c. perceptual expectancy. b. top-down processing.               d. perceptual set.

Our tendency to perceive things as complete objects rather than as a series of parts is known as the principle of ________.
a. closure
b. good continuation
c. proximity
d. similarity

Jason's uncle claimed to have seen a black panther in the trees beside the highway although no one else saw it. Knowing that his uncle has been looking for a black panther for years, Jason attributes his uncle's "sighting" to a. perceptual set. b. perceptual defense. c. bottom-up processing. d. cognitive convergence.

What should food workers do to prevent pests from finding food in garbage cans?

The Müller-Lyer illusion occurs more frequently in a. children than adults. b. men than women. c. people living in a Western culture. d. individuals living in poverty.

What should food workers do to prevent chemical hazards from contaminating food?

In psychology, gestalt principles are used to explain ___________________.