Deck 1: The Foodservice Industry

Question 1

Improvement made in kitchen equipment came about because of advances in the understanding of the laws of:

A) chemistry
B) microbiology
C) physics
D) thermodynamics

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The word "restaurant" is derived from a French word that means:

A) bouillon
B) ragout or stew
C) to rest
D) to restore

Answer 2

D

Question 3

An automat was the first type of drive-in restaurant.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The foodservice industry is the largest employer of the disabled.

Question 5

The restaurant industry Pocket Factbook indicates that the industry's share of the food dollar from 1955 to the present has:

A) decreased slightly
B) decreased by almost half
C) increased slightly
D) almost doubled

Question 6

The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 authorized:

A) reduction in the reimbursement rate to school foodservices
B) the National School Lunch Program
C) the School Breakfast Program and Special Milk Program
D) use of federal commodities to improve nutritional value of school lunches

Question 7

The first recorded U.S. hospital menu consisted primarily of:

A) fruits and vegetables
B) milk and meat
C) mush and molasses
D) soup and pork

Question 8

Foodservice is the number two retail employer in the country.

Question 9

The earliest records of a restaurant culture come from:

A) Europe
B) China
C) France
D) United States

Question 10

Giant Marriott Corporation began as an A & W Root Beer Stand.

Question 11

During prohibition, "speakeasies" were not known for the quality of the food served.

Question 12

Scientific food cost accounting was first practiced in:

A) colleges and universities
B) medieval inns
C) royal households
D) hospitals

Question 13

The biggest problem identified in the foodservice operations in the medieval households was:

A) monotonous menus
B) poor service
C) lack of organization
D) unsanitary conditions

Question 14

In medieval household kitchens the diet was largely dependent on

A) meat
B) bread
C) fresh vegetables and fruit
D) fish

Question 15

The development of the nursing home as a distinct type of health care institution came about as a result of federal funds made available to pay for nursing home care by:

A) the Kerr-Mills bill (1951)
B) Medicare/Medicaid (1965)
C) the Federal Conditions of Participation Regulations (1974)
D) Social Security Act (1935)