Food Rheology and Texture MCQs December 27, 2025June 1, 2024 by u930973931_answers 46 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/46 Subscribe 1. What does food rheology primarily study? (A) Flavor profiles (B) Texture and flow properties (C) Nutritional content (D) Aroma compounds 2. Which of the following terms refers to the resistance of a food to flow? (A) Adhesion (B) Elasticity (C) Cohesion (D) Viscosity 3. What is the SI unit of viscosity? (A) Newton (B) Pascal (C) Poise (D) Kelvin 4. Which type of rheological behavior is characterized by constant viscosity regardless of shear rate? (A) Pseudoplastic (B) Non-Newtonian (C) Newtonian (D) Dilatant 5. What is the term for the property of a material to return to its original shape after deformation? (A) Viscosity (B) Cohesion (C) Elasticity (D) Plasticity 6. Which rheological model describes a material that behaves like a solid until a critical stress is reached, then flows like a liquid? (A) Newtonian (B) Bingham plastic (C) Power law (D) Herschel-Bulkley 7. What is the term for the resistance of a food to deformation or rupture when subjected to mechanical forces? (A) Elasticity (B) Viscosity (C) Cohesion (D) Hardness 8. Which instrument is commonly used to measure the viscosity of food products? (A) Viscometer (B) Thermometer (C) Spectrophotometer (D) Microscope 9. What is the rheological behavior of a material that shows an increase in viscosity with increasing shear rate? (A) Thixotropic (B) Dilatant (C) Pseudoplastic (D) Newtonian 10. Which factor does not influence the viscosity of a food product? (A) Temperature (B) pH (C) Pressure (D) Color 11. Which rheological model is often used to describe the flow behavior of mayonnaise and ketchup? (A) Newtonian (B) Herschel-Bulkley (C) Power law (D) Bingham plastic 12. What is the unit of measurement for hardness in food texture analysis? (A) Pascal (Pa) (B) Newton (N) (C) Kilogram (kg) (D) Pound (lb) 13. Which instrument is commonly used to measure the texture profile of foods? (A) Texture analyzer (B) Viscometer (C) Rheometer (D) Spectrophotometer 14. What is the term for the measure of how easily a material breaks or crumbles under pressure? (A) Springiness (B) Hardness (C) Adhesiveness (D) Cohesiveness 15. Which type of texture is described as the degree of resistance encountered when chewing a food? (A) Hardness (B) Springiness (C) Cohesiveness (D) Chewiness 16. What is the term for the ability of a food to return to its original shape after being compressed or deformed? (A) Viscosity (B) Adhesion (C) Cohesion (D) Elasticity 17. Which rheological behavior is characterized by decreasing viscosity with increasing shear rate? (A) Pseudoplastic (B) Dilatant (C) Newtonian (D) Thixotropic 18. What does the consistency index (K) represent in the power law model of rheology? (A) Apparent viscosity at low shear rates (B) Flow behavior index (C) Temperature dependence (D) Flow consistency at high shear rates 19. Which rheological model describes a material that requires a certain stress to initiate flow, then flows like a Newtonian fluid? (A) Bingham plastic (B) Power law (C) Herschel-Bulkley (D) Pseudoplastic 20. What is the term for the ability of a material to adhere to surfaces? (A) Hardness (B) Adhesion (C) Cohesion (D) Viscosity 21. Which factor primarily affects the hardness of a food product? (A) pH (B) Temperature (C) Moisture content (D) Color 22. Which instrument measures the firmness of a food product by indenting a probe into it? (A) Rheometer (B) Texture analyzer (C) Viscometer (D) Spectrophotometer 23. What does the flow behavior index (n) represent in the power law model of rheology? (A) Temperature dependence (B) Flow consistency at high shear rates (C) Degree of pseudoplasticity or dilatancy (D) Apparent viscosity at low shear rates 24. Which type of texture is described as the ability of a food to return to its original shape after being compressed? (A) Springiness (B) Cohesiveness (C) Hardness (D) Adhesiveness 25. What is the term for the tendency of a material to resist being stretched or deformed? (A) Hardness (B) Viscosity (C) Cohesion (D) Elasticity 26. Which rheological model is often used to describe the flow behavior of chocolate and mayonnaise? (A) Newtonian (B) Bingham plastic (C) Power law (D) Herschel-Bulkley 27. What is the term for the stickiness or tackiness of a food product? (A) Cohesion (B) Springiness (C) Hardness (D) Adhesion 28. Which instrument is used to measure the force required to compress a food sample to a specified distance? (A) Rheometer (B) Viscometer (C) Texture analyzer (D) Spectrophotometer 29. What does the consistency index (n) represent in the power law model of rheology? (A) Temperature dependence (B) Degree of pseudoplasticity or dilatancy (C) Apparent viscosity at low shear rates (D) Flow consistency at high shear rates 30. Which type of texture is described as the ability of a food to recover its original shape after deformation? (A) Hardness (B) Cohesiveness (C) Springiness (D) Adhesiveness 31. What does the flow behavior index (K) represent in the power law model of rheology? (A) Temperature dependence (B) Apparent viscosity at low shear rates (C) Flow behavior index (D) Flow consistency at high shear rates 32. Which instrument is used to measure the firmness of a food product by cutting through it with a blade? (A) Texture analyzer (B) Rheometer (C) Viscometer (D) Spectrophotometer 33. What is the term for the measure of how a material springs back after deformation? (A) Hardness (B) Elasticity (C) Viscosity (D) Adhesiveness 34. Which rheological model is often used to describe the flow behavior of toothpaste and tomato sauce? (A) Newtonian (B) Herschel-Bulkley (C) Power law (D) Bingham plastic 35. What is the term for the measure of the force required to break a material? (A) Cohesiveness (B) Hardness (C) Adhesiveness (D) Brittleness 36. Which type of texture is described as the ability of a food to return to its original shape after being stretched? (A) Cohesiveness (B) Springiness (C) Hardness (D) Adhesiveness 37. What does the consistency index (K) represent in the power law model of rheology? (A) Temperature dependence (B) Apparent viscosity at low shear rates (C) Flow behavior index (D) Flow consistency at high shear rates 38. Which type of texture is described as the degree of firmness, cohesiveness, and springiness of a food? (A) Hardness (B) Chewiness (C) Elasticity (D) Cohesiveness 39. What is the term for the property of a material to resist flow under applied stress? (A) Cohesion (B) Elasticity (C) Viscosity (D) Plasticity 40. Which rheological model describes a material that exhibits both solid and liquid properties depending on the applied stress? (A) Newtonian (B) Bingham plastic (C) Herschel-Bulkley (D) Power law 41. What is the term for the degree of stickiness of a food product? (A) Cohesion (B) Hardness (C) Adhesion (D) Springiness 42. Which instrument is used to measure the force required to compress a food sample to a specified distance and then release the compression? (A) Texture analyzer (B) Viscometer (C) Rheometer (D) Spectrophotometer 43. What is the term for the measure of how easily a material flows when subjected to shear stress? (A) Elasticity (B) Viscosity (C) Cohesion (D) Plasticity 44. Which rheological model is often used to describe the flow behavior of mayonnaise and toothpaste? (A) Newtonian (B) Herschel-Bulkley (C) Power law (D) Bingham plastic 45. What is the term for the measure of the force required to break a material when it is pulled apart? (A) Brittleness (B) Cohesiveness (C) Adhesiveness (D) Hardness 46. Which type of texture is described as the degree of firmness, elasticity, and chewiness of a food? (A) Chewiness (B) Hardness (C) Cohesiveness (D) Elasticity