Post test
Choose the best alternative.
1. Which type of food business involves selling food to the final consumer, such as supermarkets and market stalls in a traditional market?
1. customers
2. primary food producers
3. wholesalers
4. retailers

2. What is the priority area for food, agriculture, and forestry?
1. strengthening ASEAN cooperation in regional and international issues.
2. transferring technology to develop human resources
3. managing rapid development of natural resources
4. facilitating trade in agricultural and medical products

3. What refers to any substance that is not normally consumed as a food by itself and not normally used as a typical ingredient of food?
1. best before
2. claim
3. food additive
4. prepackage

 

 

4. Which of the following are major areas of ASEAN food cooperation?
1. food production, food handling, food reserves
2. food security, food handling, food safety
3. food reserves, food labeling, food safety
4. food security, food handling, food production

5. Fill in an appropriate idiom.
Transferring price at foreign-invested food enterprises remains ____________ for Vietnam’s tax authorities, though the recent efforts have paid off to some extent.
(Source: Adapted from http://news.com.vn/explore-vietnam/destination/52205.html?device=desktop retrieved 20/5/2014)

1. a gravy train
2. a big cheese
3. a hard nut to crack
4. a silver platter

           
6.  Identify the underlined noun phrase pattern.
The initial responses of the Southeast Asian countries to address the adverse effects of
the global food crisis were also diverse and depended to a great extent on food import and export.
(Source: Adapted from http://www.iisd.org/tkn/pdf/regional_food_trade_asean.pdf retrieved 20/5/2014)
1. determiner + noun
2. determiner + adjective + noun
3. quantifier + determiner + noun
4. quantifier + determiner + adjective + noun

 

7. Malaysia, the region’s third largest __________ of rubber after Thailand and Indonesia, exported around US$11 billion of the commodity in 2012, an amount it aims to triple through investments over the next seven years. 
1. producer
2. production
3. produce
4. product

8.

(Source: http://www.boi.go.th/tir/issue_content.php?issueid=89;page=42 retrieved 15/4/2014)
The bar chart illustrates Thailand’s halal food exports in billion baht from 2007 to 2011. To begin with, Thailand’s halal food exports __________ over this time frame.

            1. gradually rose
2. sharply dropped
3. slightly increased
4. gently declined

9. Which option indicates your intake of salt added to foods or beverages as a seasoning or preservative?