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Food Preparation and Cooking Techniques
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20 CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition questions on Food Preparation and Cooking Techniques, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

A Jamaican student is preparing ackee and saltfish for a school project. She soaks the saltfish overnight before cooking. What is the PRIMARY purpose of soaking the saltfish?

  1. To soften the fish bones
  2. To remove excess salt
  3. To add moisture for frying
  4. To kill harmful bacteria
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✓ Answer: BTo remove excess salt
Award 1 mark for identifying that soaking draws out excess salt through osmosis, making the fish palatable. A is incorrect — soaking does not significantly affect bone texture. C is incorrect — while moisture is added, the primary purpose is salt removal. D is incorrect — the salt preservation has already killed bacteria; soaking is not for sanitisation.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which cooking method would result in the GREATEST loss of water-soluble vitamins from callaloo?

  1. Steaming
  2. Boiling in large amounts of water
  3. Stir-frying
  4. Microwaving with minimal water
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✓ Answer: BBoiling in large amounts of water
Award 1 mark for recognising that water-soluble vitamins (B-complex and C) leach into cooking water. A is incorrect — steaming minimises contact with water. C is incorrect — stir-frying uses high heat but minimal liquid. D is incorrect — microwaving with minimal water retains most vitamins.
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CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition: Food Preparation and Cooking Techniques FAQ

How many CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition questions on Food Preparation and Cooking Techniques are there on Kramizo?
Kramizo currently has 20 exam-board-aligned practice questions on Food Preparation and Cooking Techniques for CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition, with new questions added every week. Each question gives you instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme that tells you exactly what would earn marks on a real CXC paper. The questions span the full difficulty range — from straightforward recall (level 1) right up to multi-step reasoning and evaluation (level 3) — so the bank works for first-pass revision and final exam-week stress testing alike.
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Yes — completely free. Every student gets 45 questions a day on the free plan, with no card required and no trial countdown. That free quota works across every subject and every topic in our bank, so you can mix Food Preparation and Cooking Techniques practice with other Food and Nutrition topics or even switch to a totally different CXC subject without paying anything. Kramizo's optional Pro plan removes the daily cap and adds detailed progress analytics, but the free tier is the real product — used by thousands of GCSE, IGCSE and CSEC students.
Are the Food Preparation and Cooking Techniques questions aligned to the official CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition syllabus?
Every question is written against the published CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real CXC paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from CXC.
How is Food Preparation and Cooking Techniques typically tested on CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition papers?
Food Preparation and Cooking Techniques appears across multiple question types on real CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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