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Food Safety: Storage and Preservation Methods
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23 CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition questions on Food Safety: Storage and Preservation Methods, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which preservation method is used in the traditional Caribbean preparation of saltfish?

  1. Smoking
  2. Canning
  3. Salting
  4. Irradiation
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✓ Answer: CSalting
Award 1 mark for identifying that saltfish is preserved by salting, which draws out moisture through osmosis and creates conditions unsuitable for bacterial growth. A is incorrect — smoking involves exposure to wood smoke. B is incorrect — canning involves sealing food in airtight containers and heat processing. D is incorrect — irradiation uses gamma rays to kill microorganisms.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

A housewife in Port of Spain stores leftover rice in the refrigerator overnight. At what temperature range should the refrigerator be maintained to safely store perishable foods?

  1. 0°C to 4°C
  2. 5°C to 10°C
  3. 10°C to 15°C
  4. -5°C to 0°C
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✓ Answer: A0°C to 4°C
Award 1 mark for identifying the correct refrigerator temperature range. B is incorrect — 5°C to 10°C is within the danger zone where bacteria can multiply rapidly. C is incorrect — 10°C to 15°C is too warm and allows significant bacterial growth. D is incorrect — this is the freezer temperature range, not the refrigerator.
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Kramizo currently has 23 exam-board-aligned practice questions on Food Safety: Storage and Preservation Methods 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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Are the Food Safety: Storage and Preservation Methods 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 Safety: Storage and Preservation Methods typically tested on CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition papers?
Food Safety: Storage and Preservation Methods 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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