Question

Statement 1: The cold point of a food item getting heated up by convection has its cold point at the centre of the container on the vertical axis.

Statement 2: The cold point of a food item getting heated up by conduction has its cold point at the bottom of the container on the vertical axis.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

This question was addressed to me in an internship interview.

Enquiry is from Principles of Food Preservation by Canning-3 in division Principles of Food Preservation by Canning and Drying and Principles of Food Concentrates of Food Engineering

Answer 1

The correct choice is (c) False, False

The best explanation: The cold point of a food item getting heated up by convection has its cold point at the bottom of the container on the vertical axis. The cold point of a food item getting heated up by convection has its cold point at the center of the container on the vertical axis.