FOOD MANAGER UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
each year how many people die due to foodborne illnesses?
Answer: Over 5,000 people
●● What are the two types of foodborne illnesses?
Answer: Foodborne infection & foodborne intoxication
●● What type of foodborne illness is produced by the ingestion of
living, harmful organisms present in food?
Answer: Foodborne infection
●● In foodborne infections, how are harmful organisms inside food not
killed?
Answer: Not cooking food products to their required temperatures
●● What type of foodborne illness has a delayed onset meaning you do
not get sick right away?
Answer: Foodborne infections
,●● What are two bacteria most associated with foodborne infection?
Answer: Salmonella and E. Coli
●● What type of foodborne illness is produced by ingestion of bacterial
toxins or excrements that are present in food before it is consumed?
Answer: Foodborne intoxication
●● What type of foodborne illness may occur from consuming foods
that contain chemicals from cleaning agents, pesticides, or certain
metals?
Answer: Foodborne intoxication
●● What type of foodborne illness may occur when leaving potentially
hazardous food products at room temperature, exposing it to the
Temperature Danger Zone (TDZ)?
Answer: Foodborne intoxication
●● What are waste or by-products of bacteria?
Answer: Toxins
●● The symptoms of what type of foodborne illness have a rapid onset,
meaning they occur rapidly within a few hours?
Answer: Foodborne intoxication
, ●● What are the two bacteria associated with foodborne intoxication?
Answer: Staphylococcus Aureus and Clostridium Botulinum
●● Poultry should be cooked to an internal temperature of how many
degrees and for how many seconds?
Answer: 165 degrees F for 15 seconds
●● Ground beef should be cooked to an internal temperature of how
many degrees for how many seconds?
Answer: 155 degrees F for 15 seconds
●● Pork should be cooked to an internal temperature of how many
degrees for how many seconds?
Answer: 145 degrees for 15 seconds
●● What is WRSA?
Answer: Wash, Rinse, Sanitize, Air dry
●● How many seconds do food preparers need to wash their hands for?
Answer: 20 seconds
●● What are the four groups of people who are considered High Risk
Populations?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
each year how many people die due to foodborne illnesses?
Answer: Over 5,000 people
●● What are the two types of foodborne illnesses?
Answer: Foodborne infection & foodborne intoxication
●● What type of foodborne illness is produced by the ingestion of
living, harmful organisms present in food?
Answer: Foodborne infection
●● In foodborne infections, how are harmful organisms inside food not
killed?
Answer: Not cooking food products to their required temperatures
●● What type of foodborne illness has a delayed onset meaning you do
not get sick right away?
Answer: Foodborne infections
,●● What are two bacteria most associated with foodborne infection?
Answer: Salmonella and E. Coli
●● What type of foodborne illness is produced by ingestion of bacterial
toxins or excrements that are present in food before it is consumed?
Answer: Foodborne intoxication
●● What type of foodborne illness may occur from consuming foods
that contain chemicals from cleaning agents, pesticides, or certain
metals?
Answer: Foodborne intoxication
●● What type of foodborne illness may occur when leaving potentially
hazardous food products at room temperature, exposing it to the
Temperature Danger Zone (TDZ)?
Answer: Foodborne intoxication
●● What are waste or by-products of bacteria?
Answer: Toxins
●● The symptoms of what type of foodborne illness have a rapid onset,
meaning they occur rapidly within a few hours?
Answer: Foodborne intoxication
, ●● What are the two bacteria associated with foodborne intoxication?
Answer: Staphylococcus Aureus and Clostridium Botulinum
●● Poultry should be cooked to an internal temperature of how many
degrees and for how many seconds?
Answer: 165 degrees F for 15 seconds
●● Ground beef should be cooked to an internal temperature of how
many degrees for how many seconds?
Answer: 155 degrees F for 15 seconds
●● Pork should be cooked to an internal temperature of how many
degrees for how many seconds?
Answer: 145 degrees for 15 seconds
●● What is WRSA?
Answer: Wash, Rinse, Sanitize, Air dry
●● How many seconds do food preparers need to wash their hands for?
Answer: 20 seconds
●● What are the four groups of people who are considered High Risk
Populations?
