Texas State Food Safety Exam Practice
Questions and Answers
Hot TCS food should be held at - Answer✔️✔️-135 F (57 C) or higher
Ground meats (aside from ground poultry products) must be cooked at
least - Answer✔️✔️-155 F (68 C)
Eggs that will be hot held for services need to be cooked to - Answer✔️✔️-
155 F (68 C) for at least 15 secs.
Food workers should avoid bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food,
unless - Answer✔️✔️-That food will be an ingredient in a meal that is
cooked to required temperature
Regrigerated foods must be received at a temperature of - Answer✔️✔️-41 F
(5 C) or lower
If employees store medicine in the establishment, - Answer✔️✔️-it must
have legible manufacturer's label
Frozen foods may be thawed in the microwave if the food will be cooked -
Answer✔️✔️-immediately afterward
High moisture content, or water activity, can cause a food to require time
or temperature control - Answer✔️✔️-to keep it safe
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The food should be heated for no longer than an hour, followed by cooling,
regrigeration or freezing, and then cooking the food to its - Answer✔️✔️-
minimum internal temperature
Managers can train employees to prevent deliberate contamination
through simple habits - Answer✔️✔️-like telling management if they notice
anything unusual or suspicious
A toilet room for females must have - Answer✔️✔️-a covered receptacle for
sanitary napkins
Backflow occurs when dirty water and potable (drinkable) water cross
paths within a plumbing system and the potable water becomes
contaminated - Answer✔️✔️-A good way to prevent backflow is to install an
approved backflow prevention device
Handwashing sinks should be equipped with a mixing valve, which blends
hot water with cold water, or - Answer✔️✔️-a combination faucet to provide
a water temperature of at least 100 F (38 C)
Food workers with vomiting or diarrhea must be excluded ( or sent home)
from food service establishments - Answer✔️✔️-These are common
symptoms of foodborne illness
A food manager must report a disease or illness to the appropriate
regulatory authority if an employee has been diagnosed with - Answer✔️✔️-
Norovirus, Hepatitis A, E coli. , any type of Salmonella, or Shigella
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