ServSafe Food Protection Manager Study
Guide with 100% Complete Solutions
Define foodborne illness - Answer✔️✔️-a disease carried or transmitted to
people by food
Define food-borne illness outbreak - Answer✔️✔️-when 2 or more people
experience the same illness after eating the same food
Who are the higher risk populations? (There are 6) - Answer✔️✔️-infants,
preschool age children, pregnant women, the elderly, people taking
medications, and seriously ill people
What are the 3 types of contamination? - Answer✔️✔️-biological, chemical,
and physical
What are the top 5 documented reasons for outbreaks? - Answer✔️✔️-
purchasing food from unsafe sources, failing to cook food adequately,
holding food at incorrect temperatures, contaminated equipment, and poor
personal hygiene
What are the 3 ways food becomes contaminated? - Answer✔️✔️-time-
temperature control, cross contamination, and poor personal hygiene
What does FATTOM stand for? - Answer✔️✔️-Food Acidity Temperature
Time Oxygen and Moisture
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What are the 2 easiest things for us to control? (FATTOM) - Answer✔️✔️-
time and temperature
What are the 4 things from the microworld that cause infections? -
Answer✔️✔️-bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi
Examples of biological contamination - Answer✔️✔️-bacteria, viruses, fungi,
parasites, and natural toxins
Examples of chemical contamination - Answer✔️✔️-cleaners, sanitizers, and
pesitcides
Examples of physical contamination - Answer✔️✔️-foreign objects such as
hair, fingernails, wood or metal shavings, glass, band-aids, etc
When should gloves be changed? - Answer✔️✔️-Every 4 hours, when they
become soiled, torn, or when begining a new task
What is the only jewelry an employee preparing food with gloves can
wear? - Answer✔️✔️-only a plain wedding band
What are the 4 steps to proper cleaning and sanitizing? - Answer✔️✔️-wash,
rinse, sanitize, and air dry
How should you measure the internal temperature of food? - Answer✔️✔️-
thermometer probe should be inserted into the thickest part of the product
What are infrared thermometers used for? - Answer✔️✔️-measuring surface
temperatures
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