Nutrition and Foods- Idaho Food Safety Handlers permit test
questions and answers 2025
What are the odds of contracting a foodborne illness? - ANSWER 1 out of 6 people
What groups of people are at higher risk than the general population for contracting a
foodborne illness? - ANSWER The elderly, disabled people, babies or newborns, and pregnant
women
Where is Idaho's food safety rules found? - ANSWER Inside the "Idaho Food Code"
Who enforces Idaho's food safety rules? - ANSWER Health Inspector Environmental Health
Specialist
Four categories of microorganisms. - ANSWER Bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi.
The difference between bacteria and fungi. - ANSWER Bacteria grows in foods, viruses are
transferred to food.
What does FATTOM stand for? - ANSWER Food, acidity, temperature, time, oxygen, moisture.
Which form of a bacteria cell is more resistant to heat?(select one) VEGETATIVE or SPORE -
ANSWER Spore.
What is the name for foods that help the growth of bacteria? - ANSWER Time/temperature
control for safety foods
Time/Temperature Control For Safety Foods are generally higher in what? - ANSWER moisture
and protein
, Time/Temperature Control For Safety Foods are generally lower in what? - ANSWER Acid
What foodborne illness occurs when consumed food contains what? - ANSWER Infection- grows
in the gastrointestinal tract
Toxin- pathogen produces this in food that's consumed
Six symptoms of foodborne illness are what? - ANSWER Nausea, fever, jaundice, vomiting,
diarrhea, and abdominal pain/cramps
What is Norovirus and where it comes from? - ANSWER In prepared food contaminated by
people(bare-hand contact rule), and shell fish.
Campy. J. is found in what? - ANSWER Raw milk and diary (its inside there stool and can
contaminate milk, meat, and anything else)
Where is Salmonella found? - ANSWER In poultry, eggs, raw milk, and cross contamination).
Where is E. coli found? - ANSWER In raw/under cooked beef, lettuce, unpasteurized apple juice.
Clost. Botu. that forms where, and inside what? - ANSWER Forms in spores, and is inside home-
canned foods, and adequate cooling of low-acid foods
If infected with these, employees shouldnt come into work. - ANSWER Salmonella, Shigella, E.
coli, Hepatitis, and Norovirus.
Food flow chart in order. - ANSWER 1. recieving 2. storage 3. preparation 4. cookng 5. holding,
serving, cooling, storage 6. reheating
questions and answers 2025
What are the odds of contracting a foodborne illness? - ANSWER 1 out of 6 people
What groups of people are at higher risk than the general population for contracting a
foodborne illness? - ANSWER The elderly, disabled people, babies or newborns, and pregnant
women
Where is Idaho's food safety rules found? - ANSWER Inside the "Idaho Food Code"
Who enforces Idaho's food safety rules? - ANSWER Health Inspector Environmental Health
Specialist
Four categories of microorganisms. - ANSWER Bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi.
The difference between bacteria and fungi. - ANSWER Bacteria grows in foods, viruses are
transferred to food.
What does FATTOM stand for? - ANSWER Food, acidity, temperature, time, oxygen, moisture.
Which form of a bacteria cell is more resistant to heat?(select one) VEGETATIVE or SPORE -
ANSWER Spore.
What is the name for foods that help the growth of bacteria? - ANSWER Time/temperature
control for safety foods
Time/Temperature Control For Safety Foods are generally higher in what? - ANSWER moisture
and protein
, Time/Temperature Control For Safety Foods are generally lower in what? - ANSWER Acid
What foodborne illness occurs when consumed food contains what? - ANSWER Infection- grows
in the gastrointestinal tract
Toxin- pathogen produces this in food that's consumed
Six symptoms of foodborne illness are what? - ANSWER Nausea, fever, jaundice, vomiting,
diarrhea, and abdominal pain/cramps
What is Norovirus and where it comes from? - ANSWER In prepared food contaminated by
people(bare-hand contact rule), and shell fish.
Campy. J. is found in what? - ANSWER Raw milk and diary (its inside there stool and can
contaminate milk, meat, and anything else)
Where is Salmonella found? - ANSWER In poultry, eggs, raw milk, and cross contamination).
Where is E. coli found? - ANSWER In raw/under cooked beef, lettuce, unpasteurized apple juice.
Clost. Botu. that forms where, and inside what? - ANSWER Forms in spores, and is inside home-
canned foods, and adequate cooling of low-acid foods
If infected with these, employees shouldnt come into work. - ANSWER Salmonella, Shigella, E.
coli, Hepatitis, and Norovirus.
Food flow chart in order. - ANSWER 1. recieving 2. storage 3. preparation 4. cookng 5. holding,
serving, cooling, storage 6. reheating
