Servsafe Questions and Correct Answers
What should staff do when receiving a delivery of food and supplies? - ✅✅
visually inspect all food items
How should staff make sure the chemical sanitizer being used on a food prep
surface is at the correct strength? - ✅✅ use a test kit to test the sanitizers
concentration when mixing it
A tuna salad is removed from the cooler at 9:00 am and put out for a buffet at
11:00am, by what time must the tuna salad be served or thrown out? - ✅✅ 3:00
pm
When can raw packaged meat be offered for self-service? - ✅✅ at Mongolian
barbecues
What rule for serving condiments should be practiced? - ✅✅ serve condiments
in original containers
Bulk unpackaged food in self service areas must be labeled when? - ✅✅ the
manufacture claims the food is healthy
The temperature of clam chowder is checked during holding. According to the
operations policy, the chowder must be thrown out. What HACCP principle is
being practiced by throwing out the soup? - ✅✅ corrective action
, Which process requires a variance from the regulatory authority? - ✅✅ sprouting
seeds or beans
What information must be on the label of the container of ready to eat TCS food
prepped on site for retail sale? - ✅✅ potential allergens
What should be done with food that has been handled by a food handler who has
been restricted or excluded from the operation due to illness? - ✅✅ throw it out
What should a food handler do with food after it is thawed in the microwave? -
✅✅ cook it using conventional cooking equipment
What must an operation do before packaging fresh juice on site for later sale? -
✅✅ obtain a variance
What temperature must stuffed lobster be cooked to - ✅✅ 165℉ or 74℃ for 15
seconds
Which food has been associated with Salmonella typhi? - ✅✅ Beverages
What symptom requires a food handler to be excluded from the operation? - ✅✅
Jaundice
What is an example of physical contamination? - ✅✅ bones in fish
What practice is helpful in preventing Norovirus from causing foodborne illness? -
✅✅ Excluding staff with vomiting from the operation
What should staff do when receiving a delivery of food and supplies? - ✅✅
visually inspect all food items
How should staff make sure the chemical sanitizer being used on a food prep
surface is at the correct strength? - ✅✅ use a test kit to test the sanitizers
concentration when mixing it
A tuna salad is removed from the cooler at 9:00 am and put out for a buffet at
11:00am, by what time must the tuna salad be served or thrown out? - ✅✅ 3:00
pm
When can raw packaged meat be offered for self-service? - ✅✅ at Mongolian
barbecues
What rule for serving condiments should be practiced? - ✅✅ serve condiments
in original containers
Bulk unpackaged food in self service areas must be labeled when? - ✅✅ the
manufacture claims the food is healthy
The temperature of clam chowder is checked during holding. According to the
operations policy, the chowder must be thrown out. What HACCP principle is
being practiced by throwing out the soup? - ✅✅ corrective action
, Which process requires a variance from the regulatory authority? - ✅✅ sprouting
seeds or beans
What information must be on the label of the container of ready to eat TCS food
prepped on site for retail sale? - ✅✅ potential allergens
What should be done with food that has been handled by a food handler who has
been restricted or excluded from the operation due to illness? - ✅✅ throw it out
What should a food handler do with food after it is thawed in the microwave? -
✅✅ cook it using conventional cooking equipment
What must an operation do before packaging fresh juice on site for later sale? -
✅✅ obtain a variance
What temperature must stuffed lobster be cooked to - ✅✅ 165℉ or 74℃ for 15
seconds
Which food has been associated with Salmonella typhi? - ✅✅ Beverages
What symptom requires a food handler to be excluded from the operation? - ✅✅
Jaundice
What is an example of physical contamination? - ✅✅ bones in fish
What practice is helpful in preventing Norovirus from causing foodborne illness? -
✅✅ Excluding staff with vomiting from the operation
