AAA FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATION
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
100% CORRECT
◉ How does food become unsafe? Answer: 1. Purchasing food from
unapproved sources
2. Failing to cook food correctly/in an unapproved location
3. Holding food at incorrect temperatures
4. Through cross contamination
5. Practicing poor personal hygiene
◉ What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)? Answer: An
agency in charge of ensuring the safety of all foods sold except meat,
poultry, and seafood + they regulate food transport across state lines and
writes the food code
◉ What is the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)?
Answer: An agency that inspects meat, poultry, and eggs + they regulate
food transport across state lines
, ◉ What is the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)?
Answer: An agency that works with other agencies to conduct scientific
research
◉ What is the Local Health Department? Answer: A government
department that inspects food facilities, enforce local law, issue and deny
licenses, and investigate complaints
◉ How many people reporting sickness does it take to investigate a food
business? Answer: 2 people
◉ What are the types of contamination? Answer: 1. Bio-Hazard
2. Chemical Hazard
3. Physical Hazard
4. Cross Contamination
◉ What is a Bio-Hazard? Answer: 1. Does not look, taste, or smell bad
2. Includes germs, bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi, toxins, and poisons
◉ What is pathogen? Answer: A microorganism that causes disease
◉ What are toxins? Answer: 1. A substance that is released when a
certain amount of bacteria grows
2. Sometimes they can look or smell bad
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
100% CORRECT
◉ How does food become unsafe? Answer: 1. Purchasing food from
unapproved sources
2. Failing to cook food correctly/in an unapproved location
3. Holding food at incorrect temperatures
4. Through cross contamination
5. Practicing poor personal hygiene
◉ What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)? Answer: An
agency in charge of ensuring the safety of all foods sold except meat,
poultry, and seafood + they regulate food transport across state lines and
writes the food code
◉ What is the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)?
Answer: An agency that inspects meat, poultry, and eggs + they regulate
food transport across state lines
, ◉ What is the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)?
Answer: An agency that works with other agencies to conduct scientific
research
◉ What is the Local Health Department? Answer: A government
department that inspects food facilities, enforce local law, issue and deny
licenses, and investigate complaints
◉ How many people reporting sickness does it take to investigate a food
business? Answer: 2 people
◉ What are the types of contamination? Answer: 1. Bio-Hazard
2. Chemical Hazard
3. Physical Hazard
4. Cross Contamination
◉ What is a Bio-Hazard? Answer: 1. Does not look, taste, or smell bad
2. Includes germs, bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi, toxins, and poisons
◉ What is pathogen? Answer: A microorganism that causes disease
◉ What are toxins? Answer: 1. A substance that is released when a
certain amount of bacteria grows
2. Sometimes they can look or smell bad
