CDR Final Vetted Examination Question
and Answer
Kaitlin is opening a neighborhood craft coffee shop, and she desires a 25% food-cost
percentage. What should her markup factor be? - Answer The markup is determined by
dividing the desired food-cost percentage into 100, which represents total sales, or
100%. The resulting figure is known as the markup factor. To illustrate: a foodservice
operation that wishes to maintain a 25% (of income) food cost, 100 (total sales) / 25
(percentage of income for food) = 4 (markup factor).
Manuel, a foodservice director at a Valley High Hospital, wants to know whether his
Northwest or Southwest clinic scores higher overall for patient satisfaction. He monitors
this measure to see which issues need to be addressed with the kitchen and
foodservice staff to improve practices next quarter. What technique is Manuel using
here?
A. benchmarking
B. popularity index
C. requisition
D. Hedonic scaling - Answer benchmarking
what is the use of hedonic scale? - Answer a way to measure customer satisfaction by
rating on a scale from extreme dislike to extreme like
what is a requisition? - Answer A requisition is an internal form for managers to request
items from a purchasing manager.
Last month, the food costs for a nursing home facility were $23,078, inventory turned
over 3.2 times that month, food cost per meal was $6.75, and 1,678 meals were served.
What was the average inventory cost?
A. $6.52
B. $0.636
C. $73,850
D. $7,212 - Answer $7,212
Determine the food cost per meal using the information below:
March 1 inventory: $42,089
April 1 inventory: $40,980
Food purchased in March: $61,429
Meals served in March: 261,024
Income spent on food: 43.4%
March inventory turnover rate: 4.3
,A. $179.98
B. $1.57
C. $0.08
D. $0.23 - Answer To solve:
[ (42,089 - 40,980) + 61,429 ] / 261,024
(1,109 + 61,429) / 261,024
62,,024
$0.23 per meal
Income spent on food and March inventory turnover rate are not needed to solve for
food cost per meal.
A farmer's market stand used 5 cases of peaches on Monday, 3 cases on Tuesday, and
2 cases on Wednesday. The stand keeps 2 cases as safety stock, and it takes four
days from placing the order to receive the delivery. What is the order point for peaches?
A. 2
B. 16
C. 20
D. 27 - Answer Determine average daily use: (5+3+2) / 3 = 3.33
Plug in variables: (3.3) (4) + 2 = 15.33
Round up to 16
What is the storage time for refrigerated, whole fresh poultry?
A. 3-5 days
B. 1 week
C. 3-4 months
D. 1-2 days - Answer 1-2 days
The storage time for refrigerated fresh poultry (chicken or turkey, whole or pieces) is 1
to 2 days, and the freezer time is one year for whole chicken or turkey.
The storage time for refrigerated fresh beef, veal, lamb and pork is 3 to 5 days.
The freezer time for hamburger and other ground meats is 3 to 4 months.
what does sol mean? - Answer solid in a liquid
what is an emulsion? - Answer liquid in liquid
food sources of zinc - Answer meat, liver, eggs, fish
What are the dietary laws of the jewish religion? - Answer Kosher - no meat and dairy in
the same meal so no beef stroganoff
What are the dietary restrictions of southeast asians? - Answer few dairy products and
pork ... need non-dairy sources of calcium, such as tofu and fish paste
, What are the dietary rules of the Chinese? - Answer yin and yang foods
yin (cold and raw - fish, vegetables, and fruits)
yang (bright and hot - soup from chicken)
What are the dietary rules of a seventh day adventist? - Answer ovo-lacto-vegetarian,
no caffeine, alcohol
Standard deviations from the mean - Answer
On the growth chart what percentiles are considered normal, overweight, underweight,
and obese? - Answer Under - <5th
Healthy - 5-84th
Overweight - 85-94th
Obese - >95th percentile or BMI >30
What is normal BUN levels - Answer 10-20 mg/dL
normal serum albumin levels - Answer 3.5-5.0 g/dL
normal calcium levels - Answer 9.0-10.5 mg/dL
normal serum potassium levels - Answer 3.5-5.0 mEq/L
What are the amino acid recommendations for someone with PKU? - Answer restrict
phenylalanine, supplement with tyrosine
avoid asparatame
Why might a kid with PKU be at an increased risk for dental caries? - Answer low
protein, high CHO diet
What is PKU? - Answer A hereditary inability to metabolize phenylalanine
-missing phenylalanine hydroxylase, which would convert phenylalanine to tyrosine
-phenylalanine and metabolites accumulate leading to poor intellectual function
What are the 4 P's of marketing mix? - Answer Product, Price, Place, Promotion
the most important critical control point to monitor in the preparation and service of
canned cream soup is the temperature:
-at delivery
-of storage
-during end-point cooking
-during service holding - Answer during service holding
why is the glycemic load of carrots low? - Answer the fiber
and Answer
Kaitlin is opening a neighborhood craft coffee shop, and she desires a 25% food-cost
percentage. What should her markup factor be? - Answer The markup is determined by
dividing the desired food-cost percentage into 100, which represents total sales, or
100%. The resulting figure is known as the markup factor. To illustrate: a foodservice
operation that wishes to maintain a 25% (of income) food cost, 100 (total sales) / 25
(percentage of income for food) = 4 (markup factor).
Manuel, a foodservice director at a Valley High Hospital, wants to know whether his
Northwest or Southwest clinic scores higher overall for patient satisfaction. He monitors
this measure to see which issues need to be addressed with the kitchen and
foodservice staff to improve practices next quarter. What technique is Manuel using
here?
A. benchmarking
B. popularity index
C. requisition
D. Hedonic scaling - Answer benchmarking
what is the use of hedonic scale? - Answer a way to measure customer satisfaction by
rating on a scale from extreme dislike to extreme like
what is a requisition? - Answer A requisition is an internal form for managers to request
items from a purchasing manager.
Last month, the food costs for a nursing home facility were $23,078, inventory turned
over 3.2 times that month, food cost per meal was $6.75, and 1,678 meals were served.
What was the average inventory cost?
A. $6.52
B. $0.636
C. $73,850
D. $7,212 - Answer $7,212
Determine the food cost per meal using the information below:
March 1 inventory: $42,089
April 1 inventory: $40,980
Food purchased in March: $61,429
Meals served in March: 261,024
Income spent on food: 43.4%
March inventory turnover rate: 4.3
,A. $179.98
B. $1.57
C. $0.08
D. $0.23 - Answer To solve:
[ (42,089 - 40,980) + 61,429 ] / 261,024
(1,109 + 61,429) / 261,024
62,,024
$0.23 per meal
Income spent on food and March inventory turnover rate are not needed to solve for
food cost per meal.
A farmer's market stand used 5 cases of peaches on Monday, 3 cases on Tuesday, and
2 cases on Wednesday. The stand keeps 2 cases as safety stock, and it takes four
days from placing the order to receive the delivery. What is the order point for peaches?
A. 2
B. 16
C. 20
D. 27 - Answer Determine average daily use: (5+3+2) / 3 = 3.33
Plug in variables: (3.3) (4) + 2 = 15.33
Round up to 16
What is the storage time for refrigerated, whole fresh poultry?
A. 3-5 days
B. 1 week
C. 3-4 months
D. 1-2 days - Answer 1-2 days
The storage time for refrigerated fresh poultry (chicken or turkey, whole or pieces) is 1
to 2 days, and the freezer time is one year for whole chicken or turkey.
The storage time for refrigerated fresh beef, veal, lamb and pork is 3 to 5 days.
The freezer time for hamburger and other ground meats is 3 to 4 months.
what does sol mean? - Answer solid in a liquid
what is an emulsion? - Answer liquid in liquid
food sources of zinc - Answer meat, liver, eggs, fish
What are the dietary laws of the jewish religion? - Answer Kosher - no meat and dairy in
the same meal so no beef stroganoff
What are the dietary restrictions of southeast asians? - Answer few dairy products and
pork ... need non-dairy sources of calcium, such as tofu and fish paste
, What are the dietary rules of the Chinese? - Answer yin and yang foods
yin (cold and raw - fish, vegetables, and fruits)
yang (bright and hot - soup from chicken)
What are the dietary rules of a seventh day adventist? - Answer ovo-lacto-vegetarian,
no caffeine, alcohol
Standard deviations from the mean - Answer
On the growth chart what percentiles are considered normal, overweight, underweight,
and obese? - Answer Under - <5th
Healthy - 5-84th
Overweight - 85-94th
Obese - >95th percentile or BMI >30
What is normal BUN levels - Answer 10-20 mg/dL
normal serum albumin levels - Answer 3.5-5.0 g/dL
normal calcium levels - Answer 9.0-10.5 mg/dL
normal serum potassium levels - Answer 3.5-5.0 mEq/L
What are the amino acid recommendations for someone with PKU? - Answer restrict
phenylalanine, supplement with tyrosine
avoid asparatame
Why might a kid with PKU be at an increased risk for dental caries? - Answer low
protein, high CHO diet
What is PKU? - Answer A hereditary inability to metabolize phenylalanine
-missing phenylalanine hydroxylase, which would convert phenylalanine to tyrosine
-phenylalanine and metabolites accumulate leading to poor intellectual function
What are the 4 P's of marketing mix? - Answer Product, Price, Place, Promotion
the most important critical control point to monitor in the preparation and service of
canned cream soup is the temperature:
-at delivery
-of storage
-during end-point cooking
-during service holding - Answer during service holding
why is the glycemic load of carrots low? - Answer the fiber
