FOOD HANDLER ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULLY SOLVED REVIEW PACK
●● A person who ate raw oysters later became disoriented and suffered
memory loss. What illness was most likely the cause?
Answer: Amnesic shellfish poisoning
●● Acording to the CDC, the most common risk factors that cause
foodborne illnesses are:
Answer: 1) failing to cook food adequately, 2) holding food at incorrect
temperatures, 3) using contaminated equipment, 4) practicing poor
personal hygiene and 5)purchasing food from unsafe sources.
●● Bacteria
Answer: single celled, living microorganisms that can spoil food and
cause illness.
●● Biological contaminants
Answer: Leading cause of foodborne illness. (Includes viruses, bacteria,
parasites and fungi)
●● Biological Hazards
,Answer: Illness-causing microorganisms. Examples are plant,
mushroom or seafood toxins.
●● Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards
Answer: The three major categories or types of hazards to food safety.
●● Carriers
Answer: People that carry pathogens and infect others without ever
getting sick themselves.
●● Chemical contaminants
Answer: Responsible for many cases of foodborne illness. Can come
from a variety of substances normally found in the establishment.
●● Chemical Hazards
Answer: Examples include cleaners, sanitizers, polishes, machine
lubricants, and toxic metals.
●● Contamination
Answer: Presence of harmful substances in food.
●● Cooking tomato sauce in a copper pot can cause which foodborne
illness?
, Answer: Toxic-metal poisoning.
●● Covering wounds can help prevent the spread of which pathogen?
Answer: Stapphylococcus aureus
●● Cross-contact
Answer: Allergens are transferred from food containing an allergen to
the food served to the customer.
●● Cross-Contamination
Answer: Occurs when microorganisms are transferred from one food or
surface to another.
●● Eggs and peanuts are dangerous for people with which condition?
Answer: Food allergies.
●● FAT TOM
Answer: Food, Acidity, Temperature - Time, Oxygen, Moisture
●● FAT TOM stands for Food, Acidity,Time Temperature, Oxygen and...
Answer: Moisture
●● Finger cot
ANSWERS FULLY SOLVED REVIEW PACK
●● A person who ate raw oysters later became disoriented and suffered
memory loss. What illness was most likely the cause?
Answer: Amnesic shellfish poisoning
●● Acording to the CDC, the most common risk factors that cause
foodborne illnesses are:
Answer: 1) failing to cook food adequately, 2) holding food at incorrect
temperatures, 3) using contaminated equipment, 4) practicing poor
personal hygiene and 5)purchasing food from unsafe sources.
●● Bacteria
Answer: single celled, living microorganisms that can spoil food and
cause illness.
●● Biological contaminants
Answer: Leading cause of foodborne illness. (Includes viruses, bacteria,
parasites and fungi)
●● Biological Hazards
,Answer: Illness-causing microorganisms. Examples are plant,
mushroom or seafood toxins.
●● Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards
Answer: The three major categories or types of hazards to food safety.
●● Carriers
Answer: People that carry pathogens and infect others without ever
getting sick themselves.
●● Chemical contaminants
Answer: Responsible for many cases of foodborne illness. Can come
from a variety of substances normally found in the establishment.
●● Chemical Hazards
Answer: Examples include cleaners, sanitizers, polishes, machine
lubricants, and toxic metals.
●● Contamination
Answer: Presence of harmful substances in food.
●● Cooking tomato sauce in a copper pot can cause which foodborne
illness?
, Answer: Toxic-metal poisoning.
●● Covering wounds can help prevent the spread of which pathogen?
Answer: Stapphylococcus aureus
●● Cross-contact
Answer: Allergens are transferred from food containing an allergen to
the food served to the customer.
●● Cross-Contamination
Answer: Occurs when microorganisms are transferred from one food or
surface to another.
●● Eggs and peanuts are dangerous for people with which condition?
Answer: Food allergies.
●● FAT TOM
Answer: Food, Acidity, Temperature - Time, Oxygen, Moisture
●● FAT TOM stands for Food, Acidity,Time Temperature, Oxygen and...
Answer: Moisture
●● Finger cot
