FOOD HANDLERS EXAMS SET VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
COMPLETE PREPARATION FILE
●● What are foodborne illnesses?
Answer: Sicknesses caused from not washing your hands or not cooking
to the proper temperature.
●● What are potentially hazardous foods?
Answer: Foods that are more likely than others to support the rapid
growth of bacteria that cause foodborne illness
●● What are four causes of foodborne illness?
Answer: -Bacteria
-Viruses
-Parasites
-Chemicals
●● What is the most common foodborne illness caused from?
Answer: Bacteria
●● When does bacteria grow the fastest?
, Answer: When in the "Danger Zone"
●● Bacteria grow and multiply in what conditions?
Answer: Food, moisture, temperature, and time
●● What virus can be spread from a worker not washing their hands?
Answer: Hepatitis A
●● How can parasites be killed?
Answer: Freezing
●● How can you tell if a food is contaminated?
Answer: It may look or smell weird. However, sometimes it can look
and smell fine but still make someone sick.
●● What are the four R's when dealing with someone with food
allergies?
Answer: -Refer
-Review
-Remember
-Respond
●● How long should you wash your hands?
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
COMPLETE PREPARATION FILE
●● What are foodborne illnesses?
Answer: Sicknesses caused from not washing your hands or not cooking
to the proper temperature.
●● What are potentially hazardous foods?
Answer: Foods that are more likely than others to support the rapid
growth of bacteria that cause foodborne illness
●● What are four causes of foodborne illness?
Answer: -Bacteria
-Viruses
-Parasites
-Chemicals
●● What is the most common foodborne illness caused from?
Answer: Bacteria
●● When does bacteria grow the fastest?
, Answer: When in the "Danger Zone"
●● Bacteria grow and multiply in what conditions?
Answer: Food, moisture, temperature, and time
●● What virus can be spread from a worker not washing their hands?
Answer: Hepatitis A
●● How can parasites be killed?
Answer: Freezing
●● How can you tell if a food is contaminated?
Answer: It may look or smell weird. However, sometimes it can look
and smell fine but still make someone sick.
●● What are the four R's when dealing with someone with food
allergies?
Answer: -Refer
-Review
-Remember
-Respond
●● How long should you wash your hands?