Food Manager Exam Questions and
Answers
1.According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), each year how many people become sick due to
foodborne illnesses?
Answer Over 76 million people
2.According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), each year how many people are hospitalized due to
foodborne illnesses?
Answer Over 325,000 people
3.According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), each year how many people die due to foodborne
illnesses?
Answer Over 5,000 people
4.What are the two types of foodborne illnesses?
Answer Foodborne infection & food- borne intoxication
5.What type of foodborne illness is produced by the
ingestion of living, harmful organisms present in food?
Answer Foodborne infection
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,6.In foodborne infections, how are harmful organisms inside food
not killed?-
Answer Not cooking food products to their required temperatures
7.What type of foodborne illness has a delayed onset meaning
you do not get sick right away?
Answer Foodborne infections
8.What are two bacteria most associated with foodborne
infection?
Answer Salmo- nella and E. Coli
9.What type of foodborne illness is produced by ingestion of
bacterial toxins or excrements that are present in food before it
is consumed?
Answer Foodborne intoxication
10.What type of foodborne illness may occur from consuming
foods that con- tain chemicals from cleaning agents, pesticides,
or certain metals?
Answer Foodborne intoxication
11.What type of foodborne illness may occur when leaving
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, potentially haz- ardous food products at room temperature,
exposing it to the Temperature Danger Zone (TDZ)?
Answer Foodborne intoxication
12.What are waste or by-products of bacteria?
Answer Toxins
13.The symptoms of what type of foodborne illness have a
rapid onset, meaning they occur rapidly within a few
hours?
Answer Foodborne intoxication
14.What are the two bacteria associated with foodborne
intoxication?
Answer Staphy- lococcus Aureus and Clostridium Botulinum
15.Poultry should be cooked to an internal temperature of how
many degrees and for how many seconds?
Answer 165 degrees F for 15 seconds
16.Ground beef should be cooked to an internal temperature
of how many degrees for how many seconds?
Answer 155 degrees F for 15 seconds
17.Pork should be cooked to an internal temperature of how
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Answers
1.According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), each year how many people become sick due to
foodborne illnesses?
Answer Over 76 million people
2.According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), each year how many people are hospitalized due to
foodborne illnesses?
Answer Over 325,000 people
3.According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), each year how many people die due to foodborne
illnesses?
Answer Over 5,000 people
4.What are the two types of foodborne illnesses?
Answer Foodborne infection & food- borne intoxication
5.What type of foodborne illness is produced by the
ingestion of living, harmful organisms present in food?
Answer Foodborne infection
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,6.In foodborne infections, how are harmful organisms inside food
not killed?-
Answer Not cooking food products to their required temperatures
7.What type of foodborne illness has a delayed onset meaning
you do not get sick right away?
Answer Foodborne infections
8.What are two bacteria most associated with foodborne
infection?
Answer Salmo- nella and E. Coli
9.What type of foodborne illness is produced by ingestion of
bacterial toxins or excrements that are present in food before it
is consumed?
Answer Foodborne intoxication
10.What type of foodborne illness may occur from consuming
foods that con- tain chemicals from cleaning agents, pesticides,
or certain metals?
Answer Foodborne intoxication
11.What type of foodborne illness may occur when leaving
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, potentially haz- ardous food products at room temperature,
exposing it to the Temperature Danger Zone (TDZ)?
Answer Foodborne intoxication
12.What are waste or by-products of bacteria?
Answer Toxins
13.The symptoms of what type of foodborne illness have a
rapid onset, meaning they occur rapidly within a few
hours?
Answer Foodborne intoxication
14.What are the two bacteria associated with foodborne
intoxication?
Answer Staphy- lococcus Aureus and Clostridium Botulinum
15.Poultry should be cooked to an internal temperature of how
many degrees and for how many seconds?
Answer 165 degrees F for 15 seconds
16.Ground beef should be cooked to an internal temperature
of how many degrees for how many seconds?
Answer 155 degrees F for 15 seconds
17.Pork should be cooked to an internal temperature of how
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