NYC Food Protection
Certificate Exam
Comprehensive
Questions and
Verified Answers
(Detailed &
Elaborated) Actual
Exam 2026
1. When food is unavailable to
mice - correct answer=✔✔Mice will
move out.
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,2. Rats are known to enter
buildings - correct
answer=✔✔through openings that
are as small as the size of a
quarter
3. Presence of fresh rat
droppings in a food establishment -
correct answer=✔✔is a critical
violation.
4. Insecticides and rodenticides
can only be applied in a restaurant
by a - correct answer=✔✔Licensed
Pest Control Officer.
5. NYC Health code requires that
a pest control officer must inspect
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, a food establishment - correct
answer=✔✔Inspection at least once
a month
6. HACCP is an acronym that
stands for - correct
answer=✔✔Hazard Analysis and
Critical Control Point
7. The seven principles of HACCP
are: - correct answer=✔✔hazard,
ccp, set up limits, moniter, take
action, verify, record keeping
8. HACCP - correct answer=✔✔A
food safety system which is mainly
concerned with the control of
harmful microorganisms.
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, 9. A Critical Control Point (CCP) -
correct answer=✔✔is any point in the
food flow where action must be
taken to eliminate the hazard.
10. If potentially hazardous foods
are left in the Temperature Danger
Zone for more than two hours -
correct answer=✔✔Then the food
must be discarded as it is no
longer considered safe.
11. Whenever making cold salads
such as tuna - correct answer=✔✔It
is recommended that ingredients
are pre-chilled.
12. Artificial trans fat increases -
correct answer=✔✔LDL - the bad
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Certificate Exam
Comprehensive
Questions and
Verified Answers
(Detailed &
Elaborated) Actual
Exam 2026
1. When food is unavailable to
mice - correct answer=✔✔Mice will
move out.
1
,2. Rats are known to enter
buildings - correct
answer=✔✔through openings that
are as small as the size of a
quarter
3. Presence of fresh rat
droppings in a food establishment -
correct answer=✔✔is a critical
violation.
4. Insecticides and rodenticides
can only be applied in a restaurant
by a - correct answer=✔✔Licensed
Pest Control Officer.
5. NYC Health code requires that
a pest control officer must inspect
2
, a food establishment - correct
answer=✔✔Inspection at least once
a month
6. HACCP is an acronym that
stands for - correct
answer=✔✔Hazard Analysis and
Critical Control Point
7. The seven principles of HACCP
are: - correct answer=✔✔hazard,
ccp, set up limits, moniter, take
action, verify, record keeping
8. HACCP - correct answer=✔✔A
food safety system which is mainly
concerned with the control of
harmful microorganisms.
3
, 9. A Critical Control Point (CCP) -
correct answer=✔✔is any point in the
food flow where action must be
taken to eliminate the hazard.
10. If potentially hazardous foods
are left in the Temperature Danger
Zone for more than two hours -
correct answer=✔✔Then the food
must be discarded as it is no
longer considered safe.
11. Whenever making cold salads
such as tuna - correct answer=✔✔It
is recommended that ingredients
are pre-chilled.
12. Artificial trans fat increases -
correct answer=✔✔LDL - the bad
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