Texas food manager practice exam
questions and answers
What is the most direct cause of customer loyalty? - Answer✔️✔️-
High food safety standards
Which agency publishes the food code? - Answer✔️✔️-FDA
Good idea - Answer✔️✔️-Keep up with daily pest control tasks &
Return dented canned food to the vendor
Bad Idea - Answer✔️✔️-use tomatoes with a weird smell & Clean
work spaces once a day & Quickly rinse vegetables from the farmers
market
Local health codes establish requirements for all the subjects
except: - Answer✔️✔️-price controls
One of the most important reasons for using only reliable water
sources is to reduce - Answer✔️✔️-the number of parasites, such as
cyclospora cayetanensis, that can infest foods.
which one of the following food contaminations would be suspected
if the end of a can of tomatoes had begun to swell? - Answer✔️✔️-
Botulism
All of the following bacteria can cause foodborne illness except? -
Answer✔️✔️-Acidophilus milk
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Which of the following situations would most likely promote
bacterial contamination? - Answer✔️✔️-slicing roast beef and then
slicing brisket with the same knife
What is the easiest way to recognize foods contaminated with
spoilage bacteria? - Answer✔️✔️-Changes in color and smell
The viral infection hepatitis a can be most effectively controlled if: -
Answer✔️✔️-All food personnel practice personal hygiene such as
through handwashing
Which bacteria cause the greatest harm in the food industry? -
Answer✔️✔️-Pathogenic
Which one of the following food contaminations is usually
associated with undercooked chicken? - Answer✔️✔️-Salmonella
An organism that lives in or another organism often with harmful
side effects but without benefits are - Answer✔️✔️-Virus
Which one of the following food contaminations is best prevented by
cooking to safe temperatures? - Answer✔️✔️-Spoilage
Salmonella - Answer✔️✔️-Any food item that is exposed to animal
waste may contain it. Symptoms may include fever and abdominal
cramps.
hepatitis A - Answer✔️✔️-A liver disease that is caused by the virus
and can be prevented with proper sanitation and good personal
hygiene.
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Escherichia (E.) Coli - Answer✔️✔️-The primary symptoms of this
bacterium is diarrhea and it can be prevented by cooking at safe
temperatures.
Norovirus - Answer✔️✔️-The virus is also known as 'Stomach Flu'
and the main symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and stomach.
Shigella - Answer✔️✔️-This bacterium has also been known to be
spread by flies that have lit upon contaminated materials.
Reheated items must be heated for a minimum of 15 seconds to at
least: - Answer✔️✔️-165 F
The best temperature for short term refrigeration storage is -
Answer✔️✔️-34 to 40 F
All of the following are time/ temperature control for safety foods
except: - Answer✔️✔️-Cooked vegetables and pasta
"Chilling" is mostly commonly practiced by - Answer✔️✔️-Commercial
food distributors
It is important that food servers are trained to know food
ingredients because: - Answer✔️✔️-they will need to help customers
who have food allergies.
IN degrees fahrenheit what is the temperature range of the danger
zone? - Answer✔️✔️-41 to 135
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