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Exam 2024
2025
SOLUTION
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A can has a deep dent, but no product is
leaking from it. What should be done with
the can? - correct answer ✅✅It should be
rejected.
A chef is preparing a dish that includes
beef and pork. If the beef has a use-by
date of September 4 and the pork has a use-
by date of September 6, what is the discard
date of the dish? - correct answer
✅✅September 4
A chef purchases fresh fish from a local
fisherman. Is this an approved supplier? -
correct answer ✅✅No, the fisherman is not
inspected.
A chef wants to package and sell their
signature barbeque sauce on-site. What
information must they include on their
labels to make the sauce acceptable for
retail sale? - correct answer ✅✅Chemical
preservatives
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A food handler has a wound on their finger.
Can the wound cause a foodborne illness? -
correct answer ✅✅Yes, because a wound
that contains pathogens can contaminate
food.
A Food handler has cooled a container of
chili to 70 degree F in 1 hour. How much
time is left to cool the chili to 41? -
correct answer ✅✅5 Hours
A food handler is cooling chicken soup for
dinner service. After two hours, the soup's
temperature has decreased from 135°F (57°C)
to 80°F (27°C). What should the food
handler do next? - correct answer
✅✅Reheat the soup and cool it again.
A food handler is prepping a seafood dish
on April 4, using shrimp and scallops. The
shrimp has a use-by date of April 8, and
the scallops have a use-by date of April
10. What is the use-by date for the seafood
dish? - correct answer ✅✅
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A food handler just finished storing a dry
food delivery, which step was done
correctly? - correct answer ✅✅Stored food
away from the wall
A food handler needs to combine a new
shipment of canned tomatoes with the cans
already on the shelf. If the new cans have
expiration dates of June 2025 and the old
cans have expiration dates of January 2026,
how should they rotate the cans? - correct
answer ✅✅The new cans should go in front
of the old cans.
A food handler removes a frozen lasagna
from the freezer and leaves in on a prep
table to thaw overnight. Why is this method
of thawing unsafe? - correct answer ✅✅The
dish is exposed to the temperature danger
zone so pathogens can grow.
A food handler took out a hotel pan of tuna
salad to make two dozen tuna sandwiches.
What error was made? - correct answer
✅✅Too much tuna salad was taken out at
one time.
ServSafe
Manager
Exam 2024
2025
SOLUTION
,servesafe
A can has a deep dent, but no product is
leaking from it. What should be done with
the can? - correct answer ✅✅It should be
rejected.
A chef is preparing a dish that includes
beef and pork. If the beef has a use-by
date of September 4 and the pork has a use-
by date of September 6, what is the discard
date of the dish? - correct answer
✅✅September 4
A chef purchases fresh fish from a local
fisherman. Is this an approved supplier? -
correct answer ✅✅No, the fisherman is not
inspected.
A chef wants to package and sell their
signature barbeque sauce on-site. What
information must they include on their
labels to make the sauce acceptable for
retail sale? - correct answer ✅✅Chemical
preservatives
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A food handler has a wound on their finger.
Can the wound cause a foodborne illness? -
correct answer ✅✅Yes, because a wound
that contains pathogens can contaminate
food.
A Food handler has cooled a container of
chili to 70 degree F in 1 hour. How much
time is left to cool the chili to 41? -
correct answer ✅✅5 Hours
A food handler is cooling chicken soup for
dinner service. After two hours, the soup's
temperature has decreased from 135°F (57°C)
to 80°F (27°C). What should the food
handler do next? - correct answer
✅✅Reheat the soup and cool it again.
A food handler is prepping a seafood dish
on April 4, using shrimp and scallops. The
shrimp has a use-by date of April 8, and
the scallops have a use-by date of April
10. What is the use-by date for the seafood
dish? - correct answer ✅✅
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A food handler just finished storing a dry
food delivery, which step was done
correctly? - correct answer ✅✅Stored food
away from the wall
A food handler needs to combine a new
shipment of canned tomatoes with the cans
already on the shelf. If the new cans have
expiration dates of June 2025 and the old
cans have expiration dates of January 2026,
how should they rotate the cans? - correct
answer ✅✅The new cans should go in front
of the old cans.
A food handler removes a frozen lasagna
from the freezer and leaves in on a prep
table to thaw overnight. Why is this method
of thawing unsafe? - correct answer ✅✅The
dish is exposed to the temperature danger
zone so pathogens can grow.
A food handler took out a hotel pan of tuna
salad to make two dozen tuna sandwiches.
What error was made? - correct answer
✅✅Too much tuna salad was taken out at
one time.
