Food Safety Pre-Test
A confirmed foodborne illness is considered an outbreak if and when how many people have been
infected? - ✔✔Two
A food handler from your food service operation is diagnosed with Norovirus. When can the food
handler return to the operation? - ✔✔When cleared by the health care provider and the local regulatory
authority
A food service operation is forced to close due to a pest infestation. Who must the food service
operation contact in order to re-open? - ✔✔The local regulatory authority
A hanging thermometer is considered calibrated so long as it is within - ✔✔+/- 3 degrees
A recall has been issued for barbecue sauce. What is the first step an employee should take? -
✔✔Identify the recalled item and remove it form inventory
A recipe for risotto containing coconut is new to the restaurant buffet table and must include allergen
information due to the coconut. Which of the following allergens must be listed on the buffet to ensure
guests are aware the new recipe contains coconut. - ✔✔Tree nut
A restaurant food handler uses a NSF-approved container for storing foods to mix bleach for cleaning
tasks. What type of possible contamination could occur? - ✔✔Chemical Contamination
A restaurant serves raw oysters on the half shell. What must be communicated to their customers? -
✔✔A consumer advisory
A shipment of tangerines in a can have been unloaded from a vendor to a local restaurant. However,
while inspecting the shipment, an employee notices that several cans are swollen. What must the
employee do and why? - ✔✔Reject the shipment because of potential botulism
, Along with the surface of their hands, food handlers must also wash which of the following when hand
washing? - ✔✔Exposed forearms
At what temperature should fresh milk be received? - ✔✔45 degrees or lower
At what temperature should frozen tomato basil soup be received? - ✔✔Not:
41 degrees or lower
45 degrees or lower
35 degrees or lower
Coving can best be described as which of the following? - ✔✔Rounded juncture where the floor and the
wall meet
Faucets must have an air gap between them and the flood rim of a sink in order to prevent which of the
following - ✔✔Back flow
How many days can potato salad that is prepared in a restaurant be stored at 41 degrees or lower? -
✔✔7
How many hours does a food handler have to cool hot soup to 70 degrees of below? - ✔✔Two hours
How many hours, before cooking or consumption, can pasteurized milk sit on the countertop at a hotel
breakfast bar before it must be discarded? - ✔✔Four hours
How often should food contact surfaces be cleaned and sanitized - ✔✔Every 4 hours
In which of the following sinks should waste water from a garbage container be emptied? - ✔✔Utility
sink
A confirmed foodborne illness is considered an outbreak if and when how many people have been
infected? - ✔✔Two
A food handler from your food service operation is diagnosed with Norovirus. When can the food
handler return to the operation? - ✔✔When cleared by the health care provider and the local regulatory
authority
A food service operation is forced to close due to a pest infestation. Who must the food service
operation contact in order to re-open? - ✔✔The local regulatory authority
A hanging thermometer is considered calibrated so long as it is within - ✔✔+/- 3 degrees
A recall has been issued for barbecue sauce. What is the first step an employee should take? -
✔✔Identify the recalled item and remove it form inventory
A recipe for risotto containing coconut is new to the restaurant buffet table and must include allergen
information due to the coconut. Which of the following allergens must be listed on the buffet to ensure
guests are aware the new recipe contains coconut. - ✔✔Tree nut
A restaurant food handler uses a NSF-approved container for storing foods to mix bleach for cleaning
tasks. What type of possible contamination could occur? - ✔✔Chemical Contamination
A restaurant serves raw oysters on the half shell. What must be communicated to their customers? -
✔✔A consumer advisory
A shipment of tangerines in a can have been unloaded from a vendor to a local restaurant. However,
while inspecting the shipment, an employee notices that several cans are swollen. What must the
employee do and why? - ✔✔Reject the shipment because of potential botulism
, Along with the surface of their hands, food handlers must also wash which of the following when hand
washing? - ✔✔Exposed forearms
At what temperature should fresh milk be received? - ✔✔45 degrees or lower
At what temperature should frozen tomato basil soup be received? - ✔✔Not:
41 degrees or lower
45 degrees or lower
35 degrees or lower
Coving can best be described as which of the following? - ✔✔Rounded juncture where the floor and the
wall meet
Faucets must have an air gap between them and the flood rim of a sink in order to prevent which of the
following - ✔✔Back flow
How many days can potato salad that is prepared in a restaurant be stored at 41 degrees or lower? -
✔✔7
How many hours does a food handler have to cool hot soup to 70 degrees of below? - ✔✔Two hours
How many hours, before cooking or consumption, can pasteurized milk sit on the countertop at a hotel
breakfast bar before it must be discarded? - ✔✔Four hours
How often should food contact surfaces be cleaned and sanitized - ✔✔Every 4 hours
In which of the following sinks should waste water from a garbage container be emptied? - ✔✔Utility
sink
