Nevada Food Handlers Card Exam
Questions And Answers 2025 Update.
What is Poor Personal Hygiene - Answer✔•Improper hand washing
• Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat (RTE) foods
• Food handlers working while ill with the following
symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea, sore throat with a fever, infected cuts on the hands, and
jaundice
What is Food from unsafe sources - Answer✔• Food from an unapproved source and/or
prepared in unpermitted locations
• Receiving adulterated food
What is Improper Cooking Temperatures/Methods - Answer✔• Cooking
• Reheating
• Freezing (kill step to eliminate parasites in fish)
What is Improper Holding, Time and Temperature - Answer✔• Improper hot and cold holding
of TCS foods • Improper use of time as a control
• Improper cooling of TCS foods
What is Food Contamination - Answer✔• Use of contaminated/improperly constructed
equipment
• Poor employee practices
• Improper food storage/preparation
• Exposure to chemicals
What is a Biological Food Hazard - Answer✔• Microorganisms that can cause foodborne illness
• Bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi
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What is a Chemical Food Hazard - Answer✔• Chemicals not meant to be consumed
• Sanitizers, cleaning agents, or pest control
products must be separated from food
What is a Physical Food Hazard - Answer✔• Foreign objects that can cause injury
• Glass, metal, or bone
PROPER HANDWASHING TECHNIQUE
AREA - Answer✔Wash your hands in a DESIGNATED HAND WASHING SINK for hand washing
ONLY and should have liquid soap, paper towels, and a trash can
PROPER HANDWASHING TECHNIQUE STEPS - Answer✔1. WET HANDS (with warm water) MIN
100 ° F
2. SOAP
3. RUB VIGOROUSLY (for 15 seconds)
4. RINSE
5. DRY
6. TURN OFF WATER (with paper towel)
When should you WASH YOUR HANDS... - Answer✔When entering the kitchen
After touching your face, hair, or skin
After using the restroom
After handling raw animal products
After taking out the trash or cleaning
After handling ANYTHING dirty
If you have a cut on your hand... - Answer✔•Wash your hands
•Put on clean bandage
•Wear gloves
If you cannot wash your hands because of a splint, wound, bandage, or brace... - Answer✔YOU
CANNOT WORK WITH FOOD
What should you do with READY TO EAT FOODS - Answer✔NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH
READY TO EAT FOODS and Use a physical barrier to prevent
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