AAA FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATION EXAMS SCRIPT
2025/2026 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What is Listeria? - ✔✔1. A bacteria that grows below 41 Degrees Fahrenheit
2. Commonly found in refrigerators and lunch meats
✔✔What is Clostidium Botulinum? - ✔✔1. A spore forming bacteria that can grow
without oxygen
2. Turns into a deadly neurotoxin that causes paralysis, respiratory failure, and death
3. Commonly found in vacuum packed foods, canned foods, smoked meats, and honey
4. Can look swollen, leaky, dusty, opened, dented, or have missing labels
✔✔How do you wash fruits and vegetables? - ✔✔Using potable water and scrubbing
with a brush
✔✔What does FAT TOM stand for? - ✔✔1. Food
2. Acidity
3. Temperature
4. Time
5. Oxygen
6. Moisture
✔✔What is the ideal food for bacteria growth? - ✔✔High protein food because of their
nutrient content
✔✔What is the ideal acidity for bacteria growth? - ✔✔Neutral (PH 7) to slightly acidic
✔✔What is the ideal temperature for bacteria growth? - ✔✔41 to 135 Degrees
Fahrenheit
✔✔What is the temperature danger zone? - ✔✔70 to 125 Degrees Fahrenheit
✔✔At what time must food be discarded? - ✔✔After 4 hours in the TDZ
✔✔Under ideal conditions, bacteria can multiply every? - ✔✔20 minutes
✔✔All bacteria needs oxygen to grow (true/false) - ✔✔False
✔✔Bacteria grows better in moist environments (true/false) - ✔✔True
✔✔What is a virus? - ✔✔1. A tiny pathogen that enters and reproduces inside of a living
host or bacteria
2. They don't grow on food, but can utilize it to contaminate hosts
3. They are resistant to heat and cooking
, ✔✔What is a parasite? - ✔✔1. A small organism that requires a host to survive and
reproduce
2. Can be killed by cooking
✔✔What is Hepatitis A? - ✔✔1. A deadly virus that causes liver infection
2. Is transmitted through fecal oral due to lack of hand washing
3. Can take 2 to 6 weeks for symptoms to show
✔✔What is Norovirus? - ✔✔1. A very contagious virus known for outbreak on cruise
ships
2. Can be spread by coming in to contact with the feces or vomit of an infected person,
usually by small air particles
3. This is why employees are required to be trained on how to clean up vomit and
diarrhea (including written procedures)
✔✔What is Trichinella? - ✔✔1. An uncommon but dangerous parasite infection caused
by eating raw or undercooked meats
2. Is commonly associated with pork
2. Can cause fevers, chills, aching joints, diarrhea, or constipation
✔✔What is Giardia? - ✔✔1. A parasite infection caused by drinking contaminated water,
consuming uncooked meat, or ingesting the feces of a person or animal with giardiasis
✔✔What is Anasakis? - ✔✔1. A parasite infection caused by eating raw or undercooked
fish or squid
2. Can cause a tingling sensation signaling the worm moving in the mouth or throat
3. Can be manually extracted through the mouth by coughing or vomiting
4. They can invade the stomach wall and intestines
✔✔What are fungi? - ✔✔1. Mold
2. Yeast
3. Mushrooms
✔✔What is mold? - ✔✔1. Usually found on bread, fruit, and cooked rice
2. May not be dangerous by itself but can produce spores that produce toxins called
"Mycotoxins"
3. Some are natural like blue cheese
✔✔At what temperature can mold grow? - ✔✔Below 41 Degrees Fahrenheit but will
stop growing at freezing temperatures
✔✔How do you kill mold? - ✔✔At 140 Degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes
✔✔What are yeasts? - ✔✔1. They are used to make bread, beer, and wine
2025/2026 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What is Listeria? - ✔✔1. A bacteria that grows below 41 Degrees Fahrenheit
2. Commonly found in refrigerators and lunch meats
✔✔What is Clostidium Botulinum? - ✔✔1. A spore forming bacteria that can grow
without oxygen
2. Turns into a deadly neurotoxin that causes paralysis, respiratory failure, and death
3. Commonly found in vacuum packed foods, canned foods, smoked meats, and honey
4. Can look swollen, leaky, dusty, opened, dented, or have missing labels
✔✔How do you wash fruits and vegetables? - ✔✔Using potable water and scrubbing
with a brush
✔✔What does FAT TOM stand for? - ✔✔1. Food
2. Acidity
3. Temperature
4. Time
5. Oxygen
6. Moisture
✔✔What is the ideal food for bacteria growth? - ✔✔High protein food because of their
nutrient content
✔✔What is the ideal acidity for bacteria growth? - ✔✔Neutral (PH 7) to slightly acidic
✔✔What is the ideal temperature for bacteria growth? - ✔✔41 to 135 Degrees
Fahrenheit
✔✔What is the temperature danger zone? - ✔✔70 to 125 Degrees Fahrenheit
✔✔At what time must food be discarded? - ✔✔After 4 hours in the TDZ
✔✔Under ideal conditions, bacteria can multiply every? - ✔✔20 minutes
✔✔All bacteria needs oxygen to grow (true/false) - ✔✔False
✔✔Bacteria grows better in moist environments (true/false) - ✔✔True
✔✔What is a virus? - ✔✔1. A tiny pathogen that enters and reproduces inside of a living
host or bacteria
2. They don't grow on food, but can utilize it to contaminate hosts
3. They are resistant to heat and cooking
, ✔✔What is a parasite? - ✔✔1. A small organism that requires a host to survive and
reproduce
2. Can be killed by cooking
✔✔What is Hepatitis A? - ✔✔1. A deadly virus that causes liver infection
2. Is transmitted through fecal oral due to lack of hand washing
3. Can take 2 to 6 weeks for symptoms to show
✔✔What is Norovirus? - ✔✔1. A very contagious virus known for outbreak on cruise
ships
2. Can be spread by coming in to contact with the feces or vomit of an infected person,
usually by small air particles
3. This is why employees are required to be trained on how to clean up vomit and
diarrhea (including written procedures)
✔✔What is Trichinella? - ✔✔1. An uncommon but dangerous parasite infection caused
by eating raw or undercooked meats
2. Is commonly associated with pork
2. Can cause fevers, chills, aching joints, diarrhea, or constipation
✔✔What is Giardia? - ✔✔1. A parasite infection caused by drinking contaminated water,
consuming uncooked meat, or ingesting the feces of a person or animal with giardiasis
✔✔What is Anasakis? - ✔✔1. A parasite infection caused by eating raw or undercooked
fish or squid
2. Can cause a tingling sensation signaling the worm moving in the mouth or throat
3. Can be manually extracted through the mouth by coughing or vomiting
4. They can invade the stomach wall and intestines
✔✔What are fungi? - ✔✔1. Mold
2. Yeast
3. Mushrooms
✔✔What is mold? - ✔✔1. Usually found on bread, fruit, and cooked rice
2. May not be dangerous by itself but can produce spores that produce toxins called
"Mycotoxins"
3. Some are natural like blue cheese
✔✔At what temperature can mold grow? - ✔✔Below 41 Degrees Fahrenheit but will
stop growing at freezing temperatures
✔✔How do you kill mold? - ✔✔At 140 Degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes
✔✔What are yeasts? - ✔✔1. They are used to make bread, beer, and wine
