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SQF Practice Exam questions with precise detailed answers
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Which of the following is required as part of the development of an SQF System?
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✔✔Designate an SQF practitioner. || || ||
What is identified in the site's scope of certification?✔✔The site and products processed.
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How often must the site register in the SQF database?✔✔Annually
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Which of the following is true in regards to SQF auditors?✔✔They are employed by or
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contracted to a licensed SQFI certification body. || || || || || ||
In what timeframe must the site address any non-conformities raised during a desk audit?
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✔✔Any time before proceeding with the site audit.
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Independent desk audits are conducted as part of _______.✔✔initial certification
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Within how many calendar days does a site have to close out all major non-conformities
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from the last day of the certification audit?✔✔30 days
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Which audit rating, when issued after the completion of a certification or re-certification
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audit, will require the site to undergo a surveillance audit?✔✔C--Complies
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Within how many calendar days from the last day of the audit must the certification body
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make the audit report available to the site?✔✔Ten (10)
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Within how many days from the last day of the site audit must a certification body make a
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certification decision?✔✔Forty-five (45) || ||
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What cannot be changed once an audit has commenced?✔✔The scope of the audit
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What two steps are required to achieve SQF food safety certification?✔✔Document and
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effectively implement the SQF food safety code.
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What is required to be implemented as part of the site's SQF food safety System and cannot
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be marked as "not applicable" or "exempt"?✔✔Mandatory elements
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What is the minimum score a site must achieve on an SQF certification (or re-certification)
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audit to obtain an "E-excellent" rating?✔✔96
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In which timeframe must a surveillance audit take place for sites that obtain a "C-complies"
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rating on a certification or re-certification audit?✔✔six (6) months
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When a site has a change of ownership, what is the timeframe in which the site must notify
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their certification body?✔✔thirty (30) days
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After how many consecutive certification cycles is an auditor rotated out for site audits?
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✔✔three (3) ||
In response to a suspension, how long does a site have to provide a corrective action plan?
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✔✔forty-eight (48) hours || ||
How long does the cite have to notify the certification body and SQFI upon identification of
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a food safety event that requires public notification?✔✔twenty-four (24) hours
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SQF Practice Exam questions with precise detailed answers
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Which of the following is required as part of the development of an SQF System?
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✔✔Designate an SQF practitioner. || || ||
What is identified in the site's scope of certification?✔✔The site and products processed.
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How often must the site register in the SQF database?✔✔Annually
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Which of the following is true in regards to SQF auditors?✔✔They are employed by or
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contracted to a licensed SQFI certification body. || || || || || ||
In what timeframe must the site address any non-conformities raised during a desk audit?
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✔✔Any time before proceeding with the site audit.
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Independent desk audits are conducted as part of _______.✔✔initial certification
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Within how many calendar days does a site have to close out all major non-conformities
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from the last day of the certification audit?✔✔30 days
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Which audit rating, when issued after the completion of a certification or re-certification
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audit, will require the site to undergo a surveillance audit?✔✔C--Complies
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Within how many calendar days from the last day of the audit must the certification body
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make the audit report available to the site?✔✔Ten (10)
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Within how many days from the last day of the site audit must a certification body make a
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certification decision?✔✔Forty-five (45) || ||
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What cannot be changed once an audit has commenced?✔✔The scope of the audit
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What two steps are required to achieve SQF food safety certification?✔✔Document and
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effectively implement the SQF food safety code.
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What is required to be implemented as part of the site's SQF food safety System and cannot
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be marked as "not applicable" or "exempt"?✔✔Mandatory elements
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What is the minimum score a site must achieve on an SQF certification (or re-certification)
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audit to obtain an "E-excellent" rating?✔✔96
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In which timeframe must a surveillance audit take place for sites that obtain a "C-complies"
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rating on a certification or re-certification audit?✔✔six (6) months
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When a site has a change of ownership, what is the timeframe in which the site must notify
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their certification body?✔✔thirty (30) days
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After how many consecutive certification cycles is an auditor rotated out for site audits?
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✔✔three (3) ||
In response to a suspension, how long does a site have to provide a corrective action plan?
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✔✔forty-eight (48) hours || ||
How long does the cite have to notify the certification body and SQFI upon identification of
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a food safety event that requires public notification?✔✔twenty-four (24) hours
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