State Food Safety Exam with correct Answers |
Updated | Practice Questions and Answers
• A food worker brings in personal medicine for use during the shift.
How must the medicine be labeled? -✓✓A. With any nutrition claims
'B. With the manufacturers label'
C. With generally recognized as safe
D. With the contact info of the worker
• Which food item can a food worker re-serve to another customer? -✓✓A. Hummus dip
B. Salad dressing in a bowl
C. Orange juice in a pitcher
'D. Wine from a narrow-neck bottle'
• What should a regulatory authority do as they review the menu/food list during an
inspection? -✓✓A. Make menu design suggestions for the menus layout
B. Directly observe the preparation of each food item
C. Focus on all food items, including those that are low-risk
'D. Ask about new food items and other changes since the last menu review'
• How should a food worker avoid contaminating ready-to-eat food? -✓✓'A. Use deli
tissue as a barrier'
B. Rinse hands before touching the food
C. Touch it with just the thumb and forefinger
D. Wipe hands on a towel before touching the food.
• A food worker at a hospital is diagnosed with a shigella infection. A week later, the
food worker gets a doctors note indicating that he is free from infection. The food worker
wants to return to work.
What must the manager do? -✓✓A. Exclude the worker from the establishment
B. Assign the worker to only clean floors and bathrooms
C. Require the worker to wear disposable gloves at all times
'D. Contact the regulatory authority for approval and allow food worker to return'
• Which food is classified as a time/temperature control for safety (TCS/phf) food? -
✓✓A. Bacon bits
B. Bread rolls
C. Raw broccoli
'D. Chunky salsa'
, • A food handler has been put in charge of cleaning a mechanical warewashing
machine that is used frequently.
At a minimum, how often should a mechanical warewashing machine be cleaned when
in frequent use? -✓✓A. Every 4 hours
B. Every 8 hours
'C. Every 24 hours'
D. Every 48 hours
• A food worker wearing clean gloves uses her gloved hand to rub butter in a baking tin.
What should the food worker do before touching the ready-to-eat food? -✓✓A. Rinse
her gloves to remove the butter
B. Put on a clean pair of gloves over the buttery pair
'C. Wash her hands and put on a clean pair of gloves'
D. Wipe her gloves clean using a disposable paper towel
• Which action is necessary as part of stationary equipment maintenance? -✓✓A.
Submerging the equipment in sanitizer
B. Polishing the outside of the equipment
C. Drying the removable parts with a soft dish towel
'D. Taking off small, removable parts to clean and sanitize'
• A food worker has just received a shipment of several bags of flour and needs to store
them.
Where is an acceptable storage location? -✓✓A. Under the dishwashing sink
'B. On a shelf in the dry storage area'
C. In the walk-in refrigerator under raw meats
D. In the cupboads of an employee dressing room
• Where must a designated food worker handwashing sink be located? -✓✓A. In the
mechanical room
B. In the food storage area
C. Near the exit of the facility
'D. Near the food preparation area'
• A manager sees that a food worker who is about to start his shift is chewing gum.
What must the manager ask him to do? -✓✓'A. Throw away the gum'
B. Chew with his mouth open
C. Wash his hands more frequently
D. Work with food that will be cooked.
• What requires a food establishment to obtain a variance from the regulatory authority?
-✓✓'A. Sprouting black beans'
B. Preparing a consumer advisory
C. Using a non-continuous cooking process
Updated | Practice Questions and Answers
• A food worker brings in personal medicine for use during the shift.
How must the medicine be labeled? -✓✓A. With any nutrition claims
'B. With the manufacturers label'
C. With generally recognized as safe
D. With the contact info of the worker
• Which food item can a food worker re-serve to another customer? -✓✓A. Hummus dip
B. Salad dressing in a bowl
C. Orange juice in a pitcher
'D. Wine from a narrow-neck bottle'
• What should a regulatory authority do as they review the menu/food list during an
inspection? -✓✓A. Make menu design suggestions for the menus layout
B. Directly observe the preparation of each food item
C. Focus on all food items, including those that are low-risk
'D. Ask about new food items and other changes since the last menu review'
• How should a food worker avoid contaminating ready-to-eat food? -✓✓'A. Use deli
tissue as a barrier'
B. Rinse hands before touching the food
C. Touch it with just the thumb and forefinger
D. Wipe hands on a towel before touching the food.
• A food worker at a hospital is diagnosed with a shigella infection. A week later, the
food worker gets a doctors note indicating that he is free from infection. The food worker
wants to return to work.
What must the manager do? -✓✓A. Exclude the worker from the establishment
B. Assign the worker to only clean floors and bathrooms
C. Require the worker to wear disposable gloves at all times
'D. Contact the regulatory authority for approval and allow food worker to return'
• Which food is classified as a time/temperature control for safety (TCS/phf) food? -
✓✓A. Bacon bits
B. Bread rolls
C. Raw broccoli
'D. Chunky salsa'
, • A food handler has been put in charge of cleaning a mechanical warewashing
machine that is used frequently.
At a minimum, how often should a mechanical warewashing machine be cleaned when
in frequent use? -✓✓A. Every 4 hours
B. Every 8 hours
'C. Every 24 hours'
D. Every 48 hours
• A food worker wearing clean gloves uses her gloved hand to rub butter in a baking tin.
What should the food worker do before touching the ready-to-eat food? -✓✓A. Rinse
her gloves to remove the butter
B. Put on a clean pair of gloves over the buttery pair
'C. Wash her hands and put on a clean pair of gloves'
D. Wipe her gloves clean using a disposable paper towel
• Which action is necessary as part of stationary equipment maintenance? -✓✓A.
Submerging the equipment in sanitizer
B. Polishing the outside of the equipment
C. Drying the removable parts with a soft dish towel
'D. Taking off small, removable parts to clean and sanitize'
• A food worker has just received a shipment of several bags of flour and needs to store
them.
Where is an acceptable storage location? -✓✓A. Under the dishwashing sink
'B. On a shelf in the dry storage area'
C. In the walk-in refrigerator under raw meats
D. In the cupboads of an employee dressing room
• Where must a designated food worker handwashing sink be located? -✓✓A. In the
mechanical room
B. In the food storage area
C. Near the exit of the facility
'D. Near the food preparation area'
• A manager sees that a food worker who is about to start his shift is chewing gum.
What must the manager ask him to do? -✓✓'A. Throw away the gum'
B. Chew with his mouth open
C. Wash his hands more frequently
D. Work with food that will be cooked.
• What requires a food establishment to obtain a variance from the regulatory authority?
-✓✓'A. Sprouting black beans'
B. Preparing a consumer advisory
C. Using a non-continuous cooking process
