CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL FOOD SAFETY LATEST
EXAM TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Class 1 Food Recall - ✔✔The most serious recall. May cause serious adverse
health consequences.
✔✔Conference for Food Protection - ✔✔Meets every two years, makes
recommendations for what should be in the Food code. Sets standards for Certified
Food Protection.
✔✔How often is the Food Code published and updated? - ✔✔Published every four
years and updated at two-year intervals.
✔✔Summary abatement - ✔✔When the government has to take the necessary actions
to terminate a nuisance.
✔✔Abatement - ✔✔Termination of a nuisance
✔✔Embargo - ✔✔An order prohibiting the removal or use of a particular item.
, ✔✔Hold or detention - ✔✔Establishment retains product but can't do anything with it
until it is released by the regulatory authority.
✔✔Variance - ✔✔Modification or waiver from a food code requirement.
✔✔Condemnation - ✔✔Declaring unfit for use or sale.
✔✔Comminuted food - ✔✔Reduced in size by methods including chopping, flaking,
grinding, or mincing. Example: Ground beef, gyros, and gefilte fish.
✔✔Adulteration - ✔✔Lowering the quality of food by adding an inferior substance or
removing an important substance.
✔✔Misbranding - ✔✔Bad labeling; indication incorrect information on the label. Relates
to how a product is represented, primarily on the product label.
✔✔Seizure - ✔✔When the regulatory authority takes physical control of an item.
✔✔Grading - ✔✔- Optional
- Paid for by the processor
- Tells the quality of the product
✔✔How long an establishment can be given to correct a priority or priority foundation
violation? - ✔✔Generally immediately, but some cases up to 10 days.
✔✔Times during which an inspection may be performed - ✔✔Hours of operation or
"other reasonable time"
✔✔Reasons why regulatory visits may be LESS frequent than twice per year - ✔✔-
Facility operates under a HACCP
- Limited service - coffee, soft drinks, prepackaged sandwiches
- Regulatory uses a risk based formula for determining inspection frequency
✔✔Immunocompromised, high-risk, or highly susceptible populations - ✔✔- The very
young (pre-schoolers)
- The elderly
- Pregnant women
- People taking certain medications
- People with certain illnesses
✔✔Reasons why regulation visits may be MORE frequent than twice per year - ✔✔-
Bad history of violations
- Caters to a high-risk population exclusively
- Regulatory authority uses a risk based formula for determining inspection frequency
EXAM TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Class 1 Food Recall - ✔✔The most serious recall. May cause serious adverse
health consequences.
✔✔Conference for Food Protection - ✔✔Meets every two years, makes
recommendations for what should be in the Food code. Sets standards for Certified
Food Protection.
✔✔How often is the Food Code published and updated? - ✔✔Published every four
years and updated at two-year intervals.
✔✔Summary abatement - ✔✔When the government has to take the necessary actions
to terminate a nuisance.
✔✔Abatement - ✔✔Termination of a nuisance
✔✔Embargo - ✔✔An order prohibiting the removal or use of a particular item.
, ✔✔Hold or detention - ✔✔Establishment retains product but can't do anything with it
until it is released by the regulatory authority.
✔✔Variance - ✔✔Modification or waiver from a food code requirement.
✔✔Condemnation - ✔✔Declaring unfit for use or sale.
✔✔Comminuted food - ✔✔Reduced in size by methods including chopping, flaking,
grinding, or mincing. Example: Ground beef, gyros, and gefilte fish.
✔✔Adulteration - ✔✔Lowering the quality of food by adding an inferior substance or
removing an important substance.
✔✔Misbranding - ✔✔Bad labeling; indication incorrect information on the label. Relates
to how a product is represented, primarily on the product label.
✔✔Seizure - ✔✔When the regulatory authority takes physical control of an item.
✔✔Grading - ✔✔- Optional
- Paid for by the processor
- Tells the quality of the product
✔✔How long an establishment can be given to correct a priority or priority foundation
violation? - ✔✔Generally immediately, but some cases up to 10 days.
✔✔Times during which an inspection may be performed - ✔✔Hours of operation or
"other reasonable time"
✔✔Reasons why regulatory visits may be LESS frequent than twice per year - ✔✔-
Facility operates under a HACCP
- Limited service - coffee, soft drinks, prepackaged sandwiches
- Regulatory uses a risk based formula for determining inspection frequency
✔✔Immunocompromised, high-risk, or highly susceptible populations - ✔✔- The very
young (pre-schoolers)
- The elderly
- Pregnant women
- People taking certain medications
- People with certain illnesses
✔✔Reasons why regulation visits may be MORE frequent than twice per year - ✔✔-
Bad history of violations
- Caters to a high-risk population exclusively
- Regulatory authority uses a risk based formula for determining inspection frequency
