NEHA CP-FS FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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1. Food Employee - ANSWER ✔ An individual working with unpack aged
food , food equipment or utensils , or food contact surfaces
2. Food Processing Plant - ANSWER ✔ A commercial operation that
manufactures , packages , labels , or stores food for human consumption ,
and provides food for sale or distribution to other business entities such as
food processing plants or food establishments
3. Employee - ANSWER ✔ The permit holder , person in charge , food
employee person having supervisory or management duties , person on the
payroll , family member , volunteer , person performing work under
contractual agreement , or other person working in a food establishment .
4. Conditional Employee - ANSWER ✔ A potential food employee to whom
a job offer is made , conditional on responses to subsequent medical
questions or examinations designed to identify potential food employees
who may be suffering from a disease that can be transmitted through food
and done in compliance with Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (
ADA ) of 1990
5. Food Establishment - ANSWER ✔ An operation that stores , prepares ,
packages , serves , vends , or otherwise provides food for human
consumption
6. Exclude or Exclusion - ANSWER ✔ Limits activities of a food employee
so that there is no risk of transmitting a disease that is transmittable through
food and the food employee does not work with FUELSS .
,7. FUELSS - ANSWER ✔ Exposed Food Clean Utensils Clean Equipment
Clean Linens Unwrapped Single- Service item
8. Hazard - ANSWER ✔ A biological , chemical or physical property that
may cause an unacceptable consumer risk
9. Risk - ANSWER ✔ The likelihood that an adverse health effect will occur
within a population as a result of a hazard in the food .
10.Three levels of regulation - ANSWER ✔ • Federal- regulations
recommended • State- regulations written • Local - regulations enforced
11.Regulatory Authority ( RA ) - ANSWER ✔ The local , state , or federal
agency with jurisdiction over the food establishment .
12.Maximum times for holding cold foods - ANSWER ✔ • If a commercially
processed food in unopened container , expiration date on label • If made on
premises , 7 days at 41 ° F , day of preparation is day 1 , and never exceed
original expiration dates on product labels
13.Temperatures for reheating food - ANSWER ✔ 165F within 2 hours ( *
Exception : commercially processed food in an intact package only has to be
reheated to 135 ° F )
14.A fish toxin originating from histamine-producing bacteria - ANSWER ✔
Scombrotoxin
15.a foodborne illness is classified as intoxication when? - ANSWER ✔ a
toxin is produced by bacteria on or in the food prior to ingesting it AND a
chemical is present in the food or drink prior to ingestion
16.what is the name of the group of bacteria that grow in the absence of free
oxygen - ANSWER ✔ anaerobes
17.a toxin found in seafood that originated from toxic algae and is not destroyed
by cooking - ANSWER ✔ Ciguatoxin
,18.which curvy, microaerophilic, gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria are known
to cause watery diarrhea, which may be bloody - fever and is most
commonly associated with raw chicken - ANSWER ✔ Campylobacter
jejuni
19.which parasite associated with undercooked seafood can cause symptoms of
coughing and/or vomiting with 1 hour to 2 weeks - ANSWER ✔ Anisakis
20.Clostridium perfringens - ANSWER ✔ spore-forming, enterotoxin-
producing, TMI bacteria
21.pathogen typically spread by ineffective hand washing, allowing feces to
come into contact with food and causes dysentery - ANSWER ✔ shigella
22.what is FALSE about viruses:
-no cell wall
-easily killed by freezing
-often transmitted to food by infected workers
-require living cells to reproduce - ANSWER ✔ no cell wall. they do have
a cell wall
23.2 legal methods for condemning food? - ANSWER ✔ -the establishment
may choose to voluntarily condemn the product
-the regulator may seek a court order to condemn the food if they have
appropriate evidence
24.Food allergy - ANSWER ✔ Body's immune system reacts negatively to a
chemical in a specific food or food ingredient
25.Difference between foodborne infection, toxin-mediated foodborne
infection, and foodborne Intoxication? - ANSWER ✔ Foodborne infection
- consumption of live pathogens that reproduce in the body and cause illness.
26.Toxin-mediated - consumption of live pathogens that reproduce in the small
intestine and produce a toxin that is the cause of illness
Intoxication - illness caused by consuming a good containing chemical
hazard or toxin (already formed)
, 27.Examples of Foodborne Intoxication microorganisms - ANSWER ✔
Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereous, Clostridium botulinum
28.Examples of toxin mediated Foodborne infection microorganisms -
ANSWER ✔ E. coli O157:H7, Clostridium perfringens, shiga-toxin
producing E. coli
29.Examples of Foodborne Infection microorganisms - ANSWER ✔
Salmonella typhi, Camplyobacter jujeni, Listeria, and Nontyphoidal
Salmonella
30.Spore vs. Vegetative Bacterial Cell Spore - - ANSWER ✔ inactive or
dormant state of some cells that can protect it from harsh environments
VBC - active cells that can reproduce and produce waste
31.What types of food are sporeforming bacteria usually associated with? -
ANSWER ✔ Foods and spices grown in the soil. Examples: potatoes,
garlic, carrots, and onions.
32.Smallest form of microorganism? - ANSWER ✔ Virus
33.How do viruses survive? - ANSWER ✔ They can only reproduce by
infecting a living cell in another organism. Food is just a means of transport.
34.Examples of parasites - ANSWER ✔ Trichenella, Toxiplasma gondii,
Cryptosporidium parvum
35.Where can yeast grow? Examples? - ANSWER ✔ Acidic, sweet foods
with low Aw. Produce CO2 and Alcohol - gives off alcohol smell
36.Virus transfer methods from infected person - ANSWER ✔ 1) infected
person directly to another person; 2) infected person to another person
through food; 3) infected person to another from food contact surface
37.modified atmospheric packaging - ANSWER ✔ replaces air with another
gas or gasses such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide or monoxide
2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
1. Food Employee - ANSWER ✔ An individual working with unpack aged
food , food equipment or utensils , or food contact surfaces
2. Food Processing Plant - ANSWER ✔ A commercial operation that
manufactures , packages , labels , or stores food for human consumption ,
and provides food for sale or distribution to other business entities such as
food processing plants or food establishments
3. Employee - ANSWER ✔ The permit holder , person in charge , food
employee person having supervisory or management duties , person on the
payroll , family member , volunteer , person performing work under
contractual agreement , or other person working in a food establishment .
4. Conditional Employee - ANSWER ✔ A potential food employee to whom
a job offer is made , conditional on responses to subsequent medical
questions or examinations designed to identify potential food employees
who may be suffering from a disease that can be transmitted through food
and done in compliance with Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (
ADA ) of 1990
5. Food Establishment - ANSWER ✔ An operation that stores , prepares ,
packages , serves , vends , or otherwise provides food for human
consumption
6. Exclude or Exclusion - ANSWER ✔ Limits activities of a food employee
so that there is no risk of transmitting a disease that is transmittable through
food and the food employee does not work with FUELSS .
,7. FUELSS - ANSWER ✔ Exposed Food Clean Utensils Clean Equipment
Clean Linens Unwrapped Single- Service item
8. Hazard - ANSWER ✔ A biological , chemical or physical property that
may cause an unacceptable consumer risk
9. Risk - ANSWER ✔ The likelihood that an adverse health effect will occur
within a population as a result of a hazard in the food .
10.Three levels of regulation - ANSWER ✔ • Federal- regulations
recommended • State- regulations written • Local - regulations enforced
11.Regulatory Authority ( RA ) - ANSWER ✔ The local , state , or federal
agency with jurisdiction over the food establishment .
12.Maximum times for holding cold foods - ANSWER ✔ • If a commercially
processed food in unopened container , expiration date on label • If made on
premises , 7 days at 41 ° F , day of preparation is day 1 , and never exceed
original expiration dates on product labels
13.Temperatures for reheating food - ANSWER ✔ 165F within 2 hours ( *
Exception : commercially processed food in an intact package only has to be
reheated to 135 ° F )
14.A fish toxin originating from histamine-producing bacteria - ANSWER ✔
Scombrotoxin
15.a foodborne illness is classified as intoxication when? - ANSWER ✔ a
toxin is produced by bacteria on or in the food prior to ingesting it AND a
chemical is present in the food or drink prior to ingestion
16.what is the name of the group of bacteria that grow in the absence of free
oxygen - ANSWER ✔ anaerobes
17.a toxin found in seafood that originated from toxic algae and is not destroyed
by cooking - ANSWER ✔ Ciguatoxin
,18.which curvy, microaerophilic, gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria are known
to cause watery diarrhea, which may be bloody - fever and is most
commonly associated with raw chicken - ANSWER ✔ Campylobacter
jejuni
19.which parasite associated with undercooked seafood can cause symptoms of
coughing and/or vomiting with 1 hour to 2 weeks - ANSWER ✔ Anisakis
20.Clostridium perfringens - ANSWER ✔ spore-forming, enterotoxin-
producing, TMI bacteria
21.pathogen typically spread by ineffective hand washing, allowing feces to
come into contact with food and causes dysentery - ANSWER ✔ shigella
22.what is FALSE about viruses:
-no cell wall
-easily killed by freezing
-often transmitted to food by infected workers
-require living cells to reproduce - ANSWER ✔ no cell wall. they do have
a cell wall
23.2 legal methods for condemning food? - ANSWER ✔ -the establishment
may choose to voluntarily condemn the product
-the regulator may seek a court order to condemn the food if they have
appropriate evidence
24.Food allergy - ANSWER ✔ Body's immune system reacts negatively to a
chemical in a specific food or food ingredient
25.Difference between foodborne infection, toxin-mediated foodborne
infection, and foodborne Intoxication? - ANSWER ✔ Foodborne infection
- consumption of live pathogens that reproduce in the body and cause illness.
26.Toxin-mediated - consumption of live pathogens that reproduce in the small
intestine and produce a toxin that is the cause of illness
Intoxication - illness caused by consuming a good containing chemical
hazard or toxin (already formed)
, 27.Examples of Foodborne Intoxication microorganisms - ANSWER ✔
Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereous, Clostridium botulinum
28.Examples of toxin mediated Foodborne infection microorganisms -
ANSWER ✔ E. coli O157:H7, Clostridium perfringens, shiga-toxin
producing E. coli
29.Examples of Foodborne Infection microorganisms - ANSWER ✔
Salmonella typhi, Camplyobacter jujeni, Listeria, and Nontyphoidal
Salmonella
30.Spore vs. Vegetative Bacterial Cell Spore - - ANSWER ✔ inactive or
dormant state of some cells that can protect it from harsh environments
VBC - active cells that can reproduce and produce waste
31.What types of food are sporeforming bacteria usually associated with? -
ANSWER ✔ Foods and spices grown in the soil. Examples: potatoes,
garlic, carrots, and onions.
32.Smallest form of microorganism? - ANSWER ✔ Virus
33.How do viruses survive? - ANSWER ✔ They can only reproduce by
infecting a living cell in another organism. Food is just a means of transport.
34.Examples of parasites - ANSWER ✔ Trichenella, Toxiplasma gondii,
Cryptosporidium parvum
35.Where can yeast grow? Examples? - ANSWER ✔ Acidic, sweet foods
with low Aw. Produce CO2 and Alcohol - gives off alcohol smell
36.Virus transfer methods from infected person - ANSWER ✔ 1) infected
person directly to another person; 2) infected person to another person
through food; 3) infected person to another from food contact surface
37.modified atmospheric packaging - ANSWER ✔ replaces air with another
gas or gasses such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide or monoxide
