Food Handlers Practice Test - Flashcards

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A food handler's duties regarding food safety include all of the following EXCEPT

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Periodically test food for illness causing microorganisms.

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What is the most direct cause of customer loyalty?

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High food safety standards

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What is the best way to prevent poor food safety?

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Employee training

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Which one of the following duties in management's responsibility to ensure food safety?

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Preventing infected employees from contaminating food

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All of the following are the most common Critical Control Points (CCPs) EXCEPT

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Customer service

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Which agency publishes food code?

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FDA

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Which one of the followings steps is NOT one of the seven HACCP steps?

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Create a cost analysis

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Creation of which of the following quality programs is a management responsibility?

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Assurance

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Local health codes establish requirements for all of the following EXCEPT

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Price controls

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Why must the manager sign the inspection document after the inspector has completed the investigation?

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To confirm that the inspection has taken place.

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An organism that lives in or on another organism, often with harmful side effects - but without benefits

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Parasite

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The viral infection Hepatitis A can be most effectively controlled if

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All food personnel practice personal hygiene, such as thorough hand washing.

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What is the easiest way to recognize food contaminated with spoilage bacteria?

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Change in color and smell

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Which one of the following situations would most likely promote bacterial contamination?

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Touching raw chicken and then cooked chicken without changing gloves.

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One of the most important reasons for using only reliable water sources is to reduce

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The number of parasites, such as Cyclospora Cayetanesis, that can infests foods.

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Which bacteria cause the greatest harm in the food industry?

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Pathogenic

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All of the following bacteria can cause food borne illness EXCEPT

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Acidophilus Milk

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Which of the following food contaminations would be suspected if the end of a can of tomatoes had begun to swell?

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Botulism

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Which one of the following food contaminations is usually associated with undercooked chicken?

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Salmonella

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Which of the following food contaminations is best prevented by cooking to safe temperatures?

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E. Coli

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Contamination of food items by other living organisms is known as

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Biological contamination

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Because they are living organisms, which one of the following methods would be both effective and safe to help reduce biological contaminations.

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Heat

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Perhaps the most common vehicle of contamination in the food industry is

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Hands, and so should be washed often.

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The contamination that results from the spread of bacteria from meat to vegetables is called

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Cross

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Which one of the following contaminates is a physical contamination?

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Hair

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You notice a food handler trim excess fat from a T-bone steak and then move towards a bowl of potatoes to begin peeling them with the same knife.

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Caution the food handler that she must clean and sanitize the knife.

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An employee brings you a bag of oatmeal in which he has found black specks. What is the most likely cause of those specks?

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Pests have gotten into the bag and left waste secretions in the oatmeal.

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Checking the dining areas of an eating establishment for the evidence of flaking paint, broken light bulbs, and wood damage will reduce the changes of what?

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Physical contimation

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Toxins from seafoods, mushrooms, and mold presents the greatest potential for

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Chemical contamination

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Although all of the following methods will promote the prevention of food contamination, which one has the most continuous effect?

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Educating employees about clean, responsible, and legal food handling.

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Food preservation does all of the following except

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Promote the growth of microorganisms.

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In degrees Fahrenheit, what is the temperature range of the Danger Zone?

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41 to 135

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Reheated food items must be heated for a minimum of 15 seconds to at least

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165F.

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The preservation technique that attempts to remove moisture is

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Dehydration

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"Chilling" is most commonly practiced by

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Commercial food distributors

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All of the following are Time/Temperature Control for Safety Foods (TCS) except

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Processed garlic oil mixtures.

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Bacterial contamination can spread quickly because if the conditions are right, bacteria can multiply in

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10 to 20 minutes

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It is important for the food servers are trained to know food ingredients because

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They will need to help customers who have food allergies.

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The best temperature for short-term refrigeration storage is

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34F to 40F

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Which preservation technique involves heating foods to mid temperatures and then cooling them down immediately.

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Pasterization

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You see that the food handler you assigned to prepare the salad has a small cut on her hand. You should

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Have her put a watertight bandage over the cut and wear gloves.

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Gabe fries chicken at the Country Boy Restaurant. Gabe wears gloves as he preps raw chicken in flour. Today during the lunch rush, you tell him to fill chicken orders for impatient customers. Gabe immediately begins putting cooked chicken in boxes and on plates. What are the hazards created by Gabe's actions, and what action should you take?

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Although he is wearing gloves, Gabe has created a cross-contamination hazard by touching raw chicken and the touching cooked chicken. You should stop Gabe, dispose of any orders he has just filled, and then have Gabe wash his hands and changes gloves before continuing to fill orders.

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You have a staff that is thoroughly trained in proper hand washing; however, in which one of the following situations would you need to speak to an employee.

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You are in the dining area and you see a salad bar attendant pet a service animal.

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If all proper hand washing steps are followed, how long should the entire process take?

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At least 20 seconds

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Because of the risk of spreading Staphylococcus Aureus, which area of their bodies should employees be trained to avoid touching.

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Mouth and noses.

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Why should you stock only brightly colored bandages for first aid supplies?

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So they can be more easily found should they fall into food.

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Near the end of an interview with a person you decide to hire, she discloses to you that she is infected with HIV. What action should you take?

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Consider her to be a disabled person and continue with your decision.

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Corrective action needs to be taken immediately if you see a food handler.

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Using hand sanitizer instead of washing their hands.

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The important reason for having food handlers wear hair restraints is to

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Prevent food handlers from contaminating their hands by touching their hair.

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If an employee is properly trained, he should be able to demonstrate all of the following competencies except

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Identify by price and quality the most desirable suppliers.

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An effective way to choose reputable suppliers is to

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Visit their warehouses

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Which of these food items upon receiving should be given priority in storage?

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Frozen items

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A shipment of frozen fish arrives at your food establishment. You see that the outside bottoms of the shipping cartons have too much ice and the fish fillets held within the cartons have brown edges. These are signs of

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Thawing and refreezing.

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Employees trained to receive foods properly will complete all of the following except

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Label and date rejected items.

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Your latest shipment of chicken has some items with USDA stickers on it and some items with USDA GRADE stamps. What is the difference in these items?

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Stamps mean the chicken's quality has been rated.

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The best place to store grains to reduce the risk of cross-contamination is

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Next to the canned peaches

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Rotating stock so that the oldest items move first is often referred to as

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FIFO

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Labels should include all of the following except

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Possible contaminants.

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To ensure proper protection for foods during storage, the bottom shelf should be.

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At least six inches off the floor.

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According to the Food Code, proper food labels should NOT contain

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The date that frozen preparation-needed foods are to be consumed.

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Cross-contamination occurred when

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The same unwashed gloves are used to handle different meats.

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Sanitation can be done by all of the following except

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Air drying

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Which of the following steps comes last?

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Rinse

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If steam is used to sanitize, it must be at

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145F for 30 seconds

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It is very important to sanitize all of the following except

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Handles

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The presence of growth of microorganism is a type of

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Biological hazard

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To prevent cross-contamination, you should take corrective action if you notice a receiving employee did not

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Wash off rubber boots before entering storage areas.

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Food surfaces and equipment are not fully cleaned and sanitized until

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They have been treated with heat or chemicals.

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Most of your cooking equipment is copper and your utensils are silver, so which sanitizer would you not want to use

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Iodine-based

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Which one of the following conditions in an outside waste disposal area needs to be corrected immediately

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Containers without lids.

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Pest infestations must be controlled for all of the following reasons except

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They tend to be overlooked by loyal employees who know the food is good.

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A food preparer brings you a bad of rice with a few black things among the grains. You suspect mouse droppings, but you are not sure. What should you do?

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Dispose of the bag and check all other bags in store.

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The best eradication method for a major infestation is

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Chemical

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Which method is the best for the prevention of pest infestation?

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Regular cleaning and monitoring.

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Since pests are living organisms requiring four basic needs for survival, which one of these needs, if their access to it is eliminated, will drastically reduce pests in your establishment.

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Food

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Employees must be trained to notice signs of pests, which include all of the following except

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Traps that have no been tripped, bait that has not been eaten, but it might.

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Whenever a trap has spring and caught a pest, you will want to

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Check for biological contamination from blood and dispose of any possibly contaminated foods.

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To prevent chemical contamination from rodenticides, always

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Place pest baits and bait stations outdoors.

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Maintaining an integrated pest management program (IPM) best serves

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Business interests

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Should you become aware of a pest problem in your establishment, all of your measures to eradicate the pests should conclude with

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Schedule regular, routines visits from the pest control operators (PCOs)

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Which one of the following situations requires management to contact the local regulatory authority.

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Water service interrupted for two hours

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All toilets in a food service establishment must have

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Hot running water

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A well-designed building should have all of the following except

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Locker room with showers

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Which one of the following materials must not be used in the construction of food preparation and storage areas?

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Indoor/Outdoor carpeting.

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Which of the following types of floor are least suited for food prep areas.

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Floors that are leveled and flat.

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Which one of the following purposes is non-potable water approved?

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Mopping floors

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Which are is not required to have a conveniently located hand washing facility?

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Food storage

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If all of the following items were stored on the same rack on the same wall, which item would be stored closest to the ground?

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Beef

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Effective ventilation systems

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Maintain proper humidity

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It is important that all wooden utensils be

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Made of maple or closed-grained hardwoods.

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Which of the following steps is one of the seven HACCP principles?

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Determine the CCPs

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The purpose of a hazard analysis is to

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Exame processes for quality

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Critical controls points are hazards that can be

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Controlled or eliminated

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Critical limits set

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Minimum standards for processes

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Once CCP limits have been determined, the next step is to etablish

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Monitoring procedure

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To ensure the success of any HACCP, management must

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Educated employees

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What is the first line of defense against all contaminations?

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Prevention

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To reduce dramatically all potential contamination, the most highly critical training for all employees is

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Personal Hygiene

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The best method for training employees how to clean a slicer is to how the skill and then

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Have them do it for you

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The best supervisors set

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Personal examples

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The FDA's food safety system is known as

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Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

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The HACCP management system is a ___ system that helps prevent problems before they occur

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Proactive

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How can a HACCP plan best be implemented

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By the commitment of the management to the plan and by training employees.

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Prerequisite programs, the foundation of a successful HACCP system, include all of the following except

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Pesonnel Control

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A properly implemented linear product flow and traffic control process is most effective in minimizing

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Cross-Contamination

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Of the five preliminary tasks management should complete before implementing a HACCP plan, the first task is

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Assembling a HACCP team.

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A HACCP plan that is developed totally by outside experts runs the risk of lacking

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Employee support

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When deigning a diagram of the work flow process, it is important that the diagram be

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Clear, providing a simple outline of each major step in the process.

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The success of HACCP implementation depends most heavily upon

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Employee training

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Before the HACCP team is ready to implement the seven principles of an HACCP plan, they should verify the accuracy and completeness of the flow diagram by

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Performing an on-site review.

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What are the initial responsibilities of the HACCP team?

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Develop an initial plan and coordinate its implementation.

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When developing and implementing a successful HACCP plan, teams never ignore

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Experience

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Before implementing the HACCP plan, the team should develop an initial implementation

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Flow Chart

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Implementation of a HACCP plan involves all of the following except

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Voting on precedures

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Effectiveness of a HACCP system depends on

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Regular verification activities.

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HACCP team members conducting a hazard analysis must be concerned mainly with

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Safety

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After identifying potential hazards, the HACCP team conducts a hazard evaluation to decide which potential hazards must be addressed in the HACCP plan based on all of the following criteria except

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Dietary effects of the potential hazard

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The term "control measure" refers to the fact tha

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Most food-related hazards should be controlled.

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When is a CCP decision tree used?

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After a hazard analysis

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All of the following records are part of a HACCP except

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Employee training records.

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Bacteria, viruses, parasites, natural toxins, and chemical contaminants are identified as

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Hazards

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Which of the following vendors must fellow additional rules?

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Molluscan Shellfish

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How many countries import seafood into the U.S.?

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135

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NOAA stands for

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Seafood plans that receive NOAA certification have good

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Quality

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Seafood processors with official marks on products are

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Federally inspected

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Histamine, which causes scombroid poisoning, is a(n)

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Chemical

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Decomposition of fish is identified by

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Organoleptic techniques

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A safe seafood seller should be

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Wearing disposable gloves, hair covering, and clean clothes.

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A load of fish arrives, and after a quick inspection, you know it is not fresh because

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It's flesh doesn't spring back when pressed.

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Where should you consider buying seafood?

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Reputable sources.

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If cooked fish is displayed next o raw fish

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Cross-contamination can occur

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What guidelines should recreational fishers follow in order to prevent food-related hazards?

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Fish in areas where the fish is safe for comsumption

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A shipment of frozen fish arrives and there are froze and ice crystals on the outside of the packaging. What do you know immediately?

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The fish has been thawed and re-frosted.

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Fresh fish brought to cook the next day can be safely kept

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In the refridgerator

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If shellfish is alive it

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Will close up when the shell is tapped.

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Unless it is cooked immediately, the best way to prepared frozen fish prior to cooking is to defrost it

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Overnight in the refridgerator

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What happens when cooked and uncooked seafood come in contact?

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Cross-contamination

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A cooked shellfish's shell

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Opens

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Hot seafood should be kept at

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135F

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You handle a lot of seafood and mushrooms on the job. The toxins you may encounter pose a high risk of which kind of contamination?

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Chemical

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What is the first step in the preliminary tasks management process completed before implementing a HACCP plan?

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Assembling an HACCP team.

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A trap has caught a mouse in your kitchen. What do you do?

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Check for biological contamination from blood and dispose of any possible contaminated food.

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You should call the local regulatory authority when you run into which of the following problems?

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Water service interrupted for two hours.

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Which problem would best be address by implementing linear product flow and traffic control processes?

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Cross-contamination

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You receive an order from a seafood processor whose products have official marks. What does this mean?

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The seafood has been federally inspected.

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A busy restaurant is short staffed, so Tom is tasked with the duties of two people. He just trimmed steaks in record time and then hurries over to dice six potatoes with the same knife. What should he do first?

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Clean and sanitize the knife.

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You notice that raw fish is displayed next to cooked fish. What does this tell you?

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Cross-contamination can occur.

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Selling which kind of seafood would mean that a vendor has to follow additional rules?

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Molluscan shellfish.

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How far from the floor should a bottom shelf be to ensure proper protection for foods during storage?

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6 inches.

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What is the point of using a brightly colored bandage for a cut on your finger?

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It is easily found if it falls into food.

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