TCS Foods
The Flow of Food
Foodborne Illness
Cleaning and Sanitizing
The Food Handler
100

Which temperature is acceptable for cold-storing potato salad?

at or under 41*F

100

Recalled products should be separated from food being served until

Food Supplier provides disposal instructions

100

Trace amounts of pesticides are found on raw poultry. Which type of contamination is this?

Chemical

100

At which sink should garbage containers be washed and rinsed?

Service sink

100

How should a food handler restrain long hair?

Put all hair up under a hat 

200

What is the maximum number of days that ready to eat TCS foods may be held in the cooler at 41*F or less? 

7

200

A delivery of rice boxes should be rejected if the

Box bottoms are water stained

200
Storing lemonade is a pewter pitcher can result in

Chemical contamination

200

The purpose of a detergent is to 

Remove food and grease 

200

Which item may be worn by a food handler?

Plain metal ring

300

An operation wants to hold hot food using time as a safety factor. What must the label on the pan of food indicate? 

The four-hour time limit when the food must be discarded

300

An infrared thermometer is BEST used to measure the temperature of 

Equipment

300

A food handler comes to work not feeling well. To whom should he or she report to

Manager

300

The minimum water temperature when sanitizing utensils using hot water is 

171*F

300

Which condition requires the person in charge to exclude a food handler from the prep area

Diarrhea

400

A prep cook removes a pork roast from the freezer at 10am and places it on the counter to thaw. By 7pm the roast is cool to the touch but it appears that the center is still frozen. The prep cook should?

Throw out the pork roast because the roast was not thawed correctly 

400

The first step in a HACCP plan is to

Identify hazards 

400

Viruses such as norovirus and hepatitis A are directly related to contamination from

Feces 

400

What chemical solutions are used in foodservice to reduced the number of pathogens on clean surfaces 

Sanitizers 

400

Food handlers with vomiting or diarrhea should be excluded from the operation until they are 

Symptom-free for at least 24 hours 
500

Egg salad sandwiches are served at an offsite location without temp control. The sandwiches are removed from cold holding at 11am. At what time will the sandwiches need to be thrown out?

5 pm

500

The hot time/temperature control for safety (TCS) food is a self-service food bar must be maintained at or above 

135*F

500

Ciguatera is caused by toxic

Algae 

500

What information does a chlorine test kit provide about a sanitizing solution

Concentration 

500

A food handler has been diagnosed with the hepatitis A virus but is not showing signs of illness. The person in charge (PIC) must 

Exclude the food handler from the operation and notify the regulatory authority