Southern Nevada Food Handlers Safety Card
/Questions With Verified Answers Latest 2023-2024
Quiz :How do you prevent foodborne illness? - Answer :Control of the five risk
factors
Quiz :What are the five risk factors of foodborne illness? - Answer :Poor
personal hygiene, Food from unsafe sources, Improper cooking
temperatures/methods, Improper holding, time, and temperature, and Food
contamination
Quiz :What are the three types of food hazards? - Answer :biological,
chemical, physical
Quiz :What is "poor personal hygiene"? - Answer :Improper hand washing,
Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat (RTE) foods, Food handlers working while
ill with the following symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea, sore throat with a fever,
infected cuts on the hands, and jaundice
Quiz :What is "food from unsafe sources"? - Answer :Food from an
unapproved source and/or prepared in unpermitted locations, Receiving
adulterated food
Quiz :What is "improper cooking temperatures/methods"? - Answer :Cooking,
Reheating, Freezing (kill step to eliminate parasites in fish)
Quiz :What is "improper holding, time and temperature"? - Answer :Improper
hot and cold holding of TCS foods, Improper use of time as a control, Improper
cooling of TCS foods
Quiz :What is "food contamination"? - Answer :Use of
contaminated/improperly constructed equipment, Poor employee
practices ,Improper food storage/preparation, Exposure to chemicals
Quiz :What is a "biological" food hazard? - Answer :Microorganisms that can
cause foodborne illness, Bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi
Quiz :What is a "chemical" food hazard? - Answer :Chemicals not meant to be
consumed, Sanitizers, cleaning agents, or pest control products must be
separated from food
, Quiz :What is a "physical" food hazard? - Answer :Foreign objects that can
cause injury, Glass, metal, or bone
Quiz :What minimum temperature must hand washing water be? -
Answer :100 degrees F
Quiz :How long must you scrub your hands for during hand washing? - Answer
:15 seconds
Quiz :When should you wash your hands? - Answer :When entering the
kitchen, After touching your face, hair, or skin, After using the restroom, After
handling raw animal products, After taking out the trash or cleaning, After
handling ANYTHING dirty
Quiz :Is bare hand contact safe with ready-to-eat food? - Answer :NO!!!
Quiz :What are the essential parts of a uniform? - Answer :Proper hair
restraint, Neat and clean clothes, All wounds covered, No wrist jewelry, Plain
band ring, Short and clean nails
Quiz :What are the big five foodborne illnesses? - Answer :Salmonella,
shigella, e. coli, hepatitis A, norovirus
Quiz :What is the acronym for the big five foodborne illlnesses? -
Answer :Send Sick Employees Home Now
Quiz :TCS - Answer :Time and Temperature Control for Safety
Quiz :PHF - Answer :Potentially Hazardous Foods
Quiz :What are the nine things you should check for when receiving foods? -
Answer :Temps for receiving TCS foods, overall wholesomeness, frozen foods
(no ice crystals or liquids in the packages), spoilage, expiration dates, signs of
contamination from pests or spills, proper labeling and invoices, shell stock
tags, parasite destruction for some fish
Quiz :What is the TCS hot holding zone? - Answer :Above 135 degrees F
Quiz :What is the TCS cold holding zone? - Answer :Below 41 degrees F