SERVSAFE MANAGER 7TH EDITION -
STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 2024
Define the requirements for the designation "foodborne-illness outbreak" - ANSWER - Two+ people have
the same symptoms after eating the same food.
- An investigation is conducted by state & local regulatory authorities
- The outbreak is confirmed by a laboratory analysis
2. List the groups that are included in the high risk population for contracting a foodborne illness? -
ANSWER - Elderly people
- Preschool-age children
- People w/ compromised immune systems (patients in hospitals, taking certain medications, under-
going cancer treatments, organ transplant recipients)
3. List the 13 potentially hazardous foods as discussed in the text. - ANSWER - Milk & dairy products
, 4. Define and give an example of a biological contaminant? - ANSWER An illness causing microorganisims
that cause food borne illness. They include: viruses, parasites, fungi, mushroom, sea-food toxins &
bacteria.
5. What Acronym reminds us of what is needed for the growth of micro-organisms and what does each
letter stand for? - ANSWER FATTOM
(Food, acidity, temperature, time, oxygen & moisture)
6. Define the requirements for the designation "foodborne infection" - ANSWER A person eats food
containing pathogens, which then grow in the
intestines and cause illness
7. Which microorganisms are likely to be found in raw oysters? - ANSWER Vibrio vulnificus,
8. What are the requirements that are needed for bacteria to grow and reproduce? - ANSWER FATTOM
9. List 5 items that could lead to the contamination of food? - ANSWER 1. Purchasing food from unsafe
sources
2. Failing to cook food adequately
3. Holding food at improper temperatures
4. Using contaminated equipment
5. Poor Personal Hygiene
6. Storing cleaning chemicals near food in the dry-storage area
10. Several customers were diagnosed with scombroid poisoning after eating mackerel at a local seafood
restaurant. What could have caused this and how could it have been prevented? - ANSWER By
purchasing the mackerel from a reputable supplier who practices strict time temperature control
11. An employee is preparing sandwiches in a deli. List some ways he/she might contaminate food? -
ANSWER - Not sanitizing equipment
- Not practicing personal hygiene
- Not following safety standards
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