
ServSafe Ch. 1
Quiz by Angela Dismukes
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Two guests became ill after eating at a restaurant. They each ate different food items and suffered different symptoms. Would the incident be considered a foodborne-illness outbreak?
To be considered an outbreak, a foodborne illness must
What is a foodborne illness outbreak?
In a situation that meets all other criteria, how many people must have the same symptoms for a foodborne illness to be considered an "outbreak"?
Why do pathogens pose an increasing challenge to food safety in an operation?
Which is a challenge to food safety in an operation?
Which is a challenge to food safety in an operation?
What is a human cost to victims of foodborne illness?
Which contaminants pose the greatest threat to food safety?
Which of the following is a physical contaminant?
The three potential hazards to food are biological, physical, and
Which is a biological contaminant?
Cooked rice was left out on a prep table to cool for several hours. This is an example of
The same cutting board is used to prep raw meat, then lettuce. This in an example of
Which is a common risk factor for foodborne illness?
Raw chicken breasts are left out at room temperature on a prep table. What is the risk that could cause a foodborne illness?
Which food requires time and temperature control to keep it safe?
What is an example of TCS food?
What is an example of a TCS food?
Which is considered a ready-to-eat food?
What is TCS food?
A cook preps a beef tenderloin on a cutting board and then immediately cuts pies for dessert on the same cutting boards. This is an example of which risk factor?
Which of the following people are at high risk for getting a foodborne illness?
A group is dinning out and includes a man and woman in their forties, their teenage son, and grandparents in their early seventies. Who is at high risk for foodborne illness?
Why are young children at a higher risk for foodborne illness?
The transfer of pathogens from one surface or food to another.
Presence of harmful substances in food.
Illness carried or transmitted to people by food.
An incident in which two or more people experience the same illness symptoms after eating the same food.
People susceptible to foodborne illness due to the effects of age or health on their immune system.
The body's defense system against illness.
Any food that can be eaten without further preparation, washing, or cooking.
Likely to be harmed by a particular thing.
Young shoots eaten as a vegetable.
Food that requires time and temperature control to limit the growth of pathogens.
When food has stayed too long at temperatures that are good for the growth of pathogens.
The action of passing something from one person or thing to another.
A baked potato is a TCS Food.
Whole tomatoes are a TCS food.
Shell eggs and tofu are TCS Foods.
Heat treated plant food such as cooked rice, beans, and vegetables are TCS foods.