Brookline Health Department
 

Food Safety Quiz

1. The recommended time a person should spend washing their hands is:
A 8sec
B 10sec
C 15sec
D 20sec
E 25sec

2. Refrigerated storage used to hold potentially hazardous food should be stored at:
A 39 degrees or lower
B 48 degrees or higher
C 45 degrees or lower
D 60 degrees or higher
E 62 degrees

3. Which of the following diseases can be spread through food handling?

A HIV
B Hepatitis B
C Hepatitis C
D Tuberculosis
E E coli

4. Food handlers must wash their hands after the following activities:

A Taking out the trash
B Touching their hair, face, or body
C Handling raw food
D A and C are correct
E A, B, and C are correct

5.  Which are the best ways to avoid cross-contamination of foods?
A Have separate cutting boards for meat, chicken, and vegetables and sanitize after use
B Rinse off the cutting board after cutting chicken and before cutting vegetables
C Put hand sanitizer on the board if you don’t have time to rinse it
D Properly wash, rinse and sanitize all boards between uses.
E A and D are correct