Kitchen Safety and Sanitation Mini Quiz

Electrical appliances should be unplugged by pulling

• The cord

• The appliance

• The plug

To prevent electric shock

• Keep electric cords away from water

• Don’t plug many cords into the same outlet

• Make sure your hands are dry before plugging or unplugging

• All of the above

Do not allow foods to sit out longer than

• Longer than 2 hours

• Longer than 6 hours

• Do not allow them to sit out

• Longer than 10 hours

Hands should be washed after:

• Using the restroom

• Touching the hair, face, or body

• Taking out garbage

• All of the above

Why is it important to keep the kitchen clean?

• to keep pests out of your kitchen

• to help keep you and others safe

• to prevent cross contamination/foodborne illnesses from occurring

• all of the above

Turn the handles of cookware__________

• center or middle

• over side counter

• over back burner

• over front edge

What is the BEST thing to put on a grease fire to put it out?

• Water

• Flour

• Baking Soda

• Salt

Washing your hands with cold water in just as effective as using hot water as long as you use soap.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following is NOT a safe way to thaw food?

• on the counter top

• in the microwave

• in the fridge

• running it under cold water

Which of these is NOT an example of cross contamination

• not washing your hands after using the restroom and returning to prepare food in the kitchen

• touching a contaminated surface and then touching food

• washing your hands before cooking

• using the same equipment to cut vegetables after you used it to cut chicken