Food Safety Basics Practice Quiz

The temperature range 41 degrees to 135 degrees is known as what zone?

• Food Safety

• Danger

• Cautionary

• Middle

Which is and acceptable type of thermometer to measure the internal temperature of food?

• Surface Thermometer

• Laser Thermometer

• Metal Stemmed Thermometer

• Mercury Thermometer

Cold foods must be held or stored at which temperature or below?

• 41 degrees

• 135 degrees

• 71 degrees

• 32 degrees

Hot foods must be held at which temperature or above?

• 41 degrees

• 165 degrees

• 71 degrees

• 135 degrees

If food that requires temperature control is left at room temperature for an unknown amount of time, what should be done with it?

• Throw Away

• Reheat and serve

• Refrigerate till tomorrow

• Leave out till later

The minimum internal temperature for cooking raw poultry is ?

• 135 degrees

• 155 degrees

• 165 degrees

• 212 degrees

What is the safest, but also slowest, method to properly thaw food?

• In the Microwave

• On the countertop

• In the refrigerator

• Over an open flame

Which is not an acceptable and safe way to thaw frozen food?

• Under cold running water

• During the cooking process

• In the refrigerator

• On top of the oven

When cooling or heating food it is critical to move the food through the danger zone as quickly as possible.

• True

• False

Describe, and give an example of cross contamination in relation to food handling.