Hand Washing and Kitchen Safety Quiz

Read the following hand washing steps, then place the steps in the correct order 1-5:

• Wet your hands with warm or cold running water and apply soap

• Rinse your hands well under running water

• Continue rubbing hands for at least 20 seconds. (Length of 'Happy Birthday' song)

• Rub your hands together to make a lather and scrub them well

• Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry

Illness-causing bacteria can survive in all the following places in your kitchen except:

• hands

• utensils

• boiling water

• cutting boards

In which of the following instances should you wash your hands?

• After using the restroom

• Before preparing food

• After blowing your nose

• All of the above

Raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs can cross-contaminate foods in ________.

• The refrigerator

• A shopping cart

• In a shopping bag

• All of the above

When you think your food is done, it should be checked by ____.

• Looking at the color

• Checking the internal temperature with a thermometer

• Tasting it

• None of the above

Kitchen surfaces should be washed before and after use.

• True

• False

Meat and poultry should be washed before cooking.

• True

• False

Raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs can still spread illness-causing bacteria to ready-to-eat foods.

• True

• False

You can tell a food is “done” by simply checking its color and texture.

• True

• False

It is safe to thaw foods at room temperature.

• True

• False