ServSafe Food Handler
Practice basic food safety, personal hygiene, cross-contamination and allergens, time and temperature, and cleaning and sanitation for U.S. food service. This 2026-10 set contains 60 English practice questions with explanations.
Set · 2026-10 practice questions
A cook tastes a sauce with a spoon and needs to taste it again. Which practice prevents contamination?
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A cook tastes a sauce with a spoon and needs to taste it again. Which practice prevents contamination?
A server is setting a table with clean forks. How should the forks be handled?
A guest returns to a self-service buffet for more food. Which practice should staff encourage?
A guest leaves half of a sandwich on a plate. May it be given to another guest?
A container of sugar has a scoop stored inside it. Which placement best protects the sugar?
A food handler washes hands correctly and then dries them on a soiled apron. What went wrong?
A food employee is ill with norovirus. Which statement about a small amount of contamination is correct?
Someone vomits beside an exposed food preparation area. What should the food handler do first?
A sanitizer has been sprayed on a cutting board that still has grease and food pieces on it. What must happen?
A refrigerator contains ready-to-eat TCS food covered by a seven-day date-marking rule at 41 degrees F or below. It was prepared on Monday, counted as day one. What is day seven?
A food handler combines two refrigerated, date-marked batches of the same ready-to-eat TCS food. Which date governs the combined batch?
A prep station has an accessible handwashing sink. Where should a food handler wash hands?
Which condition of a delivery of raw shell eggs requires attention before acceptance?
A worker sees a chemical spray bottle without a label. What should happen before anyone uses it?
A sealed carton of food is included in a supplier's recall notice. It looks normal. What should a food handler do?
A raw beef patty has just been thawed in a microwave. What should happen next?
A busy kitchen has no safe way to wash hands because the water supply has stopped. What should a food handler do?
A handwashing sink runs out of soap during service. Which response is appropriate?
A delivery contains bags of flour with gnawed holes and loose powder beneath them. What should the food handler do?
A pan of cooked rice is placed in a hot-holding unit that is still switched off. What must the food handler check?