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A cook tastes a sauce with a spoon and needs to taste it again. Which practice prevents contamination?

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  1. A cook tastes a sauce with a spoon and needs to taste it again. Which practice prevents contamination?

  2. A server is setting a table with clean forks. How should the forks be handled?

  3. A guest returns to a self-service buffet for more food. Which practice should staff encourage?

  4. A guest leaves half of a sandwich on a plate. May it be given to another guest?

  5. A container of sugar has a scoop stored inside it. Which placement best protects the sugar?

  6. A food handler washes hands correctly and then dries them on a soiled apron. What went wrong?

  7. A food employee is ill with norovirus. Which statement about a small amount of contamination is correct?

  8. Someone vomits beside an exposed food preparation area. What should the food handler do first?

  9. A sanitizer has been sprayed on a cutting board that still has grease and food pieces on it. What must happen?

  10. 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?

  11. A food handler combines two refrigerated, date-marked batches of the same ready-to-eat TCS food. Which date governs the combined batch?

  12. A prep station has an accessible handwashing sink. Where should a food handler wash hands?

  13. Which condition of a delivery of raw shell eggs requires attention before acceptance?

  14. A worker sees a chemical spray bottle without a label. What should happen before anyone uses it?

  15. A sealed carton of food is included in a supplier's recall notice. It looks normal. What should a food handler do?

  16. A raw beef patty has just been thawed in a microwave. What should happen next?

  17. A busy kitchen has no safe way to wash hands because the water supply has stopped. What should a food handler do?

  18. A handwashing sink runs out of soap during service. Which response is appropriate?

  19. A delivery contains bags of flour with gnawed holes and loose powder beneath them. What should the food handler do?

  20. A pan of cooked rice is placed in a hot-holding unit that is still switched off. What must the food handler check?

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