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1. What are the four core topics required for food handler training under Standard 3.2.2A?

A. Cooking, serving, menu design and customer service
B. Safe food handling, food contamination, cleaning and sanitising, and personal hygiene
C. Nutrition, marketing, stock ordering and pricing
D. First aid, fire safety, manual handling and security

2. Which situation is an example of cross-contamination?

3. Which statement about gloves is correct?

4. What should a food handler do if they have vomiting or diarrhoea that could affect food safety?

A. Hide the symptoms and continue working
B. Tell their supervisor and follow workplace exclusion or restriction procedures
C. Only handle ready-to-eat food
D. Wear gloves and continue all normal duties

5. What are the general safe temperature limits for potentially hazardous food?

6. Ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food has been between 5°C and 60°C for a total of 3 hours. What should happen?

7. Ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food has been between 5°C and 60°C for 4 hours or more. What should you do?

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8. What is the required two-stage cooling process for cooked potentially hazardous food?

A. 60°C to 21°C within 2 hours, then 21°C to 5°C or colder within the next 4 hours
B. 60°C to 30°C within 6 hours, then freeze
C. Leave it at room temperature until cold
D. Cool from 60°C to 5°C within 12 hours

9. What is the difference between cleaning and sanitising?

A. They are exactly the same process
B. Cleaning removes dirt and food residue; sanitising reduces microorganisms on a clean surface
C. Sanitising removes visible dirt while cleaning only kills bacteria
D. Cleaning is only needed at the end of the week

10. A food handler is unsure whether a food item is safe or whether an allergen request can be met safely. What is the best action?

A. Guess based on how the food looks
B. Serve it and explain afterwards
C. Stop, check reliable information and workplace procedures, and ask the supervisor/Food Safety Supervisor when required
D. Remove the visible ingredient and assume it is safe

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