Food Service Questions

When purchasing foodservice equipment, first consider:

A meal equivalent is determined by:

Where should a Class B fire extinguisher be placed?

Policies are:

Which of the following would be considered by HACCP to be of the most concern:

The human relations theory of management stresses:

Most important in determining space required for food prod unit in new facility?

The cleanliness of on-line steam is not as issue when purchasing a:

A work schedule:

When you change from a conventional to a cook-chill system, which should be considered?

Methylene is added to some types of coffee to:

When developing educational plans, when do you plan the evaluation criteria?

Which of the following dishmachine temps should be adjusted?

Prime steaks:

Using the scientific approach to management, which of the following would result?

If you increase the size of kitchen, what effect will there be on worker efficiency?

What may be asked during an interview?

Following types of menus would be most appropriate for a new acute-care facility w/ LOS 2 days?

Employee returns to work after a broken leg, but still not able to perform job. You should:

Which government agency inspects and grades meat?

Which of the following would be used to analyze tray line accuracy?

How much hamburger will it take to make 300 three oz. patties with 20% shrinkage?

Dietitian is developing policies and procedures 4 nourishment distribution/service should first

If you inform an employee that, as his supervisor, you wish to have him perform a certain task:

The primary reason for portion control in food service is:

The minimum recommended temp for a chemical sanitizer is:

What method of food service is used when one school delivers meals to another?

A strict Muslim would not eat:

If an employee works 5 days each week, how many regular employees can be covered by one relief?

A press conference announcing your new business is:

Which is an example of an indirect cost?

HAACP standards would be similar for which of the following foods?

Request quotations from vendors on specific items by phone/in person. Method of purchasing

On your meal rounds, you notice that elderly patients are not being fed properly. What's best:

Which of the following is hearing b/w labor & mngnt during impasse & aid in settling disputes?

Where should a hand-washing sink be located?

When can a citizen have an impact on a bill?

What law guarantees workers the right to organize and join labor unions?

When does a breakeven point increase?

Brownish-red pigment, due to oxidation of iron molecule and is found in meat that is not fresh:

What temperature range is recommended for a dairy refrigerator?

Results from a patient food satisfaction survey indicate that pts think servings are too large

A processed food entrée contains TVP which is used to:

The dishwasher temps are as follows: pre-wash 140, was 150, rinse 200. You should?

The oxidated form of myoglobin that results in bright red color of meat

The FDA is responsible for:

Management's basic function is:

You have been promoted to a top management position. What adjustment in skills is needed?

In interstate shipping of shellfish is monitored by the:

Dishes are greasy when unloaded from the dishmachine. What should you check first?

At what temp should coffee and items such as thin soups be held for serving?

Before adding new items to the menu:

The main reason for keeping an inventory is:

The interstate shipping of shellfish is monitored by the:

What is an example of line of authority?

What is the most important reason for a microwave oven in food service?

The use of sugar substitute is regulated by the:

Kitchen has deck oven, range, tilt skillet, fridge, freezer, prep counter, bulk cold/hot carts

What's the difference between induction and conduction?

When substituting butter for lard in pastry:

Which would add bulk to frozen yogurt?

The major function of management is:

Winterized oil is:

Equipment purchases depend on:

Beef bottom round should be cooked:

According to HACCP: recommendation when preparing mixed dishes with perishable ingredients?

How wide should as aisle be for two people with a mobile care to move through?

What is a formal study to verify that documentation and processes have been followed?

Which of the following is poor management?

Which of the following foods are safe?

Quality circles are useful in:

Several pts receiving puree diets have developed salmonella infections. The most likely cause?

What causes egg yolk color to change?

During an interview, which of the following can you ask?

What type of leadership style is shown with a circular organizational chart?

A hospital café currently serves 500 meals at noon & needs to up service to 800 w/o add staff

The transfer of heat when cooking with an induction burner is the:

You will be introducing new methods of production to your staff. The most effective method:

What method is used when you log in and out movement from the storeroom?

To sanitize, immerse dishes in a chemical solution for __ minute(s).

What is the best way to prevent contamination of food?

Fresh eggs in the shell can be stored in a fridge at 40 degrees for:

Quality standards for fruits assures you of:

Which oven is most energy efficient?

The number of work movements b/w pieces of equipment is indicated on:

A written record of items ordered, w/quantities & specs is:

What is the best way to cook a roast?

Which organization regulates the irradiation of foods?

The major muscle pigment responsible for the color of meat:

Which of the following stabilizes an egg white foam?

A food service worker confides in you that he has tested HIV positive. What should you do?

Efficiency of foodservice employee is increased if work center is designed 2 allow employee to

Kitchen has fridge, freezer, steamers, ovens, microwave, meal assembly, delivery carts

The maximum number of calories per serving in a product labeled "low calorie" is:

The Ouchi Theory Z management theory states that:

Five pounds of pressure creates a temp that is___ the boiling point of water.

Which pasta contains egg?

A dietitian ordering canned goods can be assured of a reliable product if they:

The report presenting the financial condition of an organization as of a particular date:

Which of the following is a paid employee who represents other union workers?

Which nutrient is added for flour enrichment?

Six sigma improves quality by:

Which job would you not give to a consultant dietitian?

Au gratin potatoes are cooked to endpoint temp of 140. Serving is in 10 min. You should?

A number 10 can holds how many cups of product?

The process of comparing a program's benefits to net savings is called:

A facility w/labor turnover rate of 50% also experiences numerous employee malfunctions:

50 bed hospital has limited kitchen space for storage & production. Most appropriate menu:

The Y theory of management is:

A foodservice dept has developed several high-quality, sugar-free desserts unique to the dept.

Why are mono- & di-glycerides added to the shortening used in cakes?

Cured meat is pink due to:

You need to develop quality control guidelines for receiving purchased foods. Most important?

Which is a good method of food handling?

Propionate is used in foods to:

An 8lb. roast beef costs 2.79/lb. The edible portion is 65%. What is the AP price of the roast?

Homemade rolls are crumbly and fall apart easily. The most likely cause of the poor texture is:

Which of the following must be included when preparing a budget?

To increase the number of patrons served in the cafeteria during the lunch meal:

Which production system has the smallest production area?

If you are concerned that the receiver is not accurately checking incoming stock, you should:

An angel food cake is made without cream of tartar. What is the result?

A job breakdown:

For a fair employee performance appraisal process, the evaluation criteria should:

Which would be a sentinel event?

To prevent frozen gravy from separating when thawed:

The tartness in fruits and vegetables is due to:

Use separate cutting boards for a raw chicken and vegetables to avoid illness due to:

What is not shown on an organizational chart?

How can you preserve thiamin when cooking pork?

The food service director who wants to hire a dietitian should first:

What method of cooking is used with the convection oven?

Illness due to Bacillus cereus is due to contaminated:

A Director from another dept. sends you an email regarding construction. This is an example of:

A muffin has long tunnels from top to bottom. Next time you make this recipe you should:

For efficient staffing & keep to budget constraints, dietitian controls labor costs:

Which of the following forms of pudding would be purchased in Assembly/serve foodservice system

The following oils can be winterized:

Preventing a listeria monocytogenes outbreak requires special care because:

How much water should be available per person per day in a disaster?

A hospital administrator would be most concerned with:

A blast and rethermalization are part of the:

Which type of power is ineffective in motivating behavioral change and may create resistance?

The best use of performance appraisals is:

What's the first thing you should do if an employee frequently comes to work w/o proper uniform

Adding bran to a recipe will:

The purpose of outcomes research is to:

You are involved in planning a prospectus. This is:

Spaghetti sauce prepared on Mon is to be served on Wed. What should you recommend to the cook?

The gauge of metal refers to:

Employees are consistently returning late from break. The dietitian should first:

Which of the following will help prevent other employees from walking through cook's work area?

TO determine how profitable a department has been, determine the profit margin, which is:

What is the best example of delegation?

The greatest effect on the yield of meat cooked to a uniform internal tem is produced by the:

The flakiness of pie crust depends on:

Manager updates Director on activities occurring on patient trayline, he is demonstrating:

If a union member repeatedly arrives late, you should?

Which of the following extinguishers is best to use on a grease fire?

Sugar tenderizes a baked good by:

If the temp on the dishmachine rinse cycle is 135, you should:

An employee voted in by the union who works to settle grievances while on paid time is the:

Unions usually advance employees based on:

A food delivery arrived during trayline service. What should the dietitian do?

What is the food cost % if the cost of food is $325 and the income is $865?

What is the major reason for installing automated equipment?

A job description:

Which of the following is an example of productivity management?

In a nutrient analysis of a recipe that uses 10lbs of 80/20 ground beef, how ensure accuracy?

Which food service system is least likely to have microbial contamination?

Meat graded "US Standard" is the grade given at the:

When meat is irradiated, the best flavor comes from:

The span of control refers to the number of:

The most impt critical control point to monitor in prep & service of canned cream soup is temp?

Which of the following components is a form of business promotion?

Which group is responsible for nutritional labeling?

A cake with a fallen center may be the result of:

If a female is hired and does not receive the same pay as a man in same position..help from?

An outbreak of food-borne illness in the café, you notice an employee has an infected cut. You?

A meat slicer should be cleaned:

A graphic representation of the separate steps in a procedure using symbols:

A flexible monthly budget would be recommended for a hospital which:

In order to influence a legislator one day before a vote, the dietitian should:

A decision to feed patients in their rooms, rather than in the cafeteria is based on:

Which is the best temperature for frying?

Which system is not labor efficient?

If an employee is not performing well, the first thing to do is to check the:

Costs which are proportionately responsive to changes in volume are:

The proper portion size of a dessert item is 1/3 cup. Which scoop should you use?

Organized gathering of data and information for the purpose of analyzing a service for clients:

Quality assurance is:

A useful application of counting FTE's is in planning:

A substitute is legally differentiated from another food by:

Store frozen fruits and vegetables at:

Which foods should be washed just before serving?

To find out about the new regulations developed by the FDA you would check:

OSHA requires documentation on the use of the following:

Which method of bread-making is not as dependent on the length of time the dough sits to rise?

Deck oven, range, tilt skillet, fridge, freezer, prep counter, meal assembly, delivery carts

A customer ate in the cafeteria & is ill one hour after eating a chicken sandwich. First thing?

When you are checking overrun, you are checking:

The food service supervisors should carefully monitor a cook-chill production b/w of:

The most appropriate temp for a sanitizing solution is:

PERT is a tool that will help you:

Adulterated food is regulated by the:

What gas is released from a fire?

Which additive improves the crispness of vegetables?

The organizational chart:

Pie crust is moist the day after cooking. Why?

Family and Medical Leave Act guarantees:

Quality control is:

All of the following are operational costs except:

Which of the following would reduce direct expenses in foodservice?

When cleaning___, use chlorine or quarternary ammonia.

You called a meeting for 9am. 3/5 ppl arrived on time. General guideline for starting meetings

A food is bacteria-safe if it is:

Which of the following is not a function of eggs in a recipe?

Publicity is a component of which part of the marketing mix?

When substituting buttermilk for whole milk in pastry:

Which of the following service systems has the lowest labor costs?

Why should a manager not allow employees to wear long jewelry in the kitchen?

If you worked overtime and did not get paid, which labor law would help your claim?

In dry storage, the humidity should be:

Before establishing a nutrition consulting business in your community:

Which of the following best describes a cash-flow budget?

To evaluate quality patient care:

The kitchen floor will be changed. What do you recommend?

Beef stew has been unrefrigerated for 4 hours after preparation. What should you do?

Management by objectives refers to a management process which employs:

What does the Uniform Retail Meat Industry Standard Label assure?

Dietitian wishes to delegate work to a subordinate should first:

What should be the final consideration in the make or buy decision of a product?

When preparing a budget, which management function is involved?

Appearance, taste, and texture are considered:

Two of the listed ingredients on a frozen food label are BHA and BHT. Function?

A component of the DRI's is the EAR which is used:

What is the chemical composition of a class ABC fire extinquisher?

How do you convince Admin that a former nutrition program should be reinstated?

How many quarts of batter are needed to make 144 muffins using a #12 scoop?

When making decisions, a consultative leader is one who:

The employee turnover rate refers to the following?

If a food service reconstitutes frozen food that is made on site, what type of production?

An employee consistently calls in sick the day before a holiday. His supervisor should:

If dishes are not cleaned properly in the dishmachine, the first thing to check is:

When trying to cut down on the # of employees on a tray assembly line, evaluate this:

When adding bran to a flour mixture, what should be changed?

OSHA's responsibilities do not include:

What procedure is binding and cannot be changed?

Meat loaf has been left out for 5 hours. Should you serve it?

What would you do if an employee does not wash pots as required?

In a hospital w/300 patients, it takes 14 min to prepare 1 meal. How many FTEs are needed/week?

If you replace half & half w/whipping cream in ice cream, effects on the ice crystals will be:

Which oil is the highest in monosaturated fatty acids?

A food service mngr supervises 35 empl has a problem w/ discipline & increased absent. Why?

2 bowl-like sections of aluminum/stainless steel w/ air space b/w 4 circulation of steam 2 heat

Major blood pigment, adds to attractive color of meat, & is generally removed during slaughter:

In making decisions, take the following steps:

Evaporated milk has:

Underwriters Laboratory does which of the following?

Which process results in creative, prioritized decision-making?

Last night's meat delivery had been improperly handled by 2 employees. First action?

What can you do if your company denies you the right to organize and form a labor union?

Which of the following components is projected first during the budgeting process?

Salt is used in yeast breads to:

If you open sealed bids & place order w/lowest bid, you're using which buying method?

What can an employer do regarding an employee who wishes to join the union?

How many mins are needed to sanitize dishes when washing by hand using chlorine?

Whish is considered a hazardous situation?

Which food items require the highest humidity?

Which of these work center designs discourages through traffic?

Which management fnx should require the greatest allotment of time by a production manager?

Cost effectiveness studies:

What is the labor turnover rate if 6 employees in a department of 55 were terminated & replaced

The profit margin:

What should you do if you believe theft is occurring in the store room?

Food was at 70'F for a long time in anaerobic conditions. 8 hrs. after eating you become ill.

Four hours after eating you develop nausea & diarrhea w/o fever. The cause may be:

Productivity is measure by:

An example of self-actualization is:

A narrow span of management should be employed with:

Which piece of food service equipment may be restricted by a local law?

A non-directed interview provides:

What tem related to scientific management?

The line type of organizational chart shows:

When switching from a conventional to a convention oven:

Which is the best way to maximize meat storage?

Clostridium perfringens is often associated with:

Salmonella sources are often:

Which law sets the minimum wage?

Large volume purchasing, centralized production, service areas in separate facilities:

The width of a main kitchen aisle should be:

Which of the following is not a meat alternative?

Where is the most efficient place to locate the refrigerator and the freezer?

How do you determine the average check in the cafeteria?

What does the term "USDA graded" on meat tell the customer?

Traditional diets of Asian populations in the US are low in:

If you are working on a cost benefit analysis you would:

Coarse texture in a cake is due to:

Dry heat cookery should be used for which cut of meat?

What is not found in a standardized recipe?

To decrease sodium intake, substitute:

Food service is being converted from conventional to a ready-prepared. Consider the adequacy of

When green vegetables begin to lose their color during serving, consider:

The temp of a beef casserole drops below 140 within 1 hour. What should you do?

Freezing will:

The first control in the receiving process is the:

The Standard of Identity:

What is the lowest acceptable holding temperature while serving?

A home-delivered meals program for the elderly chooses a non-selective menu primarily to:

Which cooking method would be best to convert collagen to gelatin in a bottom round roast?

A scale drawing of an area showing the path of worker during a process is:

Excess food soil in dishmachine will result in foam that interferes. Corrective action?

A supervisor dietitian who wishes to delegate specific responsibilities should first:

Previously cooked hazardous food must be reheated to an internal temp of 165 for 15 secs w/I:

Which would be the best tool for rating foods in a pediatric hospital?

An employee evaluation should be given:

Theory Z is based on the following premise:

Formularies are descriptions of:

Which is the best flour to use when making cakes?

When determining the labor turnover rate in one period look at the number of:

Which of the following has a slow onset and is anaerobic?

The best way to prevent the spread of food-borne illness is to:

When using the ABC inventory classification system, the tightest controls are needed for the:

You teach food service workers pot-washing temps. How do you know if workers then follow rules?

Equipment construction that is most related to microbiological food safety:

The final step in a union dispute is:

Hospitals use formularies to:

If the chlorine solution in the dishmachine is not working properly, the first action should be

Bacillus cereus intoxication is most likely to occur following consumption of:

If there is an increase in input and output productivity will:

A tactic that increases the sale of services through publicity is known as:

Which of the following has the quickest onset of food-borne illness?

If dishes come out of the dishmachine with water spots:

When goods are received, the delivery slip included is:

A viscosimeter measures:

In work simplification, which of the following tools is helpful?

Psychographic marketing includes the following categories:

Choice steaks are:

Sugar and salt act as a preservative because they:

A dietitian documents their work on time. This is an example of:

According to Chinese beliefs, foods and herbs that may be used to treat illnesses are grouped: