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ServSafe Manager

The ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification Examination is a proctored, multiple-choice exam. ServSafe’s current passing-score answer says you need 70 percent, at least 56 of 80 scored questions, on a 90-question exam that also includes 10 unscored pilot questions. The exam time on current product pages is 2 hours. A certificate is generally valid for 5 years, and a state or employer can set a different rule. Passy does not give the exam, award the certification, or replace required training.

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Questions90 multiple-choice

80 scored questions plus 10 pilot questions that ServSafe says are for research only.

Passing70%, at least 56 of 80

The current ServSafe answer uses the 80 scored questions. A 2020 handbook still says 75 percent.

Time2 hours

Current exam products list 2 hours. Online launch steps are extra time before that clock.

CertificateOften 5 years

ServSafe says manager certification is valid for 5 years and that a local rule can differ.

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Temperatures, cooling, and holding

  • A temperature without its food and its time is not a rule
  • Cooling has a 2-hour stage and a 6-hour total
  • Reheating for hot holding is not the same as hot holding
02

Contamination and allergens

  • Separate raw animal foods by the control they need
  • Allergen cross-contact is not fixed by ordinary cooking
  • A memorized shelf list does not rescue a leaking package
03

People, cleaning, and the operation

  • Vomiting or diarrhea is an exclusion decision, not a diagnosis
  • The six illnesses do not share one return-to-work rule
  • Sanitizer strength comes from the label, not one number for every chemical

Content-area names follow the official ServSafe update page and FDA Food Code 2022, checked October 3, 2026.

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Decide with the condition attached.

Work original kitchen scenarios, then read why a familiar number fails when the food or the clock is different.Start with 10 questions
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Explanations

Ask which limit the stem actually used.

Use a rationale to separate a cooking temperature, a holding temperature, and a cooling deadline.Read the reasoning
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Misses

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A wrong cooling answer is not fixed by another pass over allergen rules.Name the miss
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