Deck 11: Managing Food Service

Question 1

When they begin kindergarten, children who have been in child care are much more likely to be obese than children who have not been in child care.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A parent's insistence that her child eat only vegetarian meals can create a conflict that requires imagination to resolve.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Sometimes children are allergic to specific foods, such as peanuts.If a parent says that her daughter has a food allergy, you should:

A)tell the parent that he or she will have to bring food for the child.
B)make sure that the item in question never appears on the menu.
C)tell the parent that you can't prepare special foods for every child.
D)ask for physician's statement confirming the allergy and then post a note alerting the staff not to serve that food to the child.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Before deciding on kitchen and other food service equipment, you should always know what might be required by your state's licensing regulations.

Question 5

What is a primary reason for assigning a primary caregiver to each infant or toddler in care?

A)Babies get nervous when they're around a lot of people.
B)Babies need extended contact with the same caregiver.
C)Babies can get sick if too many people handle them.
D)None of the above.

Question 6

When it comes to decisions about what children should eat, advertising and peer pressure are much less potent forces than the guidance of parents.

Question 7

If a child does not want to eat the food put before her at your center, you should:

A)tell her that she cannot play with the others until she finishes her meal.
B)offer her a special treat if she does eat the meal.
C)threaten to tell her parents.
D)none of the above

Question 8

It is important to consider a family's cultural background when dealing with food-related issues.

Question 9

What organism is the leading cause of food-borne illness in the United States?

Question 10

Your center or child-care home may qualify for federal food subsidies if ___________ percent of the children are needy.

Question 11

Katz and Chard list four categories of learning goals that can be met through children's experiences with food.These are:

Question 12

In Reggio Emilia, the practice with meals is to:

A)send the children home for lunch.
B)eat at tables, with the children in charge of table settings and seating arrangements.
C)have the children bring sack lunches from home.
D)have the children serve themselves cafeteria-style.

Question 13

According to the USDA's recommendations, what are four ways to keep safe the food that is served at your center?

Question 14

The parents of one of the children at your center insist that they do not want their child to eat the center's food.Instead, they send food with the child.Unfortunately, the meals that they send consistently fail to meet the nutritional guidelines that you have to follow.What is the best thing for you to try first?

A)Ignore the situation: If they send inadequate food, it's their problem.
B)Report the family for suspected neglect.
C)Discuss the problem with the parents.
D)Secretly give the child extra food.

Question 15

The meal requirements for children aged 1 through 12 in child-care programs require four food components for supper.What are these components?

Question 16

Food is such a small part of a center's operating expense that monitoring its cost is not worth the effort.

Question 17

Your center has a total of eight children aged 8 through 11 months.Which of the following quantities would you need for the eight children to meet the requirement for protein foods for lunch?

A)8 ounces of cheese
B)12 ounces of cottage cheese
C)16 ounces of cheese spread
D)Any of the above

Question 18

Menus that have a predictable 15- to 20-day sequence of foods that are offered over and over are known as:

A)boring menus.
B)vegetarian menus.
C)cycle menus.
D)South Beach menus.

Question 19

If you have a center with three 5-year-olds and also one 2-year-old, you have to have different food components for each age group.

Question 20

Between 1990 and 2000, the percentage of overweight children in the United States:

A)greatly increased.
B)increased a little bit.
C)went down.
D)stayed about the same.