Exam format
Food Protection Manager exam format at a glance
Plan around 90 multiple-choice questions, 80 scored items, 10 pilot items and the 70% passing standard.
Know what counts
The exam contains 90 multiple-choice questions. Eighty are scored and ten are unscored pilot questions, but they are not identified during the exam.
Use the full two-hour window
The standard exam session allows two hours. Build checkpoints for the first pass, flagged questions and a final answer review.
90 questions · 120 min70% · 56 of 8010 learning chapters
Translate 70% into a concrete target
A passing score is 70%, which means at least 56 correct answers among the 80 scored questions. Because pilot items are hidden, answer every item carefully.
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