Food Tech Mock Exam Revision

Question 1

Types of food service system

Answer 1

Counter service, fast food, cafateria, Seated counter service, Carvery service, Buffet

Question 2

Fast food

Answer 2

Foods and drinks displayed on a menu behind the counter or on an outside screen/ poster at drive through outlet. The customer places their order and pays at a sales point at the counter , or from a communication point at a drive-through fast food outlet.

Question 3

Cafeteria

Answer 3

All the types of food and drink on sale are displayed at a long counter . Customers move along the counter with a tray and choose what they want , then queue up to pay at the end . Used in schools, some restaraunts and cafés.

Question 4

Seated Counter service

Answer 4

Customers sit at the counter on stools and are served their food. Used in places such as sushi bars, stations and airports.

Question 5

Carvery service

Answer 5

Roasted meat joints are displayed on a counter and carved for customers by a chef. Customers help themselves to vegetables , sauces etc.

Question 6

Free flow

Answer 6

Different types of food and drinks are displayed at different counters . Customers take their trays and choose what they want from different counters then pay at a central till

Question 7

Multi point

Answer 7

Different types of food and drinks are displayed and paid for at seperate counters

Question 8

Table service

Answer 8

Waiters and waitresses take food orders and serve customers seated at a table (used at most restaraunts , pubs etc.)

Question 9

Gueridon system

Answer 9

This is used in restaraunts for cooking or preparing for service , some food e.g. steak , caesar salad , flambeed bananas , from a special trolley at a customers table

Question 10

Transport catering service

Answer 10

For long distance trains, usually have dining carriages for sit down meals or takeaway cafeteria food available. Mobile food and drinks trolleys are also used to deliver directly to travellere throughout the train. On long haul commerical flights, passengers are given one or two meals (frozen or cook chilled food). Meals are heated in the aeroplane kitchens and distributed to passengers

Question 11

Ships

Answer 11

Cruis ships have a variety of food service options available including table and counter service. Ferries will usually have cafeteria service.

Question 12

Vending systems

Answer 12

Vending machines provide hot and cold drinks , snacks and meals. They need to have a person or team of people in charge of regularly maintaining and restocking them

Question 13

The commerical sector (of catering)

Answer 13

Where a business aims to make a profit from the hospitality and caterint services it provides

Question 14

Non commercial sector (of catering)

Answer 14

The non commercial catering services sector where an organisation (e.g. staff canteen in a shop or hospital) provides catering services but doesnt necessarily aim to make a profit.

Question 15

Examples of establishments where hospitality and catering is carried out for business, leisure and tourism (commercial)

Answer 15

Hotels, guest houses, bed and breakfast, inns and pubs, farmhouses, family holiday camps and parks, glamping, cruise ships, long distance trains, airlines, motorway services, youth hostels

Question 16

Client groups (commercial , residential)

Answer 16

(Individuals/groups for business/conferences and meetings), (individuals/groups/families for leisure/holidays) , (guests attending a wedding/ birthday party/ anniversary/ funeral/ religious celebration / office party, etc.) , (overseas visitors/tourists) , (individuals / groups taking part in a health/leisure/tourism/sport activity) , (students on a feild trip) , (travellers breaking a journey) , (passengers on journey)

Question 17

Hospitality and catering services provided (commercial , residential)

Answer 17

Accomodation , housekeeping , turn down service , food and beverages in dining rooms or restaraunts, room service, bar service, cafeteria, takeaway packed lunch service, banqueting and formal meals for special occasions, business / study / training facilities , transport catering service.

Question 18

Hospitality and Catering jobs required (commercial , residential)

Answer 18

For front of house staff - receptionists, porters, security staff
For management - Managers , administrators
Food and beverage - kitchen brigade, restaraunt manager , waiter/waitresses, Barista/Bartender
Housekeeping - Housekeeper , room attendant , maintenance staff , conference staff

Question 19

Examples of establishments where hospitality and catering is carried out (commercial , non residential)

Answer 19

Restaraunts, bistros and dining rooms, Cafés , tearooms , coffee shops, Takeaway, fast food outlets, Pubs and bars, Clubs, Casinos, street food, pop up restaraunts, mobile / road side food vans , visitor and tourist attractions , Sport venues, concert venues.

Question 20

Client groups (commerical, non residential)

Answer 20

Individuals
Families
Groups (age)
Tourists and visitors
Workers on regular hours and shift workers