Fire Fighters Burn Fund of Victoria

Please take the time to answer the following questionnaire to test your knowledge regarding burn prevention.

Although the questions are applicable to a restaurant setting, they will help you understand the importance of serving food at home correctly, as well as what to watch out for when you are at a restaurant with your children.

1. When seating your child in a restaurant, where is the best place? a) At the end of the table, in the aisle. b) Wherever the parents request. c) Next to a parent, but away from the aisle. d) Next to a parent, but on the aisle. e) I do not know the answer
2. How should hot food be served to a child? a) Place it in the center of the table. b) Give it to a parent. c) Ask parent where to place it. d) Give it to the child and warn that it is hot e) I do not know the answer.
3. Based on the table arrangement to the right, how should hot coffee be served to Dad? a) Pass the cup over child #1's head. b) Ask child #1 to pass the cup to Dad. c) Ask Mom to pass the cup to Dad d) Pass the cup in front of child #1 e) I do not know the answer.
4. The SAFEST way to refill coffee is to: a) leave the cup on the table and fill it. b) pick the cup up and fill it away from the table. c) have the customer steady the cup while you pour. d) place the cup on a serving try when you fill it. e) I do not know the answer.
5. When taking a glass coffee pot to refill at a customer's table, you should carry: a) a pot in each hand, placing one on the table while pouring the other. b) the coffee pot on a tray. c) one coffee pot by hand. d) one pot in each hand, pouring each directly into the cup on the table. e) I do not know the answer.
6. What is the best way to get a large order of hot food to a table? a) Stack the food on the tray with the hottest items closer to you than the customers. b) Stack the food on the tray with the hottest items closest to the customers for earlier removal. c) Hot items should never be brought to the table; server should wait until they cool slightly. d) Make multiple trips to bring the whole order to the table. e) I do not know the answer
7. How should hot food be served to a parent if a child is sitting closest to the server? a) Ask the child to help pass the food. b) Have the parent reach and take the food in front of the child. c) Slide the food across the table. d) Have the parent reach and take the food behind the child. d) I do not know the answer
8. What is the FIRST thing you should do if a customer gets burned? a) Pour a cold drink on the burn. b) Get the manager or call for help. c) Put ice on the burn. d) Place butter or oil on the burn. e) I do not know the answer.
9. When taking hot food or drinks to a table, what is the closest distance from a child to safely place these items? a) 6 inches from the child's edge of the table. b) 12 inches from the child's edge of the table. c) one arm length for the child. d) one and a half arm lengths for the child. e) I do not know the answer.
10. When carrying a tray of hot items where is the best place to look? a) At the tray you are carrying. b) At the table to which you are headed. c) Directly in front of you. d) Back and forth between the tray and the table. e) I do not know the answer.
11. How should a group of customers be seated if they include: Mom, Grandma, a child in a booster seat, and a child in a high chair? Select the correct seating arrangement below. a) b) c) d) e) I do not know the answer.