TIPS Certification Question and Answer [2026] |
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | A+ Verified
• Behavioral Cues of Intoxication -✓✓ inhibitions
impaired judgement
slowed reactions
loss of coordination
• inhibitions -✓✓ relaxed and talkative + could display mood swings.
• Judegement -✓✓ overly friendly, dancing or singing
• reactions -✓✓ thinking process has been affected.
glassy/unfocused eyes. slurred speech . lost their train of thought
• coordination -✓✓ spill drinks, stumble, stagger. may have a difficult time
handling their silverware.
• Intoxication Rate Factors -✓✓ *affect how quickly a person becomes intoxicated
and displays behavioral cues.
size, gender, rate of consumption, strength of the drink, drug use, food intake.
• size -✓✓ larger people may be able to drink more without being as affected as
smaller people
, • gender -✓✓ women are typically smaller, with a higher percentage of body fat,
and tend to become intoxicated faster than men
• rate of consumption -✓✓ the faster a person drinks the alcohol, the more quickly
he or she will become intoxicated.
• strength of drink -✓✓ a straight up drink will be absorbed most quickly. a drink
diluted with water will be absorbed more slowly.
* any carbonated mixer may increase the absorption rate.
• drug use -✓✓ there is no way to predict how prescription and non prescription
drugs will react with alcohol.
*can have an unpredictable effect.
• food intake -✓✓ food in the stomach delays delays the absorption of alcohol into
the bloodstream. A person with a full stomach will not become intoxicated as
quickly as will a person drinking on an empty stomach.
• 1/2 oz. of pure alcohol -✓✓ 12 oz beer.
5 oz wine.
1 oz 100-proof liquor
• Why does alcohol differ from food and other beverages? -✓✓ your body does not
have to digest it before absorbing it. it can be absorbed directly into the blood
stream.
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | A+ Verified
• Behavioral Cues of Intoxication -✓✓ inhibitions
impaired judgement
slowed reactions
loss of coordination
• inhibitions -✓✓ relaxed and talkative + could display mood swings.
• Judegement -✓✓ overly friendly, dancing or singing
• reactions -✓✓ thinking process has been affected.
glassy/unfocused eyes. slurred speech . lost their train of thought
• coordination -✓✓ spill drinks, stumble, stagger. may have a difficult time
handling their silverware.
• Intoxication Rate Factors -✓✓ *affect how quickly a person becomes intoxicated
and displays behavioral cues.
size, gender, rate of consumption, strength of the drink, drug use, food intake.
• size -✓✓ larger people may be able to drink more without being as affected as
smaller people
, • gender -✓✓ women are typically smaller, with a higher percentage of body fat,
and tend to become intoxicated faster than men
• rate of consumption -✓✓ the faster a person drinks the alcohol, the more quickly
he or she will become intoxicated.
• strength of drink -✓✓ a straight up drink will be absorbed most quickly. a drink
diluted with water will be absorbed more slowly.
* any carbonated mixer may increase the absorption rate.
• drug use -✓✓ there is no way to predict how prescription and non prescription
drugs will react with alcohol.
*can have an unpredictable effect.
• food intake -✓✓ food in the stomach delays delays the absorption of alcohol into
the bloodstream. A person with a full stomach will not become intoxicated as
quickly as will a person drinking on an empty stomach.
• 1/2 oz. of pure alcohol -✓✓ 12 oz beer.
5 oz wine.
1 oz 100-proof liquor
• Why does alcohol differ from food and other beverages? -✓✓ your body does not
have to digest it before absorbing it. it can be absorbed directly into the blood
stream.
