SERVSAFE ALCOHOL EFFECTS AND
SERVICE EXAMS SET FULL SOLUTION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● types of liability
Answer: -criminal
-civil
-administrative
●● criminal liability is
Answer: If you break alcohol laws you can be held responsible of
committing a crime
-ex: serving alcohol to an underage person
●● criminal liability results in
Answer: -jail time
-probation
-fines
●● civil liability
Answer: if you break alcohol laws and someone gets hurt, you can be
sued or forced to pay the damages
,●● dram shop laws
Answer: special kind of civil liability for people who serve alcohol
-allow a person who was not at a business to sue for injuries caused by a
guest who was drinking there
-EX: person drives home from your establishment drunk and kills
someone. the bartender, owner, and manager can be sued for the death
●● Administrative liability
Answer: deals with penalties for establishments and employees who do
not follow alcohol laws
-penalties given by liquor authorities
●● liquor authorities job
Answer: -grant liquor licenses
-help enforce state and local liquor laws
-can penalize establishments and employees who break laws
●● penalties from liquor authorities
Answer: -suspensions or loss of liquor license
-loss of a servers right to serve alcohol
-fines against owner and staff
, ●● minimum age to buy, possess, and drink alcohol
Answer: 21
●● T/F: It is illegal in some states to serve already intoxicated quests
Answer: true
●● an establishments liquor license was revoked for serving intoxicated
guests
a. civil liability
b. criminal liability
c. administrative liability
Answer: c. administrative
●● a pedestrian who was hit by a drunk driver sues the restaurant that
served the driver
a. civil liability
b. criminal liability
c. administrative liability
Answer: a. civil liability
●● a server is sentenced to 60 days of probation for serving alcohol to
an underage guests. criminal liability
a. civil liability
SERVICE EXAMS SET FULL SOLUTION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● types of liability
Answer: -criminal
-civil
-administrative
●● criminal liability is
Answer: If you break alcohol laws you can be held responsible of
committing a crime
-ex: serving alcohol to an underage person
●● criminal liability results in
Answer: -jail time
-probation
-fines
●● civil liability
Answer: if you break alcohol laws and someone gets hurt, you can be
sued or forced to pay the damages
,●● dram shop laws
Answer: special kind of civil liability for people who serve alcohol
-allow a person who was not at a business to sue for injuries caused by a
guest who was drinking there
-EX: person drives home from your establishment drunk and kills
someone. the bartender, owner, and manager can be sued for the death
●● Administrative liability
Answer: deals with penalties for establishments and employees who do
not follow alcohol laws
-penalties given by liquor authorities
●● liquor authorities job
Answer: -grant liquor licenses
-help enforce state and local liquor laws
-can penalize establishments and employees who break laws
●● penalties from liquor authorities
Answer: -suspensions or loss of liquor license
-loss of a servers right to serve alcohol
-fines against owner and staff
, ●● minimum age to buy, possess, and drink alcohol
Answer: 21
●● T/F: It is illegal in some states to serve already intoxicated quests
Answer: true
●● an establishments liquor license was revoked for serving intoxicated
guests
a. civil liability
b. criminal liability
c. administrative liability
Answer: c. administrative
●● a pedestrian who was hit by a drunk driver sues the restaurant that
served the driver
a. civil liability
b. criminal liability
c. administrative liability
Answer: a. civil liability
●● a server is sentenced to 60 days of probation for serving alcohol to
an underage guests. criminal liability
a. civil liability
