SERVSAFE ALCOHOL EFFECTS AND
SERVICE EXAM SCRIPT FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS REVIEW
●● what are the business cost
Answer: loss of liquor license
loss of revenue
increased insurance cost
●● what are the three types of liability
Answer: criminal liability
civil liability including dram shop laws
administrative liability
●● criminal liability can result in
Answer: jail time
probation
fines
●● civil liability
Answer: Responsibility for the provision of monetary or other
compensation awarded to a plaintiff in a civil action.
,●● What is the cost of not serving alcohol responsibily
Answer: Human costs
Legal costs
Business costs
●● dram shop law
Answer: Made owners and operators of drinking establishments liable
for injuries caused by intoxicated customers
●● Administrative liability
Answer: deals with penalties for establishments and employees who do
not follow alcohol laws
-penalties given by liquor authorities
●● What do liquor authorities do
Answer: grant liquor licenses
help enforce state and local liquor laws
can penalize establishments and employees who break alcohol laws
●● what are the penalties from liquor authorities can include but are not
limited to
Answer: suspension or loss of the establishment's liquor license
, loss of a server's right to serve alcohol
fines against owners and staff
●● what is the minimum age to buy, possess or drink alcohol
Answer: 21 years of age
●● what are the laws to prevent underage drinking are
Answer: must be 21 or older
use of fake or altered id's
minimum age to enter a bar
minimum age for servers and bartenders
●● laws on serving intoxicated guests
Answer: selling and serving alcohol to intoxicated guest you can be held
liable and anyone else serving the intoxicated person can be held liable
●● T/F: Servers can't be held criminally liable for violating alcohol
service laws
Answer: False
●● municipality
Answer: city, town, country, or village
SERVICE EXAM SCRIPT FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS REVIEW
●● what are the business cost
Answer: loss of liquor license
loss of revenue
increased insurance cost
●● what are the three types of liability
Answer: criminal liability
civil liability including dram shop laws
administrative liability
●● criminal liability can result in
Answer: jail time
probation
fines
●● civil liability
Answer: Responsibility for the provision of monetary or other
compensation awarded to a plaintiff in a civil action.
,●● What is the cost of not serving alcohol responsibily
Answer: Human costs
Legal costs
Business costs
●● dram shop law
Answer: Made owners and operators of drinking establishments liable
for injuries caused by intoxicated customers
●● Administrative liability
Answer: deals with penalties for establishments and employees who do
not follow alcohol laws
-penalties given by liquor authorities
●● What do liquor authorities do
Answer: grant liquor licenses
help enforce state and local liquor laws
can penalize establishments and employees who break alcohol laws
●● what are the penalties from liquor authorities can include but are not
limited to
Answer: suspension or loss of the establishment's liquor license
, loss of a server's right to serve alcohol
fines against owners and staff
●● what is the minimum age to buy, possess or drink alcohol
Answer: 21 years of age
●● what are the laws to prevent underage drinking are
Answer: must be 21 or older
use of fake or altered id's
minimum age to enter a bar
minimum age for servers and bartenders
●● laws on serving intoxicated guests
Answer: selling and serving alcohol to intoxicated guest you can be held
liable and anyone else serving the intoxicated person can be held liable
●● T/F: Servers can't be held criminally liable for violating alcohol
service laws
Answer: False
●● municipality
Answer: city, town, country, or village
