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ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
ANSWERS
Definition of the Dram Shop Act - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔"Any person who shall be
injured in person, property, means of support, or otherwise by any intoxicated person, or by
reason of the intoxication of said person, whether resulting in his death or not, shall have a
right of action against any person who shall, by unlawfully assisting in procuring liquor for
such intoxication person, have caused or contributed to such intoxication: and in any such
action such person shall have a right to recover actual and exemplary damages.
Definition of Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The amount of
alcohol in the bloodstream, measured as a percentage
BAC and Effects of 2 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.05, release of
inhibitions
BAC and Effects of 3 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.08, DWI legal limit in
NY State
BAC and Effects of 4 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.10, loss of coordination,
staggering, slurring
BAC and Effects of 8 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.20, loss of emotional
control
BAC and Effects of 12 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.30, "Walking
Blackout", loss of conciousness
BAC and Effects of 14 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.35, coma, minimum
lethal level
BAC and Effects of 16+ drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.40+, death
,Six main factors affecting BAC - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- size (musculature, not
physical size)
- rate of consumption
- strength of drink (carbonated drinks can increase BAC by forcing alcohol into the
bloodstream)
- food (eating BEFORE intoxication is helpful, eating AFTER intoxication does nothing)
- gender (women tend to have less muscle mass and less of a digestive enzyme that
metabolizes alcohol)
- drug use
Two minor factors affecting BAC - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- race (an enzyme in the liver
of people of Asian descent is less active, making metabolizing alcohol more difficult)
- age (very young and very old people tend to be more susceptible to alcohol)
J.I.R.C. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Judgment (driving under the influence, trying to buy
everyone a drink)
- Inhibitions (increased talkativeness, uncharacteristic behaviour)
- Reactions (slurred speech, forgetting someone's name)
- Coordination (dropping things, spilling drinks)
Steps to cut someone off - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1 - say no
2 - suggest a non-alcoholic beverage or food
3 - suggest drinking water before drinking more alcohol
4 - say you will be fired if you serve them
5 - have a bouncer to escort them out of the bar
Definition of a standard drink - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔14 grams (or 0.5 fluid ounces) of
pure alcohol; equivalent to 12 oz of beer, 5 oz of wine, and 1.5 oz of hard liquor
Definition of ABV - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔alcohol by volume; the amount of the liquor
that is comprised of alcohol, expressed as a percentage
, Definition of proof - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔twice the ABV, expressed as a number
Definition of spirit (or hard liquor) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔any distilled liquor that does
not contain added sugar and has more than 20% ABV
Characteristics of vodka - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- colourless
- odourless and tasteless (in theory, low-quality ones smell of rubbing alcohol due to
impurities)
Characteristics of gin - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- colourless
- bitter and floral smell from juniper berries
- dry taste
Characteristics of rum - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- sweet taste and smell
- distilled from fermented byproducts of sugarcane processing, usually molasses
- can be aged
- white or light rum is colourless and un-aged or only slightly aged
- dark rum brown and more aromatic due to a longer aging process
Characteristics of cachaça - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- distilled from fermented sugarcane
juice
- similar to rum but has a smoother finish
- common in Brazil
Characteristics of tequila - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- sweet and spicy taste
- made from blue agave
- blanco or plata tequila is un-aged or aged less than 2 months in steel barrels
- joven or oro tequila is aged for a couple months in neutral oak barrels
- reposado tequila is aged just less than one year in oak barrels, giving it a smoother finish
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
ANSWERS
Definition of the Dram Shop Act - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔"Any person who shall be
injured in person, property, means of support, or otherwise by any intoxicated person, or by
reason of the intoxication of said person, whether resulting in his death or not, shall have a
right of action against any person who shall, by unlawfully assisting in procuring liquor for
such intoxication person, have caused or contributed to such intoxication: and in any such
action such person shall have a right to recover actual and exemplary damages.
Definition of Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The amount of
alcohol in the bloodstream, measured as a percentage
BAC and Effects of 2 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.05, release of
inhibitions
BAC and Effects of 3 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.08, DWI legal limit in
NY State
BAC and Effects of 4 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.10, loss of coordination,
staggering, slurring
BAC and Effects of 8 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.20, loss of emotional
control
BAC and Effects of 12 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.30, "Walking
Blackout", loss of conciousness
BAC and Effects of 14 drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.35, coma, minimum
lethal level
BAC and Effects of 16+ drinks per hour - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔0.40+, death
,Six main factors affecting BAC - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- size (musculature, not
physical size)
- rate of consumption
- strength of drink (carbonated drinks can increase BAC by forcing alcohol into the
bloodstream)
- food (eating BEFORE intoxication is helpful, eating AFTER intoxication does nothing)
- gender (women tend to have less muscle mass and less of a digestive enzyme that
metabolizes alcohol)
- drug use
Two minor factors affecting BAC - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- race (an enzyme in the liver
of people of Asian descent is less active, making metabolizing alcohol more difficult)
- age (very young and very old people tend to be more susceptible to alcohol)
J.I.R.C. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Judgment (driving under the influence, trying to buy
everyone a drink)
- Inhibitions (increased talkativeness, uncharacteristic behaviour)
- Reactions (slurred speech, forgetting someone's name)
- Coordination (dropping things, spilling drinks)
Steps to cut someone off - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1 - say no
2 - suggest a non-alcoholic beverage or food
3 - suggest drinking water before drinking more alcohol
4 - say you will be fired if you serve them
5 - have a bouncer to escort them out of the bar
Definition of a standard drink - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔14 grams (or 0.5 fluid ounces) of
pure alcohol; equivalent to 12 oz of beer, 5 oz of wine, and 1.5 oz of hard liquor
Definition of ABV - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔alcohol by volume; the amount of the liquor
that is comprised of alcohol, expressed as a percentage
, Definition of proof - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔twice the ABV, expressed as a number
Definition of spirit (or hard liquor) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔any distilled liquor that does
not contain added sugar and has more than 20% ABV
Characteristics of vodka - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- colourless
- odourless and tasteless (in theory, low-quality ones smell of rubbing alcohol due to
impurities)
Characteristics of gin - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- colourless
- bitter and floral smell from juniper berries
- dry taste
Characteristics of rum - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- sweet taste and smell
- distilled from fermented byproducts of sugarcane processing, usually molasses
- can be aged
- white or light rum is colourless and un-aged or only slightly aged
- dark rum brown and more aromatic due to a longer aging process
Characteristics of cachaça - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- distilled from fermented sugarcane
juice
- similar to rum but has a smoother finish
- common in Brazil
Characteristics of tequila - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- sweet and spicy taste
- made from blue agave
- blanco or plata tequila is un-aged or aged less than 2 months in steel barrels
- joven or oro tequila is aged for a couple months in neutral oak barrels
- reposado tequila is aged just less than one year in oak barrels, giving it a smoother finish
