BARTENDING 2025/2026 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
GRADED A+
✔✔What are the 3 steps you need to follow to properly check the ID - ✔✔verify the
information, check for alterations, and establish ID ownership
✔✔As a server of alcohol, you do NOT have a legal responsibility to determine a guest's
BAC level. However as a responsible server you should look for what? - ✔✔behavioral
cues and intoxication rate factors
✔✔why might your establishment need documentation about alcohol- related incidents -
✔✔-to defend itself in a liquor liability lawsuit
-to track trends in alcohol related problems
-to ensure that the details of an incident that may have happened years ago can be
accurately presented
✔✔good incident report forms includes - ✔✔-name and/or description of the guest
involved
-date and time of the incident
-description of the incident
-reasonable efforts and intervention strategies used
witnesses to the incident
-employees and managers on duty during the incident
✔✔what is the best practice of documentation - ✔✔to document all alcohol related
incidents, fill out the report as soon as possible so all of the details are still fresh in your
memory, use a bound book or spiral notebook with numbered pages so reports cannot
easily be removed or inserted, and enter an entry daily even if there isn't an incident that
day such as "no problems today"
*discussing the incident with coworkers is not enough protection in the event of a
lawsuit*
✔✔What is the legal age to sell alcohol in my state? (New York) - ✔✔18 year's old
✔✔Does my state (New York) have Dram Shop Laws? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What is the legal age to consume and/or purchase alcohol in my state (New York)? -
✔✔21 year's old
✔✔Does my state (New York) regulate server/seller training, and if so, what do I need
to know about those regulations? - ✔✔New York has a voluntary Alcohol Awareness
Training Program (ATAP). eTIPS is approved for the ATAP On-Premise and Off-
Premise Programs
GRADED A+
✔✔What are the 3 steps you need to follow to properly check the ID - ✔✔verify the
information, check for alterations, and establish ID ownership
✔✔As a server of alcohol, you do NOT have a legal responsibility to determine a guest's
BAC level. However as a responsible server you should look for what? - ✔✔behavioral
cues and intoxication rate factors
✔✔why might your establishment need documentation about alcohol- related incidents -
✔✔-to defend itself in a liquor liability lawsuit
-to track trends in alcohol related problems
-to ensure that the details of an incident that may have happened years ago can be
accurately presented
✔✔good incident report forms includes - ✔✔-name and/or description of the guest
involved
-date and time of the incident
-description of the incident
-reasonable efforts and intervention strategies used
witnesses to the incident
-employees and managers on duty during the incident
✔✔what is the best practice of documentation - ✔✔to document all alcohol related
incidents, fill out the report as soon as possible so all of the details are still fresh in your
memory, use a bound book or spiral notebook with numbered pages so reports cannot
easily be removed or inserted, and enter an entry daily even if there isn't an incident that
day such as "no problems today"
*discussing the incident with coworkers is not enough protection in the event of a
lawsuit*
✔✔What is the legal age to sell alcohol in my state? (New York) - ✔✔18 year's old
✔✔Does my state (New York) have Dram Shop Laws? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What is the legal age to consume and/or purchase alcohol in my state (New York)? -
✔✔21 year's old
✔✔Does my state (New York) regulate server/seller training, and if so, what do I need
to know about those regulations? - ✔✔New York has a voluntary Alcohol Awareness
Training Program (ATAP). eTIPS is approved for the ATAP On-Premise and Off-
Premise Programs
