Columbia Bartending Agency
Exam/Questions with Verified Answers
What is a key trait of bartenders? - - Confidence!
- Dram Shop Act (importance) - - You are liable for your patrons. This also
includes serving minors
- How do you measure intoxication? - - 2 x ABV = Proof
ABV (Alcohol by Volume)
- Standard Drink Sizes - - 12 oz of a Regular Beer (5% Alcohol) = 8-9 oz of
Malt Liquor (7% Alcohol) = 4-5 oz of Wine (12% Alcohol) = 1.5 5oz Shot of
80- Proof Liquor or 1 oz Shot of 100-Proof Liquor (40% Alcohol)
- What is BAC? - - Blood Alcohol Content; it is a measure of alcohol in one's
system
- What effects BAC? - - Strength of drink, body weight/size/muscle, age,
gender, food (depends on when you have the food), drug use, time (rate of
consumption)
- How much can your liver process? - - Your liver can process 1 oz of pure
liquor per hour
- How to tell a drunk person? - - 1. Judgment
2. Lack of Inhibition
3. Delayed Reactions
4. Coordination
JIRC
- What is the Alcohol Myth? - - Alcohol tolerance does NOT exist! Drunkness
depends on BAC
- How to cut people off from alcohol - - Offering something else like water or
small snacks; stop drinking (can't serve you anymore); escalating (divert
attention away from yourself, put it on people higher than you); ask the
person's friends for help
- Speed Rack Order - - Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec, Whiskey,
Bourbon
- Speed Rack Acronym - - Virginia Gets Really Trashy Tramps With Babies
Exam/Questions with Verified Answers
What is a key trait of bartenders? - - Confidence!
- Dram Shop Act (importance) - - You are liable for your patrons. This also
includes serving minors
- How do you measure intoxication? - - 2 x ABV = Proof
ABV (Alcohol by Volume)
- Standard Drink Sizes - - 12 oz of a Regular Beer (5% Alcohol) = 8-9 oz of
Malt Liquor (7% Alcohol) = 4-5 oz of Wine (12% Alcohol) = 1.5 5oz Shot of
80- Proof Liquor or 1 oz Shot of 100-Proof Liquor (40% Alcohol)
- What is BAC? - - Blood Alcohol Content; it is a measure of alcohol in one's
system
- What effects BAC? - - Strength of drink, body weight/size/muscle, age,
gender, food (depends on when you have the food), drug use, time (rate of
consumption)
- How much can your liver process? - - Your liver can process 1 oz of pure
liquor per hour
- How to tell a drunk person? - - 1. Judgment
2. Lack of Inhibition
3. Delayed Reactions
4. Coordination
JIRC
- What is the Alcohol Myth? - - Alcohol tolerance does NOT exist! Drunkness
depends on BAC
- How to cut people off from alcohol - - Offering something else like water or
small snacks; stop drinking (can't serve you anymore); escalating (divert
attention away from yourself, put it on people higher than you); ask the
person's friends for help
- Speed Rack Order - - Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec, Whiskey,
Bourbon
- Speed Rack Acronym - - Virginia Gets Really Trashy Tramps With Babies
