TAM CORE EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔How is beverage alcohol formed? - ✔✔Through fermentation of a variety of products
(grains, corn, potato mashes, fruit juices, beet and cane sugar molasses)
Anaerobic glycolysis
✔✔About how much ethanol does a mixture contain during initial fermentation? - ✔✔3-
5%
✔✔How do you make a mixture have a higher concentration of ethanol? - ✔✔Since the
yeast in fermentation becomes inactive after it reaches 3-5%, distillation is needed to
generate a higher concentration of ethanol
✔✔How do you measure the amount of alcohol beverage? - ✔✔Proof; equal to twice
the percentage of ethyl alcohol it contains
✔✔How much alcohol is in 100 proof ethanol? 50 proof? - ✔✔50%, 25%
✔✔Standard drink - ✔✔12 oz beer, 5 oz wine, 1.5 oz liquor (distilled spirits)
✔✔How does the body absorb alcohol? - ✔✔Can occur through skin, through lungs,
and orally (drinking is the primary means by which alcohol is taken in the human body)
It is readily distributed throughout the bloodstream after consumption
Passes from mouth to esophagus then into the stomach and into the small intestine
✔✔How much ethyl alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream from the mouth
membrane? - ✔✔2-4%
✔✔How much ethyl alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream from the stomach? -
✔✔20-25%
✔✔How much ethyl alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream from the small intestine? -
✔✔75-80%
✔✔Factors that affect absorption of alcohol (only true if these factors remain constant) -
✔✔- rate of gastric emptying
- presence of food
- concentration of ethyl alcohol taken in
- type of alcoholic beverage consumed
- gastrointestinal movement
- blood flow
- stomach irritation
- anxiety
, - carbonation
- dehydration
✔✔How does the body metabolize alcohol? - ✔✔90% of the ethyl alcohol that enters
the body is converted into acetic acid which occurs in the liver
The rest is not metabolized and is instead excreted through perspiration, urination, or
respiration
✔✔How do you estimate Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)? - ✔✔take the number of
standard drinks consumed in 1 hour. Multiply this by the effect per drink for appropriate
weight. Then subtract one of those effects per drink per hour for elimination.
✔✔Factors that affect distribution of alcohol (only true if these factors remain constant) -
✔✔- size
- body type
- gender
- age
- rate of elimination
✔✔How does carbonation affect the absorption of alcohol? - ✔✔It irritates the stomach
which causes the pyloric valve to open which speeds up the rate of absorption
✔✔What is stomach irritation? - ✔✔When a large amount of alcohol accumulates in the
stomach so it shuts down and doesn't allow digestion to happen. Alcohol will not pass
through to the intestines because the pyloric valve remains closed so the alcohol
remains in the stomach and continues to irritate it until you throw up
✔✔How does anxiety slow down the absorption of alcohol? - ✔✔when anxious stomach
secretes mucus layer which slows or stops absorption and digestion
✔✔What is the most important determining factor of the rate of absorption for drinking
ethyl alcohol? - ✔✔rate of gastric emptying; the faster the stomach empties the more
rapid the absorption.
✔✔What can delay gastric emptying? - ✔✔- food
- physical exercise
- drugs
✔✔How does the body distribute alcohol? - ✔✔Alcohol mixes with water into the
bloodstream
✔✔How does size affect the rate of distribution of alcohol? - ✔✔the higher the body
weight the lower the BAC
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔How is beverage alcohol formed? - ✔✔Through fermentation of a variety of products
(grains, corn, potato mashes, fruit juices, beet and cane sugar molasses)
Anaerobic glycolysis
✔✔About how much ethanol does a mixture contain during initial fermentation? - ✔✔3-
5%
✔✔How do you make a mixture have a higher concentration of ethanol? - ✔✔Since the
yeast in fermentation becomes inactive after it reaches 3-5%, distillation is needed to
generate a higher concentration of ethanol
✔✔How do you measure the amount of alcohol beverage? - ✔✔Proof; equal to twice
the percentage of ethyl alcohol it contains
✔✔How much alcohol is in 100 proof ethanol? 50 proof? - ✔✔50%, 25%
✔✔Standard drink - ✔✔12 oz beer, 5 oz wine, 1.5 oz liquor (distilled spirits)
✔✔How does the body absorb alcohol? - ✔✔Can occur through skin, through lungs,
and orally (drinking is the primary means by which alcohol is taken in the human body)
It is readily distributed throughout the bloodstream after consumption
Passes from mouth to esophagus then into the stomach and into the small intestine
✔✔How much ethyl alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream from the mouth
membrane? - ✔✔2-4%
✔✔How much ethyl alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream from the stomach? -
✔✔20-25%
✔✔How much ethyl alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream from the small intestine? -
✔✔75-80%
✔✔Factors that affect absorption of alcohol (only true if these factors remain constant) -
✔✔- rate of gastric emptying
- presence of food
- concentration of ethyl alcohol taken in
- type of alcoholic beverage consumed
- gastrointestinal movement
- blood flow
- stomach irritation
- anxiety
, - carbonation
- dehydration
✔✔How does the body metabolize alcohol? - ✔✔90% of the ethyl alcohol that enters
the body is converted into acetic acid which occurs in the liver
The rest is not metabolized and is instead excreted through perspiration, urination, or
respiration
✔✔How do you estimate Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)? - ✔✔take the number of
standard drinks consumed in 1 hour. Multiply this by the effect per drink for appropriate
weight. Then subtract one of those effects per drink per hour for elimination.
✔✔Factors that affect distribution of alcohol (only true if these factors remain constant) -
✔✔- size
- body type
- gender
- age
- rate of elimination
✔✔How does carbonation affect the absorption of alcohol? - ✔✔It irritates the stomach
which causes the pyloric valve to open which speeds up the rate of absorption
✔✔What is stomach irritation? - ✔✔When a large amount of alcohol accumulates in the
stomach so it shuts down and doesn't allow digestion to happen. Alcohol will not pass
through to the intestines because the pyloric valve remains closed so the alcohol
remains in the stomach and continues to irritate it until you throw up
✔✔How does anxiety slow down the absorption of alcohol? - ✔✔when anxious stomach
secretes mucus layer which slows or stops absorption and digestion
✔✔What is the most important determining factor of the rate of absorption for drinking
ethyl alcohol? - ✔✔rate of gastric emptying; the faster the stomach empties the more
rapid the absorption.
✔✔What can delay gastric emptying? - ✔✔- food
- physical exercise
- drugs
✔✔How does the body distribute alcohol? - ✔✔Alcohol mixes with water into the
bloodstream
✔✔How does size affect the rate of distribution of alcohol? - ✔✔the higher the body
weight the lower the BAC
