BARTENDING COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS 2025/2026
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔You, as an employee, are at risk of _____ if you make an illegal sale of alcohol. -
✔✔being arrested or given a ticket
✔✔Alcoholic beverages sold by the drink in establishments such as restaurants and
bars are known as _____. - ✔✔on-premise sales
✔✔In Texas, if someone appears in a public place while intoxicated to the degree that
the person may endanger the person or another is known as _____. - ✔✔public
intoxication
✔✔On-premise sales are when alcoholic beverages are sold by the drink in
establishments such as restaurants and bars. True or False? - ✔✔True
✔✔The state agency that regulates all phases of the alcoholic beverage industry in
Texas is the _____. - ✔✔Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC)
✔✔Anyone who sells, serves, dispenses, or delivers alcoholic beverages for a business
that is licensed to sell alcohol is a/an _____. - ✔✔employee
✔✔When a person fails to meet a standard level of care that an ordinary person under
the same conditions would meet (such as checking IDs, calculating age, refusing to
over-serve, looking for signs of intoxication) he or she has been _____. - ✔✔criminally
negligent
✔✔The Texas Department of Public Safety issues driver's licenses in the state of
Texas. True or False? - ✔✔True
✔✔A Texas "Under 21" ID or Drivers License cannot be used as proof of age. True or
False? - ✔✔False
✔✔If a person shows you an obviously fake ID, you should confiscate it. True or False?
- ✔✔False
✔✔An 18-year-old man comes to the check-out counter and asks to purchase a bottle
of liquor. Is this a legal sale of alcohol? - ✔✔No. The legal age to purchase alcohol is 21
or older.
✔✔A minor brings a six-pack of beer to the check out and says that she is buying it for
her mother. Is this a legal sale of alcohol? - ✔✔No. Minors are not allowed to purchase
or attempt to purchase alcohol.
, ✔✔A 20-year-old woman has a bottle of wine along with her other groceries that she is
purchasing. Is this a legal sale of alcohol? - ✔✔No. Minors are not allowed to purchase
or attempt to purchase alcohol. For the purpose of alcohol sales, a minor is defined as
anyone under the age of 21.
✔✔An adult and a minor approach the bartender. The adult purchases a beer, and then
the minor asks for a beer as well. Is this a legal sale? - ✔✔No. Minors are not allowed to
purchase or attempt to purchase alcohol. (If the adult is the minor's parent, guardian or
spouse, the minor may be allowed to possess or consume alcohol if the adult is visibly
present at all times and there is no written establishment policy prohibiting it.)
✔✔A large group is sitting at a table and only one person at the table is an adult. The
adult orders a beer and all of the minors order soft drinks; the adult pays the final bill. Is
this a legal sale? - ✔✔Yes. An adult may purchase and consume alcohol with minors
present. The adult must not provide alcohol to any of the minors.
✔✔A minor asks the bartender for a soft drink and a beer for his adult friend. Is this a
legal sale? - ✔✔No. Minors are not allowed to purchase or attempt to purchase alcohol,
even if it is for someone else.
✔✔The Texas Department of Transportation issues driver's licenses in the state of
Texas. True or False? - ✔✔False. In Texas, the Department of Public Safety issues
driver's licenses and identification cards.
✔✔Although it is true that for some things people 18 or over are adults, when it comes
to laws about alcohol, _____. - ✔✔people under the age of 21 are considered minors
✔✔A bumpy surface where alterations were made is a sign that an ID _____. - ✔✔may
be forged
✔✔The penalty a seller-server faces for selling/providing alcohol to a minor is more
severe than the penalty the minor will receive. True or False? - ✔✔True
✔✔When you should have known the person was a minor, or did not ask for proof of
age when you should have and then go on to sell alcoholic beverages to the minor, you
have acted with _____. - ✔✔criminal negligence
✔✔If the picture matches the person, but the physical description does not, it is a likely
indication that _____. - ✔✔the ID card may be altered
✔✔At the age of 21, a person is no longer considered a minor for what type of laws? -
✔✔Laws about alcoholic beverages.
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔You, as an employee, are at risk of _____ if you make an illegal sale of alcohol. -
✔✔being arrested or given a ticket
✔✔Alcoholic beverages sold by the drink in establishments such as restaurants and
bars are known as _____. - ✔✔on-premise sales
✔✔In Texas, if someone appears in a public place while intoxicated to the degree that
the person may endanger the person or another is known as _____. - ✔✔public
intoxication
✔✔On-premise sales are when alcoholic beverages are sold by the drink in
establishments such as restaurants and bars. True or False? - ✔✔True
✔✔The state agency that regulates all phases of the alcoholic beverage industry in
Texas is the _____. - ✔✔Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC)
✔✔Anyone who sells, serves, dispenses, or delivers alcoholic beverages for a business
that is licensed to sell alcohol is a/an _____. - ✔✔employee
✔✔When a person fails to meet a standard level of care that an ordinary person under
the same conditions would meet (such as checking IDs, calculating age, refusing to
over-serve, looking for signs of intoxication) he or she has been _____. - ✔✔criminally
negligent
✔✔The Texas Department of Public Safety issues driver's licenses in the state of
Texas. True or False? - ✔✔True
✔✔A Texas "Under 21" ID or Drivers License cannot be used as proof of age. True or
False? - ✔✔False
✔✔If a person shows you an obviously fake ID, you should confiscate it. True or False?
- ✔✔False
✔✔An 18-year-old man comes to the check-out counter and asks to purchase a bottle
of liquor. Is this a legal sale of alcohol? - ✔✔No. The legal age to purchase alcohol is 21
or older.
✔✔A minor brings a six-pack of beer to the check out and says that she is buying it for
her mother. Is this a legal sale of alcohol? - ✔✔No. Minors are not allowed to purchase
or attempt to purchase alcohol.
, ✔✔A 20-year-old woman has a bottle of wine along with her other groceries that she is
purchasing. Is this a legal sale of alcohol? - ✔✔No. Minors are not allowed to purchase
or attempt to purchase alcohol. For the purpose of alcohol sales, a minor is defined as
anyone under the age of 21.
✔✔An adult and a minor approach the bartender. The adult purchases a beer, and then
the minor asks for a beer as well. Is this a legal sale? - ✔✔No. Minors are not allowed to
purchase or attempt to purchase alcohol. (If the adult is the minor's parent, guardian or
spouse, the minor may be allowed to possess or consume alcohol if the adult is visibly
present at all times and there is no written establishment policy prohibiting it.)
✔✔A large group is sitting at a table and only one person at the table is an adult. The
adult orders a beer and all of the minors order soft drinks; the adult pays the final bill. Is
this a legal sale? - ✔✔Yes. An adult may purchase and consume alcohol with minors
present. The adult must not provide alcohol to any of the minors.
✔✔A minor asks the bartender for a soft drink and a beer for his adult friend. Is this a
legal sale? - ✔✔No. Minors are not allowed to purchase or attempt to purchase alcohol,
even if it is for someone else.
✔✔The Texas Department of Transportation issues driver's licenses in the state of
Texas. True or False? - ✔✔False. In Texas, the Department of Public Safety issues
driver's licenses and identification cards.
✔✔Although it is true that for some things people 18 or over are adults, when it comes
to laws about alcohol, _____. - ✔✔people under the age of 21 are considered minors
✔✔A bumpy surface where alterations were made is a sign that an ID _____. - ✔✔may
be forged
✔✔The penalty a seller-server faces for selling/providing alcohol to a minor is more
severe than the penalty the minor will receive. True or False? - ✔✔True
✔✔When you should have known the person was a minor, or did not ask for proof of
age when you should have and then go on to sell alcoholic beverages to the minor, you
have acted with _____. - ✔✔criminal negligence
✔✔If the picture matches the person, but the physical description does not, it is a likely
indication that _____. - ✔✔the ID card may be altered
✔✔At the age of 21, a person is no longer considered a minor for what type of laws? -
✔✔Laws about alcoholic beverages.
