TIPS Certification | Actual Exam Questions and
Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct
• Behavioral Cues -✓✓help determine if a guest is approaching intoxication; based off
observation and not an actual measure
• Lowered Inhibitions, Poor Judgement, Slowed Reactions, Loss of Coordination -
✓✓What are the 4 behavioral cues?
• Lowered Inhibitions -✓✓overly talkative, displaying loud behavior, and mood swings
are all examples of what behavioral cue?
• Poor Judgement -✓✓inappropriate behavior, foul language, overly-friendly, and
increased rate of drinking are all examples of what behavioral cue?
• Slowed Reactions -✓✓changes in minor motor skills, glassy and unfocused eyes, and
slurred speech are all examples of what behavioral cue?
• Loss of Coordination -✓✓changes in major motor skills, stumbling, swaying, and
dropping belongings are all examples of what behavioral cue?
• Intoxication Rate Factors -✓✓affect how quickly a person becomes intoxicated
• size, gender, rate of consumption, strength of drink, drug use, food intake -✓✓What
are the 6 main intoxication rate factors?
• smaller -✓✓_____ (size) people affected more quickly by alcohol
• women -✓✓_____ (gender) are affected more quickly by alcohol
• body fat -✓✓women are affected more quickly by alcohol because they have more
_____
• straight, carbonated mixers, juice mixers -✓✓the type of drink that will make a person
become intoxicated fastest is ___, followed by ___ and ___
• depressant -✓✓alcohol is a _____ and may interact unpredictably with any other drug
• caffeine -✓✓alcohol, a depressant, should never be mixed with _____, a stimulant, as
it confuses your body
• BAC -✓✓This is a measurement of the amount of alcohol in your bloodstream.
Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct
• Behavioral Cues -✓✓help determine if a guest is approaching intoxication; based off
observation and not an actual measure
• Lowered Inhibitions, Poor Judgement, Slowed Reactions, Loss of Coordination -
✓✓What are the 4 behavioral cues?
• Lowered Inhibitions -✓✓overly talkative, displaying loud behavior, and mood swings
are all examples of what behavioral cue?
• Poor Judgement -✓✓inappropriate behavior, foul language, overly-friendly, and
increased rate of drinking are all examples of what behavioral cue?
• Slowed Reactions -✓✓changes in minor motor skills, glassy and unfocused eyes, and
slurred speech are all examples of what behavioral cue?
• Loss of Coordination -✓✓changes in major motor skills, stumbling, swaying, and
dropping belongings are all examples of what behavioral cue?
• Intoxication Rate Factors -✓✓affect how quickly a person becomes intoxicated
• size, gender, rate of consumption, strength of drink, drug use, food intake -✓✓What
are the 6 main intoxication rate factors?
• smaller -✓✓_____ (size) people affected more quickly by alcohol
• women -✓✓_____ (gender) are affected more quickly by alcohol
• body fat -✓✓women are affected more quickly by alcohol because they have more
_____
• straight, carbonated mixers, juice mixers -✓✓the type of drink that will make a person
become intoxicated fastest is ___, followed by ___ and ___
• depressant -✓✓alcohol is a _____ and may interact unpredictably with any other drug
• caffeine -✓✓alcohol, a depressant, should never be mixed with _____, a stimulant, as
it confuses your body
• BAC -✓✓This is a measurement of the amount of alcohol in your bloodstream.
