TABC Final Exam Question Bank and Answers
(2026/2027) | Complete Study Prep Pack |
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• When is the best time to check for identification?
A. After you've made the sale or serve the drink.
B. Before you make the sale or serve the drink.
C. While the person is paying for their purchase.
D. When the person walks into the store or license premises. -✓✓B. Before you
make the sale or serve the drink.
• If you make an illegal sale and didn't meet a certain level of care that an ordinary
person would meet (example: didn't check ID, calculate age, refused to overserved
a patron, or look for signs of intoxication) this is the definition of being:
A. Irresponsible
B. Unemployable
C. Criminally negligent
D. Civil liability -✓✓C. Criminally negligent
• Which of the following might make you suspect that an ID is fake?
A. The idea feels thinner or more flimsy.
B. Fuzzy printing or different font on the birth date.
C. Barcodes or magnetic strips on the back will not scan.
D. All of the above. -✓✓D. All of the above.
• Medication, fatigue, drugs, or illness can:
A. Decrease the effect alcohol has on a person.
B. Are not factors on the effect of alcohol.
C. Increase the affect alcohol on a person.
D. None of the above. -✓✓C. Increase the effect alcohol has on a person.
• When selling alcohol, a minor is defined as:
, A. A person under the age of 18
B. A person under the age of 16
C. A person under the age of 30
D. A person under the age of 21 -✓✓D. A person under the age of 21
• Serving alcoholic beverages to guest, who show signs of being intoxicated is
legal, as long as:
A. It is never legal to serve alcohol alcoholic beverages to guess to show signs of
being intoxicated
B. The guest has a designated driver
C. They have ordered dessert and are waiting for the final bill
D. The guest leaves his car keys at the bar and agrees to take a cab ride home -
✓✓A. It is never legal to serve alcoholic beverages to guest to show signs of being
intoxicated
• If a person does not have the normal use of mental or physical faculties because
they have been drinking alcohol, they would be legally considered:
A. Criminally negligent
B. Normal
C. Intoxicated
D. Impaired -✓✓C. Intoxicated
• True or False: A sign of intoxication could be a guest who is screaming loudly
and cursing at the TV during the football game -✓✓True
• True or False: An individual can legally have both Texas drivers license AND a
Texas ID card? -✓✓False
• In which of the following situations would you not sell/serve an alcoholic
beverage?
A. A table of four women has shared a bottle of wine and each drink several mixed
beverages. You noticed that they are getting louder and starting to disturb other
customers. One flags you to the table and order another round of tequila shots.
(2026/2027) | Complete Study Prep Pack |
A+
• When is the best time to check for identification?
A. After you've made the sale or serve the drink.
B. Before you make the sale or serve the drink.
C. While the person is paying for their purchase.
D. When the person walks into the store or license premises. -✓✓B. Before you
make the sale or serve the drink.
• If you make an illegal sale and didn't meet a certain level of care that an ordinary
person would meet (example: didn't check ID, calculate age, refused to overserved
a patron, or look for signs of intoxication) this is the definition of being:
A. Irresponsible
B. Unemployable
C. Criminally negligent
D. Civil liability -✓✓C. Criminally negligent
• Which of the following might make you suspect that an ID is fake?
A. The idea feels thinner or more flimsy.
B. Fuzzy printing or different font on the birth date.
C. Barcodes or magnetic strips on the back will not scan.
D. All of the above. -✓✓D. All of the above.
• Medication, fatigue, drugs, or illness can:
A. Decrease the effect alcohol has on a person.
B. Are not factors on the effect of alcohol.
C. Increase the affect alcohol on a person.
D. None of the above. -✓✓C. Increase the effect alcohol has on a person.
• When selling alcohol, a minor is defined as:
, A. A person under the age of 18
B. A person under the age of 16
C. A person under the age of 30
D. A person under the age of 21 -✓✓D. A person under the age of 21
• Serving alcoholic beverages to guest, who show signs of being intoxicated is
legal, as long as:
A. It is never legal to serve alcohol alcoholic beverages to guess to show signs of
being intoxicated
B. The guest has a designated driver
C. They have ordered dessert and are waiting for the final bill
D. The guest leaves his car keys at the bar and agrees to take a cab ride home -
✓✓A. It is never legal to serve alcoholic beverages to guest to show signs of being
intoxicated
• If a person does not have the normal use of mental or physical faculties because
they have been drinking alcohol, they would be legally considered:
A. Criminally negligent
B. Normal
C. Intoxicated
D. Impaired -✓✓C. Intoxicated
• True or False: A sign of intoxication could be a guest who is screaming loudly
and cursing at the TV during the football game -✓✓True
• True or False: An individual can legally have both Texas drivers license AND a
Texas ID card? -✓✓False
• In which of the following situations would you not sell/serve an alcoholic
beverage?
A. A table of four women has shared a bottle of wine and each drink several mixed
beverages. You noticed that they are getting louder and starting to disturb other
customers. One flags you to the table and order another round of tequila shots.
