SERVSAFE ALCOHOL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What are the legal consequences cost - ✔fines
lawsuits
criminal charges
what are the business cost - ✔loss of liquor license
loss of revenue
increased insurance cost
what are the three types of liability - ✔criminal liability
civil liability including dram shop laws
administrative liability
criminal liability can result in - ✔jail time
probation
fines
civil liability - ✔Responsibility for the provision of monetary or other compensation
awarded to a plaintiff in a civil action.
What is the cost of not serving alcohol responsibily - ✔Human costs
Legal costs
Business costs
dram shop law - ✔Made owners and operators of drinking establishments liable for
injuries caused by intoxicated customers
Administrative liability - ✔deals with penalties for establishments and employees who
do not follow alcohol laws
-penalties given by liquor authorities
What do liquor authorities do - ✔grant liquor licenses
help enforce state and local liquor laws
can penalize establishments and employees who break alcohol laws
what are the penalties from liquor authorities can include but are not limited to - ✔
suspension or loss of the establishment's liquor license
loss of a server's right to serve alcohol
fines against owners and staff
what is the minimum age to buy, possess or drink alcohol - ✔21 years of age
what are the laws to prevent underage drinking are - ✔must be 21 or older
use of fake or altered id's
minimum age to enter a bar
, SERVSAFE ALCOHOL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
minimum age for servers and bartenders
laws on serving intoxicated guests - ✔selling and serving alcohol to intoxicated guest
you can be held liable and anyone else serving the intoxicated person can be held liable
T/F: Servers can't be held criminally liable for violating alcohol service laws - ✔False
municipality - ✔city, town, country, or village
liquor authority - ✔state or municipal agency that enforces alcohol regulations and
licensing laws
if liquor laws are broken, what can happen? - ✔law suits, fines, closure of your
establishment, criminal charges, imprisonment
most states will hold you criminally liable if... - ✔serve alcohol to a minor, serve a guest
who is or appears to be intoxicated, possesses, sells, or allows the sale of drugs on the
premises
responsibilities of the Alcoholic Beverage Control or Liquor Control Commission - ✔
enforcing alcohol laws, issuing and monitoring liquor licenses, issuing citations for
violations, holding hearings for violators of the liquor code
the liquor authority can issue citations for - ✔Selling liquor to a minor,
failing to check the ID of a guest who appears to be underage,
allowing a minor to enter the establishment with a fake ID,
serving a guest who is or appears to be intoxicated,
discriminating against guests due to race, gender, age, or sexual orientation,
selling or serving alcohol when it is not permitted.
what is the legal age to drink - ✔21 however in some states parents or legal guardians
can serve alcohol to their underage children
what is the legal age serve - ✔21
is it illegal to serve a pregnant women - ✔Yes, in fact if you do not it is considered
gender discrimination
What does BAC stand for? - ✔blood alcohol concentration/content (.08)
small intestine - ✔organ from which alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream
ANSWERS
What are the legal consequences cost - ✔fines
lawsuits
criminal charges
what are the business cost - ✔loss of liquor license
loss of revenue
increased insurance cost
what are the three types of liability - ✔criminal liability
civil liability including dram shop laws
administrative liability
criminal liability can result in - ✔jail time
probation
fines
civil liability - ✔Responsibility for the provision of monetary or other compensation
awarded to a plaintiff in a civil action.
What is the cost of not serving alcohol responsibily - ✔Human costs
Legal costs
Business costs
dram shop law - ✔Made owners and operators of drinking establishments liable for
injuries caused by intoxicated customers
Administrative liability - ✔deals with penalties for establishments and employees who
do not follow alcohol laws
-penalties given by liquor authorities
What do liquor authorities do - ✔grant liquor licenses
help enforce state and local liquor laws
can penalize establishments and employees who break alcohol laws
what are the penalties from liquor authorities can include but are not limited to - ✔
suspension or loss of the establishment's liquor license
loss of a server's right to serve alcohol
fines against owners and staff
what is the minimum age to buy, possess or drink alcohol - ✔21 years of age
what are the laws to prevent underage drinking are - ✔must be 21 or older
use of fake or altered id's
minimum age to enter a bar
, SERVSAFE ALCOHOL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
minimum age for servers and bartenders
laws on serving intoxicated guests - ✔selling and serving alcohol to intoxicated guest
you can be held liable and anyone else serving the intoxicated person can be held liable
T/F: Servers can't be held criminally liable for violating alcohol service laws - ✔False
municipality - ✔city, town, country, or village
liquor authority - ✔state or municipal agency that enforces alcohol regulations and
licensing laws
if liquor laws are broken, what can happen? - ✔law suits, fines, closure of your
establishment, criminal charges, imprisonment
most states will hold you criminally liable if... - ✔serve alcohol to a minor, serve a guest
who is or appears to be intoxicated, possesses, sells, or allows the sale of drugs on the
premises
responsibilities of the Alcoholic Beverage Control or Liquor Control Commission - ✔
enforcing alcohol laws, issuing and monitoring liquor licenses, issuing citations for
violations, holding hearings for violators of the liquor code
the liquor authority can issue citations for - ✔Selling liquor to a minor,
failing to check the ID of a guest who appears to be underage,
allowing a minor to enter the establishment with a fake ID,
serving a guest who is or appears to be intoxicated,
discriminating against guests due to race, gender, age, or sexual orientation,
selling or serving alcohol when it is not permitted.
what is the legal age to drink - ✔21 however in some states parents or legal guardians
can serve alcohol to their underage children
what is the legal age serve - ✔21
is it illegal to serve a pregnant women - ✔Yes, in fact if you do not it is considered
gender discrimination
What does BAC stand for? - ✔blood alcohol concentration/content (.08)
small intestine - ✔organ from which alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream
