TABC Test Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Verified | Updated 2024/2025
The TBCA Five-Year Server Permit is the only permit that authorizes someone to serve liquor, wine,
and high-gravity beer in Tennessee.
True
You are employed as a server and your permit expired. You can legally work until you get a new one.
False
The TABC requires your employer to keep copies of all server permits on the workplace premises.
True
If you have never had a TABC Five-Year Server Permit and never worked as a server in Tennessee, you
are eligible for a one-time grace period if your company allows it.
True
You start a new job serving alcohol in Tennessee for the first time. You are eligible for a 61-day grace
period before you obtain a permit. You work for three days, then quit and take a job at a different
establishment. Since you worked less than a week at your first job, you get to start the grace period
over again.
False
In Tennessee, it is illegal to sell alcohol to pregnant women.
False
If you make an illegal alcohol sale, you, your manager, and your employer can all be held responsible
for your actions.
True
You made an illegal alcohol sale to someone under the age of 21. The drinker then starts a fight in
your establishment and injures an innocent bystander. The injured person can sue the minor, but not
you.
False
Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is the amount of:
Alcohol in the bloodstream
A guest is showing signs of intoxication and you need to stop alcohol service. What should you say?
The law does not allow me to serve any more alcohol at this time.
What should you do if an intoxicated guest becomes verbally abusive?
Get a manager
Your guest is halfway through her drink. What should you do?
Offer another drink, if appropriate, as she is finishing her drink.
Answers | Verified | Updated 2024/2025
The TBCA Five-Year Server Permit is the only permit that authorizes someone to serve liquor, wine,
and high-gravity beer in Tennessee.
True
You are employed as a server and your permit expired. You can legally work until you get a new one.
False
The TABC requires your employer to keep copies of all server permits on the workplace premises.
True
If you have never had a TABC Five-Year Server Permit and never worked as a server in Tennessee, you
are eligible for a one-time grace period if your company allows it.
True
You start a new job serving alcohol in Tennessee for the first time. You are eligible for a 61-day grace
period before you obtain a permit. You work for three days, then quit and take a job at a different
establishment. Since you worked less than a week at your first job, you get to start the grace period
over again.
False
In Tennessee, it is illegal to sell alcohol to pregnant women.
False
If you make an illegal alcohol sale, you, your manager, and your employer can all be held responsible
for your actions.
True
You made an illegal alcohol sale to someone under the age of 21. The drinker then starts a fight in
your establishment and injures an innocent bystander. The injured person can sue the minor, but not
you.
False
Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is the amount of:
Alcohol in the bloodstream
A guest is showing signs of intoxication and you need to stop alcohol service. What should you say?
The law does not allow me to serve any more alcohol at this time.
What should you do if an intoxicated guest becomes verbally abusive?
Get a manager
Your guest is halfway through her drink. What should you do?
Offer another drink, if appropriate, as she is finishing her drink.
