SMART SERVER EXAMINATION. QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS.
(2025/2026)
1. What is the minimum age for someone to sell, serve, handle, or deliver alcohol in Ontario?
• 18
2. Who issues licenses for the sale, service, and delivery of alcohol?
• AGCO
3. Legislation that outlines the laws and regulations affecting the sale, service, and delivery of
alcohol in Ontario
• The Liquor Licence and Control Act, 2019 (LLCA)
4. T/F? You could be held civilly and/or criminally liable if you serve too much alcohol to a
customer.
• True
5. Since alcohol is a ____, it ______ the central nervous system and impacts how a person
thinks, acts, and moves
• depressant; slows
6. The amount of alcohol in the bloodstream is called?
• Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
7. Alcohol is metabolized ____ than it is absorbed.
• More slowly
8. What % of alcohol content is eliminated from the bloodstream
• 90%
9. What % of alcohol content is eliminated through a person's breath, sweat, and urine?
• 10%
10. At what rate is alcohol eliminated from the body?
• One drink per hour
, 11. Two main factors that affect BAC levels
• No. of drinks
• How quickly drinks are consumed
12. T/F? BAC continues to rise after a person's stopped drinking.
• True
13. The most important factor impacting BAC?
• Time
14. How much can alcohol elimination rate vary based on a person's sex and weight?
• - 0.025 mg/ml/hr
15. Three general classes of alcohol?
• Beer, wine, spirits
16. Standard drink of beer?
• 12 oz, 5% alcohol
17. Standard drink of wine?
• 5 oz, 12% alcohol
18. Standard drink of spirits?
• 1.5 oz, 40% alcohol
19. Amount of pure alcohol in any standard drink?
• 0.6 oz (17 ml)
20. Standard drink formula?
• 60 / alcohol % = amount (in oz)
21. A state in which a person's normal capacity to think, act, and move is impaired by alcohol,
cannabis, or other drugs?
• Intoxication
22. Traffic light system?
• green (go), yellow (slow down), red (stop)
23. A smaller person will have a ___ BAC than a larger person
CORRECT ANSWERS.
(2025/2026)
1. What is the minimum age for someone to sell, serve, handle, or deliver alcohol in Ontario?
• 18
2. Who issues licenses for the sale, service, and delivery of alcohol?
• AGCO
3. Legislation that outlines the laws and regulations affecting the sale, service, and delivery of
alcohol in Ontario
• The Liquor Licence and Control Act, 2019 (LLCA)
4. T/F? You could be held civilly and/or criminally liable if you serve too much alcohol to a
customer.
• True
5. Since alcohol is a ____, it ______ the central nervous system and impacts how a person
thinks, acts, and moves
• depressant; slows
6. The amount of alcohol in the bloodstream is called?
• Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
7. Alcohol is metabolized ____ than it is absorbed.
• More slowly
8. What % of alcohol content is eliminated from the bloodstream
• 90%
9. What % of alcohol content is eliminated through a person's breath, sweat, and urine?
• 10%
10. At what rate is alcohol eliminated from the body?
• One drink per hour
, 11. Two main factors that affect BAC levels
• No. of drinks
• How quickly drinks are consumed
12. T/F? BAC continues to rise after a person's stopped drinking.
• True
13. The most important factor impacting BAC?
• Time
14. How much can alcohol elimination rate vary based on a person's sex and weight?
• - 0.025 mg/ml/hr
15. Three general classes of alcohol?
• Beer, wine, spirits
16. Standard drink of beer?
• 12 oz, 5% alcohol
17. Standard drink of wine?
• 5 oz, 12% alcohol
18. Standard drink of spirits?
• 1.5 oz, 40% alcohol
19. Amount of pure alcohol in any standard drink?
• 0.6 oz (17 ml)
20. Standard drink formula?
• 60 / alcohol % = amount (in oz)
21. A state in which a person's normal capacity to think, act, and move is impaired by alcohol,
cannabis, or other drugs?
• Intoxication
22. Traffic light system?
• green (go), yellow (slow down), red (stop)
23. A smaller person will have a ___ BAC than a larger person
