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ServSafe Alcohol QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
costs of not serving alcohol responsibly - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -human costs
-legal costs
-business costs
types of liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -criminal
-civil
-administrative
criminal liability is - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ If you break
alcohol laws you can be held responsible of committing
a crime
-ex: serving alcohol to an underage person
criminal liability results in - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -jail
time
-probation
-fines
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civil liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ if you break alcohol
laws and someone gets hurt, you can be sued or forced
to pay the damages
dram shop laws - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ special kind of
civil liability for people who serve alcohol
-allow a person who was not at a business to sue for
injuries caused by a guest who was drinking there
-EX: person drives home from your establishment drunk
and kills someone. the bartender, owner, and manager
can be sued for the death
Administrative liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ deals with
penalties for establishments and employees who do not
follow alcohol laws
-penalties given by liquor authorities
liquor authorities job - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -grant
liquor licenses
-help enforce state and local liquor laws
-can penalize establishments and employees who break
laws
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penalties from liquor authorities - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
suspensions or loss of liquor license
-loss of a servers right to serve alcohol
-fines against owner and staff
minimum age to buy, possess, and drink alcohol -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 21
T/F: It is illegal in some states to serve already
intoxicated quests - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ true
an establishments liquor license was revoked for serving
intoxicated guests
a. civil liability
b. criminal liability
c. administrative liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ c.
administrative
a pedestrian who was hit by a drunk driver sues the
restaurant that served the driver
a. civil liability
b. criminal liability
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c. administrative liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a. civil
liability
a server is sentenced to 60 days of probation for
serving alcohol to an underage guests. criminal liability
a. civil liability
b. criminal liability
c. administrative liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ b.
criminal liability
What should you do if you see someone pass a drink to
an underage guest? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Stop service
and remove any alcohol
Can you drink on the job?
a. yes
b. no
c. depends - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ c. depends
can guests bring alcohol on to the premises?
a. yes
b. no
ServSafe Alcohol QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
costs of not serving alcohol responsibly - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -human costs
-legal costs
-business costs
types of liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -criminal
-civil
-administrative
criminal liability is - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ If you break
alcohol laws you can be held responsible of committing
a crime
-ex: serving alcohol to an underage person
criminal liability results in - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -jail
time
-probation
-fines
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civil liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ if you break alcohol
laws and someone gets hurt, you can be sued or forced
to pay the damages
dram shop laws - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ special kind of
civil liability for people who serve alcohol
-allow a person who was not at a business to sue for
injuries caused by a guest who was drinking there
-EX: person drives home from your establishment drunk
and kills someone. the bartender, owner, and manager
can be sued for the death
Administrative liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ deals with
penalties for establishments and employees who do not
follow alcohol laws
-penalties given by liquor authorities
liquor authorities job - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -grant
liquor licenses
-help enforce state and local liquor laws
-can penalize establishments and employees who break
laws
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penalties from liquor authorities - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
suspensions or loss of liquor license
-loss of a servers right to serve alcohol
-fines against owner and staff
minimum age to buy, possess, and drink alcohol -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 21
T/F: It is illegal in some states to serve already
intoxicated quests - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ true
an establishments liquor license was revoked for serving
intoxicated guests
a. civil liability
b. criminal liability
c. administrative liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ c.
administrative
a pedestrian who was hit by a drunk driver sues the
restaurant that served the driver
a. civil liability
b. criminal liability
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c. administrative liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a. civil
liability
a server is sentenced to 60 days of probation for
serving alcohol to an underage guests. criminal liability
a. civil liability
b. criminal liability
c. administrative liability - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ b.
criminal liability
What should you do if you see someone pass a drink to
an underage guest? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Stop service
and remove any alcohol
Can you drink on the job?
a. yes
b. no
c. depends - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ c. depends
can guests bring alcohol on to the premises?
a. yes
b. no
