TIPS Certification Exam
1. Behavioral cues: inhibitions, judgment, reactions, coordination
2. Inhibitions: relaxed and talkative and could display mood swings
3. Judgment: overly friendly, dancing or singing
4. Reactions: Lose their train of thought, glassy, unfocused eyes, slurred
speech
5. Coordination: stagger, stumble, spill drinks
6. Intoxication Rate Factors: size, gender, rate of consumption,
strength of the drink, drug use, food intake
7. 1/2 oz pure alcohol: 12 oz beer, 5 oz wine, 1 oz 100-proof liquor
8. Why does alcohol differ from food and other beverages?: your body
does not have to digest it before absorbing it. It can be absorbed
directly into the blood stream
9. BAC: Blood Alcohol Content: measurement of the amount of
alcohol in a person's blood
10.What is the only thing that can lower a person's BAC level?: Time
11.What can make assessing behavioral cues more difficult?: Tollerance
12.Aspirin: causes damage to the stomach lining and possibly internal
bleeding
13.Antibiotics: There are too many variations to be specific
14.Antihistamines: Depress the central nervous system and can cause
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1. Behavioral cues: inhibitions, judgment, reactions, coordination
2. Inhibitions: relaxed and talkative and could display mood swings
3. Judgment: overly friendly, dancing or singing
4. Reactions: Lose their train of thought, glassy, unfocused eyes, slurred
speech
5. Coordination: stagger, stumble, spill drinks
6. Intoxication Rate Factors: size, gender, rate of consumption,
strength of the drink, drug use, food intake
7. 1/2 oz pure alcohol: 12 oz beer, 5 oz wine, 1 oz 100-proof liquor
8. Why does alcohol differ from food and other beverages?: your body
does not have to digest it before absorbing it. It can be absorbed
directly into the blood stream
9. BAC: Blood Alcohol Content: measurement of the amount of
alcohol in a person's blood
10.What is the only thing that can lower a person's BAC level?: Time
11.What can make assessing behavioral cues more difficult?: Tollerance
12.Aspirin: causes damage to the stomach lining and possibly internal
bleeding
13.Antibiotics: There are too many variations to be specific
14.Antihistamines: Depress the central nervous system and can cause
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