ServSafe Alcohol Test-solved

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criminal liability - Answer- being held responsible for committing a crime. civil liability - Answer- being held responsible for payment of damages for injuring a person or doing nothing to prevent... an injury False - Answer- T/F: Servers can't be held criminally liable for violating alcohol service laws True - Answer- T/F: Servers can be sued and forced to pay damages if their actions or lack of care while serving alcohol leads to an injury. dram shop laws - Answer- laws that allow an establishment's owners and employees to be sued by someone injured by a guest who had been drinking alcohol at the establishment-LOOK OVER PAGE 1-4! liquor authority - Answer- state or municipal agency that enforces alcohol regulations and licensing laws municipality - Answer- city, town, country, or village liable - Answer- have legal responsibilities if liquor laws are broken, what can happen? - Answer- law suits, fines, closure of your establishment, criminal charges, imprisonment most states will hold you criminally liable if... - Answer- 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 what happens if you are found criminally liable - Answer- probation, fined, or jail time responsibilities of the Alcoholic Beverage Control or Liquor Control Commission - Answer- 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: - Answer- 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, or selling or serving alcohol when it is not permitted legal age to drink - Answer- 21. some states allow parent/guardian to buy alcohol and serve to minor legal age to serve - Answer- 21 however, it varies. *another note card* how does the age to serve vary - Answer- some underage servers can: bring alcohol to the table but not to pour it, take the order and payment for the drink, but not to serve the order, or serve alcohol if they have applied for permission from the liquor authority. illegal to serve a pregnant guest? - Answer- it is illegal to deny alcohol service to a woman because she is pregnant-gender discrimination blood alcohol content (BAC) - Answer- amount of alcohol that has been absorbed into the bloodstream. it is stated as a percentage small intestine - Answer- organ from which most alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream liver - Answer- organ responsible for breaking down alcohol in the body. It does this at a rate of one drink per hour tolerance - Answer- ability to deal with the effects of alcohol without showing signs proof - Answer- measure of a liquor's strength. the percentage of alcohol in liquor can be determined by dividing the proof in half steps that alcohol goes through in the body - Answer- 1. mouth-a small amount of alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream from here. 2. stomach-some alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream through the stomach wall. 3. small intestine-most of the alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream from here. 4. throughout the body-once in the bloodstream, alcohol travels quickly throughout the body. It will reach the brain in minutes. BAC - Answer- amount of alcohol in bloodstream A BAC of .10 means... - Answer- there is about one drop of alcohol for every 1,000 drops of blood in the bloodstream What is the BAC limit in all 50 states? - Answer- .08 A BAC of .30 or higher can lead to - Answer- coma or death how fast does the liver break down alcohol - Answer- one drink per hour factors that affect a guest's BAC - Answer- drinking rate and amount consumed, drink strength, body size, body fat, gender, age, emotional state, medications, food, and carbonation can alcohol affect guests after they've stopped drinking? - Answer- yes! Alcohol will continue to enter their bloodstreams why do smaller people have a higher BAC than a large person? - Answer- small people [Show More]

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