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Responsible Beverage Service (Alcohol Server) Certification

Intoxication, hours and liability (CA): practice questions

Our Responsible Beverage Service bank has 17 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.

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Question 1 · California

What must local law enforcement send to ABC about licensed locations?

  1. All arrest reports and calls for service there
  2. Only reports involving minors
  3. Nothing; ABC learns of incidents only from its own agents' visits
  4. Only reports of unpaid taxes
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A. All arrest reports and calls for service there — 4 CCR 164(i)(2): local officers must send the department all arrest reports and calls for service at ABC licensed locations.

Question 2 · California

During which hours is selling alcohol prohibited in California?

  1. Between midnight and 6 a.m.
  2. Between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m.
  3. Between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.
  4. Between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.
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C. Between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. — Bus. & Prof. Code 25631: selling, giving or delivering alcohol between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. is a misdemeanour.

Question 3 · California

What does California's T.R.A.C.E. protocol, covered in RBS training, deal with?

  1. Tracking beer deliveries from wholesalers to stores
  2. Training bartenders in licensed cocktail recipes
  3. Testing breathalyzer devices used by police
  4. Responsibility for alcohol-connected emergencies
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D. Responsibility for alcohol-connected emergencies — 4 CCR 164(h)(2)(D) requires covering the Target Responsibility for Alcohol Connected Emergencies (T.R.A.C.E.) protocol.

Question 4 · California

May guests keep drinking their drinks in a California bar after 2 a.m.?

  1. Yes, until 3 a.m.
  2. Yes, if the drinks were bought before 2 a.m. and are finished by 3
  3. Yes, at the manager's discretion
  4. No; consumption is also barred in those hours
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D. No; consumption is also barred in those hours — Bus. & Prof. Code 25632: a retail licensee who permits consumption during hours when sale is unlawful commits a misdemeanour.

Question 5 · California

Under Penal Code 647(f), when is a person in public guilty of being drunk in public?

  1. Whenever they have had any drink at all in a public place
  2. Only if they are under 21
  3. Only after 2 a.m.
  4. When unable to care for their own or others' safety
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D. When unable to care for their own or others' safety — 647(f) covers a person in public under the influence who cannot exercise care for their own or others' safety, or who obstructs a street or public way.

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