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Responsible Beverage Service (Alcohol Server) Certification

Recognizing intoxication: practice questions

Our Responsible Beverage Service bank has 18 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

Which drug type does California's curriculum require servers to learn to recognize, alongside depressants and stimulants?

  1. Vitamins
  2. Hallucinogens (psychedelics)
  3. Antibiotics and antacids
  4. Probiotics
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B. Hallucinogens (psychedelics) — 4 CCR 165(m) covers recognizing people under the influence of depressants, stimulants and hallucinogens.

Question 2

A guest complains that the drinks are too weak and is careless with money. Which sign of intoxication is this?

  1. Loss of judgment
  2. Lowered inhibitions
  3. Physical appearance
  4. Improved alertness
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A. Loss of judgment — Complaining about drink strength, carelessness with money, becoming argumentative and irrational statements show loss of judgment.

Question 3

How should servers decide when a guest has become obviously intoxicated?

  1. Wait until the guest admits being drunk to the server
  2. Count only the drinks they personally served
  3. Rely on the guest's friends to say so
  4. By what they see and hear, watched over time
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D. By what they see and hear, watched over time — California's curriculum tells servers to use effective listening and visual cues to judge when a guest has become obviously intoxicated.

Question 4

A guest is stumbling while standing up from the bar stool. Which sign category does this fall under?

  1. Loss of judgment, shown by careless choices
  2. Loss of coordination, a physical reaction
  3. Lowered inhibitions
  4. Signs of a fake ID
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B. Loss of coordination, a physical reaction — Loss of coordination while sitting or standing is one of the physical reactions to alcohol.

Question 5

A guest becomes overly friendly, uses foul language and is getting louder. Which category of signs is this?

  1. Lowered inhibitions
  2. Loss of judgment
  3. Physical appearance
  4. Normal behaviour that never matters
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A. Lowered inhibitions — Being overly friendly, using foul language, speaking louder and drinking faster are signs of lowered inhibitions.

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