servsafe alcohol terms questions and answers

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 ...

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 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 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T/F: It is illegal in some states to serve already intoxicated quests - Answer- true an establishments liquor license was revoked for serving intoxicated guests a. civil liability b. criminal liability c. administrative liability - Answer- c. administrative a pedestrian who was hit by a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 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 c. depends - Answer- c. depends can people continue drinking past the hours of service listed on an establishments liquor license? a. yes b. no c. depends - Answer- b. no Can restaurants be held responsible for serving known alcoholics? - Answer- In some states, yes Illegal activities on premises (illegal in some states not all) - Answer- -Gambling and prostitution -drinking games and contests -illegal drugs t/f: States hold owners and operators of establishments and their employees liable if they discriminate against guest - Answer- true Can you refuse alcohol service to a woman because she's pregnant? - Answer- No, considered gender discrimination fermentation - Answer- alcohol made by fermenting plants (berries and fruits), or grains (barley) -During fermentation: yeast breaks down plants and grains, which produces ethanol -beer and wine created with this process distillation - Answer- plants and grains are fermented and then they are distilled -Distilling removes water from alcohol, making the drink stronger -spirits like vodka and whiskey are made this way Order alcohol by strength: -vodka 40% ABV -tequila 110 proof -rum 75% ABV -whiskey 100 proof - Answer- Weakest to Strongest: 1. vodka 2. whiskey 3. tequila 4. rum Proof - Answer- indicates the strength of liquor and how much it contains -strength of liquor= proof/2 A 100 proof whiskey is _____% alcohol - Answer- 50 -bc 100/2=50 An 80 proof vodka is ____% alcohol - Answer- 40 -bc 80/2= 40 ABV - Answer- Alcohol by volume -percentage of a drink that is alcohol Distilled Spirits - Answer- range from an ABV of 20% for liqueurs to 40% or higher for spirits Wine - Answer- ABV between 12 and 14% Beer - Answer- typical ABV between 4% to 6% -many craft beers range from 2.5% to 15% ABV How alcohol gets in to blood stream - Answer- 1. Mouth 2. Stomach 3. Small intestine