TIPS Certification Exam (2022/2023)
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Behavioral cues ✔✔inhibitions, judgment, reactions, coordination
Inhibitions ✔✔relaxed and talkative and could display mood swings
Judgment ✔✔overly friendly, dancing or singing
Reactions ✔✔Lose their train of thought, glassy, unfocused eyes, slurred speech
Coordination ✔✔stagger, stumble, spill drinks
Intoxication Rate Factors ✔✔size, gender, rate of consumption, strength of the drink, drug use,
food intake
1/2 oz pure alcohol ✔✔12 oz beer, 5 oz wine, 1 oz 100-proof liquor
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3 Types of Illegal Alcohol Sales ✔✔1. Underage – guests under 21
- Third Party – guests who are buying for someone underage
- Visibly Intoxicated
2 Kinds of Law Covering Liability for Servers of Alcohol ✔✔1. Common Negligence Laws - Dram Shop Liability Laws
Common Negligence Laws ✔✔1. Not specific to alcohol - Can involve illegal alcohol sales
- Based on Court Cases
- Sets a standard for what “reasonable person would do”
- Every jurisdiction
Dram Shop Liability Laws ✔✔1. Specific to alcohol sales. - Applies to owners of license and their employees.
- Explain expectations for preventing illegal alcohol sales
- Set monetary limits for financial judgements in lawsuits
- Some jurisdictions
local liquor board ✔✔government entity that regulates alcohol sales
Reasonable Efforts ✔✔Steps to prevent illegal alcohol sales and their consequences
Benefits of Using Reasonable Efforts ✔✔1. Protect yourself from penalty and liability
3 Examples of Reasonable Efforts ✔✔1. Follow safe serve guidelines - Call a cab
- Suggest food
- Get trained
- Check ID
- Refuse service
- Call the police
- Place a sign
- Suggest non-alcohol drinks
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age to pour, sell, and serve alcohol? ✔✔18
DUI and DWI limit? ✔✔.08
DUI and DWI limit under 21? ✔✔.02
are establishments able to have a drink promotion where multiple drinks are offered for one price
on premise? ✔✔no
will an employee be charged with a violation for serving a minor if the employee made a diligent
inquiry to determine the patron’s age? ✔✔no
does michigan have social host liability laws? ✔✔yes
laws holding party hosts liable for any alcohol-related injuries that occur as a result of providing
alcohol to minors (including injury of said minor) ✔✔social host liability law
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Types of penalties matched with server/establishment ✔✔•Fines – Both
•Arrest- Server
•Community service- Server
•License Suspension-Establishment
•Financial Judgment- Both
•License Revocation- Establishment
•Loss of certification- Server
•Loss of job- Server
•Loss of income- Both
Never sell to ✔✔-Underage people
-Visibly intoxicated people
-Third party people (those purchasing for underage)
Practice Quiz 1 ✔✔1. The establishment is responsible for protecting you. (NO)
- Able to get in trouble with sell alcohol only where dram shop liability exists (NO)
- What is a third party sale (OF AGE TO UNDERAGE)
Helpful tools ✔✔•follow safe-service guidelines
•get trained
•suggest food
•check ids
•refuse service
•call a cab
•monitor guests
•refuse servcie
•ask questions
•call the police
•suggest non-alcoholic drinks
•post signs
Practice Quiz 2 ✔✔1. If you make reasonable efforts to prevent illegal alcohol service, there is
no way you can be held liable. (FALSE) - In video which reasonable tool has been used (CALL THE POLICE)
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are signs that a person may be becoming intoxicated. ✔✔Behavioral Cues…
Telling an offensive or inappropriate joke is often a sign of impaired judgment. ✔✔True
People who are talking and moving very slowly, are forgetful, or have trouble buttoning their
coat are showing signs of which behavioral cue? ✔✔Coordination
All of the following are behavioral cues, except: ✔✔Tolerance
Behavioral cues may not necessarily warn you if a guest is in danger of becoming drunk
because… ✔✔Guests who often drink heavily may have developed a high tolerance.
Which of the following is NOT an intoxication rate factor? ✔✔Type of alcohol beverage (beer,
wine, spirits)
Intoxication Rate Factors: ✔✔1. speed up or slow down alcohol as it gets into the bloodstream
and 2. impact the rate at which a person’s BAC level increases.
A straight-up drink will get into the blood stream________________alcohol diluted with water.
✔✔faster than
What does carbonation affect? ✔✔The rate that alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream.
Alcohol must be digested before being absorbed into the bloodstream. ✔✔False.
Whose BAC will rise faster – the one for a 150 lb. man or for a 200 lb. man? Both men have the
same % of body fat, are the same height and are consuming the same amount of alcohol at the
same rate. ✔✔The 150 lb. man.
If all other intoxication rate factors are equal, a “gulper” will probably reach a
_________________than a “sipper”. ✔✔Higher BAC more quickly
Women tend to reach higher BACs faster than men because: ✔✔They are generally smaller and
have more body fat.
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Behavioral Cues ✔✔The changes in peoples behavior after a few drinks- can help determine if a
guest is approaching intoxication or is already intoxicated.
Four Areas:
- Inhibitions
- Judgement
- Reactions
- Coordination
- Inhibitions ✔✔becoming talkative, displaying loud behavior or mood swings, or exhibiting a
notable change in behavior can indicate lowered inhibitions - Judgement ✔✔behaving inappropriately, using foul language, telling off-color jokes,
annoying others, becoming overly friendly, or increasing the rate of drinking = signs of impaired
judgement - Reactions ✔✔Glassy, unfocused eyes, talking and moving very slowly, forgetting things,
losing ones train of thought, lighting more than one cigarette, slurred speech = slowed reactions - Coordination ✔✔stumbling, swaying, dropping belongings, having trouble picking up keys,
change or other items = loss of coordination
Intoxication Rate Factors ✔✔These factors affect how quickly a person becomes intoxicatedand can provide an idea of how quickly a persons BAC will rise - Size
- Gender
- Rate of Consumption
- Strength of Drink
- Drug Use
- Food Intake
- Size ✔✔small people affected more quickly
large people with a high % of body fat become intoxicated faster