Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) Practice Test — All Questions
4 questions
Which practice supports the responsible service of alcohol?
- a.Topping up glasses so you lose track of how much a patron has had
- b.Offering doubles to speed up drinking
- c.Serving alcohol at a steady pace, offering water and food, and monitoring how much patrons are drinking✓
- d.Running competitions that reward rapid drinking
Responsible service includes serving at a measured pace, encouraging patrons to eat and drink water, avoiding topping up drinks so consumption can be tracked, and not running promotions that encourage rapid or excessive drinking.
Providing free drinking water to patrons is encouraged because it:
- a.Helps patrons pace themselves and reduces the risk of intoxication✓
- b.Is a legal way to make more sales
- c.Makes patrons drink faster
- d.Has no effect on intoxication
Free water helps patrons stay hydrated and pace their alcohol intake, which reduces the risk of intoxication. Making water readily available is a simple and effective responsible-service and harm-minimisation measure.
Which drinks promotion would generally conflict with responsible service of alcohol?
- a.Offering low- and no-alcohol options
- b.Serving food alongside drinks
- c.Providing free water
- d.An 'all you can drink for one price' or rapid-drinking promotion✓
Promotions that encourage rapid or excessive consumption, such as unlimited drinking for a fixed price or drinking games, conflict with responsible service and are restricted or banned in many jurisdictions. Offering food, water and low-alcohol options supports responsible service.
A patron who has been drinking steadily is showing early signs of intoxication. The responsible action is to:
- a.Serve them faster before they get worse
- b.Slow or stop alcohol service, offer water or food, and monitor them, rather than continuing to serve✓
- c.Offer them a double to finish the night
- d.Say nothing and keep serving
Once a patron shows signs of approaching intoxication, staff should slow or stop alcohol service, offer water and food, and keep monitoring them. Continuing to serve risks breaking the law and the patron becoming intoxicated.