RSA NSW Standard Drinks 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A schooner (425mL) of mid-strength beer at 3.5% ABV contains approximately how many standard drinks?
- 0.9 standard drinks
- 1.2 standard drinks (Correct answer)
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 1.8 standard drinks
Correct answer: 1.2 standard drinks
A 425mL schooner at 3.5% ABV contains approximately 1.2 standard drinks (425 × 0.035 × 0.789 ÷ 10 ≈ 1.17).
Question 2: On average, how many standard drinks can a healthy adult body process per hour?
- 0.5 standard drinks
- 1 standard drink (Correct answer)
- 2 standard drinks
- 3 standard drinks
Correct answer: 1 standard drink
The average healthy adult body can process approximately 1 standard drink per hour, and nothing — not food, coffee, or exercise — can speed this up.
Question 3: Which of the following serves contains the MOST standard drinks?
- 285mL middy of full-strength beer (4.8%)
- 30mL shot of spirits (40%)
- 150mL glass of wine (13%) (Correct answer)
- 375mL can of light beer (2.7%)
Correct answer: 150mL glass of wine (13%)
A 150mL glass of wine at 13% ABV contains approximately 1.5 standard drinks, more than the other options listed.
Question 4: A bartender makes a cocktail using 60mL of spirits at 40% ABV. Approximately how many standard drinks does this cocktail contain?
- 1 standard drink
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 2 standard drinks (Correct answer)
- 2.5 standard drinks
Correct answer: 2 standard drinks
60mL of spirits at 40% ABV contains approximately 1.9 standard drinks (60 × 0.40 × 0.789 ÷ 10 ≈ 1.9), rounding to approximately 2 standard drinks.
Question 5: What does the figure '0.789' represent in the standard drink calculation formula?
- The legal BAC limit for drivers in NSW
- The density of ethanol in grams per millilitre (Correct answer)
- The minimum ABV threshold for a standard drink
- The maximum alcohol content allowed per serve
Correct answer: The density of ethanol in grams per millilitre
0.789 is the density of ethanol (pure alcohol) in grams per millilitre, used to convert the volume of alcohol into its weight in grams.
Question 6: A 330mL premixed spirit drink at 5% ABV contains approximately how many standard drinks?
- 0.8 standard drinks
- 1.0 standard drink
- 1.3 standard drinks (Correct answer)
- 1.6 standard drinks
Correct answer: 1.3 standard drinks
A 330mL premixed drink at 5% ABV contains approximately 1.3 standard drinks (330 × 0.05 × 0.789 ÷ 10 ≈ 1.3).
Question 7: Two drinks are both 375mL in volume but have different standard drink counts. What is the most likely reason?
- The type of glass used to serve them
- The temperature at which they were served
- Their different alcohol by volume (ABV) percentages (Correct answer)
- The time of day they were consumed
Correct answer: Their different alcohol by volume (ABV) percentages
Standard drink counts depend on the volume of pure alcohol, so two drinks of equal volume with different ABV percentages will contain different numbers of standard drinks.
RSA NSW Standard Drinks 2
A schooner (425mL) of mid-strength beer at 3.5% ABV contains approximately how many standard drinks?