A door worker's only job is checking identification for entry to a licensed bar. Does section 6-27.1 treat that worker as an alcohol server?Answer: Yes, checking ID for entry is included. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(a)
A new server starts work today. Under section 6-27.1, within how many days after starting must the training be completed?Answer: 120 days. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(a)
A server changes jobs. What does section 6-27.1 say about the training certificate?Answer: It belongs to the server and may go to the new employer. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(a)
A server holds a certificate from a BASSET-licensed program and moves to a city with its own server ordinance. What does section 6-27.1(f) say?Answer: The certificate is accepted as meeting server laws and ordinances in the State. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(f)
Does section 6-27.1's server training requirement apply to a special event retailer?Answer: No, subsection (i) says it does not. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(i)
How long is a responsible alcohol service training certificate from a BASSET-licensed program valid?Answer: 3 years. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(g)
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Server training and the certificate, continued
How many times may a server take the responsible alcohol service training under section 6-27.1?Answer: There is no limit. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(a)
If a BASSET training course is taught in a classroom, how long must the classroom training be at least?Answer: 4 hours. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(d)(2)
In which two languages must a classroom-based BASSET course be available?Answer: English and Spanish. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(d)(2)
Under 77 Ill. Adm. Code 3500.155, which area must a BASSET curriculum cover?Answer: Dram shop liabilities, insurance and victims' rights. Source: 77 Ill. Adm. Code 3500.155(e)
Under 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1, who counts as an alcohol server who must complete responsible alcohol service training?Answer: A person who sells or serves open containers of alcohol at retail. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(a)
What must an online BASSET course be designed to make sure of, under section 6-27.1(d)(3)?Answer: That no content can be skipped. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(d)(3)
Which Illinois laws does area 3 of the BASSET curriculum in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 3500.155 cover?Answer: State statutes, local ordinances and Illinois DUI laws. Source: 77 Ill. Adm. Code 3500.155(c)
Which of these does section 6-27.1 leave out of the definition of alcohol server?Answer: A volunteer serving at a charitable function. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(a)
Who may ask to see proof that an alcohol server has been trained, under section 6-27.1(a)?Answer: State law enforcement, on reasonable request. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(a)
Who must approve BASSET training modules and certificate program plans?Answer: The State Commission. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-27.1(d)
People under 21 and identification 13
A customer asked for ID cannot produce adequate written evidence of age and identity. What does section 6-16 require of the server?Answer: Refuse to sell or serve alcohol. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-16(a)
A person under 21 presents a false ID to a bartender to get a drink. What minimum sentence terms does section 6-16 set?Answer: A fine of at least $500 and at least 25 hours of community service. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-16(a)
A server demanded, was shown and reasonably relied on a government ID from a customer who turned out to be under 21. What does section 6-16 call this?Answer: An affirmative defense. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-16(a)
For how long is a licensee's notice of a planned sting operation valid under section 6-16.1?Answer: 60 days, unless local law sets a shorter period. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-16.1(a)
Under 235 ILCS 5/6-16(a)(i), a licensee's employee may not sell, give or deliver alcohol to whom?Answer: Any person under 21 or any intoxicated person. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-16(a)(i)
Under section 4-1, which local body may prohibit a minor from drawing, pouring or mixing alcohol as an employee of a retail licensee in a city?Answer: The city council or the president and board of trustees. Source: 235 ILCS 5/4-1
Under section 6-16, may an employee be disciplined or discharged for serving a minor after demanding and seeing adequate government ID?Answer: No, unless the employee knew the ID was false. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-16(a)
Under section 6-16.1, how much written notice must a licensee give before running its own sting operation against its staff using a person under 21?Answer: At least 14 days, unless local law sets a shorter period. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-16.1(a)
Under section 6-16.2, which kind of licensed premises cannot be covered by a local ban on people under 21 entering?Answer: One where selling alcohol is not the principal business, such as a restaurant. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-16.2
Under section 6-20(b), when must a licensee's employee demand positive identification before a sale?Answer: When they believe or have reason to believe the buyer may be under age. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-20(b)
What penalty class does section 6-16(b) set for a violation of section 6-16, unless the section says otherwise?Answer: A Class A misdemeanor. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-16(b)
Which document counts as adequate written evidence of age and identity under section 6-16?Answer: A document issued by a federal, state, county or municipal government. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-16(a)
Which of these is forbidden by section 6-20(c)?Answer: Using another person's identification card. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-20(c)
Dram shop liability 6
Does section 6-21 give the intoxicated person a cause of action for their own injuries?Answer: No, it says it confers none. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-21(a)
How do the dollar limits on recovery in section 6-21 change over time?Answer: They are adjusted every January 20 by the change in the consumer price index. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-21(a)
Under section 6-21, what happens to a tenant's lease rights where an unlawful sale or gift of alcohol takes place on the premises?Answer: The unlawful sale works a forfeiture of the tenant's rights. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-21(a)
Under the Illinois dram shop section, 235 ILCS 5/6-21, who may sue a licensee whose sale of alcohol caused a person's intoxication?Answer: A person injured in person or property by the intoxicated person. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-21(a)
Which licensee does section 6-21 say is not liable when its only connection was supplying beer dispensing or cooling equipment?Answer: A licensed distributor or brewer. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-21(a)
Within what time must an action under section 6-21 be started?Answer: Within one year after the cause of action accrued. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-21(a)
Happy hours and drink promotions 10
A bar open to the public offers unlimited drinks for a fixed price for two hours. What does section 6-28 say?Answer: It is prohibited, except at private functions or as section 6-28.5 allows. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-28(b)(2)
After what time may a drink not be discounted under section 6-28.5?Answer: 10:00 p.m., until closing. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-28.5(b)(10)
How far ahead must a retail licensee post notice of a drink discount under section 6-28.5?Answer: At least 7 days. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-28.5(b)(10)
Under 235 ILCS 5/1-3.05, does a drink containing one-half of one percent alcohol by volume or less come under the Act?Answer: No, the Act does not apply to it. Source: 235 ILCS 5/1-3.05
Under 235 ILCS 5/6-28, may a bar sell two drinks for the price of one?Answer: No, that is a prohibited happy hour practice. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-28(b)(1)
Under section 6-28, may a bar make a drink larger without raising its price in proportion?Answer: No. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-28(b)(4)
Under section 6-28.5, for how many hours a day at most may a retail licensee discount drinks?Answer: 4 hours a day and 15 hours a week. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-28.5(b)(10)
Under section 6-28.5, what is the longest a party package may last?Answer: 3 hours. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-28.5(b)(3)
What can a violation of the happy hour rules in section 6-28 lead to for a retailer?Answer: Suspension or revocation of the retailer's license. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-28(d)
Which of these does section 6-28.5 allow a retail licensee to do?Answer: Offer free food or entertainment at any time. Source: 235 ILCS 5/6-28.5(b)(1)
How this list was compiled: Every question rests on one section of Illinois law, read on 2026-10-04 and named in the question's own source line. The Liquor Control Act of 1934, 235 ILCS 5, read on the Illinois General Assembly's site, https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/ : sections 1-3.05, 4-1, 6-16, 6-16.1, 6-16.2, 6-20, 6-21, 6-27.1, 6-28 and 6-28.5. The Illinois Liquor Control Commission's rule on BASSET programs, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 3500.155, read on the General Assembly's administrative code pages, https://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/077/077035000001550R.html . No statute or rule read gives a number of questions or a pass mark for a BASSET course test, and the bank stores none. The dram shop dollar limits change every January 20, so no question asks for a dollar amount. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the statute and rule text; nothing is copied from a BASSET-licensed training program or another practice test. Short quotations from the law are marked.
How it works
This unofficial Illinois BASSET certification study guide holds 45 practice questions from the Liquor Control Act and the commission's BASSET rule, each naming its section. BASSET-licensed programs teach the course and give its test; this bank is state law only.
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What a BASSET course covers, and what is here
77 Ill. Adm. Code 3500.155 names five areas: alcohol and drugs, prevention and intervention, state law and DUI law, identification, and dram shop liability. This bank drills the law: who must train, the certificate, people under 21, the dram shop section and the happy hour rules.
Training deadlines and the certificate
Section 6-27.1 gives a new server 120 days from starting work. A certificate from a BASSET-licensed program lasts 3 years, belongs to the server and can move to a new employer. The statute sets no pass mark for the course test, so this page sets none; Exam mode draws 25, this site's choice.
Classroom courses run at least 4 hours, in English and Spanish; online courses cannot let you skip content.
Discounted drinks: at most 4 hours a day and 15 a week, never from 10 p.m. to closing, posted 7 days ahead.
Local ordinances set hours of sale in Illinois, so this bank asks no closing time.
Questions and answers
How long is BASSET certification good for?
3 years. Section 6-27.1(g) says a responsible alcohol service training certificate from a BASSET-licensed program is valid for 3 years. There is no limit on how many times a server may take the training.
Who needs BASSET training in Illinois?
Alcohol servers: people who sell or serve open containers of alcohol at retail, deliver mixed drinks under section 6-28.8, or check ID for those sales or for entry. Volunteers at charitable functions and special event retailers are among the exceptions.
How long do new servers have to get BASSET trained?
120 days after starting work, under section 6-27.1(a). The section's county start dates, the last being July 1, 2018, have all passed. Proof of training must be available on reasonable request by State law enforcement.
Are these the real BASSET test questions?
No. They are unofficial practice written from the Liquor Control Act and 77 Ill. Adm. Code 3500. The Illinois Liquor Control Commission and the licensed programs did not write or review them, and this site has never seen a course test.