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Kentucky Alcohol Server Practice Test

Kentucky alcohol law for sellers and servers, with the KRS section or regulation under every answer.

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The STAR course 3

  • For how long is a STAR certification valid? Kentucky ABC, Server Training in Alcohol Regulations
  • Where does the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control say STAR is accepted? Kentucky ABC, Server Training in Alcohol Regulations
  • Which body developed the STAR course, Server Training in Alcohol Regulations? Kentucky ABC, Server Training in Alcohol Regulations

Sales to minors and identification 16

  • A 17-year-old misstates her age to a server to get a drink. How does KRS 244.085(8) treat the violation? KRS 244.085(8)
  • A 20-year-old is caught a second time using a fake ID to buy alcohol. What is the offense under KRS 244.990(5)? KRS 244.990(5)
  • A 22-year-old buys beer for a 19-year-old friend. What does KRS 244.085(2) say about the 22-year-old? KRS 244.085(2)
  • A bartender hands a free drink to a 20-year-old. Does KRS 244.080 apply? KRS 244.080(1)
  • A clerk charged with selling to a minor shows the buyer used altered identification. What else must the affirmative defense of KRS 244.080(1) show? KRS 244.080(1)
  • How does KRS 244.650(2) treat the sale of a liquor-filled candy to a 20-year-old? KRS 244.650(2)
  • How may evidence that a sale was induced by false identification be used under KRS 244.080(1)? KRS 244.080(1)
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Sales to minors and identification, continued

  • KRS 244.650 covers liquid-filled candies that hold how much alcohol? KRS 244.650(1)
  • What fine does the notice required by KRS 244.083 tell persons under 21 they face? KRS 244.083
  • What is a first offense of using false identification to buy alcohol (KRS 244.085(4)) under KRS 244.990(5)? KRS 244.990(5)
  • What is the smallest printed card KRS 244.083 allows for the notice about sales to minors? KRS 244.083
  • What type size must the KRS 244.083 notice to persons under 21 use? KRS 244.083
  • Which act by a person under 21 does KRS 244.085(1) forbid? KRS 244.085(1)
  • Who is a "minor" in KRS Chapters 241 to 244? KRS 241.010(45)
  • Who may redeem a gift card for alcoholic beverages under KRS 244.105? KRS 244.105
  • Whom does the ban on sales to minors in KRS 244.080 bind? KRS 244.080

Minors on the premises 9

  • A bar that is none of the business types in KRS 244.085(5)(a) wants minors at a daytime event. What does subsection (5)(b) require? KRS 244.085(5)(b)
  • A business on no list may let minors remain if its alcoholic beverage sales do not exceed what share of gross sales (804 KAR 5:070, Section 2(15))? 804 KAR 5:070, Section 2(15)
  • A licensee on no exempt list may still let minors remain on drink premises if what is true (804 KAR 5:070, Section 3)? 804 KAR 5:070, Section 3
  • How many entrances and exits to the rest of the premises may a "designated drinking area" have (804 KAR 5:070, Section 1)? 804 KAR 5:070, Section 1(7)
  • May a licensee whose business type is exempt still keep minors out (804 KAR 5:070, Section 4)? 804 KAR 5:070, Section 4
  • What must the sign read at the entrance to drink premises where minors are prohibited (804 KAR 5:070, Section 5)? 804 KAR 5:070, Section 5
  • What type size does 804 KAR 5:070, Section 5 require on the minors-prohibited sign? 804 KAR 5:070, Section 5
  • When may a person under 21 remain in a package liquor store under KRS 244.085(6)? KRS 244.085(6)
  • Which business type does 804 KAR 5:070, Section 2 name as one that may let minors remain on its licensed premises? 804 KAR 5:070, Section 2

Intoxicated patrons and liability 8

  • KRS 244.080(2) bars a sale to a person who appears under the influence "to the degree that the person may" do what? KRS 244.080(2)
  • The liability limit of KRS 413.241(2) covers intoxicating beverages sold or served to whom? KRS 413.241(2)
  • Through whose eyes does KRS 244.080(2) judge whether a patron appears under the influence? KRS 244.080(2)
  • To whom does the liability limit of KRS 413.241 not apply (subsection (4))? KRS 413.241(4)
  • What does KRS 413.241(1) declare to be the proximate cause of an injury inflicted by an intoxicated person? KRS 413.241(1)
  • When can a licensee's server be liable for an injury off the premises caused by an adult customer's intoxication (KRS 413.241(2))? KRS 413.241(2)
  • Which substances count toward being "under the influence" in KRS 244.080(2)? KRS 244.080(2)
  • Who is primarily liable for injuries to third persons under KRS 413.241(3)? KRS 413.241(3)

Staff ages and hours of sale 13

  • A licensee may not knowingly employ in the licensed business a person convicted of a felony within the last how many years (KRS 244.090(1)(a))? KRS 244.090(1)(a)
  • An 18-year-old may sell and serve alcoholic beverages if supervised by whom (KRS 244.090(1)(c))? KRS 244.090(1)(c)
  • At what age may a person sell and serve alcoholic beverages for a licensee with no supervision condition (KRS 244.090(1)(c))? KRS 244.090(1)(c)
  • Before any local ordinance, what is the statewide rule of KRS 244.290(3) for retail sales of distilled spirits and wine on Sunday? KRS 244.290(3)
  • How many alcohol-related misdemeanor convictions within two years bar a person from the licensed business under KRS 244.090(1)(b)? KRS 244.090(1)(b)
  • May a retailer in wet territory sell distilled spirits and wine while the polls are open on election day (KRS 244.290(1))? KRS 244.290(1)(a)
  • When do the conviction bars of KRS 244.090(1)(a) and (b) not apply to an employee? KRS 244.090(2)
  • Where Sunday drink sales of distilled spirits and wine are authorized locally, what must the licensee hold (KRS 243.050(2)(a))? KRS 243.050(2)(a)
  • Which default hours does KRS 244.480(2) close to retail sales of malt beverages? KRS 244.480(2)
  • Which duty may an 18- or 19-year-old employee not have under KRS 244.090(3)? KRS 244.090(3)
  • Which hours may a local ordinance not close to sales of distilled spirits and wine by the drink on a day other than Sunday (KRS 244.290(4)(b))? KRS 244.290(4)(b)
  • Who faces penalties when KRS 244.090 on employment is violated? KRS 244.090(5)
  • With no local ordinance and no extended hours license, between which hours may a retailer not sell distilled spirits and wine (KRS 244.290(3))? KRS 244.290(3)

Conduct, credit and signs 16

  • A bar lets its fire and sanitary standards lapse. How does KRS 244.120(2)(g) class that? KRS 244.120(2)(g)
  • Below what price may a retail licensee not sell or give away an alcoholic beverage (KRS 244.050)? KRS 244.050
  • The firearm rule of KRS 244.125 does not apply to a restaurant with dining for at least 50 persons that takes less than what share of its food and beverage receipts from alcohol? KRS 244.125(3)
  • How high may a partition stand in quota retail premises without obstructing the view (KRS 244.110)? KRS 244.110
  • How many opened containers of wine may a restaurant patron take off the premises under KRS 243.115(1)? KRS 243.115(1)
  • How may any retailer of distilled spirits or wine take payment without breaking the credit ban of KRS 244.300? KRS 244.300
  • What does KRS 244.652 forbid outright? KRS 244.652
  • What is a first offense against a provision of KRS Chapter 244 that carries no other penalty (KRS 244.990(1))? KRS 244.990(1)
  • What is a first offense of possessing a loaded firearm in violation of KRS 244.125 (KRS 244.990(6))? KRS 244.990(6)
  • What may a patron not possess in the room where drinks are being sold by the drink (KRS 244.125(1))? KRS 244.125(1)
  • What must a restaurant give the patron who leaves with a resealed bottle of wine (KRS 243.115(2))? KRS 243.115(2)
  • What must the sign required of licensed retailers by KRS 243.895 warn about? KRS 243.895
  • Where must a resealed bottle of wine ride in a motor vehicle (KRS 243.117)? KRS 243.117
  • Which licensees may sell distilled spirits or wine on reasonable credit to members, customers or registered guests (KRS 244.300)? KRS 244.300
  • Which of these does KRS 244.120(2) list as an act that makes licensed premises disorderly? KRS 244.120(2)
  • Which of these on licensed premises is not a cause for revocation under KRS 243.500(6)? KRS 243.500(6)

How this list was compiled: Kentucky Revised Statutes on the Legislative Research Commission's site (https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/), one PDF per section: KRS 241.010, 243.050, 243.115, 243.117, 243.500, 243.895, 244.050, 244.080, 244.083, 244.085, 244.090, 244.105, 244.110, 244.120, 244.125, 244.290, 244.300, 244.480, 244.650, 244.652, 244.990, 244.992 and 413.241. Kentucky Administrative Regulations, 804 KAR 5:070, Minors (https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/804/005/070/). The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's page on Server Training in Alcohol Regulations (https://abc.ky.gov/newstatic_Info.aspx?static_ID=265) and its training portal (https://abcportal.ky.gov/StarTraining). All read on October 15, 2026. Each question names its section. Licence: Own work. Every question, every wrong choice and every explanation was written for this site from the section or regulation it cites. Short quoted phrases are from the Kentucky Revised Statutes and the Kentucky Administrative Regulations, which are public. Nothing is taken from the Department's STAR course.

How it works

This unofficial Kentucky alcohol server practice test asks 65 of our own questions on KRS Chapters 241 to 244, KRS 413.241 and the board's regulation on minors. Not affiliated with the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

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What STAR is

Server Training in Alcohol Regulations is the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's own online course on Kentucky alcohol law, accepted statewide. A certificate follows successful completion of the course.

Statute questions, section by section

The bank keeps to the law the course names: sales to minors and proof of age, minors on the premises, intoxicated patrons, who may be employed, hours and disorderly premises. Telling a false card from a real one is a skill the course teaches, and it is not asked here.

  • No sale to a person who appears, to a reasonable person, under the influence enough to endanger or annoy others (KRS 244.080(2)).
  • False identification is a defense only when the buyer's appearance also strongly indicated legal age (KRS 244.080(1)).
  • A restaurant patron may leave with one resealed, bagged bottle of wine and a dated receipt (KRS 243.115).

Questions and answers

How old do you have to be to serve alcohol in Kentucky?

20 to sell and serve alcoholic beverages. An 18- or 19-year-old may do so under the supervision of a person 20 or older, but may not bartend (KRS 244.090).

Is STAR training required in Kentucky?

Not by a state statute read for this page: Kentucky issues no server permit. A city or county may require it by ordinance; Central City's, posted on the Department's site, gives staff ninety days from hire.

How long is a STAR certificate good for?

Three years, by the Department's Education page, which gives no pass mark for the course.

What time do bars stop serving alcohol in Kentucky?

It depends on the city or county. The statewide default closes retail sales from midnight to 6 a.m. and all day Sunday; a local ordinance may set other hours and allow Sunday sales (KRS 244.290, 244.480).

Does Kentucky have a dram shop law?

KRS 413.241 narrows it: a licensee who serves a person of legal age answers for an injury off the premises only if a reasonable person should have known the person was already intoxicated. Practice for a course, not legal advice.

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