SmartServe Ontario Practice Exam

To estimate the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level, we need to consider Sheila's weight, the number of drinks consumed, and the time over which these drinks were consumed. For women, a rough guideline for estimating BAC is that one standard drink raises BAC by approximately 0.02% per drink when accounting for body weight and metabolism.

In this scenario, Sheila weighs 125 pounds and has consumed 3 standard drinks in a period of 2 hours. Typically, the body can metabolize about one standard drink per hour. Therefore, even though Sheila drinks 3 drinks, she has 2 hours for her body to process some of that alcohol.

First, we calculate the initial rise in her BAC based on her three drinks:

- 3 drinks would initially raise her BAC to approximately 0.06% (3 drinks x 0.02% per drink = 0.06%).

Next, we need to consider the alcohol metabolized over the 2 hours. If we assume she metabolizes roughly 0.015% BAC per hour, over 2 hours she would metabolize about 0.03%.

When we subtract the metabolized BAC from her initial rise:

- Her BAC would then be approximately 0.