How Daily Review schedules your questions
Every question you answer in the practice mode, the mock exam, a topic drill or the flashcards gets a review date. The scheduling is a simplified version of the SM-2 spaced-repetition method:
- First correct answer: the question is due again in 1 day.
- Second correct answer in a row: due again in 6 days.
- Each further correct answer: the previous gap is multiplied by an ease factor that starts at 2.5 and rises by 0.1 with every correct answer, so the gaps keep growing.
- A wrong answer: the streak resets, the question is due again the next day, and its ease factor drops by 0.2 (never below 1.3), so it comes back more often from then on.
A Daily Review session has 15 untimed questions. Questions whose review date has arrived come first; if fewer than 15 are due, the rest of the session is filled with other questions at random. Your score is shown at the end against the 80% mark, along with a topic breakdown and the questions you missed. If nothing is due yet, the page tells you you are all caught up.
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Using Daily Review alongside Bookmarks
The two tools do different jobs. Daily Review decides when you see a question again, based on your answers. Bookmarks are the questions you choose to keep in view. A good routine uses both:
- Review first, then learn something new. Clear today’s Daily Review session before you start a new topic drill, so older material is refreshed before it fades.
- Bookmark repeat misses. If you get the same question wrong in two review sessions, bookmark it and read the full explanation and the topic page. Seeing it again tomorrow will not help if the rule behind it is unclear.
- Read the topic breakdown. The results at the end of each session group your misses by topic. Two or more misses in one topic is the signal to run that topic’s drill from the topics page.
- Stop at “all caught up”. When nothing is due, take a mock exam or practise a topic you have not touched yet rather than repeating questions you already know.
Rules that are easy to mix up
These facts come up in several topics and are often confused with each other. If a review question on one of them keeps coming back, this is the fact to pin down:
- Hours: licensed premises serve from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. (3:00 a.m. on New Year’s Eve), while retail stores sell from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and delivery runs from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (AGCO).
- Standard drinks: the Canadian benchmark is 341 mL of 5% beer, 142 mL of 12% wine or 43 mL of 40% spirits. Convert the serving in the question before you answer.
- ID: the legal age is 19, the card must show a photo and date of birth, and a copy or phone picture does not count.
- Liability: an individual server can be fined or charged, not only the licence holder.
Sample review questions
Scenario questions like these are the ones most worth revisiting on a schedule.
Q1: A patron has a flushed red face after only one drink. What should you consider?
- A. They have been exercising
- B. Nothing, this is normal
- C. They may have a low alcohol tolerance or be reacting to medication ✓
- D. They are intoxicated
Facial flushing after minimal alcohol could indicate low tolerance, alcohol flush reaction (common in some ethnicities), or interaction with medication. Continue to monitor them carefully.
Q2: A patron insists they are fine and demands another drink. What should you say?
- A. "I don't care, you're cut off"
- B. "I believe you, here's your drink"
- C. "The law requires me to stop serving you, but I can offer you water or a soft drink" ✓
- D. "Go somewhere else if you want more"
Reference the law to depersonalize the refusal, and immediately offer an alternative. This shows professionalism and helps the patron accept the decision.
Q3: A designated driver asks for alcohol. What should you do?
- A. Serve them normally — being a designated driver is their personal responsibility ✓
- B. Serve only light beer
- C. Report them to the police
- D. Refuse — designated drivers should not drink
A designated driver's choice to drink is their personal decision, not the server's to enforce. However, you should still monitor their consumption and assess their sobriety, especially if you know they plan to drive.
Q4: What is the best way to protect yourself from personal liability as a server?
- A. Only work daytime shifts
- B. Serve everyone quickly so no one gets angry
- C. Never work in a licensed establishment
- D. Follow SmartServe training, house policies, and refuse service when appropriate ✓
Following your SmartServe training, adhering to house policies, monitoring patrons, and refusing service when someone is intoxicated are the best ways to minimize your personal liability.
Q5: A patron threatens another patron with a weapon. What is the immediate priority?
- A. Ensure staff and patron safety, evacuate if possible, and call 911 immediately ✓
- B. Confront the armed patron
- C. Try to take the weapon away
- D. Ask the patron to put it down politely
A weapon situation is extremely dangerous. The immediate priority is safety: do not confront the person, evacuate patrons away from danger, and call 911 immediately.