Highfield Personal Licence Mock Exam

Highfield is one of the top Ofqual accredited awarding bodies in the UK. Their Personal Licence qualification is recognised throughout the hospitality industry.

The questions contained within this mock exam are representative of those in the full Highfield ‘Level 2 Personal Licence Holder’ exam. Just like the real thing, this mock test contains 40 multiple choice questions and you’ll need to answer 28 correctly to pass. Good luck!

1. Which statement about licensing policy is true?

The licensing committee must issue regular guidelines on the licensing policy

Every licensing authority must have the same licensing policy

The licensing authority must publish a licensing policy every 5 years

Only the police are consulted regarding licensing policy

2. A Personal Licence is:

Granted to an individual by the relevant licensing authority

An assessment of a person’s ability to operate licensed premises

A record of a person’s alcohol licensing experience

Issued to an individual by local magistrates

3. Which type of licence is required to carry out licensable activities on a permanent basis?

Temporary Event Notice

Entertainment Licence

Premises Licence

Driving Licence

4. What would be the most likely consequence for a Personal Licence holder convicted of a drink-driving offence?

Forfeiture of the Personal Licence

Suspension of their Personal Licence for 12 months

Being banned form working on licensed premises

Loss of their right to enter licensed premises for 6 months

5. When is it an offence to allow children under 16, who are not accompanied by an adult, on a licensed premises?

When they arrive in groups of 5 or more

When the premises are used mostly for the sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises

At any time, on licensed premises selling alcohol

Before midnight in a hotel restaurant

6. Which form of entertainment is most likely to be regulated?

Customers playing darts in a public house

Live unamplified music at a fete

Amplified music on licensed premises after 11pm

Showing of educational films in school

7. To which licensing authority must an application for a Personal Licence be made?

The one for the area in which a person currently works

The one for the area where a person was born

Any one within England

The one where a person usually lives

8. Who may object to the granting of a Personal Licence?

Only the Trading Standards officer

All members of the licensing committee

The Chief Officer of police

The licensing authority

9. A valid photographic identity card bearing the national Proof of Age Standard Scheme (PASS) hologram is:

Acceptable to show a person’s criminal record

Unreliable as proof of a person’s age

Acceptable to prove a person’s age

Not recommend by the Home Office

10. Which premises may never be licensed to sell alcohol?

A garage used primarily for vehicle repairs

A city-centre church with a café.

A florist shop

A village hall

11. Who is responsible for the administration of the licensing system?

Magistrates’ courts

Police

Licensing authorities

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

12. In a calendar year, premises may operate under a Temporary Event Notice for:

14 days

30 days

5 days

21 days

13. Alcohol promotions which are deemed to be irresponsible are those which:

Promote food sales with wine

Encourage customers to drink more alcohol than they intended

Allow customers more choice of drinks available

Increase the income form alcohol sales

14. Which is the best way to define an operating schedule?

A policy document detailing minimum staffing levels at busy times

An important part of the risk assessment against the licensing objectives

Part of the Premises Licence showing how the premises will support the licensing objectives

A diagram of the premises showing the location of all customer facilities

15. When may authorised persons enter licensed premises?

Following an appeal to a magistrates’ court

After giving 24 hours notice

At any time to assess the licensable activities taking place

Only if they are accompanied by a police officer

16. Selling alcohol outside the hours permitted by the premises licence is:

An unauthorised sale of alcohol

Acceptable at all times in rural areas

Allowed if authorised by the local police

Allowed if authorised by the Premises Licence Holder

17. If a Personal Licence applicant is convicted of a relevant or foreign offence during the application process, who must they notify?

No need to notify anyone

Their relevant licensing authority

Any court in England and Wales

A member of their local police

18. Which officials may ask a Personal Licence holder authorising the sale of alcohol on licensed premises to produce their Personal Licence?

Child protection officers

Health and Safety officers

Local planning officers

Authorised officers of the licensing authority

19. A Personal Licence will remain valid:

Until the holder stops working on licensed premises

For a maximum period of 10 years

For 5 years

Indefinitely

20. The role of the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) includes:

Authorising the sale of alcohol not usually allowed by the Premises Licence

Deciding which types of alcohol are to be sold

Arranging parties for customers

Being responsible for the day-to-day management of licensed premises

21. A mandatory condition on all Premises Licences which include the sale of alcohol by retail is:

Free tap water to be available for customers

There must be an age verification policy in place

There must be door supervisors on duty at all times

Small measures of spirits must be available

22. A ‘low alcohol’ drink must contain an alcohol by volume (abv) of:

Between 3% and 9%

Less that 0.05%

Less than 0.5%

No more than 1.2%

23. When may an application for the full variation of a Premises Licence be required?

To extend the weekend opening hours permanently, in line with other premises in the area

A Personal Licence holder changing their name or address

Further Personal Licence holders being employed on the premises

Premises not actually opening until 11.00am, when the licence states 9.00am

24. Which officials may enter licensed premises to search for and seize smuggled goods?

Trading Standards officers

Environmental Health Practitioners

HM Revenue and Customs officials

Weights and Measures inspectors

25. What is the minimum age at which a person may legally be sold alcohol on licensed premises?

26. When may an application be made for a review of a Premises Licence?

At any time, usually following problems or incidents

Only following an extended closure order

Every 12 months, if the premises attract younger customers

If the premises are becoming increasingly popular with tourists and visitors

27. It is an offence to allow which of the following on licensed premises?

Pub games, such as darts

Drunk and disorderly conduct

Any child under 16 to enter an off-licence

Swearing in public places

28. The consumption of an intoxicating substance, such as alcohol, will most likely result in:

An improved ability to make decisions

A loss of aggression and a violent temper

A loss of inhibitions and control

An improved ability to communicate clearly

29. What is the maximum penalty for the offence of ‘persistently selling alcohol to children’?

A £500 fine and permanent closure of the premises.

A £90 on-the-spot fine for the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS)

A £5,000 fine of each sale

An unlimited fine

30. A ‘foreign offence’ is best defined as being:

Similar to a ‘relevant offence’, but not committed in England or Wales

More serious than a relevant offence

Committed by a person who is not a UK resident

Any offence committed within the European Union

31. Undertaking a licensable activity without an appropriate premises licence or temporary event notice is punishable by which of the following?

Up to £10,000 and the review of the Premises Licence

An unlimited fine and/or 6 months in prison

A maximum or £20,000 and/or 3 months in prison

Up to £5,000 per offence

32. Which of the following is a licensable activity?

The sale of food on licensed premises

Late night refreshment

The protection of children and young people

The provision of entertainment

33. Conflict is best avoided on licensed premises by:

Employing less staff at busy times

Offering food with all alcohol sales

Closing the premises at busy times

Training staff to offer a good service and remain vigilant

34. A hearing regarding a Premises Licence is most likely to be held following:

A review request

A period of voluntary closure

An enforcement visit by police

Resignation of the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS)

35. Local partnerships are beneficial to licensed premises because they:

Increase the number of alcohol promotions allowed

Allow the police to set the rules for how they operate at weekends

Help premises to work together to operate in a safe environment

Allow premises to set the price of alcohol in their area

36. Which drink contains approximately one unit of alcohol?

A pint of average strength cider

A half-pint of normal strength beer, at 4% abv

A 35ml measure of whisky, at 40% abv

A 175ml glass of wine, at 12% abv

37. Who may object to a Temporary Event Notice (TEN)?

Only local residents

Only the licensing authority

The police or licensing authority

The chief of police or environmental health team

38. A closure order will most likely be issued to all licensed premises in an area if:

There is a risk of disorder taking place in a particular area

There is a football match taking place between rival clubs

Premises Licence holders in the area have a problem with drug activity

The police cannot cover the area due to staff shortages

39. Which of the following is a licensing objective?

The protection of vulnerable persons

The prevention of irresponsible promotions

Public safety

Public health and hygiene

40. If a Personal Licence holder is charged with a relevant offence, what action must they take?

Nothing until they are found guilty

Inform the court, by the first court appearance, that they hold a Personal Licence

Tell the local licensing officer as soon as possible

Only inform the licensing authority if they are then convicted

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