On average, the human body can dispose of the alcohol in a 12-ounce beer in about:
- One hour. ✓
- One day.
- Five minutes.
- Five hours.
Answer: A. One hour.
The body can dispose of the alcohol in a 12-ounce beer in about one hour.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says a 12-ounce beer contains about the same alcohol as a 5-ounce glass of wine or 1 1/2 ounces of liquor, and that amount raises a 150-pound male's BAC by about .02 percent. It then gives the average time for the body to remove that much alcohol as roughly one hour. The manual also notes that a woman will generally take longer to process and remove alcohol.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. One day. — A full day is far longer than the handbook's average removal time for the alcohol in one 12-ounce beer.
- C. Five minutes. — Five minutes is much shorter than the average time the handbook gives for removing that drink's alcohol.
- D. Five hours. — Five hours is much longer than the average removal time stated for the alcohol in a 12-ounce beer.
Remember it
Link one standard 12-ounce beer to one hour of removal as the manual's average, and remember a woman may take longer.