Alcohol:
- Slows reflexes and reaction time. ✓
- Puts you to sleep.
- Wakes you up.
- Improves your judgment.
Answer: A. Slows reflexes and reaction time.
Alcohol slows your reflexes and reaction time.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says that when a person drinks alcohol, one of the first effects is losing judgment and impaired sight, which causes slower reactions to sounds and slows responsive reactions to situations. Judgment is damaged too, so the skills you need to react to an emergency or judge speed and distance decline. The choice about slowed reflexes and reaction time matches that description.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Puts you to sleep. — The handbook describes alcohol as impairing judgment, sight and reactions, not as a substance that puts you to sleep.
- C. Wakes you up. — Nothing in the handbook says alcohol wakes you up; it lists loss of judgment and slower reactions as early effects.
- D. Improves your judgment. — The handbook says drinking damages judgment, giving the example of agreeing to let a friend take your car, so judgment gets worse rather than better.
Remember it
Drinking first hits your judgment and your eyes, and slowed reactions follow.