What is the minimum age to legally purchase any alcoholic beverage in North Carolina?
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A.
18
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B.
21 Correct
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C.
19
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D.
20
The answer is "21"
The manual states the legal age to purchase any alcoholic beverage in North Carolina is 21. Choice A tempts drivers who equate 18 (voting, enlistment, signing contracts) with full adult privileges and carry that age of majority over to alcohol.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 18
Age 18 is below North Carolina's legal purchase age of 21. Turning 18 unlocks voting and enlistment, but not alcohol purchase. Carries the voting and enlistment age of majority over to alcohol, assuming every adult privilege unlocks on the same birthday.
C. 19
Age 19 is below North Carolina's legal purchase age of 21. The manual does not use 19 as the purchase age. Guesses an intermediate value between 18 and 21, or carries over the drinking age of a neighboring Canadian province.
D. 20
Age 20 is below North Carolina's legal purchase age of 21. Being close to your 21st birthday does not make purchasing alcohol legal. Applies a pre-1984 state drinking age remembered from older relatives, or assumes 20 counts because you are no longer a teenager.
This question tests your knowledge of DUI & Impaired Driving in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Chapter 2 - Alcohol and the Law (Alcohol and the Young Driver)," p.33..
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