Which statement is NOT a factor that influences how alcohol affects a person?

• A. Time of day.
• B. Body size.
• C. Gender.
• D. Food in the stomach.

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is what factors change how alcohol affects you. Alcohol’s impact depends on how much you drink relative to your body size, how quickly your body processes it, whether you have food in your stomach, and biological differences like gender. Time of day doesn’t change how your body handles alcohol in typical situations. The liver metabolizes alcohol at a fairly steady rate, and absorption is influenced by having an empty or full stomach, not by whether it’s morning or evening. So time of day isn’t used to predict how drunk you’ll feel, whereas body size, gender, and food in the stomach are real factors that affect the effect.