SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
cmp
,
business-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Americans with Disabilities Act. U.S. legislation passed in 1992 requiring public buildings (offices - hotels - restaurants - etc.) to make adjustments meeting minimum standards to make their facilities accessible to individuals with physical disabil
Cluster
Familiarization (fam) trip
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
National Speakers Association (NSA)
2. A company that presents special effects and theatrical acts. This type of company may contract to put on an entire event or only parts of one. They sometimes hire speakers as part of their contract.
Webconferencing
Stand
Production company
Clause
3. A term used in food and beverage that refers to the purchasing option based on the amount utilized by the group. The organization pays for the food and beverage based on the actual food and beverage served.
On consumption
Catering manager
Exclusive
Island booth
4. Anticipated dates and times of arrival of group members.
Arrival pattern
Service charge
Zero-based budgeting
Network
5. Pre-program information distributed to tour guides - field representatives - venues or vendors - regarding the details of their program assignment for a given event or program.
Real-time
Schedule of services
One-stop shop
Linear booth
6. MAP. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).
Fresnel
Gratuity
Mic level
Modified American Plan
7. Accredited designation offered by the National Speakers Association. This designation is earned for extensive - documented speaking experience and client satisfaction.
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Less than truckload
Convention center
Colloquium
8. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers. A membership organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States and grants licensing agreements for the performance of that music.
Room-based videoconferencing
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Demonstration
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
9. The process whereby exhibitors receive a potential customer's contact information in a standardized manner. A system for capturing and following-up on leads generated at an exhibition.
On consumption
Mag-stripe
Lead retrieval
Multi-management firm
10. A type of indemnity clause that requires one party to fully protect the other from a claim asserted. This would include the payment of costs or attorney fees.
Housing company
Hold harmless
Commission
Integrated marketing
11. Americans with Disabilities Act. U.S. legislation passed in 1992 requiring public buildings (offices - hotels - restaurants - etc.) to make adjustments meeting minimum standards to make their facilities accessible to individuals with physical disabil
Schoolroom set-up
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Function set-up order
Poster session
12. Building an event budget on estimates of potential income and likely expenses because there is no financial history from prior events available to use.
Export license
Combination bar
Zero-based budgeting
Mitigation
13. LTL. Rates applicable when the quantity of freight is less than the volume of truckload minimum weight.
Advance registration
Less than truckload
Straight-row seating
Casual attire
14. 1) An accounting method that enters income and expenses into the books at the time of contract versus when payment is received or expenses incurred (cash accounting). 2) A system in which revenue and expenses are accounted for as soon as they are com
Peninsula booth
Accrual accounting
Booth
Blog
15. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Conference reminder
Gratuity
Blog
Audience reaction team
16. An extraordinary natural event such as extreme weather - flood - hurricanes - tornadoes - earthquake or similar natural disaster that cannot be reasonably foreseen or prevented over which a contracting party has no reasonable control - making perform
Authorized signatory
Site inspection
Needs assessment
Act of God
17. The newest development in audio systems that can take traditional distributed systems - which require delay speakers to be hung throughout the room - to a new level. The advantage is that you can cover a room from a single line of speakers over the r
Line array
Market segments
On consumption
Stand
18. A person who is authorized to legally bind an individual or organization to a contract - to sign checks on behalf of an organization - or charge to an organization's master account.
Common carrier
Target date
Income statement
Authorized signatory
19. Unpublished rates offered from the areas of the U.S. and Canada to specified event destinations; they do not require Saturday night stay over.
Zone fare
Booking agent
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Budget
20. AKA Group Specification Guide or Resume. Spec Guide. The industry preferred term for a comprehensive document that outlines the complete requirements and instructions for an event. This document is typically authored by the event planner and is share
Stakeholder
lanning committee
Specialty contractor
Group specifications guide
21. Recognizing the possibility of injury - damage or loss - and having a means to prevent it or provide insurance.
Risk management
Combination bar
Kiosk
Multidisciplinary
22. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Full American Plan
Skid
Green event
DVCam
23. Direct mail promotional materials sent to current and prospective exhibitors to encourage participation and promote the benefits of exhibiting in a specific show. Contains information about technical points - cost of exhibition space - floor plan of
Casual attire
Rebates
Exhibitor prospectus
One-stop shop
24. 1) The back wall (either hardwall or draped) of a perimeter - booth/stand/exhibit - or inline. 2) Panel arrangement at rear of booth/stand area.
Front projection
Distance learning
Backwall
Cafeteria service
25. A speaker system that is typically used in ballrooms - exhibit hall venues - etc - and are most appropriate for voice reproduction.
Video projection
Fishbowl
Streaming
Distributed speaker system
26. Meeting Industry Network (formerly CINET or Convention Industry Network). On-line information network tracking historical and future site/booking information. CINET is provided by IACVB to its members.
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
NCR form
Post event report
Modified American Plan MAP
27. A meeting at the primary facility at which an event occurred just after it has ended. Attendees generally include the primary event organizer - representatives of the event organizer/host organization - department heads at the facility - other facili
Survey
Pre-set
Application sharing
Post-event meeting
28. The organization who provides accrediation for Continuing Medical Education (CME).
Stand
Arrival pattern
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Pre-event meeting
29. Flat rate for which a hotel or motel agrees to offer any of its available sleeping rooms (with the exception of suites) to a group. Final assignment of rooms is at the discretion of the hotel. See RUN-OF-THE-HOUSE RATE.
Freight forwarder
Projector
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Flate rate
30. Amount of money paid to secure a room - facility or service in advance.
Complimentary room
Citywide event
Advance deposit
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
31. Equipment which projects an image on a screen by passing light through a transparent slide or other transparency.
General liability insurance
Overhead
Hardwall
VHS Video Home System
32. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).
B2B
Exclusive
Modified American Plan MAP
Consular invoice
33. Guest holding confirmed sleeping room reservation is denied accommodations at the hotel where to reservation is held upon their arrival and is relocated to another hotel.
Offer
Butler service
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Walk
34. A type of education where students work on their own at home or from an office - and communicate with faculty and other students via email - electronic forums - chat - webconferencing and other forms of online communication. Includes correspondence c
Distance learning
Download
Pre-registration
Inducements
35. Certified Special Event Professional; an earned designation from the International Special Events Society (ISES).
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Travel agency
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
Document sharing
36. Transmitting data at speeds of up to 1.544 Mbps - operates at a much higher capacity than an ISDN line and can be split to accommodate several users at one time (known as a fractional T-1).
Mailing list
Market segments
T-1 line
Commission
37. A type of digital telecommunication line that provides high speed internet access for mulitple users.
Audit
ISDN
Straight time
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
38. Series of tables set up in the shape of the block T with chairs set all around except at the head table.
Dais
T-shape set-up
Good faith
Gratuity
39. Any meeting where people at two or more distant locations are linked using video - audio and data for two-way communication via satellite communications or the Internet. Each party sees and hears the other through a TV screen or computer monitor and
Indirect costs
Leko
Acceptance
Virtual conferencing
40. A holding area where trucks or buses check in and wait for instructions before delivering or picking up freight or passengers.
Marshalling yard
Confirmation number
B2B
Audience reaction team
41. An individual or company which provides customs clearing services to shippers of goods to and from another country. Licensing and requirements vary from country to country. In the United States - a customs broker must be licensed by the Treasury Depa
Customs broker
Russian banquet service
ducational programming committee
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
42. A lead retrieval method using embossed plastic cards similar to credit cards.
Banquet event order (BEO)
Conference reminder
Credit card badge
CODEC
43. A writtten plan that's purpose is to define the market for an event - outline a strategy for attracting and keeping participants - and prepare to adapt to changes in the market. This working document guides decisions about how - when - and where to e
Yield management
Distance learning
Fixed costs
Marketing plan
44. Total number of sleeping rooms that are utilized and attributable to one event.
Room block
Cut-off date
Concession
Service charge
45. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.
Incentive travel company
Peripheral block
Jurisdiction
Pre-event meeting
46. Casting video images on monitors or on large screen.
Broadband
Press conference
Scoop
Video projection
47. A solid-state diode rectifier whose atomic properties cause it to emit light when electric current is passed through it. Current LED technology allows the emission of light from infrared through green frequencies - and visible light LEDs are availabl
Backbone
Sampling
Set top box solutions (STBS)
LED Light Emitting Diode
48. The right granted by one party to let a another party use live or recorded music through special agreements and fee structures.
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Simultaneous translation
Music licensing
Distributed speaker system
49. A meeting of a number of experts in a particular field - at which papers are presented and discussed by specialists on particular subjects with a view to making recommendations concerning the problems under discussion.
Copy editor
Symposium
Pre-con
Conflict of interest statement
50. An alternative plan that may replace the original plan when circumstances change.
Contingency plan
Risk management
Business exchange
Site inspection