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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Distance learning
Customs broker
Low season
Post-con
2. Transfer a file from a host computer to your computer.
Download
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Group ware
Scoop
3. A type of barter. The exchange of goods and services instead of using money.
One-stop shop
T-shape set-up
Trade-out
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
4. A wired or wireless microphone that hooks around the neck or is clipped to clothing. Sometimes called a NECKLACE - LAPEL - or PENDANT MICROPHONE.
Lavaliere microphone
Flying
Smart card
Charter
5. A list showing the number and kinds of items being shipped - as well as other information needed for transportation purposes.
Exhibitor service manual
Packing list
Lead retrieval
DVCam
6. A Web-site whose primary function is to provide attendees (buyers) and exhibitors (sellers) with online tools that help facilitate participation in an upcoming event.
Copy editor
Trade show facilitation website
Carnet
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
7. The industry preferred term for a report of the details and activities of an event. A collection of post event reports over time will provide the complete History for an event. The industry accepted practice is to use the APEX POST EVENT REPORT - whi
2-D bar code
Post-event report PER
Front projection
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
8. 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
Hundredweight (CWT)
Lead retrieval
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Post-con
9. A commission over and above the normal base commission percentage.
Conflict of interest statement
Override
Truckload
Exclusive
10. 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.
Schedule of services
Incremental budgeting
V-shape set-up
Certificate of origin
11. A requirement for entering into a binding contract. If a contract proposal (offer) is made - it is accepted if the offeree signs the offer as submitted. If the offeree makes any changes to the offer before signing - it is a counter offer - not accept
Waiver of subrogation
Modified American Plan
Acceptance
Foreign exchange currency risk
12. Solicitation of opinions regarding services; questionnaire.
Objective
Paid-out
Billing instructions
Survey
13. Used to sell products through a Web site. An online shopping cart application allows customers to select and then purchase books - tapes and other items.
Shopping cart
Two-tiered set-up
Schoolroom set-up
Network
14. Multi-page pressure-sensitive form where multiple copies are made by writing on the top copy of the form. NCR stands for No-Carbon Required.
ISDN
Front projection
NCR form
Download
15. Digital subscriber line. Brings high bandwidth via copper phone lines.
DSL
Certificate of insurance
Interface
APEX
16. Registration made via the Web.
Focus group
Online registration
Post-con
Customs broker
17. 1) The process of attaching the cable on a crane to a piece of machinery or equipment. 2) The process for hanging materials or signs.
Russian restaurant service
Rigging
Interview
Backwall
18. Magnetic Stripe. A lead retrieval system using a magnetic strip on either the back of a paper badge (similar to some airline tickets) or on plastic badges similar to credit cards.
Message board
Multidisciplinary
Mag-stripe
International event
19. Convention and visitor bureaus are not-for-profit organizations charged with representing a specific destination and helping the long-term development of communities through a travel and tourism strategy. Convention and visitor bureaus are usually me
Post-event meeting
Breakout session
Schoolroom set-up
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
20. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.
Unopposed exhibit hours
Space assignment
Travel agent
Target date
21. When online activities take place at a designated time - they are referred to as real-time events. A Webcast of a keynote presenter that can be watched live over the Internet is an example of a real-time event.
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Buzz session
Cost center
Real-time
22. 1) Pallet. 2) Wooden platform used to support machinery or a collection of objects for easier handling. 3) Thick wood blocks attached to crates which allow forklift access for easier handling. 4) Wood runners protecting the exterior of a shipping cas
Skid
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Podcast
Interview
23. An ongoing effort by an organization to develop relationships with key media representatives before - during - and after an event.
Audit
lanning committee
Media relations
Certification
24. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
American Bar Association (ABA)
Green event
Combination bar
Tone
25. Designated date when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public. The date is typically three to four weeks before the event.
Hardwall
Cut-off date
Yield management
B2B
26. 1) The act of showing how to do something. 2) A group of individuals organized to picket or protest against a group using placards - literature - songs - shouts and - sometimes - marches or sit-ins.
Protocol
Exclusive contractor
Demonstration
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
27. A statement of revenues and expenses. Also known as a profit & loss statement.
Contract
Credit card badge
Suitcasing
Income statement
28. The software that makes Webcasting work. These "stream" audio and video from a central source - or media server - to recipients on their personal computers.
Exclusive
Rigging
Streaming
Gratuity
29. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.
Cancellation clause
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Provision
Hand carry
30. 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.
Lavaliere microphone
Lead retrieval
General liability insurance
Destination Marketing Association International
31. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Virtual conferencing
Schoolroom set-up
Pick-up
32. 1) Process of moving equipment and/or people from one point to another. 2) Transportation between terminals and hotels. 3) To copy a picture or sound that is transmitted by one recorder to another - or to make a tape copy from film.
Dais
Complimentary
Transfer
Flying
33. 1) Broadly - one who acts or has the power to act: more usually - one that acts as the representative of another. Most frequently in travel - a specific kind of agent such as a retail travel agent. 2) Person that obtains engagements for entertainers
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Request for proposal (RFP)
Booking agent
Chat room
34. A government document which permits the "licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.
Export license
Booth
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Pad-wrapped
35. The complete package of marketing materials used to promote an event such as brochures - emails - direct mail - etc. Organizations should consider developing a style sheet to ensure consistency across all marketing collateral.
Backbone
Marketing collateral
Russian banquet service
Overhead
36. An account (usually a number) to which expenses for a function or activity are charged.
Release date
Audiovisual A/V
Cost center
Exhibitor prospectus
37. A single source provider of goods or services.
Download
Exhibitor service manual
Lifelong learning
One-stop shop
38. Expenses that vary based upon various factors - such as the number of attendees .
Gratuity
Smart card
Uplink
Variable costs
39. Provision in a contract which outlines damages to be paid to the non-canceling party if cancellation occurs - due the canceling party's breach of the contract.
Cancellation Clause
Straight time
Audiovisual A/V
Manifest
40. A new development using computer chips that can be read from a distance (similar to a bar code without the need for line of sight). This type of technology holds promise to help attendees - event managers and exhibitors share information - log into c
Streaming
General liability insurance
Scoop
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
41. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Opt-out
Press conference
Platform
Set top box solutions (STBS)
42. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Message board
Provision
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Certificate of insurance
43. Designated day when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public.
Workshop
Reservation review date
Download
Computer data projection
44. An interchange between an inner circle debating an issue and an outer circle of observers. Individuals occasionally move from one circle to the other.
Schoolroom set-up
Fishbowl
ite inspection
Target date
45. 1) Registering in advance to attend an event. See ADVANCE REGISTRATION. 2) At a facility - pre-assigned sleeping rooms available for occupancy.
Pre-registration
PCMA Space Verification Program
Release date
Simultaneous translation
46. Dispute resolution process in which the parties use a third party to assist them in reaching a compromise. The mediator may work with both sides together - or may act as "go between" in an attempt to move the sides toward agreement. The mediator may
Booking agent
Mediation
Tip
Force majeure
47. 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.
Production company
Protocol
Flying
Value-added tax (VAT)
48. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Music licensing
Schoolroom set-up
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Certificate of insurance
49. 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).
T-1 line
CYC
Trade show facilitation website
Provision
50. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Omnidirectional microphone
Integrated marketing
Slide
Mixer