Test your basic knowledge |

CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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. An event that broadcasts the audio and/or video portion of a keynote presentation or other educational sessions over the Web in real-time or on-demand.






2. 1) Regeneration of sound from audio speakers back through a microphone causing a squealing sound. 2) Response about an activity - policy - or idea.






3. Absence of obstacles preventing handicapped persons from moving freely to all public areas within a building.






4. Marketing activities with a common focus on the marketplace or a customer segment. The execution of each individual piece of the integrated marketing plan is consistent with - and supportive of - each of the other pieces of the plan.






5. The point at which revenues are equal to expenses.






6. A release of rights to substitute one party for another party. The release of an insurance company right to succeed to the insured's rights to sue for damages against the tortfeasor - after the insurance company pays an insured's claim of loss due to






7. 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






8. A lead retrieval method using embossed plastic cards similar to credit cards.






9. Method of doing research using a small group led by a facilitator.






10. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.






11. Primary uses of satellite videoconferencing today are major announcements - product launches - and other presentations for which timeliness and a top-quality broadcaset is desired. they are typically sent to a large - geographically remote audience -






12. 1) Merchandise or refreshments sold on site - to individuals - in conjunction with an event. 2) Contractual agreement where one party provides something of value to the other party in exchange for something else - pending certain conditions.






13. Private room bar set up where guests do not pay for drinks.






14. RFP. A document that stipulates what services the organization wants from an outside contractor and requests a bid to perform such services. Same As BID MANUAL/SPECIFICATIONS.






15. 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.






16. Efforts of a dissident group to obstruct the conduct of an event.






17. Equipment - materials - and teaching aids used in sound and visual presentations - such as television monitors - video - sound equipment - etc.






18. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is neither high nor low.






19. The projection of a computer signal from a personal computer - laptop or other computer device onto a screen from a LCD or equivalent projector for viewing by audience.






20. An agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty.






21. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.






22. Expenses that vary based upon various factors - such as the number of attendees .






23. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.






24. Small group sessions - panels - workshops or presentations - offered concurrently within the event - formed to focus on specific subjects. The event is apart from the general session - but within the event format - formed to focus on specific subject






25. The standard seating supplied by most facilities. This kind of seating in wide rooms has the disadvantage of restricting the view of attendees sitting at the row ends. Best for presentations in which audience interaction is not required.






26. A type of exhibit construction in which the walls are of solid material - rather than fabric.






27. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.






28. Devices that help people who are hard of hearing connect to the speaker system and use their hearing aids to hear the speaker more clearly.






29. Web browser-based videoconferencing.






30. Function room set-up that saves room turnover time - limits the number of event rooms required - and avoids additional charges for changing room set-ups.






31. Contract wording that outlines potential damages or fees that a party may be required to pay in the event that it does not fulfill minimum commitments in the contract.






32. 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






33. 1) Some Web-based content such as event Webcasts are made available to online customers on a pay-per-view basis - which means that customers have to pay to access this programming. 2) Video productions accessible to customers who pay for access to th






34. An event that draws a national and international audience. Typically 15% or more of attendees reside outside of the host country.






35. A member of the Convention Industry Council.






36. 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.






37. The person hired to review the content of advertising or marketing materials for consistency - accuracy - and to elminate repititious information.






38. Long range plan of action for a company or organization.






39. The organization providing alcohol to guests.






40. The activities that are undertaken to either reduce the probability that an emergency or crisis will occur or reduce the consequences if it does occur.






41. Contract wording that outlines potential damages or fees that a party may be required to pay in the event that it does not fulfill minimum commitments in the contract.






42. Assortment of foods - offered on a table - self-served.






43. 1) Ability of a projection system to distinguish and reproduce fine detail. 2) Motion put forward for a joint decision; usually has the force of a legislative decision.






44. An account (usually a number) to which expenses for a function or activity are charged.






45. The rooms that are contracted for by an event organizer with a hotel(s) or housing facility(s) for a particular event.






46. MAP. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).






47. 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






48. MICROPHONE attached to a lectern. See LECTERN.






49. Platters of food are composed in the kitchen. Each food item is then served from the guest's left by the server from platters to individual plates. Any course can be 'Frenched' by having the dressing put on the salad or having sauce added to a entrée






50. An alternative procedure that can be specified in contracts instead of going through the process of filing a complaint and pursuing the claim in court.