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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Light morning meal consisting of pastries - juices - and hot beverages. Usually served buffet style.






2. A government document which permits the "licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.






3. Structure of event program elements to achieve specific goals and objectives.






4. An encrypted file that authenticates the source of financial data - usually for an online credit card transaction.






5. Building an event budet by analyzing both the projected and actual figures from the previous year's budget.






6. 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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






10. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.






11. 1) Enclosed lights used to illuminate the top of film and stage sets. 2) Group of speakers mounted in auditoriums - arenas - and theaters.






12. 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.






13. Booking before an event takes places. Allows attendees to register for an event before it actually takes place. Done through mail - phone - internet or fax.






14. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.






15. A pre-cut - etched pattern fabricated from metal or glass that fits in the focal plane of a lighting instrument to form projected light into a shape (logo - graphic or even scenery). Templates can form light images on ceilings and walls. The pattern






16. Booth/stand space with aisles on all four sides.






17. 1) A mandatory and automatic amount added to standard food and beverage charges - usually used to defray the cost of labor - such as housemen - servers - technicians - etc. and which the facility receives a portion of the charge. In return - the gues






18. Apparatus used for projecting photographic slides onto a screen. It will often have a remote (either wired or wireless) that can be used to advance the slides.






19. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.






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






21. 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






22. The transfer of monies into and out of an enterprise.






23. 4 or 5 participants query the main speaker from the stage with questions from the audience and follow up questions.






24. Sports shirt (possibly with jacket) for men; resort wear for women.






25. A bill of lading issued by the airline that covers both domestic and international flights transporting goods to a specified destination. Technically - it is a non-negotiable instrument of air transport that serves as a receipt for the shipper - indi






26. 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






27. An additional clause in artist's contract stipulating special requirements such as travel - dressing rooms - technical equipment - etc.






28. An ongoing effort by an organization to develop relationships with key media representatives before - during - and after an event.






29. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.






30. A group of voluntary committee members with vested interests in program content who are commonly used to establish direction for educational programs offered at association meetings.






31. 1) Critiquing and rating the overall success of an event. 2) Developing an event profile from accurate event statistics.






32. A plastic credit card with an embedded integrated circuit chip that can store up to 16 -000 bits of data for lead retrieval and other functions.






33. 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.






34. Digital subscriber line. Brings high bandwidth via copper phone lines.






35. A detailed section of a contract pertaining to a specific issue.






36. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.






37. Building an event budget on estimates of potential income and likely expenses because there is no financial history from prior events available to use.






38. 1) Platforms of varying heights used together to create a stage - such as the rows of steps a choral group would use during a performance. 2) Stage background scene giving illusion or depth. Also called CYC.






39. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.






40. 1) Way in which a function room is arranged. 2) Erecting displays - installation - or - articles in their assembled condition. 3) Mixers - fruit - and glassware accompanying a liquor order.






41. 1) Exclusive use of all or some space on an airplane - bus - ship - or other vehicle for a special period of time and for a specific itinerary. 2) To create a new association - organization or chapter of an association or organization.






42. Certification of measurements of meeting space through the Function Space Verification Program offered by the Professional Convention Management Association or through graphics layout software companies - e.g. MeetingMatrix.






43. An apparatus for projecting a picture on a screen. Whether the device is an overhead projector - data (LCD) projector - slide projector - or a film projector - it is usually referred to as simply a projector.






44. An organization that provides event management and exhibitors with a wide range of services - sometimes including - but not limited to - Installation & Dismantle - creating and hanging signage and banners - laying carpet - drayage - and providing boo






45. Informative and instructional speech.






46. Land-based system for videoconferencing designed to manage communication between one group of people - usually in a conference room setting - with another group or groups in similar settings elsewhere.






47. When a company contracts space at a hotel or other adjacent venue to display their products and meet with exhibition attendees without paying show management for booth space or sponsorship fees.






48. Detailed section of a contract.






49. 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






50. 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