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Lodging Operations 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is a lodging industry term for hotels operating under the same brand name
Chain
The number of hotel rooms sold the previous night
Routine maintenance
$2.20
2. What is the type of dining in which each available menu item is sold for an individual price
A la carte
The person in charge of the hotel's maintenances department
Incandescent bulb
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
3. What type of lamp works when a filament inside the lamp's bulb is heated by electric current to produce light
A family on vacation
Www.tripadvisor.com
Incandescent bulb
A hotels occupancy tax
4. What is true about the traditional russian style
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5. What is the name for the difference between the original number of room requested by a group and that group's lower than requested actual room pick up
The investor seeks a return on investment (ROI)
Attrition
It has been intentionally left behind
Reduced operational costs
6. Which group of employees will most often initiate the largest number of work orders
Be an effective way to measure progress toward established service standards
250
Franchisor
Housekeeping
7. In a housekeeping department - What is the role of inspector
The authority to make key decisions
Purchases of food
The ensure guest room cleanliness
A reunion held for veterans of the vietnam war
8. Who usually maintains the washers and ryers placed in a hotels guests laundry
An outside vendor
Management contract
Kellogg cereal
Presale activity
9. Which of the following best describes a 'moment of truth'
It influences the guests total perception of a hotel visit
Holiday inn
Preventive maintenance
A family on vacation
10. Which is an example of a branded breakfast item
To qualify prospects
Kellogg cereal
Preventive maintenance
$3.20
11. Which of a hotel's costs would be lowered the most if the hotel implemented a successful source reduction program
An outside vendor
Waste disposal costs
Merchant model
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
12. Which types of food items have labor 'built in' to their prices
28
It is placed onto service ware in the kitchen - brought to the guest's table by servers and then portioned onto the guests' plates
Make or buy items
Trains
13. Maintenance that must be performed immediatley to minimize damage to a hotel is referred to as
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
Do not clean this room now
Emergency maintenance
Contribution margin
14. What is true about a hotel room that is 'on-change'
Air handlers
A hotels occupancy tax
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
Upon receiving
15. What is true about sanitation concerns in a limited service- hotel
Water pumps
They are important for all workers serving food
Service
All housekeeping employees
16. A CVB is typically funded by what
A hotels occupancy tax
Do not clean this room now
$2.25
Purchases of food
17. Approximately how many hotels are in operation in the US
Upon receiving
They generally manage hotels for a fee
50000
FTC
18. What is a common job title for the individual Who has regular on-site interaction with a franchised hotel
Night auditor
Franchise service director
It is prepared and cooked at the guests' table
It is designed to meet the hotel's sales goal
19. What is true about abandoned property
It has been intentionally left behind
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
FOC
The hotel's executive housekeeper in keeping with the hotel policies and procedures
20. In a hotel with the linen cost of $2 -486 in the month and the rooms sold was 1 -130 - what was the hotel's linen cost per occupied room
$2.20
Management contract
Preventive maintenance
They generally manage hotels for a fee
21. Which group is more likely to use the services of a travel agent
When resolving hotel operating problems
20%
Older travelers
Empowerment
22. In the small town of someko - michigan there are 5 hotels with a combined total of 650 sleeping rooms. during june an avg. of 400 of those rooms were sold each day - generating $29 -200 in room sales. What was the average daily rate (ADR) of the town
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
Their price per unit declines
Group market
$73.00
23. In a 150 room hotel with housekeeping costs of $8000 and 2 -500 rooms sold in a mont - what would be the hotels labor cost per occupied room for that month
They will have the same quality service expectations
Purchases of food
$3.20
Trains
24. What is a REIT
$1.38
Waiting for guests to approach staff with specific problems
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
Emergency maintenance
25. What is the purpose of cold calling
To qualify prospects
Service
Emergency maintenance
Merchant model
26. What is the lodging industry term for a hotel that is not part of a franchise group?
Independent
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
Illumination levels
They are important for all workers serving food
27. Which group would be classified as 'leisure travelers'
The hotels general manager
Pilferage
50%
A family on vacation
28. Which of the following represents the correct order of procedures used in cleaning linens and terry products
Sorting/washing/drying
Service
Maintenance request
$73.00
29. with total breakfast costs of $550 for the week and an average of $2.20 cost per guest served - how many guests were served in the week
The investor seeks a return on investment (ROI)
Make or buy items
250
All housekeeping employees
30. Which of the following is the formula hoteliers use to calculate RevPar
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
ADR x Occupancy Rate= RevPar
Confirm item quantity and quality
Package
31. which factor most influences guest perceptions about their experience at a lodging operation
It is prepared and cooked at the guests' table
Executive chef
Service
The host pays for the beverages cosumed by guests
32. What lodging industry term is used to identify a hotel's meeting rooms - conference areas and ballroom space
Function rooms
Presale activity
The person in charge of the hotel's maintenances department
The ratio of different room types in a hotel
33. When the entire staff of a hotel consistenly fail to deliver quality service to guests - the problem is most likely that
Merchant model
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
Upon receiving
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
34. What is the lodging industry term for the formal operating agreement between a hotel's owners and a hotel management company
The hotel's executive housekeeper in keeping with the hotel policies and procedures
Flag
Management contract
$2.20
35. Which area would be considered public space in a hotel
Comp set
The pool area
Www.tripadvisor.com
The hotels general manager
36. What term is used to describe the relationship between the amount paid for an item and the item's perceived quality
Publicity is free
$73.00
Banquet manager
Value
37. What happens in a hotels OPL
Deep cleaning
Laundry is processed
AAHOA
Maid
38. What does Amtrak operate
They are individual travelers
Trains
A fixed amount paid for a guests daily travel expense
Pilferage
39. what type of activity describes the act of placing an ad in the yellow pages?
Marketing activity
Comp set
$2.20
GDS
40. In the lodging industry - What is the meaning of the term room mix
The ratio of different room types in a hotel
All housekeeping employees
Guest preference
Illumination levels
41. Managers can seek out service-minded staff by hiring those job applicants who
Confirm item quantity and quality
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
Effectively answer open-ended questions about hypothetical service situations
Preventive maintenance
42. The best menus are those developed based upon
$2.20
Licensing
Marketing activity
Guest preference
43. Which of the following best describes 'managers reception' in a limited service hotel
Illumination levels
Flag
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
Needles left by intravenous drug users
44. What does a foot candle measure
Needles left by intravenous drug users
Illumination levels
Guest preference
Air handlers
45. Who has the greatest influence on the overall quality of service provided within a hotel
The host pays for the beverages cosumed by guests
New york
The hotels general manager
Publicity is free
46. Which items would typically be included in a deluxe breakfast served by a limited-service hotel but would not be included in a standard continental breakfast
Attrition
Costs increase
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
Eggs and breakfast meat items
47. In a hotel dining room with a total revenue of $1 -150 and 85 guests served what would be the hotels check average
Preventive maintenance
$13.53
It influences the guests total perception of a hotel visit
They generally manage hotels for a fee
48. A room attendant cleand 15 rooms in a shift consisting of 7 hours of work and 1 hour break time. What was this room attendant's cleaning time in minutes per room
Water pumps
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
28
Executive chef
49. When considering varied types of guests such as families on vacation and businesspersons - what will be true about each type
They will have the same quality service expectations
$13.53
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
BEO
50. What is another lodging industry term for a specific hotel brand name
20%
Do not clean this room now
Flag
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis