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Lodging Operations 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is true about an accrual accounting system
Their price per unit declines
Maid
Waiting for guests to approach staff with specific problems
It matches expenses incurred with revenues generated
2. What is the purpose of an MSDS
Licensing
Group market
Trains
To help keep workers safe
3. Which group of employees will most often initiate the largest number of work orders
It is prepared and cooked at the guests' table
Housekeeping
Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
Depreciation
4. What is true about hotel management companies
Trains
They generally manage hotels for a fee
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
It is designed to meet the hotel's sales goal
5. 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
Maintenance request
$2.20
$1.38
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
6. 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
Attrition
It has been intentionally left behind
BEO
Chain
7. Which group would be classified as 'leisure travelers'
Identifying guests needs and wants
A family on vacation
Costs increase
The strength of the brand name and the revenue the name will bring to the hotel
8. Which association is a collection of state-level hotel associations working together to meet the educational - social - and legislative needs of its members
Improved overall managment of the hotel
The american hotel and lodging association
Maintenance request
OTA
9. In regard to quality service - a gal of zero defects can
Attrition
It influences the guests total perception of a hotel visit
Be an effective way to measure progress toward established service standards
Preventive maintenance
10. Who has the greatest influence on the overall quality of service provided within a hotel
Routine maintenance
Preventive maintenance
GDS
The hotels general manager
11. What type of maintenance activity in a hotel would include lawn care - landscaping care and snow removal
The hotel's executive housekeeper in keeping with the hotel policies and procedures
Room rates and the number of operating hotel properties will increase
Routine maintenance
They generally manage hotels for a fee
12. 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
$1.38
$13.53
The food and beverage services offered by the hotel
28
13. What is the advantage of a CFL
To qualify prospects
Reduced operational costs
2-4% gross revenue
Franchise
14. Which is the most important market for large convention hotels
A la carte
Service
Group market
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
15. which factor most influences guest perceptions about their experience at a lodging operation
Banquet manager
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
Service
GDS
16. 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
Franchise service director
$3.20
Publicity is free
$13.53
17. Which of the following is most essential to providing good service
They generally manage hotels for a fee
Identifying guests needs and wants
Service
Marketing activity
18. 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
Needles left by intravenous drug users
$73.00
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
A la carte
19. In the lodging industry - What is the meaning of the term room mix
Depreciation
Contribution margin
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
The ratio of different room types in a hotel
20. What is another lodging term for work-order
The person in charge of the hotel's maintenances department
Make or buy items
20%
Maintenance request
21. What is the term describing stealing of small quantities of something over a period of time
Pilferage
50000
The strength of the brand name and the revenue the name will bring to the hotel
BEO
22. Which of the following represents the correct order of procedures used in cleaning linens and terry products
Deep cleaning
20%
Sorting/washing/drying
FTC
23. When would hotel guest be charged a corkage fee
$2.20
Presale activity
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
When guests bring in their own bottles of alcohol for consumption at a hotel function
24. 'Terry' refers to guest room amenities that
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
A web site that allows a hotel's guests to post reviews of their previous stays
French
Preventive maintenance
25. Which of the following is a demand generator
Independent
OTA
Pilferage
A college graduation weekend occurring near a hotel
26. Which group is more likely to use the services of a travel agent
Older travelers
Service
To help keep workers safe
Guest preference
27. What is a normal par level in hotel laundry
It is prepared and cooked at the guests' table
3 times the normal usage
$2.25
Make or buy items
28. Who is responsible for making the distinction between mislaid - lost and abandoned property
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29. What is the difference between advertising and publicity
New york
GDS
Service
Publicity is free
30. Who usually maintains the washers and ryers placed in a hotels guests laundry
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
An outside vendor
250
Water pumps
31. What best describes a hotels chief engineer
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32. Which company's motto is 'we are ladies and gentlemen serving Ladies and gentlemen'
Function rooms
A college graduation weekend occurring near a hotel
Depreciation
Ritz carlton
33. What is the term used to identify those who purchase the rights to a hotels brand naem
Franchise
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
Waiting for guests to approach staff with specific problems
Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
34. Which of the following best describes 'managers reception' in a limited service hotel
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
Incandescent bulb
Franchisor
It has been intentionally left behind
35. What is a per diem
A fixed amount paid for a guests daily travel expense
Empowerment
The strength of the brand name and the revenue the name will bring to the hotel
Service
36. Which of the following is the formula hoteliers use to calculate RevPar
Chain
They are important for all workers serving food
ADR x Occupancy Rate= RevPar
2-4% gross revenue
37. What term is used to describe the relationship between the amount paid for an item and the item's perceived quality
Preventive maintenance
A la carte
The strength of the brand name and the revenue the name will bring to the hotel
Value
38. What is a common job title for the individual Who has regular on-site interaction with a franchised hotel
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
It matches expenses incurred with revenues generated
Franchise service director
Ritz carlton
39. What is true about the cost of providing room service meals
The food and beverage services offered by the hotel
Pilferage
Maintenance request
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
40. When the entire staff of a hotel consistenly fail to deliver quality service to guests - the problem is most likely that
Night auditor
Value
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
41. What does Amtrak operate
Do not clean this room now
Executive chef
Trains
A fixed amount paid for a guests daily travel expense
42. In a hotel guest room - Which is a potential source of HIV
Needles left by intravenous drug users
Package
$2.20
Reduced operational costs
43. What lodging industry term is used to identify a hotel's meeting rooms - conference areas and ballroom space
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
A la carte
Function rooms
Improved overall managment of the hotel
44. An investor makes and investment of 1000000 and acheives a $200000 profit on that investment in this example what was the investors ROI
Routine maintenance
20%
25 or fewer
Water pumps
45. Which factor has the most impact on the number of guests who will be served in a limited service hotel
$13.53
Confirm item quantity and quality
OTA
The number of hotel rooms sold the previous night
46. Maintenance that must be performed immediatley to minimize damage to a hotel is referred to as
Trains
Improved overall managment of the hotel
At the advertised ending time
Emergency maintenance
47. Which of the following is essential if employees are to effectively resolve guest problems as they occur
Package
Upon receiving
The authority to make key decisions
Deep cleaning
48. Which is an example of a consumer-generated content web site?
Maid
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
Laundry is processed
Www.tripadvisor.com
49. Which is true about a hotels commitment to green practices
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
Management contract
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
50. Managers can seek out service-minded staff by hiring those job applicants who
Franchise
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
Effectively answer open-ended questions about hypothetical service situations
A reunion held for veterans of the vietnam war