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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
It matches expenses incurred with revenues generated
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
Costs increase
Opaque rate model
2. What is the lodging industry term used to identify the wages and benefits - replacement parts and contract services used to operate a maintenance and engineering department
They operate hotels for owners but do not use the management company's name as part of the hotels name
Older travelers
POM
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
3. Which group of housekeeping employees should receive blood born pathogen training
All housekeeping employees
The american hotel and lodging association
Value
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
4. What is the industry term for a form used by sales an food production personnel to detail the food and service requirements of a banquet
BEO
Waiting for guests to approach staff with specific problems
A family on vacation
Air handlers
5. What is the lodging term for the fans and mechanical systems required to move air through a hotel's air ducts and vents
Presale activity
It matches expenses incurred with revenues generated
Air handlers
Needles left by intravenous drug users
6. Shat complimentary breakfast characteristics are typically established by a hotels franchise company
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
Flag
The specific brands of products served and serving hours
7. 'Terry' refers to guest room amenities that
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
Guest preference
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
8. The best menus are those developed based upon
Guest preference
All housekeeping employees
Make or buy items
3 times the normal usage
9. Suppose its monday morning. what should a hotel's breakfast attendant begin to remove complimentary breakfast items from the hotel's breakfast serving area
Confirm item quantity and quality
Upon receiving
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
At the advertised ending time
10. In the lodging industry - What is the meaning of the term room mix
The ratio of different room types in a hotel
Ritz carlton
Water pumps
The ensure guest room cleanliness
11. Who is responsible for making the distinction between mislaid - lost and abandoned property
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12. Cleaning a dryers lint trap is an example of a PM activity. how often should it be performed
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
Daily
It is designed to meet the hotel's sales goal
When resolving hotel operating problems
13. Which area would be considered public space in a hotel
The pool area
Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
GDS
$2.20
14. Which is an example of a branded breakfast item
Holiday inn
Kellogg cereal
Service
Guest preference
15. What is the greatest difference between full service and limited service hotels
It has been intentionally left behind
FOC
The food and beverage services offered by the hotel
Water pumps
16. What is the agency that enforces federal antitrust and consumer protection laws related to franchisors
Illumination levels
They are individual travelers
FTC
Banquet manager
17. A CVB is typically funded by what
Incandescent bulb
$1.38
A hotels occupancy tax
An outside vendor
18. An investor makes and investment of 1000000 and acheives a $200000 profit on that investment in this example what was the investors ROI
The specific brands of products served and serving hours
20%
AAHOA
A family on vacation
19. What is the food service term for the amount of money remaining from a food sale after subtracting the items cost from its selling point
Guest preference
Contribution margin
Value
When resolving hotel operating problems
20. What is the primary factor that determines the total fees that franchisors can charge franchisees who want to affiliate with the franchisors brand
Confirm item quantity and quality
The strength of the brand name and the revenue the name will bring to the hotel
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
FOC
21. Maintenance that must be performed immediatley to minimize damage to a hotel is referred to as
Emergency maintenance
Waste disposal costs
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
Preventive maintenance
22. What is a normal par level in hotel laundry
3 times the normal usage
Costs increase
Contribution margin
POM
23. Which types of food items have labor 'built in' to their prices
$2.25
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
Make or buy items
24. 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
All housekeeping employees
Publicity is free
Eggs and breakfast meat items
A hotels occupancy tax
25. Which of the following would be considered a user-generated web site
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26. Which is true about a hotels commitment to green practices
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
Laundry is processed
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
Identifying guests needs and wants
27. Which of the following is most essential to providing good service
Identifying guests needs and wants
Routine maintenance
Presale activity
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
28. Which professional recognition is typically granted by a governmental agency
FOC
Comp set
The specific brands of products served and serving hours
Licensing
29. Which state is NOT among the 3 largest car rental location states
Confirm item quantity and quality
Depreciation
2-4% gross revenue
New york
30. For food service buyers when does the ownership exchange of products the have purchased actually take place
Maintenance request
Holiday inn
Upon receiving
Eggs and breakfast meat items
31. What is true about the traditional russian style
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32. What is the purpose of cold calling
The host pays for the beverages cosumed by guests
Effectively answer open-ended questions about hypothetical service situations
To qualify prospects
The ensure guest room cleanliness
33. In a very small limited service property - Which individual is typically responsible for the setup of the property's complimentary breakfst area
Waste disposal costs
Improved overall managment of the hotel
Night auditor
The specific brands of products served and serving hours
34. What is the type of dining in which each available menu item is sold for an individual price
Air handlers
A la carte
Contribution margin
A fixed amount paid for a guests daily travel expense
35. What is the approximate amount of money that hoteliers should contribute to a property's FF&E reserve
$2.25
2-4% gross revenue
Group market
Costs increase
36. What is the name of the computer system connecting travel professionals worldwide for the purpose of reserving hotel rooms and other travel service for their clients?
2-4% gross revenue
GDS
50%
A hotels occupancy tax
37. What is a lodging industry term for hotels operating under the same brand name
Holiday inn
Waiting for guests to approach staff with specific problems
Chain
To qualify prospects
38. Which is the missing entry in the following formula when a hotel utilizes an accural accounting system? (Beginning inventory of food+_____) - ending food of food inventory=food cost
New york
It has been intentionally left behind
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
Purchases of food
39. what type of activity describes the act of placing an ad in the yellow pages?
Marketing activity
Upon receiving
Trains
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
40. Each of the following events would require one or more guest rooms - which would be classified as a SMERF
Confirm item quantity and quality
Holiday inn
A reunion held for veterans of the vietnam war
$73.00
41. Which housekeeping- related term is not used by professional hoteliers
Preventive maintenance
OTA
Emergency maintenance
Maid
42. Which group would be classified as 'leisure travelers'
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
A family on vacation
It has been intentionally left behind
Franchisor
43. Who will most often have the greatest detailed knowledge of guest likes and dislikes
$3.20
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
Line level employees
Kellogg cereal
44. To whom does the sous chef in a large hotel report
Executive chef
Confirm item quantity and quality
AAHOA
Banquet manager
45. What is the term used to identify those who sell the rights to use a hotels brand name
3 times the normal usage
It has been intentionally left behind
Franchisor
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
46. What is the industry term for an organization that provides travel booking services on the internet
Merchant model
OTA
A reunion held for veterans of the vietnam war
The authority to make key decisions
47. 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
New york
Kellogg cereal
Function rooms
$73.00
48. What is the difference between advertising and publicity
Publicity is free
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
Group market
Chain
49. what type of activity describes a site tour
Presale activity
The ensure guest room cleanliness
Eggs and breakfast meat items
Waiting for guests to approach staff with specific problems
50. What is true about a hotel room that is 'on-change'
$73.00
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
The ensure guest room cleanliness
The hotel's executive housekeeper in keeping with the hotel policies and procedures