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Lodging Operations 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What happens to a hotel's POM costs as a hotel ages
Costs increase
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
A web site that allows a hotel's guests to post reviews of their previous stays
Function rooms
2. Who will most often have the greatest detailed knowledge of guest likes and dislikes
Line level employees
The hotels general manager
Holiday inn
Purchases of food
3. 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
BEO
Their price per unit declines
It has been intentionally left behind
$2.20
4. What is the term used to identify those who purchase the rights to a hotels brand naem
Improved overall managment of the hotel
Franchise
Merchant model
Executive chef
5. What is the name of the activity hoteliers use to minimize maintenance costs and prolong the life of hotel equipment
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
POM
Waiting for guests to approach staff with specific problems
Preventive maintenance
6. Managers can seek out service-minded staff by hiring those job applicants who
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
Water pumps
Effectively answer open-ended questions about hypothetical service situations
They operate hotels for owners but do not use the management company's name as part of the hotels name
7. What is the purpose of cold calling
They operate hotels for owners but do not use the management company's name as part of the hotels name
Costs increase
To qualify prospects
Air handlers
8. What does a foot candle measure
Franchise
Illumination levels
Franchisor
The specific brands of products served and serving hours
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
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The american hotel and lodging association
At the advertised ending time
Marketing activity
10. What is the lodging industry term for the formal operating agreement between a hotel's owners and a hotel management company
Maintenance request
Attrition
To qualify prospects
Management contract
11. What is true about food served in the traditional french style
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12. from what language does the kitchen term 'mise en place' originate
Upon receiving
An outside vendor
To qualify prospects
French
13. What is true about hotel management companies
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Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
When resolving hotel operating problems
They generally manage hotels for a fee
14. Which group of employees will most often initiate the largest number of work orders
Franchise
Maintenance request
Housekeeping
25 or fewer
15. What is the lodging term used to describe a hotel room or area that is undergoing extraordinary cleaning procedures
50%
Improved overall managment of the hotel
Preventive maintenance
Deep cleaning
16. What happens to the unit price of food service items as the number of those items purchased increases
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
Their price per unit declines
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
17. Which is an example of a branded breakfast item
Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
Make or buy items
It is designed to meet the hotel's sales goal
Kellogg cereal
18. In a housekeeping department - What is the role of inspector
Improved overall managment of the hotel
The ensure guest room cleanliness
The food and beverage services offered by the hotel
To qualify prospects
19. 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
Deep cleaning
50%
$3.20
Franchisor
20. What is the greatest difference between full service and limited service hotels
AAHOA
The food and beverage services offered by the hotel
FOC
$3.20
21. What is the agency that enforces federal antitrust and consumer protection laws related to franchisors
FTC
Water pumps
Profits are higher with banquet sales
The number of hotel rooms sold the previous night
22. Maintenance that must be performed immediatley to minimize damage to a hotel is referred to as
25 or fewer
Ritz carlton
POM
Emergency maintenance
23. What term is used to describe the relationship between the amount paid for an item and the item's perceived quality
The hotel's executive housekeeper in keeping with the hotel policies and procedures
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
Value
French
24. What is true about the cost of providing room service meals
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
Package
Waste disposal costs
$13.53
25. Which of the following is NOT a demographic factor of a guest
Personality type
Reduced operational costs
A la carte
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
26. What type of lamp works when a filament inside the lamp's bulb is heated by electric current to produce light
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
Incandescent bulb
Presale activity
When resolving hotel operating problems
27. What name is used to describe a group of competing hotels to which an individual hotel's operating performance is compared
The ensure guest room cleanliness
Older travelers
Comp set
Empowerment
28. Which housekeeping- related term is not used by professional hoteliers
Pilferage
Maid
It is prepared and cooked at the guests' table
French
29. Which is an example of a consumer-generated content web site?
Www.tripadvisor.com
Waste disposal costs
Marketing activity
Routine maintenance
30. What does Amtrak operate
Maintenance request
Banquet manager
Trains
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
31. 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 using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
POM
2-4% gross revenue
GDS
32. 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
Eggs and breakfast meat items
Confirm item quantity and quality
Improved overall managment of the hotel
Maintenance request
33. A CVB is typically funded by what
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
A hotels occupancy tax
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
Needles left by intravenous drug users
34. When can a cross-functional team be an effective operatiional tool in a hotel
FTC
When resolving hotel operating problems
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
Franchisor
35. 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
FTC
250
Chain
The pool area
36. What is a guest seeking to communicate with a DND sign placed on the outside of the door?
Purchases of food
Do not clean this room now
OTA
Costs increase
37. Approximately how many hotels are in operation in the US
Maintenance request
The ensure guest room cleanliness
They are important for all workers serving food
50000
38. What is true about an investor in a hotel
Night auditor
They operate hotels for owners but do not use the management company's name as part of the hotels name
Needles left by intravenous drug users
The investor seeks a return on investment (ROI)
39. Who usually maintains the washers and ryers placed in a hotels guests laundry
An outside vendor
A college graduation weekend occurring near a hotel
Do not clean this room now
2-4% gross revenue
40. what would the occupancy rate for a hotel that has 200 rooms on a day in January In which it sold 100 rooms and received total rooms revenue of $17000
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Licensing
Water pumps
50%
41. Cleaning a dryers lint trap is an example of a PM activity. how often should it be performed
Daily
They generally manage hotels for a fee
Eggs and breakfast meat items
50000
42. Each of the following events would require one or more guest rooms - which would be classified as a SMERF
Maintenance request
Marketing activity
Chain
A reunion held for veterans of the vietnam war
43. Which is true about a hotels commitment to green practices
Waste disposal costs
Air handlers
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
Flag
44. What should happen to service procedures after they have been implemented in a hotel
AAHOA
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
Effectively answer open-ended questions about hypothetical service situations
Identifying guests needs and wants
45. What is the most important reason for properly maintaining trash removal areas
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
An outside vendor
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
To qualify prospects
46. What is most likely to happen when many travelers want to visit and stay in an area
When guests bring in their own bottles of alcohol for consumption at a hotel function
Their price per unit declines
French
Room rates and the number of operating hotel properties will increase
47. Which group would be classified as 'leisure travelers'
Illumination levels
The ratio of different room types in a hotel
The person in charge of the hotel's maintenances department
A family on vacation
48. With 200 occupied rooms and breakfast costs of $450 - what would be a hotels breakfast cost per occupied room?
New york
Maintenance request
$2.25
Franchise
49. 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?
GDS
Function rooms
The authority to make key decisions
A reunion held for veterans of the vietnam war
50. Which professional recognition is typically granted by a governmental agency
It has been intentionally left behind
The hotels general manager
Www.tripadvisor.com
Licensing