SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
cmp
,
business-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An independent business which handles export shipments for compensation. At the request of the shipper - the forwarder makes the actual arrangements and provides the necessary services for expediting the shipment to its overseas destination. The forw
CODEC
Freight forwarder
Low season
Booth
2. Truckload rates apply where the tariff shows a truckload minimum weight. Charges will be at the truckload minimum weight unless weight is higher.
Truckload
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Booth
3. A contract clause in which one party agrees to pay damages or claims that the other party may be required to pay to another. For example - if a hotel is sued by an attendee that is injured at an event due to the fault of the group - an indemnificatio
Indemnification clause
Lifelong learning
Marshalling yard
Air waybill
4. A collection of publicity items that includes: 1) pertinent data on the meeting - such as agenda - historical data - guest speakers - special events - etc. The property - such as photos - descriptions of public space areas - local entertainment - etc
Cancellation clause
Intelligent lighting
Press kit
Rounded hollow square
5. A discussion which takes place within a meeting - a public or private sitting or in one of the various types of assembly or meeting.
Style
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Debate
Mag-stripe
6. Booth/stand space assigned to exhibiting companies or meeting rooms assigned to event groups.
Category cable
Schedule of services
Space assignment
Poster session
7. 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.
Omnidirectional microphone
T-3 line
APEX RFP
ducational programming committee
8. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.
LED Light Emitting Diode
Blog
Audience polling
Credit card badge
9. A type of barter. The exchange of goods and services instead of using money.
Video projection
Trade-out
Release date
Press conference
10. Generally refers to air-freight and van line shipments. Invoices are calculated with two weights - actual and dimensional. The dimensional weight is based upon the volume of the shipment. The billing weight is the larger of the two.
B2B
Dais
Dimensional weight
Cash bar
11. International Association for Continuing Education and Training.
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Conflict of interest statement
Webcast
Ultraviolet lighting
12. ASP. A company that manages and distributes software-based solutions to customers across a wide area network from a central data center. In essence - ASPs are a way for organizations to outsource some or almost all aspects of their information techno
Official carrier
Event profile
Application service provider (ASP)
Cash bar
13. AKA Housing Bureau. Organization that provides reservation services for a group and its attendees.
Housing company
Export declaration
Travel agent
Overtime
14. A detailed list of the individual line items that make up the revenue and expense categories in a budget. A numbering system used to identify every line item in a budget - so income and expenses are posted to the correct accounts.
Casual attire
Concession
Chart of accounts
Event profile
15. Formalized statement of outcomes to be anticipated as a result of the educational process.
Objective
Link
Walk
Outboarding
16. 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.
Publicity
Consideration
Set-up
Cut-off date
17. An insurance policy that provides protection against claims involving bodily injury and property damage to third parties.
Chat room
General liability insurance
Continental breakfast
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
18. 1) Free-standing pavilion or light structure - often inside a facility - where printed or electronic information is available. 2) A small enclosure for ticket sales - information - etc.
History
Kiosk
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
National Speakers Association (NSA)
19. 1) Merchandise or refreshments sold on site - to individuals - in conjunction with an event. 2) Contractual agreement where one party provides something of value to the other party in exchange for something else - pending certain conditions.
DLP projector
Gratuity
Concession
Value-added tax (VAT)
20. 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.
Exhibition manager
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Smart card
21. BEO. A form most often used by hotels to provide details to personnel concerned with a specific food and beverage function or event room set-up.
Business exchange
Banquet event order (BEO)
Event profile
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
22. A type of education where students work on their own at home or from an office - and communicate with faculty and other students via email - electronic forums - chat - webconferencing and other forms of online communication. Includes correspondence c
Stacked speaker system
Distance learning
DVCam
Waiver of subrogation
23. Provides the event's basic specifications and captures all the information gathered. A detailed event specifications package should include things like the goals and objectives of the event - attendee profile - prefered and optional dates - the numbe
Contract
Event profile
Line array
Complimentary
24. 4 or 5 participants query the main speaker from the stage with questions from the audience and follow up questions.
Accrual accounting
Audience reaction team
Consideration
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
25. A list - whether printed or electronic - by which an event organizer and/or their designates (e.g. a housing bureau) delivers multiple reservations to a hotel or other housing facility. Often the information contained in a rooming list is originally
Ultraviolet lighting
Platform
DLP projector
Rooming list
26. 1) Process of moving equipment and/or people from one point to another. 2) Transportation between terminals and hotels. 3) To copy a picture or sound that is transmitted by one recorder to another - or to make a tape copy from film.
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Transfer
Riser
Wireless microphone
27. Method to increase audience participation by dividing all participants in discussion groups each of which reports the group's findings and opinions during a following plenary session.
Freight forwarder
Application service provider (ASP)
Cut-off date
Buzz session
28. Pre-program information distributed to tour guides - field representatives - venues or vendors - regarding the details of their program assignment for a given event or program.
Category cable
Debate
Cluster
Schedule of services
29. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.
Two-tiered set-up
Link
Ground support
Hardwall
30. Marketing tools or programs used to influence buying patterns and build customer loyalty.
Barrier-free
Pick-up
Computer data projection
Inducements
31. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers. A membership organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States and grants licensing agreements for the performance of that music.
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
2-D bar code
Exhibit house
Buzz session
32. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
Incremental budgeting
ite inspection
Butler service
Mitigation
33. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.
Theater set-up
Quick set
2-D bar code
Concession
34. RFP. A document that stipulates what services the organization wants from an outside contractor and requests a bid to perform such services. Same As BID MANUAL/SPECIFICATIONS.
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Platform
Request for proposal (RFP)
Needs assessment
35. A customs document permitting the holder to carry or send merchandise temporarily into certain foreign countries (for display - demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds.
Video projection
Podcast
Hand carry
Carnet
36. Dispute resolution process in which the parties use a third party to assist them in reaching a compromise. The mediator may work with both sides together - or may act as "go between" in an attempt to move the sides toward agreement. The mediator may
Complimentary
Indirect costs
Smart form
Mediation
37. A statement of revenues and expenses. Also known as a profit & loss statement.
Projector
Income statement
Reservation review date
PAR
38. Official authorization or approval; to provide with credentials; to send (an envoy) with letters of authorization; to recognize or vouch for as conforming with a standard; to recognize a college as maintaining academic standards; to consider or recog
Professional
Omnidirectional microphone
Logistics
Accreditation
39. Requirement of many professional groups by which members must certify participation in formal educational programs designed to maintain their level of ability beyond their original certification date. CEUs are non-academic credit. One CEU is awarded
ducational programming committee
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Post-event meeting
Citywide event
40. 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
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Application sharing
Exclusive contractor
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
41. 1) Ability of a projection system to distinguish and reproduce fine detail. 2) Motion put forward for a joint decision; usually has the force of a legislative decision.
Resolution
PCMA Space Verification Program
Integrated marketing
Link
42. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.
U-shape set-up
Business exchange
Booth
Audience polling
43. Proof of Registration - i.e. - a reservation number that will be accepted by the hotel holding the room.
Rebates
Jurisdiction
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Confirmation number
44. Series of tables set up in the shape of the block T with chairs set all around except at the head table.
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Cash flow
Booth
T-shape set-up
45. A cable that is made up of tiny glass strands that are wrapped and bundled together to make up a cable. Fiber can transmit voice - data and video at gigabyte speed - or 1 billion bytes per second - with less signal loss than copper wire because the s
Export license
Fiber-optic cable
Exhibition service contractor
Press conference
46. A list showing the number and kinds of items being shipped - as well as other information needed for transportation purposes.
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Packing list
Variable costs
Good faith
47. Representatives of an event's exhibiting companies who act as advisers to show management on rules and procedures - and also update show management on industry trends and issues.
French banquet service
Riser
Cluster
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
48. Lighting instruments that can be computer controlled to move light around the room - and project color and patterns on screens - scenery - walls or floor.
Advance registration
Clause
Scoop
Intelligent lighting
49. A feature of many videoconference systems that allows participants at each conference site to view and edit the same document.
Flying
Schoolroom set-up
Document sharing
Customs broker
50. Raised platform.
Cafeteria service
Kiosk
Riser
Space assignment