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Hospitality Management
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hospitality
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Low levels of dominance and High levels of Sociability - Wants approval - insecure - apologetic
follow-up
guest service agent (GSA)
Supportive
cross-selling
2. A single- or multi-day exhibition held at a convention or civic center arena.
ecotourism
back of the house (lodging)
consumer show
intermediary
3. The money left from a person's gross income after taking out taxes
Authority Commensurate with Responsibility
Directive
disposable income
Power Tactics
4. Expert - Referent
Personal Power
globalization
Directive
Empowering Others
5. The granting of authority or power to front-line personnel for handling and solving guests' problems
empowerment
destination marketing
commercial site
Excessively centralized organization
6. Any recreational activity for which a guest pays a fee
Supportive
commercial recreation
distribution
charter tour
7. The main product that the customer is buying
core product
front of the house (lodging)
Ingratiating Appeal
Reward Power
8. A research method whereby a researcher observes the results of changing one or more marketing variables
frequent-flyer program
advertising
experimental method
chain
9. The fulfillment of guests' needs and wants regarding recieving quality hospitality products
entry-level
Expert Power
facilitating products
guest satisfaction
10. A restaurant where a customer sits at a table - gives an order to a server - and is served food at the table
full-service restaurant
Emotive
Referent Power
Decentralized Organization
11. Position - Reward - Coercive
globalization
Organizational Power
demand
chain
12. An establishment - such as a restaurant - where a food-and-beverage business competes for customers
pprenticeship
Authority Commensurate with Responsibility
commercial site
commercial recreation
13. Winning approval through praise or flattery
Power and Communication Styles
Upward Appeal
Inspirational Appeal
Ingratiating Appeal
14. Low levels of dominance and Low levels of Sociability - Avoid decisions - stiff
destination marketing
institutional advertising
customer loyalty
Reflective
15. Travel for the sole purpose of conducting and individuals or companys buisness
goal
business travel
buisness-to-buisness selling
indirect channel
16. Statistics that describe a population in terms of personal characteristics - such as age - gender - income - ethinicity - or education
average daily rate (ADR)
demographics
career plan
direct channel
17. Any advertising message sent directly to prospective customers via the mail
channel of distribution
direct mail
buying signals
intangibility
18. The area in a lodging facility where support services take place which guests usually do not view
behavioristics
customer satisfaction
Ingratiating Appeal
back of the house (lodging)
19. Document that job seekers fill out to help employers screen applicants.
job application
diversity
compensation
buisness-to-buisness selling
20. High levels of dominance and Low levels of Sociability - Arrogant - stubborn - dry
Pulling Rank
Directive
compensation
destination
21. Enlisting an individual's peers to support the need for the desired behavior.
cross-selling
customized tour
Peer pressure
destination marketing
22. An agent who buys unsold products in bulk from suppliers and resells the products at a discount to intermediaries or to consumers.
cost-plus pricing
goal
Organizational Power
consolidator
23. A branch of tourism encompassing adventure tourism and sustainable development of regions for future generations
intermediary
behavioristics
hospitality-specific traits
ecotourism
24. An advantage over competitors due to greater value to consumers through lower prices or more benefits.
commercial site
Supportive
competitive advantage
guest satisfaction
25. The process of how money filters through a local economy and is spent and re-spent - creating income for other businesses.
Consultation
facilitating products
economic multiplier
Enhancing Power through Alliances
26. Athletic activities and competitions for athletes who do not get paid.
Power and Communication Styles
Reward Power
destination marketing
amateur sports
27. High levels of dominance and High levels of Sociability - Emotional - exaggerative - outspoken
indirect channel
demographics
Emotive
Inspirational Appeal
28. The position of an employee at the beggening level of a particular career
entry-level
institutional advertising
customer loyalty
job application
29. A fee or payment based on a percentage of products sold
exemplary guest service
commission
bed-and-breakfasts (B&Bs)
entry-level
30. The amount or quanity of goods and services that consumers are willing to buy at various prices
informational interveiw
geographics
bed-and-breakfasts (B&Bs)
demand
31. A person who organizes - manages - and takes the risk of owning and operating a buisness
Emotive
entrepreneur
Consultation
destination resort
32. A condition of being subject to change or alteration
entry-level
Amtrak
changeability
informational interveiw
33. Influencing others to accept greater responsibility and exercise more control over the way they perform their jobs.
competitive advantage
Empowering Others
elasticity of demand
Decentralized Organization
34. Emotive - Directive - Reflective - Supportive
franchise
ethics
bed-and-breakfasts (B&Bs)
Power and Communication Styles
35. The variation of consumer demand due to a change in price
customer satisfaction
elasticity of demand
incentive
intermediary
36. Staff member in uniforms - including the bell staff - valets - security offers - concierge - and door or garage attendants
guest or uniformed services
Position Power
Enhancing Power through Alliances
destination resort
37. The sale of goods or services to the customer by means of the Internet.
Consultation
customer loyalty
e-tail
buisness-to-buisness selling
38. A rate based on total sales for the day divided by the total number of sold rooms.
channel of distribution
benefit
average daily rate (ADR)
job application
39. Small unique inns that offer a full breakfast with a night's stay
bed-and-breakfasts (B&Bs)
Organizational Power
Ingratiating Appeal
destination
40. Specialized knowledge or skill
chain
Expert Power
Emotive
Referent Power
41. Pricing products by calculating all costs and expenses and adding desired profit
benefit
cost-plus pricing
e-tail
Empowering Others
42. The customer's faithfulness to a business and its product - demonstrated by the customer purchasing the product again
Enhancing Power through Alliances
certification
customer loyalty
pprenticeship
43. Managers build most of barriers - Lack of experience - Lack of Organizational Skills - Fear of being disliked
Upward Appeal
bed-and-breakfasts (B&Bs)
Reward Power
Barriers to Delegation
44. Any paid form of nonpersonal presentation and promotion of ideas - goods - or services by an identified sponsor
competitive advantage
advertising
Coercive Power
aesthetic pollution
45. Statistics about consumers based on their knowledge - attitudes - use - or response to a product
demand
behavioristics
charter tour
benefit
46. A hotel staff member who performs all of the functions of a desk clerk/agent - concierge - and valet
guest service agent (GSA)
ethics
hospitality-specific traits
infrastructure
47. A tour in which a tour operator buys all the seats on an airplane - train - or bus and resells them to travelers
charter tour
Decentralized Organization
demand
benefit
48. Statistics about where people live.
geographics
Decentralized Organization
guest or uniformed services
Pulling Rank
49. METHODS by which managers use their sources of power to influence the behavior of their employees - peers - and supervisors.
Enhancing Power through Alliances
career plan
Reward Power
guest service agent (GSA)
50. Redistribution of power within an organization that enables managers - supervisors - and employees to perform their jobs more efficiently and effectively.
consumer show
competitive advantage
Empowerment
cross-selling