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Lodging Operations 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Pilferage
All housekeeping employees
Merchant model
2. Which brand is generally recognized as the first hotel chain
Water pumps
Maid
Holiday inn
3 times the normal usage
3. What is the approximate number of attendees at the average business meeting
Comp set
$2.25
The authority to make key decisions
25 or fewer
4. 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
When resolving hotel operating problems
Franchise
$13.53
5. What does a foot candle measure
Illumination levels
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
Incandescent bulb
Preventive maintenance
6. What is the purpose of cold calling
Management contract
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
Marketing activity
To qualify prospects
7. What is true about a hotel room that is 'on-change'
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
Independent
Eggs and breakfast meat items
It has been intentionally left behind
8. 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
$13.53
250
Line level employees
28
9. Which of the following represents the correct order of procedures used in cleaning linens and terry products
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
Trains
Sorting/washing/drying
Needles left by intravenous drug users
10. Which professional recognition is typically granted by a governmental agency
Profits are higher with banquet sales
At the advertised ending time
Licensing
Attrition
11. Which housekeeping- related term is not used by professional hoteliers
Maid
It has been intentionally left behind
Confirm item quantity and quality
The food and beverage services offered by the hotel
12. Which association is a collection of state-level hotel associations working together to meet the educational - social - and legislative needs of its members
A college graduation weekend occurring near a hotel
Marketing activity
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
The american hotel and lodging association
13. What is the type of dining in which each available menu item is sold for an individual price
Housekeeping
A la carte
ADR x Occupancy Rate= RevPar
3 times the normal usage
14. Which of the following is a demand generator
Opaque rate model
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
A college graduation weekend occurring near a hotel
15. 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
Ritz carlton
It is placed onto service ware in the kitchen - brought to the guest's table by servers and then portioned onto the guests' plates
Costs increase
50%
16. What is another lodging term for work-order
Maintenance request
The host pays for the beverages cosumed by guests
Waiting for guests to approach staff with specific problems
Attrition
17. An investor makes and investment of 1000000 and acheives a $200000 profit on that investment in this example what was the investors ROI
20%
BEO
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
Make or buy items
18. What happens to a hotel's POM costs as a hotel ages
A reunion held for veterans of the vietnam war
Costs increase
They are important for all workers serving food
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
19. What is a per diem
Executive chef
A fixed amount paid for a guests daily travel expense
Kellogg cereal
Flag
20. 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
To help keep workers safe
Routine maintenance
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
21. 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
Opaque rate model
Older travelers
28
It matches expenses incurred with revenues generated
22. Approximately how many hotels are in operation in the US
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
Identifying guests needs and wants
50000
Holiday inn
23. For food service buyers when does the ownership exchange of products the have purchased actually take place
Room rates and the number of operating hotel properties will increase
Chain
Upon receiving
It has been intentionally left behind
24. What is true about abandoned property
Reduced operational costs
ADR x Occupancy Rate= RevPar
Air handlers
It has been intentionally left behind
25. 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
Preventive maintenance
Eggs and breakfast meat items
50%
Contribution margin
26. When the entire staff of a hotel consistenly fail to deliver quality service to guests - the problem is most likely that
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
Incandescent bulb
Contribution margin
A fixed amount paid for a guests daily travel expense
27. What is a normal par level in hotel laundry
FOC
OTA
3 times the normal usage
$3.20
28. With 400 guests and breakfast costs of $550 what would be a hotel's food cost per guest
$13.53
$1.38
Flag
The authority to make key decisions
29. What is the lodging term used to describe a hotel room or area that is undergoing extraordinary cleaning procedures
Personality type
Deep cleaning
New york
The authority to make key decisions
30. In which type of booking model are room rates not seen by guests until after they have successfully 'bid' for a room
Opaque rate model
Management contract
$2.25
25 or fewer
31. 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
When resolving hotel operating problems
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
A reunion held for veterans of the vietnam war
32. which factor most influences guest perceptions about their experience at a lodging operation
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
They will have the same quality service expectations
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
Service
33. What is the approximate amount of money that hoteliers should contribute to a property's FF&E reserve
They generally manage hotels for a fee
2-4% gross revenue
Pilferage
Confirm item quantity and quality
34. The best menus are those developed based upon
Package
Guest preference
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
Maintenance request
35. Who has the greatest influence on the overall quality of service provided within a hotel
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
The hotels general manager
Upon receiving
Housekeeping
36. What type of maintenance activity in a hotel would include lawn care - landscaping care and snow removal
50000
Routine maintenance
Management contract
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
37. from what language does the kitchen term 'mise en place' originate
French
Purchases of food
Maintenance request
20%
38. What is a guest seeking to communicate with a DND sign placed on the outside of the door?
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
Function rooms
Do not clean this room now
Pilferage
39. In a housekeeping department - What is the role of inspector
250
25 or fewer
The ensure guest room cleanliness
The strength of the brand name and the revenue the name will bring to the hotel
40. 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
Holiday inn
Www.tripadvisor.com
Purchases of food
An outside vendor
41. Shat complimentary breakfast characteristics are typically established by a hotels franchise company
Franchisor
The specific brands of products served and serving hours
Empowerment
The hotel's executive housekeeper in keeping with the hotel policies and procedures
42. What do the initials PM refer to in a hotel maintenance department
$2.20
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
It has been intentionally left behind
Preventive maintenance
43. What is a REIT
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
When guests bring in their own bottles of alcohol for consumption at a hotel function
Franchisor
44. Which of the following is essential if employees are to effectively resolve guest problems as they occur
It is designed to meet the hotel's sales goal
The authority to make key decisions
Waiting for guests to approach staff with specific problems
Upon receiving
45. Which food service activity happens first
Function rooms
They will have the same quality service expectations
Confirm item quantity and quality
Deep cleaning
46. What happens to the unit price of food service items as the number of those items purchased increases
250
Merchant model
$1.38
Their price per unit declines
47. What is the purpose of an MSDS
$2.20
To help keep workers safe
Room rates and the number of operating hotel properties will increase
Franchisor
48. In a very small limited service property - Which individual is typically responsible for the setup of the property's complimentary breakfst area
An outside vendor
Their price per unit declines
Night auditor
The american hotel and lodging association
49. What is true about a marketing plan
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50. To whom does the sous chef in a large hotel report
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
Executive chef
Banquet manager