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Lodging Operations 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which state is NOT among the 3 largest car rental location states
Deep cleaning
Independent
New york
They generally manage hotels for a fee
2. 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
Confirm item quantity and quality
Group market
Attrition
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
3. which factor most influences guest perceptions about their experience at a lodging operation
Maintenance request
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
The authority to make key decisions
Service
4. Which types of food items have labor 'built in' to their prices
Make or buy items
Function rooms
They generally manage hotels for a fee
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
5. What is true about second-tier management companies
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6. Which of the following is most essential to providing good service
Holiday inn
Identifying guests needs and wants
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
$73.00
7. What happens to the unit price of food service items as the number of those items purchased increases
Waste disposal costs
Their price per unit declines
Water pumps
Package
8. What is the one reason a hotel owner might consider hiring a hotel management company
Presale activity
Night auditor
Needles left by intravenous drug users
Improved overall managment of the hotel
9. What is true about a hotel room that is 'on-change'
Older travelers
The authority to make key decisions
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
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10. What is the lodging term used to describe a hotel room or area that is undergoing extraordinary cleaning procedures
Deep cleaning
Reduced operational costs
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
Needles left by intravenous drug users
11. Which group of employees will most often initiate the largest number of work orders
Housekeeping
Publicity is free
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
12. What is the term used to identify those who purchase the rights to a hotels brand naem
The strength of the brand name and the revenue the name will bring to the hotel
They are important for all workers serving food
Franchise
BEO
13. What is a per diem
A fixed amount paid for a guests daily travel expense
Illumination levels
Function rooms
AAHOA
14. In Which type of booking model are room rates readily viewed on-line by potential guests?
Kellogg cereal
Merchant model
Preventive maintenance
Contribution margin
15. Which is an example of a consumer-generated content web site?
Older travelers
Www.tripadvisor.com
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
They generally manage hotels for a fee
16. Which of the following is NOT a demographic factor of a guest
Housekeeping
$1.38
POM
Personality type
17. In a full service hotel What is true abouth the profitability of banquet food sales compared to that of dining room sales?
A web site that allows a hotel's guests to post reviews of their previous stays
Profits are higher with banquet sales
Executive chef
French
18. 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
50%
Franchisor
Ritz carlton
Night auditor
19. Which brand is generally recognized as the first hotel chain
Holiday inn
Www.tripadvisor.com
The specific brands of products served and serving hours
2-4% gross revenue
20. Assume you are reading a STAR report about a hotel you manage. What does an ADR index of 110 indicate
Preventive maintenance
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
A fixed amount paid for a guests daily travel expense
Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
21. What is the approximate number of attendees at the average business meeting
A hotels occupancy tax
Comp set
25 or fewer
Package
22. What is true about first tier management companies
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23. Which factor has the most impact on the number of guests who will be served in a limited service hotel
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
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The number of hotel rooms sold the previous night
Effectively answer open-ended questions about hypothetical service situations
24. Which of the following best describes 'managers reception' in a limited service hotel
The number of hotel rooms sold the previous night
Reduced operational costs
It matches expenses incurred with revenues generated
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
25. What is a guest seeking to communicate with a DND sign placed on the outside of the door?
Line level employees
Water pumps
FTC
Do not clean this room now
26. What is most likely to happen when many travelers want to visit and stay in an area
GDS
Room rates and the number of operating hotel properties will increase
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
27. What does a foot candle measure
Reduced operational costs
Comp set
Upon receiving
Illumination levels
28. What is true about hotel management companies
50%
They generally manage hotels for a fee
A reunion held for veterans of the vietnam war
An outside vendor
29. Which is true about a hotels commitment to green practices
An outside vendor
Be an effective way to measure progress toward established service standards
Flag
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
30. What is the greatest difference between full service and limited service hotels
It is prepared and cooked at the guests' table
The food and beverage services offered by the hotel
Publicity is free
Make or buy items
31. What is the name for the franchise disclosure document prepared by a franchisor and registered and filed with the state governmental agency responsible for administering franchise relationships
Emergency maintenance
FOC
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
Make or buy items
32. 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
Publicity is free
FTC
$3.20
Emergency maintenance
33. What is true about abandoned property
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
Trains
$73.00
It has been intentionally left behind
34. When considering varied types of guests such as families on vacation and businesspersons - what will be true about each type
The hotel's executive housekeeper in keeping with the hotel policies and procedures
25 or fewer
They will have the same quality service expectations
Daily
35. For Which item below would a 'replace as needed' program be best
Housekeeping
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
Upon receiving
Water pumps
36. 'Terry' refers to guest room amenities that
BEO
The hotels general manager
The investor seeks a return on investment (ROI)
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
37. Who will most often have the greatest detailed knowledge of guest likes and dislikes
Line level employees
When resolving hotel operating problems
Preventive maintenance
Service
38. Which is the most important market for large convention hotels
The food and beverage services offered by the hotel
Routine maintenance
$13.53
Group market
39. 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
It is designed to meet the hotel's sales goal
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
Eggs and breakfast meat items
Do not clean this room now
40. When the entire staff of a hotel consistenly fail to deliver quality service to guests - the problem is most likely that
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
Franchisor
New york
41. What is the management term for granting authority to employees to make key decisions within their assigned areas of responsibility
Empowerment
Personality type
Make or buy items
It matches expenses incurred with revenues generated
42. from what language does the kitchen term 'mise en place' originate
$3.20
French
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
Night auditor
43. Approximately how many hotels are in operation in the US
Independent
50000
A college graduation weekend occurring near a hotel
Waste disposal costs
44. What is the difference between advertising and publicity
Publicity is free
Waste disposal costs
Older travelers
Guest preference
45. What is the type of dining in which each available menu item is sold for an individual price
At the advertised ending time
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
Be an effective way to measure progress toward established service standards
A la carte
46. What do the initials PM refer to in a hotel maintenance department
20%
Preventive maintenance
It influences the guests total perception of a hotel visit
Upon receiving
47. 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
It has been intentionally left behind
POM
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
The investor seeks a return on investment (ROI)
48. A CVB is typically funded by what
50%
Preventive maintenance
50000
A hotels occupancy tax
49. What is another lodging term for work-order
Confirm item quantity and quality
$2.25
Maintenance request
Water pumps
50. What is a REIT
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
FOC
Confirm item quantity and quality
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels