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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 term describing stealing of small quantities of something over a period of time
It is placed onto service ware in the kitchen - brought to the guest's table by servers and then portioned onto the guests' plates
Pilferage
Presale activity
Service
2. What name is used to describe a group of competing hotels to which an individual hotel's operating performance is compared
Night auditor
Contribution margin
Comp set
Daily
3. What does STAR report evaluate
Personality type
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
Group market
4. Cleaning a dryers lint trap is an example of a PM activity. how often should it be performed
It influences the guests total perception of a hotel visit
Daily
Night auditor
It has been intentionally left behind
5. What should happen to service procedures after they have been implemented in a hotel
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
3 times the normal usage
Laundry is processed
Daily
6. What is the travel industry term used to describe a group of travel services - such as hotel rooms - meals - and airfare - sold for one price
Purchases of food
Package
To help keep workers safe
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
7. Which of the following would be considered a user-generated web site
8. What term is used to describe the relationship between the amount paid for an item and the item's perceived quality
Value
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
The pool area
Night auditor
9. 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
Reduced operational costs
Incandescent bulb
Holiday inn
50%
10. What is the one reason a hotel owner might consider hiring a hotel management company
Comp set
The food and beverage services offered by the hotel
AAHOA
Improved overall managment of the hotel
11. Which term refers to the fact that the decline in value of a hotel asset is generally tax deductible
It is placed onto service ware in the kitchen - brought to the guest's table by servers and then portioned onto the guests' plates
They are individual travelers
Depreciation
It has been intentionally left behind
12. Who is responsible for making the distinction between mislaid - lost and abandoned property
13. Who usually maintains the washers and ryers placed in a hotels guests laundry
A hotels occupancy tax
Preventive maintenance
Eggs and breakfast meat items
An outside vendor
14. What is the name of a lodging industry trade association that has been at the forefront of promoting fairness in the hotel franchising
Merchant model
AAHOA
Housekeeping
At the advertised ending time
15. In the small town of someko - michigan there are 5 hotels with a combined total of 650 sleeping rooms. during june an avg. of 400 of those rooms were sold each day - generating $29 -200 in room sales. What was the average daily rate (ADR) of the town
$73.00
Water pumps
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
Routine maintenance
16. What is true about mislaid property
Merchant model
Night auditor
$3.20
It has been intentionally left behind
17. 'Terry' refers to guest room amenities that
Housekeeping
Purchases of food
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
A web site that allows a hotel's guests to post reviews of their previous stays
18. What is the type of dining in which each available menu item is sold for an individual price
A la carte
Preventive maintenance
Empowerment
Executive chef
19. What is true about food served in the traditional french style
20. Which of the following is essential if employees are to effectively resolve guest problems as they occur
Kellogg cereal
Maid
Guest preference
The authority to make key decisions
21. What type of lamp works when a filament inside the lamp's bulb is heated by electric current to produce light
Water pumps
Incandescent bulb
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
Independent
22. What does a foot candle measure
Flag
Illumination levels
Make or buy items
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
23. What is true about a hotel room that is 'on-change'
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
Franchise
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
24. Which is an example of a branded breakfast item
Kellogg cereal
Line level employees
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
Older travelers
25. What is a guest seeking to communicate with a DND sign placed on the outside of the door?
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
To qualify prospects
Incandescent bulb
Do not clean this room now
26. For food service buyers when does the ownership exchange of products the have purchased actually take place
The person in charge of the hotel's maintenances department
Franchise service director
The host pays for the beverages cosumed by guests
Upon receiving
27. from what language does the kitchen term 'mise en place' originate
Empowerment
French
Group market
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
28. Which housekeeping- related term is not used by professional hoteliers
2-4% gross revenue
Independent
Maid
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
29. Which is an example of a consumer-generated content web site?
The ratio of different room types in a hotel
GDS
Marketing activity
Www.tripadvisor.com
30. What happens to a hotel's POM costs as a hotel ages
An outside vendor
Costs increase
Incandescent bulb
Depreciation
31. 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
Chain
The strength of the brand name and the revenue the name will bring to the hotel
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
250
32. For Which item below would a 'replace as needed' program be best
Trains
Water pumps
An outside vendor
It matches expenses incurred with revenues generated
33. In the lodging industry - What is the meaning of the term room mix
Independent
Profits are higher with banquet sales
The ratio of different room types in a hotel
Contribution margin
34. What is the lodging term used to describe a hotel room or area that is undergoing extraordinary cleaning procedures
Deep cleaning
OTA
Franchise
Sorting/washing/drying
35. 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
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
FTC
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
36. Which of a hotel's costs would be lowered the most if the hotel implemented a successful source reduction program
They are individual travelers
Identifying guests needs and wants
Waste disposal costs
Deep cleaning
37. Which of the following represents the correct order of procedures used in cleaning linens and terry products
20%
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
Night auditor
Sorting/washing/drying
38. What is true about an accrual accounting system
Deep cleaning
Maintenance request
POM
It matches expenses incurred with revenues generated
39. What is the management term for granting authority to employees to make key decisions within their assigned areas of responsibility
New york
Empowerment
Housekeeping
To help keep workers safe
40. What is the agency that enforces federal antitrust and consumer protection laws related to franchisors
FTC
Waiting for guests to approach staff with specific problems
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
Improved overall managment of the hotel
41. Which group would be classified as 'leisure travelers'
A family on vacation
FTC
Upon receiving
Incandescent bulb
42. In a hotel dining room with a total revenue of $1 -150 and 85 guests served what would be the hotels check average
$13.53
Reduced operational costs
It has been intentionally left behind
Franchise
43. What best describes a hotels chief engineer
44. What is true about a marketing plan
45. With 400 guests and breakfast costs of $550 what would be a hotel's food cost per guest
FTC
It is prepared and cooked at the guests' table
$1.38
A college graduation weekend occurring near a hotel
46. To whom does the sous chef in a large hotel report
Publicity is free
A family on vacation
A la carte
Executive chef
47. What happens to the unit price of food service items as the number of those items purchased increases
Maintenance request
The ensure guest room cleanliness
The buying is based upon predetermined desired inventory levels
Their price per unit declines
48. 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
Deep cleaning
OTA
It is designed to meet the hotel's sales goal
49. what type of activity describes the act of placing an ad in the yellow pages?
Marketing activity
Waste disposal costs
Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
Be an effective way to measure progress toward established service standards
50. 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
Water pumps
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
Franchise service director
Attrition