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Lodging Operations 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which is an example of a branded breakfast item
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
Kellogg cereal
Maid
Needles left by intravenous drug users
2. Which food service activity happens first
Holiday inn
Confirm item quantity and quality
GDS
All housekeeping employees
3. What is the term used to identify those who sell the rights to use a hotels brand name
They generally manage hotels for a fee
Purchases of food
Franchisor
$2.25
4. What is the term used to identify those who purchase the rights to a hotels brand naem
50000
Franchise
The ratio of different room types in a hotel
The investor seeks a return on investment (ROI)
5. Which term refers to the fact that the decline in value of a hotel asset is generally tax deductible
Room rates and the number of operating hotel properties will increase
It is designed to meet the hotel's sales goal
Water pumps
Depreciation
6. What is a lodging industry term for hotels operating under the same brand name
The host pays for the beverages cosumed by guests
POM
Chain
Line level employees
7. What type of lamp works when a filament inside the lamp's bulb is heated by electric current to produce light
Incandescent bulb
The pool area
Air handlers
20%
8. To whom does the sous chef in a large hotel report
Executive chef
Purchases of food
It is increasingly viewed by guests a a sign of commitment to quality service
It has been intentionally left behind
9. What does STAR report evaluate
A fixed amount paid for a guests daily travel expense
25 or fewer
A hotels sales and marketing teams results in relation to those of other hotels
Older travelers
10. Which position would be a direct report to a hotels F&B director
They generally manage hotels for a fee
Incandescent bulb
A stock issuing company that can own and operate its own hotels
Banquet manager
11. What is true about the traditional russian style
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12. What is the management term for granting authority to employees to make key decisions within their assigned areas of responsibility
The ratio of different room types in a hotel
$1.38
It is placed onto service ware in the kitchen - brought to the guest's table by servers and then portioned onto the guests' plates
Empowerment
13. What is another lodging industry term for a specific hotel brand name
Franchise service director
The strength of the brand name and the revenue the name will bring to the hotel
Flag
Merchant model
14. What is the approximate amount of money that hoteliers should contribute to a property's FF&E reserve
Be an effective way to measure progress toward established service standards
Franchise service director
50000
2-4% gross revenue
15. With 200 occupied rooms and breakfast costs of $450 - what would be a hotels breakfast cost per occupied room?
Banquet manager
$2.25
Ritz carlton
When resolving hotel operating problems
16. Which of the following best describes a 'moment of truth'
A web site that allows a hotel's guests to post reviews of their previous stays
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
FOC
It influences the guests total perception of a hotel visit
17. What does Amtrak operate
They should be update as guest preferences change over time
Trains
A la carte
Emergency maintenance
18. Managers can seek out service-minded staff by hiring those job applicants who
Management contract
The ensure guest room cleanliness
Effectively answer open-ended questions about hypothetical service situations
By associating performance in providing guest service with employee compensation
19. What lodging industry term is used to identify a hotel's meeting rooms - conference areas and ballroom space
Function rooms
Air handlers
Franchise service director
It matches expenses incurred with revenues generated
20. What is the lodging industry term for a hotel that is not part of a franchise group?
It is designed to meet the hotel's sales goal
When guests bring in their own bottles of alcohol for consumption at a hotel function
Independent
50000
21. What is the agency that enforces federal antitrust and consumer protection laws related to franchisors
FTC
The host pays for the beverages cosumed by guests
250
The american hotel and lodging association
22. What name is used to describe a group of competing hotels to which an individual hotel's operating performance is compared
Comp set
The elimination of insects - rodents and scavenging animals
Daily
Trains
23. An investor makes and investment of 1000000 and acheives a $200000 profit on that investment in this example what was the investors ROI
The ensure guest room cleanliness
Value
20%
Comp set
24. In a housekeeping department - What is the role of inspector
The specific brands of products served and serving hours
The ensure guest room cleanliness
Executive chef
To help keep workers safe
25. 'Terry' refers to guest room amenities that
Air handlers
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
3 times the normal usage
Your ADR is higher then that of your competitors
26. What is the name of a lodging industry trade association that has been at the forefront of promoting fairness in the hotel franchising
ADR x Occupancy Rate= RevPar
3 times the normal usage
Chain
AAHOA
27. What is true about abandoned property
The hotel's executive housekeeper in keeping with the hotel policies and procedures
$3.20
It has been intentionally left behind
Be an effective way to measure progress toward established service standards
28. Which of the following is the formula hoteliers use to calculate RevPar
Purchases of food
ADR x Occupancy Rate= RevPar
To qualify prospects
Water pumps
29. In a very small limited service property - Which individual is typically responsible for the setup of the property's complimentary breakfst area
$1.38
Night auditor
Costs increase
They are individual travelers
30. 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
Guest preference
Trains
They generally manage hotels for a fee
31. Each of the following events would require one or more guest rooms - which would be classified as a SMERF
A reunion held for veterans of the vietnam war
Laundry is processed
Holiday inn
Do not clean this room now
32. What is the food service term for the amount of money remaining from a food sale after subtracting the items cost from its selling point
When resolving hotel operating problems
Contribution margin
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
Night auditor
33. What is a guest seeking to communicate with a DND sign placed on the outside of the door?
Personality type
The investor seeks a return on investment (ROI)
Do not clean this room now
They generally manage hotels for a fee
34. Which state is NOT among the 3 largest car rental location states
Deep cleaning
The food and beverage services offered by the hotel
New york
250
35. Which of the following is NOT a demographic factor of a guest
It has been intentionally left behind
Personality type
Function rooms
Package
36. What happens in a hotels OPL
Laundry is processed
To help keep workers safe
It is vacant and not yet cleaned
The cost is higher than that of dining room service
37. What happens to the unit price of food service items as the number of those items purchased increases
Their price per unit declines
Do not clean this room now
They operate hotels for owners using the management company's trade name as the hotels brand
When resolving hotel operating problems
38. What does a foot candle measure
Independent
Attrition
Illumination levels
An outside vendor
39. A brand specific frequent guest program is an example of a...
Presale activity
Costs increase
Empowerment
Franchisors sales and marketing efforts
40. Which of a hotel's costs would be lowered the most if the hotel implemented a successful source reduction program
Housekeeping
Waste disposal costs
It is a reception that includes the services of complimentary food and/or beverages
20%
41. Which of the following is a demand generator
A college graduation weekend occurring near a hotel
2-4% gross revenue
Purchases of food
Costs increase
42. 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
The american hotel and lodging association
Package
It has been intentionally left behind
It is prepared and cooked at the guests' table
43. In a hotel with the linen cost of $2 -486 in the month and the rooms sold was 1 -130 - what was the hotel's linen cost per occupied room
Group market
A family on vacation
Banquet manager
$2.20
44. What is the industry term for an organization that provides travel booking services on the internet
OTA
The specific brands of products served and serving hours
Empowerment
Illumination levels
45. When the entire staff of a hotel consistenly fail to deliver quality service to guests - the problem is most likely that
Do not clean this room now
Profits are higher with banquet sales
They are not being supervised with a service emphasis
The strength of the brand name and the revenue the name will bring to the hotel
46. When would hotel guest be charged a corkage fee
It has been intentionally left behind
An outside vendor
$2.20
When guests bring in their own bottles of alcohol for consumption at a hotel function
47. When can a cross-functional team be an effective operatiional tool in a hotel
French
When resolving hotel operating problems
Reduced operational costs
FOC
48. Who usually maintains the washers and ryers placed in a hotels guests laundry
Presale activity
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
An outside vendor
It has been intentionally left behind
49. Which of the following is essential if employees are to effectively resolve guest problems as they occur
When resolving hotel operating problems
Upon receiving
The authority to make key decisions
Housekeeping
50. What term is used to describe the relationship between the amount paid for an item and the item's perceived quality
It is prepared and cooked at the guests' table
FOC
Include bath towels - hand towels - and washclothes
Value