Hospitality Industry Quiz 3

Chapter 1 Quiz : . QUIZ 3 1. The executive committee of a hotel is a. the general manager and director of sales b. made up of key associates who head major departments c. the general manager and executive housekeeper d. the top three executives in the hotel 2. The ultimate responsibility and authority of running a hotel rests with a. the executive committee b. the regional vice president c. the general manager d. the front office manager 3. Which of the following would NOT be considered a hotel department? a. Rooms division b. Front office c. Property management system d. food and beverage Chapter 1 Quiz 4. The front office, housekeeping, security and communications all fall under what department? a. Rooms division b. Night auditor c. Concierge 5. The area of a hotel most often described as the nerve center or hub of a hotel is the a. night auditor b. banquets c. housekeeping d. front office 6. The basic functions of the front office include all of the following EXCEPT: a. reviewing previous nights ADR and occupancy b. reviewing arrivals and departures c. staffing and scheduling d. maintaining sales records 7. When selling rooms a front desk associate might try to upsell. This means a. selling the room at the rack rate b. suggestively selling the features of a better room c. providing a discount rate d. honoring a guests discount coupon 8. The more common name for a guests account is a. a file b. rewards account c. folio d. his/her credit card 9. Guest folios are typically managed by a. housekeeping b. the general manager c. hotel property management system d. concierge 10. Special hotel accounts for a company that has established credit with a hotel are called a. city folios b. block rates c. city rates d. city ledger 11. The individual responsible for the task of balancing the guests accounts receivables is the a. night auditor b. front desk manager c. guest services agent d. front office manager 12. The Hotel California has 642 rooms and 413 are occupied. The occupancy percentage is: a. 73% b. 64% c. 32% Chapter 1 Quiz d. 60% 13. The Hotel California has 642 rooms and the room revenue is $84,593. The REV PAR is: a. $130.94 b. $83.91 c. $215.45 d. $131.76 14. The daily report preformed by the night auditor contains key operating ratios used by management including a. total number of rooms in the hotel b. room occupancy percentage c. business center revenue d. front office schedule 15. Total rooms available divided by the number of rooms occupied is known as a. rack rate b. average daily rate c. RevPAR d. room occupancy percentage 16. Room occupancy percentage or ROP is a. room revenue divided by number of rooms sold b. total rooms occupied divided by total available rooms c. total rooms available divided by number of rooms sold d. room cost divided by room sales 17. Average daily room rate is a. room revenue divided by number of rooms sold b. total rooms occupied divided by total available rooms c. total rooms available divided by number of rooms sold d. room cost divided by room sales 18. If the total rooms occupied are 622 and the total rooms available are 850 then the room occupancy percentage is a. 85.6% b. 60.5% c. 70.4% d. 73.2% 19. If room revenue is $75,884 and the total number of rooms sold is 662 then average daily rate is a. $125.12 b. $136.53 c. $114.63 d. $118.78 20. Property management systems are designed to assist front office employees in performing functions related to what tasks? a. Reservations, rooms and guest account management b. Catering and Banquet reservations c. Restaurant reservations d. Guest's meeting schedules Chapter 1 Quiz 21. A demand-forecasting technique used to maximize room revenue is known as a. property management system b. upselling c. return on investment d. revenue management 22. Rack rate is a. the price a room is sold for b. discounted room rates c. revenue management d. the highest published rate 23. The purpose of revenue management is to a. sell more rooms at discounted rates b. increase profitability c. monitor hotel restaurant and room service profitability d. assist housekeeping in scheduling 24. In house and guest communications in a hotel are managed by a. point of sales systems b. the property management system c. CBX or PBX d. the F.O.M. 25. The person at a desk in the lobby of a hotel who assists guests with restaurant reservations, directions, tickets to shows and other advice is the a. the bell captain b. front desk associate c. rooms manager d. the concierge 26. The Public Branch Exchange (PBX) represents what? a. The telephone system b. The computer system c. The maintenance department d. The electrical system 27. Which of the following departments is the largest in a hotel in terms of people? a. Reservations b. Guest services c. Housekeeping d. Security 28. Leadership, insuring service of all guest rooms and public areas, operating the department within a budget, and accurate record keeping are all duties of the a. front office manager b. Food and Beverage Manager c. engineering manager d. executive housekeeper 29. Keying locks, guest and employee identification and ADA compliance falls under? a. housekeeping b. front desk c. security and loss prevention Chapter 1 Quiz d. engineering 30. Which of the following is NOT a feature of an energy management system? a. Room occupancy status reporting b. Automatic wake-up call functions c. Minibar access reporting d. Smoke detector alarm reporting 31. Which system can track guest room phone charges? a. Telephone Charge System b. Call Accounting Systems c. Room Charges Reporting d. Guest Calls Reporting 32. Global distribution systems were first used by the a. hotel industry b. airline industry c. restaurant industry d. rail industry 33. A CRS can provide ________ information for a hotel. a. revenue b. forecasting c. budgeting d. revenue management 34. An environment that can deliver a complete booking system tied to the hotel's inventory in real time via the Web is called a(n) a. Application Service Provider b. Web Reservation Systems c. Point of Sale System d. Real Time Application System 35. The main advantage of using an electronic door locking system is a. ease of employee use b. more cost efficient c. record of who enters the room and when d. easy to replace :