SITE SELECTION AND FACILITY SELECTION: Chapters 13 and 14 in CIC Manual
1. When you begin to define your meeting requirements, all but the following are part of the terms of the definition:
A. Rates and Services B. Food and Beverage requirements
C. Dates D. Space
2. The primary purpose of a CVB is to:
A. Provide site inspections for potential planning
B. Provide local staff for large events
C. Provide access to all local suppliers
D. Encourage groups to hold meetings in their destination
3. What is typically not included in an RFP:
A. Dates B. Number of sleeping rooms required C. Anticipated ticket sales
D. Food and beverage functions
4. What is CINET?
A. A high speed computer internet connection B. An internet-based RFP service
C. An online database of meeting profiles
D. A PCMA-sponsored space verification program available online
5. If you are planning a training meeting with a very limited budget, with 50 attendees flying in from numerous cities, and only two days to conduct the training, which would be the best type of facility to use:
A. Conference center B. Downtown Hotel C. Convention Center D. Airport Hotel
6. The purpose of a site inspection is all of the following except:
A. To determine how well the meeting objectives can be accomplished at the site
B. To be a pre-cursor to signing a contract
C. To be included for cost considerations as part of a familiarization trip
D. To assess the condition of the properties and personnel attitudes
7. Which of the following is a negotiating on point food and beverage in a shoulder season market:
A. Ask the hotel to provide special menus (Not published ones)
B. Ask for some minor reductions
C. Ask for at least 10% off menu prices
D. Ask for a free cocktail reception for the group
8. What is a “Backbone”:
A. Staging area for tradeshow crates B. Another term for “Back of house”
C. Combination of twisted-pair copper wire and fiber optic cable
D. Circuit that provides both analog and digital lines
9. Which of the following comments is not true regarding ADA Compliance:
A. Title III of the ADA affects the responsibilities of meeting planners
B. Provides definitions of public accommodations
C. ADA only needs to be considered if disabled individuals will be attending
D. It is the responsibility of the sponsoring organization to make the program
accessible
10. If you have negotiated cumulative comp rooms at 1 per 50 in your hotel contract and you had the following room pattern by night (40 – 80 – 100 – 100), how many comp rooms would you earn:
A. 4 B. 7 C. 6 D. 5
11. What is included in the Modified American Plan:
A. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner B. Room, Breakfast, Dinner
C. Room, Breakfast, Lunch D. Room, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
12. What is Yield Management:
A. How hotels determine room rates based on your meeting history
B. A computer program that sets the room rate based on the hotels' likelihood of selling the rooms on a specific date
C. A and B
D. None of the above
13. The general guideline for scheduling site inspections is:
A. A minimum of two visits one year out
B. A and C
C. One visit three years out and two visits two years out
D. As soon as the contract is signed
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