Basics of Hospitality MCQ

The main function of a ________ is to escort guests and transport their luggage to their rooms.

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Correct Answer: Bellperson.

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The ________ may be the most important ingredient in a restaurant's success.

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Correct Answer: Menu

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Deci found that extrinsic rewards can, at times, undermine a person's _______.

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Correct Answer: Intrinsic motivation

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An acceptable profit margin for food in a hotel is _____ percent.

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Correct Answer: 25?30

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Cabernet sauvignon and pinot noir are types of ________ wine.

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Correct Answer: Red

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Beer is a brewed and fermented beverage made from ________ and flavored with ________.

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Correct Answer: Malted barley, starchy cereals;hops

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Keeping morale high and managing conflict is part of the ________ function.

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Correct Answer: Motivating

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About ________ percent of all new product ideas come from consumers.

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Correct Answer: 28

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____________ is a strong motivator for contingent workers.

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Correct Answer: The prospect of permanent employment

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Which of the following statements is FALSE about providing hospitality to guests?

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Correct Answer: Every service should provide the same amount of delivery, no matter the organization.

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A moment of truth is best described as

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Correct Answer: Any key moment during a service encounter making or breaking an experience

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The largest challenge for the hospitality organization is

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Correct Answer: Anticipating guest expectations as accurately as possible

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If a guest’s expectation is not met or exceeds the hospitality organization expectation of service; what should the organization do?

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Correct Answer: Change their market strategy.

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Which of these food industries would the servicescape be most important?

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Correct Answer: Rainforest Café

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What are the three elements hospitality organizations should focus on to improve guest experience?

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Correct Answer: Service product, setting, service delivery system

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Which of the following is the basic equation of customer experience?

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Correct Answer: Guest experience = Service product + service setting + service delivery system

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Which is an example of a competitive advantage?

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Correct Answer: Personalized service

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a tangible physical product?

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Correct Answer: The exceptional service you get at a 5-star restaurant

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What is a common way to think of the word “service”?

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Correct Answer: An intangible part of a transaction relationship that creates value between a provider organization and its customer, client, or guest

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What is the first step in understanding how to manage guests’ experiences?

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Correct Answer: Understand the guests in your target market.

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One difficulty in providing service in the hospitality industry is

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Correct Answer: Remembering that each customer and their experiences are unique

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A guestologist is

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Correct Answer: A specialist in identifying how hospitality organizations can respond best to the needs, wants, expectations, and behaviors of a target guest market

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Sally Johnson is a repeat guest at “The Smith’s,” a 4-star boutique hotel with a 5-star restaurant on premise. What is something Sally would be expecting as opposed to a first-time guest?

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Correct Answer: Being greeted by name from an attendant right when she walks in

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Guestology is best described as

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Correct Answer: The study of guests, including their wants, needs, expectations and behaviors

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The physical location and its characteristics within which the organization provides service to guests is known as ________ .

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Correct Answer: Servicescape

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Service quality _______ by all costs incurred by the guest for service

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Correct Answer: Divided

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The physical location and its characteristics within which the organization provides service to guests is known as ________ .

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Correct Answer: Service setting

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Service quality is the difference between the service that the customer expects to get and the service that the customer actually receives.

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Correct Answer: True

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Service product is the entire bundle of tangibles and intangibles provided by a hospitality organization to guests during a service experience.

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Correct Answer: True

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The entire bundle of tangibles and intangibles provided by a hospitality organization to guests during a service experience is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Service package

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Which of the correct statements about Service experience ?

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Correct Answer: Same as guest experience but sometimes used in service industries that do not typically refer to their customers as guests.

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Service environment is the physical location and its characteristics within which the organization provides service to guests; same as service setting and servicescape.

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Correct Answer: True

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The actual person-to-person interaction or series of interactions between the customer and the persons delivering the service is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Service encounter

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Service delivery system involved in delivering the service to the customer.

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Correct Answer: True

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Service is an action or performed task that takes place by ________ between the customer or guest and representatives of the service organization.

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Correct Answer: Both possible

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Any key or crucial moment or period during a service encounter, a make-or-break moment is known as ________ .

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Correct Answer: Moment of truth

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KSAs is an abbreviation for ________ necessary to do a job.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Internal customers are persons or units within the organization that depend on and serve each other.

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Correct Answer: True

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Hospitality is an industry consisting basically of organizations that offer guests courteous, professional food, drink, and lodging services .

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Correct Answer: True

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The study of guests—their wants, needs, expectations, and behaviors is known as _________ .

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Correct Answer: Guestology

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Guestologist is a specialist in identifying how hospitality organizations can best respond to the ________ and behaviors of their targeted guest markets.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The sum total of the experience that the guest has with the service provider on a given occasion or set of occasions is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Guest experience

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Expectations are characteristics that a guest _______ will be associated with a service experience.

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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A memorable event that deviates significantly, either positively or negatively is known as ________ .

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Correct Answer: Critical incident

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Cost is the ________ burden incurred by a guest to obtain a service, including tangible quantifiable costs

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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Something an organization does or has that makes it somehow better than its competitors in the eyes of its targeted customers,is this statement correct for _______ ?

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Correct Answer: Competitive advantage

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