FRONT OFFICE MCQs
Contributed by Syed Rana Safiuddin [MGM-IHM University]
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1. _____ Hotels are located at tourist Destination such as hill stations, sea beaches etc.
Resort Hotels
Sub-urban Hotels
Motel
Airport Hotels
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2. Motels are located on ______
Highways
Roadways
Sea sided
None of these
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3. ______ Hotels provide accommodation for a longer duration
Transient Hotel
Residential Hotel
Motel
Airport Hotel
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4. Which section of the front office is responsible for guest registration activity?
Reception
Concierge
Bell Desk
Telephone Operator
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5. GRC Stands For ______
Guest Registration Card
Guest Reservation Card
Guest Reception Card
None of these
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6. _____ Plan Includes room rent and all meals in tariff.
American Plan
Continental Plan
Bermuda Plan
European Plan
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7. Which of the following is NOT a service in the hospitality industry ?
Hotels
Flights
Restaurants
Grocery stores
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8. Which of the following department is responsible for preparation of the food ?
Housekeeping
Front Office
Room Service
Food Production
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9. This Department is responsible for the cleanliness and aesthetic standard of the hotel
Food Production
Security
Housekeeping
None of these
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10. Bell Desk is the section of _____
Security
Engineering
Sales
Front Office
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11. This Section is responsible for taking room bookings
Reception
Reservation
Bell Desk
None of these
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12. A Person who comes to the hotel without any prior reservation is called as _____
Walk-in
No Show
Skipper
None of the above
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13. ______ Room has one single bed for single occupancy
Single Room
Double Room
Twin Room
Cabana Room
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14. Identify an international franchise hotel chain
Taj Group
ITC Welcome Group
Marriott
Lemon Tree
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15. Which of the below is NOT a sub department / section of Front office
Room Service
Reservation
Bell Desk
Cashier
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16. _______ is the Head of Front office department
Duty Manager
Front Office Supervisor
Front Office Manager
Reception Shift in-charge
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17. (EP) European plan includes
Room + Continental Breakfast
Room Only
Room + Breakfast + Lunch or Dinner
Room + Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
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18. ______ room comprises more than one bed room
Suite
Single
Double
Twin
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19. ______ room is situated in a vicinity of a swimming pool or sea beach
Suite Room
Cabana Room
Duplex
Parlour
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20. ______ Rooms have a common wall and a door that connects the two rooms
Single Room
Interconnecting Room
Twin Room
Double Room
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21. Which out of the below is NOT an equipment used by the Front Office Department?
Spoons & Forks
Computers
Key Rack
Telephones
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22. A published/printed room rate of a hotel is called as _______.
Rack Rate
Residential Hotel
Group Rate
Family Rate
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23. Find the odd one out
Guest Room Key
Master Key
Emergency Key
Plastic Key
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24. Paging is used to ___________ a guest in a Hotel
Locate
Wake Up
Talk
None of the above
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25. (CP) Continental plan includes
Room + Continental Breakfast
Room Only
Room + Breakfast + Lunch or Dinner
Room + Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
26. Hotels located in the heart of the city are known as ____ Hotels
Resort
Downtown Hotel
Motel
None of these
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27. Concierge is the section of _____
Security
Engineering
Sales
Front Office
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28. C Form is Mandatory for _____ guest
Foreigner
National
Local
All of the above
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29. Guest Cycle has ___ no. of stages
3
5
6
8
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30. CRS Stands for _____
Central Reservation System
Central Room System
Central Registration System
None of the Above
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31. Select the odd one out
Global Distribution System
Point of sale system
Centralized reservation system
On-line room booking portals
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32. Which of the following is generally not accepted as a mode of settlement of guest account
Traveler's cheque
Credit card
Travel agent voucher
Personal cheque
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33. Overbooking is
Assigning more rooms per guest
Ensuring the hotel achieves the maximum rate per room
Determining the number of rooms that are available for sale
The process of selling more rooms than are actually available
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34. SB Stands for______
Scanty Baggage
Scan Bag
Security Bag
None of the Above
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35. Process of Reservation amendments include
Modification
Cancellation
New Reservation
All of the above
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36. GRC is a _____ type of record
Reservation
Registration
Check-out
Cancellation
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37. Which of the following is the section of front office
Control desk
Green house
room service
Bell Desk
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38. A guest who leaves the hotel without clearing the payment is called
Skipper
Visitor Paid-out
Sleeper
Non-Guest Account
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39. Which of the following areas of a hotel has the greatest amount of guest contact?
Reservation
Housekeeping
Front Office
Food Production
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40. HWC stands for _______
Handle with caution
Handle with care
Handle with consistency
None of the Above
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41. Concierge, bell desk, and EPABX operators are part of
F & B Service
Housekeeping department
Front Office department
Maintenance department
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42. For which type of information does the front office and housekeeping department communicate with each other?
Room Status
Security concern
Special arrangement
All of these
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43. The situation in which the guest would stay for more than their scheduled stay dates is known as
Under stay
Over Stay
No Show
None of these
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44. Who out of the below is not a member of HRACC
Principal, Institute of Hotel Management
Representative of Ministry of Tourism
Representative of IATA
Representative of FHRAI
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45. Which of the following is not a part of the sub-classification of heritage hotels in India
Heritage
Heritage Classic
Heritage royal
Heritage grand
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46. Two single beds joined together and sharing a common headboard is called as
Twin
Hollywood twin
Double
Quad
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47. The information required to fill in the guest registration can be gathered from which of the following?
Reservation Form
Guest History card
Both a and b
None of these
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48. _______ is the main communication center of housekeeping Department
Desk Control Room
Laundry
Horticulture
Engineering
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49. Expand SOP__________.
standard operating procedures
standard out point
set of procedure
Standard outcome programmers
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50. _________ key opens all the doors in the property, even those that the guest has Double – locked
Grand Master Key
card key
Guest room key
floor key
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51. What is the main product a hotel property sells
Towels
Amenities
Guestroom
Flower
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52. HWC stands for _______
Handle with caution
Handle with care
Handle with consistency
None of the Above
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53. Which one of the following is a record of financial transactions taking place between a guest and the hotel?
Ledgers
Folios
Vouchers
Guest accounts
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54. A guest who checks In with no luggage or hand bag called _______
Scanty Baggage
CVGR
VVIP
No Show
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55. When was the first hotel in India was established?
1803
1903
1947
1957
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56. What is House limit in the hotel _______________
A guest credit limit established by the airport authority
A guest credit limit established by the credit card company
A guest credit limit established by the hotel
All of Above
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57. Which of the following is not the type of folio?
Master Folio
Employee Folio
Incidental Folio
Guest Folio
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58. A hotel chain is
Hotels connected to each other
Hotels in difficult centres/parts of the country
Part of a group with hotels in different locations
Small hotels
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59. Which state has the maximum number of heritage hotels in India
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
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60. Name a country where we can see a capsule hotel
Japan
China
Malaysia
None of these
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61. A room viewing a landscape, water body or any other service view is
Hospitality Room
Cabana
Twin Room
Lanai
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62. Food or beverages served in guest room is known as
Room service
Full service
Service station
None of these
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63. Which is the hotel on wheels
Floatel
Resort
Motel
Rotel
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64. The Night Audit Process includes :
Establishment of the end of the day
Verification of all accounts
Posting of room charges in guest folio
All of the above
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65. _____ is total number of resident guests present in the hotel
Room Count
House count
Both
None of these
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66. VPO Stands for ______
Visitors Paid Out
Visitors Package Out
Vision Pay Out
None of these
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67. The effort of front desk associate to convince guest to rent rooms in categories above standard accommodation are called?
Upgrading
consumer acceptance
Pre-registration activities
Up selling
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68. The Facility of awakening guests is known as:
Warning Call
Walking Call
Wake-up call
Worship call
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69. Which of the following is an example of Rotels?
Deccan Odessey
Shikaras
Taj hotel
Oberoi hotel
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70. cash paid out by the hotel on behalf of a guest is recorded as
Amenities Voucher
VPO
Cash Voucher
Miscellaneous Charge Voucher
71. The report of guest account that are nearing or have crossed house limit are called
Credit and debit report
High balanced report
Reservation limit report
None of these
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72. Accounts of more than one person, or guestrooms, and are usually maintained for groups are called as
Guest folio
City Folio
Master Folio
None of these
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73. How do you calculate ARR
Total room revenue/ Total inventory
Total room revenue /Total room sold
Total Inventory/ Total Room Sold
Food Revenue / Total Inventory
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74. A hotel can maintain the registration record in
Hard - bound registers
Loose - leaf registers
Guest registration Card
All of these
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75. Effective communication within the departments helps in
Coordination
Delegation
employee morale and job satisfaction
All of these
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