Deck 1: Introducing the Worlds Largest Industry, Tourism

Question 1

Which of the following statements describing tourism is incorrect?

A) Tourism is not sensitive to economic ups and downs.
B) Tourism rebounds quickly from environmental impacts.
C) Tourism fits into 16 types of travel-related and hospitality services.
D) Services and tourism go hand in hand.

Answer 1

Tourism is not sensitive to economic ups and downs.

Question 2

The U.S. Travel Association does NOT include which of the following in its definition of travel?

A) One way (day trips)
B) Trips away from home to places 50 miles or more
C) Trips that include an overnight stay
D) Relocating to another country

Answer 2

Relocating to another country

Question 3

The three broad categories of reasons to travel include ________.

A) Vacation, visits to friends, and business
B) Business, visits to friend, and health tourism
C) Vacation, education, and business
D) Relocation, business, and vacation

Answer 3

Vacation, visits to friends, and business

Question 4

Airlines have formed ________ with other airlines (carriers) to provide seamless travel across

A) Developmental delivery platforms
B) Cooperatives
C) Strategic alliances
D) Consortiums

Question 5

Travel as an industry probably began to develop during the ________.

A) Middle Ages
B) Empire Era
C) Grand Tour Era
D) Renaissance Era

Question 6

When was the euro currency introduced, signalling liberalization of travel among member nations of the European Union?

A) 2002
B) 2004
C) 2001
D) 2000

Question 7

The increase in tourism industry activities with new roads, stagecoaches, passenger trains, and sailing ships marked which era?

A) Mobility Era
B) Grand Tour Era
C) Renaissance Era
D) Modern Era

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT among the three basic building blocks used to measure financial success?

A) Leverage
B) Margin
C) Return on investment (ROI)
D) Turnover

Question 9

Grand Tour participants usually found themselves visiting ________.

A) Belgium, Switzerland, and England
B) England, Germany, and Russia
C) England, Switzerland, and Germany
D) France, Italy, and Germany

Question 10

Mass tourism can be traced to the introduction of paid vacations by ________.

A) Dennis Tito
B) Thomas Cook
C) Henry Ford
D) George Westinghouse

Question 11

Factors that have discouraged travel do NOT include ________.

A) Widespread Internet access
B) Health scares
C) Economic instability
D) Terrorism

Question 12

________ are symbols or icons often used on maps to indicate points of interest, services, and attractions.

A) Locators
B) Scales
C) Legends
D) Indexes

Question 13

Geography includes ________.

A) Landforms, water, and climate
B) Landforms, water, vegetation, and climate
C) Landforms, vegetation, and climate
D) Landforms, water, vegetation, climate, and also people

Question 14

The study of management provides a unified approach to planning, organizing, directing, and ________ present and future actions for accomplishing organization goals.

A) Capitalizing
B) Staffing
C) Controlling
D) Visualizing

Question 15

Which of the following questions will help you identify ethical and unethical behavior?

A) Will my actions increase profits?
B) Will someone be hurt in this situation?
C) Will I get caught?
D) Has someone else gotten away with the same action?

Question 16

The Mobility Era began in the ________ century.

A) Seventeenth
B) Nineteenth
C) Twentieth
D) Eighteenth

Question 17

An organization's ________ allows it to read its environment and move in the direction of profitable operations.

A) Financial information system
B) Marketing
C) Management
D) Operations

Question 18

The first space tourist spent how much for their trip to the International Space Station?

A) $10 million for 5 days
B) $30 million for 10 days
C) $20 million for 8 days
D) $40 million of 12 days

Question 19

In the United States, a full-time employee has how much mandatory vacation time per year?

A) 10 days
B) 0 days
C) 14 days
D) 5 days

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT on National Geographic's list of greatest destinations?

A) Antarctica
B) Mesa Verde
C) Tuscany
D) Great Barrier Reef

Question 21

Tourism activities have historically demonstrated a general upward trend in numbers of participants and revenues.

Question 22

Tourism has its own distinctive industry code.

Question 23

The focal point for all tourism activities should be tourists.

Question 24

Japan is now the Asian nation with the most outbound travelers.

Question 25

The largest group of travelers during the Empire Era was the Greeks.

Question 26

Thomas Cook can be credited with organizing the first tour package.

Question 27

Robinson projection is a projection that resembles a flattened orange peel, and creates the most accurate view of the Earth, with the least amount of distortion.

Question 28

The imaginary line that runs north and south through Greenwich, England, and connects the two poles is called the prime meridian.

Question 29

Henry Ford's mass production of the Model T brought freedom to travel for millions of people.

Question 30

Many segments of the tourism industry are adding convenience charges on to their service offerings to improve profitability.

Question 31

Regional geography provides the means to identify and describe natural features over the entire Earth, including landforms, water, vegetation, and climate.

Question 32

Human and cultural geography describe the same features.

Question 33

A knowledge of human geography sensitizes travelers and prevents them from committing social blunders.

Question 34

Meeting visitor needs relies on a complex set of tools and techniques that is referred to as the marketing mix.

Question 35

Profits are revenues in excess of expenses.

Question 36

It is possible to create a flat map of the Earth without distortion.

Question 37

Marketing is often called the "language of business."

Question 38

Leverage refers to using other people's money.

Question 39

Tourism will never lead to environmental degradation.

Question 40

The only way to decide how to act ethically in an organization is to follow a published code of ethics.

Question 41

The services industry is growing faster than the manufacturing industry.

Question 42

Most of the world (70%) is covered by water.