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Tourism Administration & Management Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Tourism Administration & Management Quiz Set 23

(1) The term ‘Economies of Scale” refers to :
(1) a firm’s ability to reduce the cost of producing one unit of goods or services
(2) a firms’s ability to reduce the cost of producing one unit of goods or services when the volume of production decreases or increases
(3) a firm’s ability to maximise the cost of production when more units of goods or services
(4) a firm’s ability to reduce the cost of producing one unit of goods or services as the volume of production increases
Answer: a firm’s ability to reduce the cost of producing one unit of goods or services as the volume of production increases
(2) The demand for travel to a particular destination is a function of :
(1) The person’s ability to travel and the level of attraction of the link between host and guest destination areas
(2) The person’s propensity to travel and the reciprocity of the link between origin and destination areas
(3) The person’s induced demand and the corresponding supply at the destination region
(4) The person’s arousing of interest and suitable destination attributes
Answer: The person’s propensity to travel and the reciprocity of the link between origin and destination areas

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(3) Which one of the following is a correct method for carrying out exploratory research ?
(1) Surveys
(2) Case studies
(3) Experiments
(4) Structured design
Answer: Case studies
(4) Which one of the following cities is the location of Headquarters of “Amadeus” ?
(1) Newyork
(2) Madrid
(3) Texas
(4) Singapore
Answer: Madrid
(5) International Air Transport Association (IATA) membership consists of which of the following ?
(1) National Tourism Organizations
(2) CEOs of Airlines
(3) Commercial wings of tourism departments
(4) Scheduled airlines
Answer: Scheduled airlines
(6) The term “Economies of Scope” refers to the ability to join resources and produce :
(1) One distinct product or service from the same company
(2) Two or more distinct products or services from the same company compared to providing them from two different companies
(3) Two or more distinct products or services from two different companies
(4) None of the above
Answer: Two or more distinct products or services from the same company compared to providing them from two different companies
(7) One of the following is not the typology of tourists classified by Cohen in 1972 :
(1) Homebodies
(2) Organized mass tourists
(3) Individual mass tourists
(4) Drifters
Answer: Homebodies
(8) The first passenger ship that took the passengers from the Great Britain to the United States in the year 1838 was :
(1) Sirus
(2) Titanic
(3) Great Western
(4) Victoria
Answer: Great Western
(9) The process of denying boarding to airline passengers with confirmed reservations due to overbooking or overselling of flight is termed as :
(1) Cancellation
(2) Bumped
(3) Deferred booking
(4) Denial
Answer: Bumped
(10) Which airlines introduced commission cap and put a ceiling on payments to travel agents for domestic tickets in the year 1996 ?
(1) Delta Airlines
(2) British Airways
(3) Lufthansa Airways
(4) Swiss Airlines
Answer: Delta Airlines
(11) In which year the first scheduled railway service was inaugurated in Europe ?
(1) 1820
(2) 1825
(3) 1830
(4) 1835
Answer: 1825
(12) International Union of Official Travel Organisation (IUOTO) established in 1947 was transformed into an intergovernmental technical body on 2, January 1975, as :
(1) UNDP
(2) UNWTO
(3) TERN
(4) NTA
Answer: UNWTO
(13) Which one of the airlines is the first carrier to accept online bookings and take payment through a website on the internet ?
(1) Delta Airlines
(2) American Airlines
(3) Alaska Airlines
(4) Singapore Airlines
Answer: Alaska Airlines
(14) IATA divides the world into three areas on the basis of Fare Construction. They are commonly known as Traffic Conference (TC) area 1, 2 and 3. The TC-1 comprises :
(1) Europe, Africa and Islands adjacent there to
(2) North and South America and Islands adjacent there to
(3) Asia and Islands adjacent there to
(4) Islands of pacific ocean except those included in TC-1
Answer: North and South America and Islands adjacent there to
(15) A round trip that allows the passenger to utilize different points of origin or departure is called :
(1) Round Trip
(2) Circle Trip
(3) Open -Jaw
(4) Multiple Trip
Answer: Open -Jaw

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