CERTIFIED MEETING PROFESSIONAL CMP LATEST 2026
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Technological Requirements - ✔✔-Pre/On-site/post Technolog needs
-tech expertise required
✔✔Logistical Requirements - ✔✔-destination and venue requirements
-resources your participants require (accom, f&b, ADA, etc)
✔✔Event Specific Requirements - ✔✔-content and entertainment
✔✔Legal Requirements - ✔✔-local govt
-contracts
-permits
✔✔Evaluation Requirements - ✔✔-how will success be measured
✔✔Sustainability Requirements - ✔✔-how to execute a sustainable event
-what are the local challenges
✔✔Safety & Security Requirements - ✔✔-risk assessment
-outside security needs
-insurance needs
✔✔Financial Summary - ✔✔Includes: funding source, budget, response to shortfalls,
cash flow, currency and exchange risk
✔✔Monitoring the Strategic Plan - ✔✔- Determine Key Performance Indicators (How
will we know if we have accomplished the objective/KPI?)
- Monitoring Tools and Processes (How will we measure and at what frequency?)
- Feedback and Modification Processed (Do we need revisions and how to communcate
revisions?)
✔✔Strategic Meetings Management Plan (SMMP) - ✔✔- Involved developing and
applying an organized system or policies, procedures, tools that enable an org to reuce
cost, leverage overall spending and provide optimum service
- Requires engageing in a disciplined practive to ensure product maximizes resources
and supports org strategies
- Should have someone on the team to help manage the business planning and
strategy, developing a solid business proposition and operating on a logistical and
tactical level
✔✔Sustainability Management Plan - ✔✔- Integrate into the strategic plan EARLY
- Consider Env, social and economic factors
- Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
, ✔✔APEX/ASTM - ✔✔Checklist for accepted practices for a sustainable event/company
✔✔ISO - ✔✔Requires processes be in place to be considered a sustainable
event/company
✔✔GRI - ✔✔Guidelines on reporting the what/how of a sustainable event/company
✔✔Elements of a Sustainability Plan - ✔✔Vision, principles, important issues,
objectives, actions/initiatives, measurement/reporting
✔✔Implement a Sustainability Plan - ✔✔-Develop guidelines, communicate objectives,
negotiate sustainable practices, inform attendees, verify on site, promote sustainable
event practices
✔✔Demonstrations of Sustainable Responsibility - ✔✔-Destination/Venue Selections
-Accommodations
-Transportation
-Shipping
-Carbon Offsets
-F&B
-Exhibit Production
-Communication & Marketing
-On-site Procedures
-AV
✔✔Phillips ROI Method - ✔✔0 - Inputs/Indicators (event basics)
1 - Reactions/Perceived Value
2 - Learning
3 - Application
4 - Impact
5 - ROI [only measure at 5%]
OPTIONAL: 6 - Intangibles
✔✔Best Practices for Survey Design - ✔✔-only request relevant, useful info
-short and easy
-specific questions
-avoid jargon
-hard questions at the end
-make it anonymous
-contact info
-number questions
-readable and visually simple
-filterable questions based on response
-make results available
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Technological Requirements - ✔✔-Pre/On-site/post Technolog needs
-tech expertise required
✔✔Logistical Requirements - ✔✔-destination and venue requirements
-resources your participants require (accom, f&b, ADA, etc)
✔✔Event Specific Requirements - ✔✔-content and entertainment
✔✔Legal Requirements - ✔✔-local govt
-contracts
-permits
✔✔Evaluation Requirements - ✔✔-how will success be measured
✔✔Sustainability Requirements - ✔✔-how to execute a sustainable event
-what are the local challenges
✔✔Safety & Security Requirements - ✔✔-risk assessment
-outside security needs
-insurance needs
✔✔Financial Summary - ✔✔Includes: funding source, budget, response to shortfalls,
cash flow, currency and exchange risk
✔✔Monitoring the Strategic Plan - ✔✔- Determine Key Performance Indicators (How
will we know if we have accomplished the objective/KPI?)
- Monitoring Tools and Processes (How will we measure and at what frequency?)
- Feedback and Modification Processed (Do we need revisions and how to communcate
revisions?)
✔✔Strategic Meetings Management Plan (SMMP) - ✔✔- Involved developing and
applying an organized system or policies, procedures, tools that enable an org to reuce
cost, leverage overall spending and provide optimum service
- Requires engageing in a disciplined practive to ensure product maximizes resources
and supports org strategies
- Should have someone on the team to help manage the business planning and
strategy, developing a solid business proposition and operating on a logistical and
tactical level
✔✔Sustainability Management Plan - ✔✔- Integrate into the strategic plan EARLY
- Consider Env, social and economic factors
- Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
, ✔✔APEX/ASTM - ✔✔Checklist for accepted practices for a sustainable event/company
✔✔ISO - ✔✔Requires processes be in place to be considered a sustainable
event/company
✔✔GRI - ✔✔Guidelines on reporting the what/how of a sustainable event/company
✔✔Elements of a Sustainability Plan - ✔✔Vision, principles, important issues,
objectives, actions/initiatives, measurement/reporting
✔✔Implement a Sustainability Plan - ✔✔-Develop guidelines, communicate objectives,
negotiate sustainable practices, inform attendees, verify on site, promote sustainable
event practices
✔✔Demonstrations of Sustainable Responsibility - ✔✔-Destination/Venue Selections
-Accommodations
-Transportation
-Shipping
-Carbon Offsets
-F&B
-Exhibit Production
-Communication & Marketing
-On-site Procedures
-AV
✔✔Phillips ROI Method - ✔✔0 - Inputs/Indicators (event basics)
1 - Reactions/Perceived Value
2 - Learning
3 - Application
4 - Impact
5 - ROI [only measure at 5%]
OPTIONAL: 6 - Intangibles
✔✔Best Practices for Survey Design - ✔✔-only request relevant, useful info
-short and easy
-specific questions
-avoid jargon
-hard questions at the end
-make it anonymous
-contact info
-number questions
-readable and visually simple
-filterable questions based on response
-make results available
