Practice TAP Exam Review
Companies that negotiate with airlines to buy and resell seats on flights at bargain rates are what? -
Answer-Consolidators
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) performs what functions? - Answer-Accredits travel agencies,
supplies documents for use in selling airline tickets , and provides a centralized system for processing
sales of airline tickets
This type of airline routing is similar to a round trip except that the passenger returns to a different city
than the point of origin. - Answer-Open-jaw
What describes a "blackout date"? - Answer-Airlines promotional fares are not available
What does a wide-bodied plane indicate? - Answer-That is has two aisles and a middle section of seats
This train, launched in 2000 by Amtrak, offers high speed service between Boston, New York, and
Washington. - Answer-Acela Express
What factors make an impact on the cost of a hotel room? - Answer-Location of the hotel, location of
the room within the hotel, the room size and furnishing, the occupancy, the meal (plan), the day and
season, the price level and currency value, and the special facilities and services offered, or any special
rates.
What is the name of Canada's passenger train network linking Canadian cities from the Atlantic coast to
the Pacific coast? - Answer-VIA Rail
, What are rates quoted without commission called? - Answer-Net rates
Cruises to the northern and western Caribbean and to the Bahamas typically depart from Florida. Where
do those to the southern Caribbean depart from? - Answer-San Juan, Puerto Rico
Crystal Cruises, the Yachts of Seabourn, and Silversea are examples of what types of cruise lines? -
Answer-Luxury brands
The best place to put an ad that would target niche clients would be where? - Answer-A special-interest
magazine
What kind of tour is it that centers around mountaineering typically classified as? - Answer-Hard
adventure tour
In what area would you book someone on a cruise in order to visit the pots of Barcelona, Spain; Cannes
and Nice in the French Riviera; or Livorno, Italy? - Answer-The Mediterranean
How could you best avoid the problem of a tour company bankruptcy and lost deposits? - Answer-Sell
travel packages only of tour operators who belong to associations with consumer protection plans
The ARC provides what documents? - Answer-Passport, prepaid ticket advice, and miscellaneous charge
order
What is a departure tax? - Answer-A tax travelers pay when leaving a country
International travelers today deal with fewer differences in currency than they did a few years ago
thanks to the number of countries that have adopted what currency? - Answer-The Euro
Companies that negotiate with airlines to buy and resell seats on flights at bargain rates are what? -
Answer-Consolidators
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) performs what functions? - Answer-Accredits travel agencies,
supplies documents for use in selling airline tickets , and provides a centralized system for processing
sales of airline tickets
This type of airline routing is similar to a round trip except that the passenger returns to a different city
than the point of origin. - Answer-Open-jaw
What describes a "blackout date"? - Answer-Airlines promotional fares are not available
What does a wide-bodied plane indicate? - Answer-That is has two aisles and a middle section of seats
This train, launched in 2000 by Amtrak, offers high speed service between Boston, New York, and
Washington. - Answer-Acela Express
What factors make an impact on the cost of a hotel room? - Answer-Location of the hotel, location of
the room within the hotel, the room size and furnishing, the occupancy, the meal (plan), the day and
season, the price level and currency value, and the special facilities and services offered, or any special
rates.
What is the name of Canada's passenger train network linking Canadian cities from the Atlantic coast to
the Pacific coast? - Answer-VIA Rail
, What are rates quoted without commission called? - Answer-Net rates
Cruises to the northern and western Caribbean and to the Bahamas typically depart from Florida. Where
do those to the southern Caribbean depart from? - Answer-San Juan, Puerto Rico
Crystal Cruises, the Yachts of Seabourn, and Silversea are examples of what types of cruise lines? -
Answer-Luxury brands
The best place to put an ad that would target niche clients would be where? - Answer-A special-interest
magazine
What kind of tour is it that centers around mountaineering typically classified as? - Answer-Hard
adventure tour
In what area would you book someone on a cruise in order to visit the pots of Barcelona, Spain; Cannes
and Nice in the French Riviera; or Livorno, Italy? - Answer-The Mediterranean
How could you best avoid the problem of a tour company bankruptcy and lost deposits? - Answer-Sell
travel packages only of tour operators who belong to associations with consumer protection plans
The ARC provides what documents? - Answer-Passport, prepaid ticket advice, and miscellaneous charge
order
What is a departure tax? - Answer-A tax travelers pay when leaving a country
International travelers today deal with fewer differences in currency than they did a few years ago
thanks to the number of countries that have adopted what currency? - Answer-The Euro
