TAP PRACTICE EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
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
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
