CHIA CERTIFICATION COMPLETE
EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● What does a chain represent?
Answer: The hotel brand
●● There are __ chains in the US with 50,000 rooms or more and __
chains in the world with 75,000 rooms or more
Answer: 22; 24
●● Most people agree that _______ was the first chain.
Answer: Holiday Inn
●● Parent Companies
Answer: Consist of multiple chains; often the parent company will havea
variety of different types of chains
●● T/F A parent company may have a range of high-end, middle, and
low-end chains; or they may concentrate in one area
Answer: True
,●● What is the top parent company in the US?
Answer: Hilton Worldwide
●● Corporate hotel
Answer: A chain hotel owned or managed by the chain or the parent
company
●● Franchise hotel
Answer: A chain hotel run by a 3rd party where the chain receives some
sort of franchise fee
●● Independent hotel
Answer: Not affiliated with a chain or parent company
●● Of the 3 basic types of hotel operations (corporate, franchise, and
independent), which one has the most US properties? Which one has the
least?
Answer: Most=Franchise
Least=Corporate
●● Of the 3 basic types of hotel operations (corporate, franchise, and
independent), which one has the most worldwide properties? Which one
has the least?
Answer: Most=Independent
,Least=Corporate
●● What is the ratio of chain hotels vs. independent hotels in the US?
Answer: 70% are chain; 30% are independent
●● What is the ratio of chain hotels vs. independent hotels worldwide?
Answer: 40% are chain; 60% are independent
●● Management company
Answer: Operates a hotel for another party; the company has a
management contract where it receives payment/some portion of profits
●● T/F Some chains or parent companies manage their own hotels
Answer: True
●● Owner companies
Answer: There are many companies that own multiple hotels
●● Asset management company
Answer: Represents the owner in the operation of a hotel
●● T/F A hotel cannot have both a management company and an asset
management company
, Answer: False. They can.
●● T/F The Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express are 2 different chains
Answer: True
●● What are the 3 classifications of operation types?
Answer: 1. Corporate
2. Franchise
3. Independent
●● T/F There is a very strong trend for US hotels to expand
internationally because the opportunity for large US chains is there
Answer: True
●● Describe the average independent hotel in the US
Answer: Classified as Economy, Located in a Suburban area, and has 25
rooms or less
●● Most of the entities below are classified as chains. Which one is a
parent company consisting of multiple chains?
A. Hampton Inn
B. Motel 6
C. Choice
EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● What does a chain represent?
Answer: The hotel brand
●● There are __ chains in the US with 50,000 rooms or more and __
chains in the world with 75,000 rooms or more
Answer: 22; 24
●● Most people agree that _______ was the first chain.
Answer: Holiday Inn
●● Parent Companies
Answer: Consist of multiple chains; often the parent company will havea
variety of different types of chains
●● T/F A parent company may have a range of high-end, middle, and
low-end chains; or they may concentrate in one area
Answer: True
,●● What is the top parent company in the US?
Answer: Hilton Worldwide
●● Corporate hotel
Answer: A chain hotel owned or managed by the chain or the parent
company
●● Franchise hotel
Answer: A chain hotel run by a 3rd party where the chain receives some
sort of franchise fee
●● Independent hotel
Answer: Not affiliated with a chain or parent company
●● Of the 3 basic types of hotel operations (corporate, franchise, and
independent), which one has the most US properties? Which one has the
least?
Answer: Most=Franchise
Least=Corporate
●● Of the 3 basic types of hotel operations (corporate, franchise, and
independent), which one has the most worldwide properties? Which one
has the least?
Answer: Most=Independent
,Least=Corporate
●● What is the ratio of chain hotels vs. independent hotels in the US?
Answer: 70% are chain; 30% are independent
●● What is the ratio of chain hotels vs. independent hotels worldwide?
Answer: 40% are chain; 60% are independent
●● Management company
Answer: Operates a hotel for another party; the company has a
management contract where it receives payment/some portion of profits
●● T/F Some chains or parent companies manage their own hotels
Answer: True
●● Owner companies
Answer: There are many companies that own multiple hotels
●● Asset management company
Answer: Represents the owner in the operation of a hotel
●● T/F A hotel cannot have both a management company and an asset
management company
, Answer: False. They can.
●● T/F The Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express are 2 different chains
Answer: True
●● What are the 3 classifications of operation types?
Answer: 1. Corporate
2. Franchise
3. Independent
●● T/F There is a very strong trend for US hotels to expand
internationally because the opportunity for large US chains is there
Answer: True
●● Describe the average independent hotel in the US
Answer: Classified as Economy, Located in a Suburban area, and has 25
rooms or less
●● Most of the entities below are classified as chains. Which one is a
parent company consisting of multiple chains?
A. Hampton Inn
B. Motel 6
C. Choice
