EVENT PLANNING STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A technology that has been used to capture customer information at events is: -
✔✔Lead retrieval system
✔✔A technology used at events to poll attendees is: - ✔✔Audience response system
✔✔All of the following are ways that technology has impacted convention centers
except: - ✔✔-Using the Internet for marketing -Online registration
-The development of portable electronic storage devices
-All have impacted convention centers*
✔✔When should information about the next year's meeting be ready to go live online? -
✔✔The day this year's meeting concludes
✔✔Which of these is not an example of an event app? - ✔✔Quickmobile, event mobi,
double dutch (these are all event apps)
✔✔CAD stands for: - ✔✔Computer Aided Design
✔✔APEX stands for: - ✔✔Accepted Practices Exchange
✔✔NFC stands for: - ✔✔Near Field Communication
✔✔The so-called "triple bottom line" of reasons to go green is called" - ✔✔People,
planet, and profit
✔✔The term "greenwashing"
refers to - ✔✔Any misrepresentation by a company that leads the consumer to believe
that their policies and products are environmentally responsible when those comments
are false, misleading, or cannot be verified
✔✔CSR stands for: - ✔✔corporate social responsibility
✔✔A program that allows planners to easily see which destination sites have the least
amount of carbon emissions generated by air travel based on points of origin is -
✔✔Carbon footprint calculator
✔✔A phrase referring to individual action that a person (or company) can consciously
take to curb harmful effects on the environment through consumer habits, behavior, and
lifestyle is: - ✔✔Going green
, ✔✔The "Green Movement" was first started in - ✔✔In the 1960s
✔✔Ninety percent of an event's carbon footprint comes: - ✔✔Air travel
✔✔What two organization have developed the nine standards for sustainable meetings
and events? - ✔✔EPA and GMIC
✔✔The measure of the impact human activities have on the environment due to the
release of greenhouse gases is called: - ✔✔Carbon footprint
✔✔An example of a carbon offset program is: - ✔✔Planting trees
✔✔Program planning for associations usually begins - ✔✔Months and sometimes years
before the event
✔✔What is a needs analysis? - ✔✔Method of determining expectations for a particular
meeting
✔✔What is the first step in a needs analysis? - ✔✔Know who your attendees are
✔✔Which of the following should take place before the RFP? - ✔✔Both meeting
objectives are clearly defined and the basic location and logistics are drafted
✔✔When do the negotiations between the meeting planner and the sales department of
a facility begin? - ✔✔As soon as the planner receives a written bid from the facility
✔✔Which of the following is not one of the SMART objectives? - ✔✔All are SMART
objectives
✔✔The EIC has created a standardized format for this document - ✔✔The RFP
✔✔Which of the following is not a stakeholder? - ✔✔The producing organization, the
exhibitors, and the sponsors (they are all stakeholders)
✔✔Expenses incurred regardless of the number of attendees are called - ✔✔Fixed
costs
✔✔Which of the following is identified as a challenge of using volunteer speakers? -
✔✔They may not adequately prepare for the presentation, they may not be good
presenters, and they may have a personal agenda about the topic (all of these are
challenges of using volunteer speakers)
✔✔BEO stands for: - ✔✔Banquet event order
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A technology that has been used to capture customer information at events is: -
✔✔Lead retrieval system
✔✔A technology used at events to poll attendees is: - ✔✔Audience response system
✔✔All of the following are ways that technology has impacted convention centers
except: - ✔✔-Using the Internet for marketing -Online registration
-The development of portable electronic storage devices
-All have impacted convention centers*
✔✔When should information about the next year's meeting be ready to go live online? -
✔✔The day this year's meeting concludes
✔✔Which of these is not an example of an event app? - ✔✔Quickmobile, event mobi,
double dutch (these are all event apps)
✔✔CAD stands for: - ✔✔Computer Aided Design
✔✔APEX stands for: - ✔✔Accepted Practices Exchange
✔✔NFC stands for: - ✔✔Near Field Communication
✔✔The so-called "triple bottom line" of reasons to go green is called" - ✔✔People,
planet, and profit
✔✔The term "greenwashing"
refers to - ✔✔Any misrepresentation by a company that leads the consumer to believe
that their policies and products are environmentally responsible when those comments
are false, misleading, or cannot be verified
✔✔CSR stands for: - ✔✔corporate social responsibility
✔✔A program that allows planners to easily see which destination sites have the least
amount of carbon emissions generated by air travel based on points of origin is -
✔✔Carbon footprint calculator
✔✔A phrase referring to individual action that a person (or company) can consciously
take to curb harmful effects on the environment through consumer habits, behavior, and
lifestyle is: - ✔✔Going green
, ✔✔The "Green Movement" was first started in - ✔✔In the 1960s
✔✔Ninety percent of an event's carbon footprint comes: - ✔✔Air travel
✔✔What two organization have developed the nine standards for sustainable meetings
and events? - ✔✔EPA and GMIC
✔✔The measure of the impact human activities have on the environment due to the
release of greenhouse gases is called: - ✔✔Carbon footprint
✔✔An example of a carbon offset program is: - ✔✔Planting trees
✔✔Program planning for associations usually begins - ✔✔Months and sometimes years
before the event
✔✔What is a needs analysis? - ✔✔Method of determining expectations for a particular
meeting
✔✔What is the first step in a needs analysis? - ✔✔Know who your attendees are
✔✔Which of the following should take place before the RFP? - ✔✔Both meeting
objectives are clearly defined and the basic location and logistics are drafted
✔✔When do the negotiations between the meeting planner and the sales department of
a facility begin? - ✔✔As soon as the planner receives a written bid from the facility
✔✔Which of the following is not one of the SMART objectives? - ✔✔All are SMART
objectives
✔✔The EIC has created a standardized format for this document - ✔✔The RFP
✔✔Which of the following is not a stakeholder? - ✔✔The producing organization, the
exhibitors, and the sponsors (they are all stakeholders)
✔✔Expenses incurred regardless of the number of attendees are called - ✔✔Fixed
costs
✔✔Which of the following is identified as a challenge of using volunteer speakers? -
✔✔They may not adequately prepare for the presentation, they may not be good
presenters, and they may have a personal agenda about the topic (all of these are
challenges of using volunteer speakers)
✔✔BEO stands for: - ✔✔Banquet event order
