TAP (Travel Agent Proficiency Test)
Questions And Correct Answers
Companies that negotiate with airlines to buy and resell seats on flights at bargain
rates are what?
Consolidators
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) performs what functions?
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.
Open-jaw
What describes a "blackout date"?
Airlines promotional fares are not available
What does a wide-bodied plane indicate?
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.
Acela Express
What factors make an impact on the cost of a hotel room?
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?
VIA Rail
What are rates quoted without commission called?
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?
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Questions And Correct Answers
Companies that negotiate with airlines to buy and resell seats on flights at bargain
rates are what?
Consolidators
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) performs what functions?
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.
Open-jaw
What describes a "blackout date"?
Airlines promotional fares are not available
What does a wide-bodied plane indicate?
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.
Acela Express
What factors make an impact on the cost of a hotel room?
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?
VIA Rail
What are rates quoted without commission called?
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?
San Juan, Puerto Rico
