GUIDE TO HOTEL INDUSTRY ANALYTICS AND CERTIFICATION EXAM – 200+ PRACTICE QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS

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GUIDE TO HOTEL INDUSTRY ANALYTICS

AND CERTIFICATION |ACTUAL

290Qs&As|ALREADY GRADED A+

1. The formula for Occupancy Percentage is:

A) (Number of rooms sold / Number of rooms available) × 100

B) (Number of rooms available / Number of rooms sold) × 100

C) (Total revenue / Number of rooms sold)

D) (Number of rooms sold × ADR) / Number of rooms available




Answer: A – Occupancy = (Rooms Sold / Available Rooms) ×

100.

Rationale: Available rooms include all rooms in inventory,

including out-of-order rooms unless otherwise specified.

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2. Average Daily Rate (ADR) is calculated as:

A) Total rooms revenue / Number of rooms sold

B) Total hotel revenue / Number of rooms sold

C) Total rooms revenue / Number of rooms available

D) Total rooms revenue / Occupancy percentage




Answer: A – ADR = Room Revenue / Rooms Sold (excluding

complimentary rooms).

Rationale: ADR measures the average rate paid per occupied

room. It is a key pricing metric.




3. RevPAR (Revenue Per Available Room) can be calculated in

two ways:

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A) ADR × Occupancy OR Rooms Revenue / Available Rooms

B) ADR + Occupancy

C) Total hotel revenue / Available Rooms

D) Rooms Revenue × Occupancy




Answer: A – RevPAR = ADR × Occupancy percentage = Room

Revenue / Available Rooms.

Rationale: RevPAR is the industry’s top-line performance metric,

combining rate and occupancy.




**4. If a hotel has 200 rooms, sells 150 rooms at an average

rate of

180

,

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