EVENT PLANNING CERT PREP | 50
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/2026
What is expected to have an impact in the events industry?
a. Globalization
b. Virtual meetings
c. The expanding role of event planners
d. All of the above ** Answers ** d. All of the above
Event planners are forecast to earn what percentage of their income
from Social Events?
a. 10 percent
b. 25 percent
c. 35 percent
d. 55 percent ** Answers ** c. 35 percent
When planning an event for a corporation, it is important to pay
careful attention to:
a. The CEO
b. The corporate culture
c. Following your unique vision for their event
d. The event budget ** Answers ** b. The corporate culture
At the end of an initial event consultation with a client, you should
be able to:
a. Record details of the event, to include party favors; centerpieces;
music; etc.
b. Select appropriate vendors for the event
c. Establish a vision or "mission statement" for the event
d. Finalize the budget for the event ** Answers ** c. Establish a
vision or "mission statement" for the event
You are planning a fundraising event for a non-profit and have
determined that a goal is to have 1,000 attendees. Which of the
following S.M.A.R.T. criteria does this fulfill?
a. S = Specific
b. M = Measurable
c. A = Attainable
d. R = Relevant ** Answers ** a. S = Specific
, If an event is privately hosted and the guests are known to the host,
approximately what percentage of the guests invited will NOT show
up?
a. 5 percent
b. 10 percent
c. 15 percent
d. 25 percent ** Answers ** d. 25 percent
When forming an Event Committee, the role of event Chairperson
should go to:
a. Someone with the ability to make decisions
b. Yourself
c. Someone who can help focus the work of the committee
d. Both a. and c. ** Answers ** d. Both a. and c.
When planning an event budget, what should you remember to
include in your calculations to offset event costs?
a. Profits
b. Revenue
c. Tips
d. Both a. and c. ** Answers ** b. Revenue
When putting an event's crisis response team together:
a. Decide who will handle communications with emergency
personnel, the press, etc.
b. Put together the team on the day of the event and make a plan
c. Do a run through of a staged emergency
d. Both a. and c. ** Answers ** d. Both a. and c.
When securing permission or permits for an event, you should:
a. Get permits squared away as soon as possible
b. Make sure you get permission in writing
c. Understand local ordinances and procedures
d. All of the above ** Answers ** d. All of the above
For a theater style room layout, allow about _____ square feet per
event participant.
a. 2
b. 5
c. 10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/2026
What is expected to have an impact in the events industry?
a. Globalization
b. Virtual meetings
c. The expanding role of event planners
d. All of the above ** Answers ** d. All of the above
Event planners are forecast to earn what percentage of their income
from Social Events?
a. 10 percent
b. 25 percent
c. 35 percent
d. 55 percent ** Answers ** c. 35 percent
When planning an event for a corporation, it is important to pay
careful attention to:
a. The CEO
b. The corporate culture
c. Following your unique vision for their event
d. The event budget ** Answers ** b. The corporate culture
At the end of an initial event consultation with a client, you should
be able to:
a. Record details of the event, to include party favors; centerpieces;
music; etc.
b. Select appropriate vendors for the event
c. Establish a vision or "mission statement" for the event
d. Finalize the budget for the event ** Answers ** c. Establish a
vision or "mission statement" for the event
You are planning a fundraising event for a non-profit and have
determined that a goal is to have 1,000 attendees. Which of the
following S.M.A.R.T. criteria does this fulfill?
a. S = Specific
b. M = Measurable
c. A = Attainable
d. R = Relevant ** Answers ** a. S = Specific
, If an event is privately hosted and the guests are known to the host,
approximately what percentage of the guests invited will NOT show
up?
a. 5 percent
b. 10 percent
c. 15 percent
d. 25 percent ** Answers ** d. 25 percent
When forming an Event Committee, the role of event Chairperson
should go to:
a. Someone with the ability to make decisions
b. Yourself
c. Someone who can help focus the work of the committee
d. Both a. and c. ** Answers ** d. Both a. and c.
When planning an event budget, what should you remember to
include in your calculations to offset event costs?
a. Profits
b. Revenue
c. Tips
d. Both a. and c. ** Answers ** b. Revenue
When putting an event's crisis response team together:
a. Decide who will handle communications with emergency
personnel, the press, etc.
b. Put together the team on the day of the event and make a plan
c. Do a run through of a staged emergency
d. Both a. and c. ** Answers ** d. Both a. and c.
When securing permission or permits for an event, you should:
a. Get permits squared away as soon as possible
b. Make sure you get permission in writing
c. Understand local ordinances and procedures
d. All of the above ** Answers ** d. All of the above
For a theater style room layout, allow about _____ square feet per
event participant.
a. 2
b. 5
c. 10
