HMGT 3200 EXAMS 1-3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
Hotel employees have the legal right to enter occupied guestrooms for certain
purposes. Which of the following is not one of those purposes? - ANSWER To see if the
guest has stolen property
If a hotel guest is taken ill with a contagious disease, the hotelkeeper can lawfully evict
the guest: - ANSWER after notifying the guest to leave in a careful manner and at an
appropriate hour provided such eviction does not imperill the guest's life
Which of the following statements regarding a hotel's duty to protect its guest is true -
ANSWER Hotels must exercise reasonable care to prevent injury to a guest.
A hotel can evict an individual who is not a guest for which of the following reasons? -
ANSWER The non-guest breaks one or more of the hotel's reasonable rules; the
non-guest is not a visitor of a registered guest and has no intention of becoming a guest
of the hotel; the non-guest is a non-visitor of a registered guest and is a nuisance to
registered guests (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
Which of the following statements about a hotel's liability for the loss of guests' property
is true? - ANSWER State statues often significantly limit a hotel's liability for the loss of
guests' property.
Under common law if a guest places his/her coat with a coat check and the hotel has
exclusive control over it and the coat is lost, the hotel; - ANSWER Is liable for the coat.
What is a hotel's liability for automobiles belonging to guests? - ANSWER The hotel may
be held liable for a guest's automobile should it be lost or damaged, but the scope of the
hotel's duty and the legal standard of care to which the hotel may be vary from state to
state.
To become a bailee, a hotel must; - ANSWER Assume possession and control over
property
(T/F) Is it permissible for an innkeeper to enter a guest room in order to check status of
the room. - ANSWER True
(T/F) Your hotel is being sued for an injury, which occurred on hotel property. The
hotel's hired lawyer will likely take the case on contingent fee basis. - ANSWER False.
(Since the hotel will most likely lose this case, the lawyer would not take the case on
contingent fee basis because the lawyer would only be paid if they win the case.)
If a hotel takes possession of a non-guest's property and the property is lost and the
, non-guest sues the hotel, the hotel; - ANSWER Has the burden of proof to show that it
complied with the required standard of care with respect to the property.
To receive the benefits of statutory limits on its liability, a hotel typically must: - ANSWER
Strictly comply with statutory regulations.
A hotel should allow examination of the guest register if; - ANSWER A court order is
present
(T/F) Real Estate is personal property; - ANSWER False. (Personal property is
considered movable objects like luggage or a coat. Real Estate is real property)
(T/F) Under common law innkeeper could refuse to receive anyone they choose
regardless if the refusal related to the operations as an inn; - ANSWER False. (it is a
general rule that a hotel cannot refuse accommodations to anyone seeking them, with
limited exceptions such criminals, intoxication, disorderly, unclean & unkempt, or
suffering from contagious disease)
A hotel has an affirmative duty not to allow unregistered and unauthorized third parties
access to a guests room because - ANSWER The guest has rights and privacy of a
peaceful possession.
A guest arrives at a restaurant and as a courtesy the host hangs guest's coat on a public
coat rack. The coat is then stolen, was there bailment? - ANSWER No
When a hotel has paid for a room - ANSWER The hotel generally has no authority to
permit anyone to search the guest's room without a search warrant
(T/F) A guest placed an item at a certain location and then forgot where it was. The
guest had no intention to give up the property. This is definition of mislaid property. -
ANSWER True
This person only gains a mere license to use a room - ANSWER Guest
(T/F) In a court of Equity a jury hears the case and issues an equitable verdict. -
ANSWER False. (There is no jury; only a judge hears the case for equitable resolution)
Which of the following statement is false? - ANSWER A guest's right to privacy in the
guestroom exists even if the room rent is in arrears.
100% CORRECT
Hotel employees have the legal right to enter occupied guestrooms for certain
purposes. Which of the following is not one of those purposes? - ANSWER To see if the
guest has stolen property
If a hotel guest is taken ill with a contagious disease, the hotelkeeper can lawfully evict
the guest: - ANSWER after notifying the guest to leave in a careful manner and at an
appropriate hour provided such eviction does not imperill the guest's life
Which of the following statements regarding a hotel's duty to protect its guest is true -
ANSWER Hotels must exercise reasonable care to prevent injury to a guest.
A hotel can evict an individual who is not a guest for which of the following reasons? -
ANSWER The non-guest breaks one or more of the hotel's reasonable rules; the
non-guest is not a visitor of a registered guest and has no intention of becoming a guest
of the hotel; the non-guest is a non-visitor of a registered guest and is a nuisance to
registered guests (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
Which of the following statements about a hotel's liability for the loss of guests' property
is true? - ANSWER State statues often significantly limit a hotel's liability for the loss of
guests' property.
Under common law if a guest places his/her coat with a coat check and the hotel has
exclusive control over it and the coat is lost, the hotel; - ANSWER Is liable for the coat.
What is a hotel's liability for automobiles belonging to guests? - ANSWER The hotel may
be held liable for a guest's automobile should it be lost or damaged, but the scope of the
hotel's duty and the legal standard of care to which the hotel may be vary from state to
state.
To become a bailee, a hotel must; - ANSWER Assume possession and control over
property
(T/F) Is it permissible for an innkeeper to enter a guest room in order to check status of
the room. - ANSWER True
(T/F) Your hotel is being sued for an injury, which occurred on hotel property. The
hotel's hired lawyer will likely take the case on contingent fee basis. - ANSWER False.
(Since the hotel will most likely lose this case, the lawyer would not take the case on
contingent fee basis because the lawyer would only be paid if they win the case.)
If a hotel takes possession of a non-guest's property and the property is lost and the
, non-guest sues the hotel, the hotel; - ANSWER Has the burden of proof to show that it
complied with the required standard of care with respect to the property.
To receive the benefits of statutory limits on its liability, a hotel typically must: - ANSWER
Strictly comply with statutory regulations.
A hotel should allow examination of the guest register if; - ANSWER A court order is
present
(T/F) Real Estate is personal property; - ANSWER False. (Personal property is
considered movable objects like luggage or a coat. Real Estate is real property)
(T/F) Under common law innkeeper could refuse to receive anyone they choose
regardless if the refusal related to the operations as an inn; - ANSWER False. (it is a
general rule that a hotel cannot refuse accommodations to anyone seeking them, with
limited exceptions such criminals, intoxication, disorderly, unclean & unkempt, or
suffering from contagious disease)
A hotel has an affirmative duty not to allow unregistered and unauthorized third parties
access to a guests room because - ANSWER The guest has rights and privacy of a
peaceful possession.
A guest arrives at a restaurant and as a courtesy the host hangs guest's coat on a public
coat rack. The coat is then stolen, was there bailment? - ANSWER No
When a hotel has paid for a room - ANSWER The hotel generally has no authority to
permit anyone to search the guest's room without a search warrant
(T/F) A guest placed an item at a certain location and then forgot where it was. The
guest had no intention to give up the property. This is definition of mislaid property. -
ANSWER True
This person only gains a mere license to use a room - ANSWER Guest
(T/F) In a court of Equity a jury hears the case and issues an equitable verdict. -
ANSWER False. (There is no jury; only a judge hears the case for equitable resolution)
Which of the following statement is false? - ANSWER A guest's right to privacy in the
guestroom exists even if the room rent is in arrears.
