Chapter 05

Transportation

Test your knowledge

Chapter 5: Transportation Quiz

Test your knowledge of the transportation chapter material!

1 / 10

True or false: U.S. airlines are government-regulated, meaning there is federal control over things as fares, routes, and market entry of new airlines.

2 / 10

True or false: Travel as a business sector is largely independent to the overall health of the economy.

3 / 10

True or false: Yield management is, at its core, the science of extracting the most money out of customers based on their willingness (or need) to fly.

4 / 10

True or false: It will not matter if you are familiar with the industry equipment when speaking with executives, pilots, or engineers.

5 / 10

_____ is the percentage of available seats occupied by paying passengers.

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Railroads must file with the ________ if they want to abandon services that generate little traffic or are no longer used.

7 / 10

Where could you find safety information specific to railroads?

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______ is the practice by some airlines of selling more seats than exist on a flight, based on historical performance, to protect themselves from no-shows.

9 / 10

What is an airplane with one aisle between the seats called?

10 / 10

_______ is a practice in the airline industry where an airline clusters their flights at their hub to arrive and depart within short periods of time to reduce connection times for passengers.

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