HAMG 2337 Hospitality Facilities Management Final Exams Flashcards
Convection heat loss reduces body temperature by way of:
B – Transferring heat by moving cooler air over the body.
What is normally called “the temperature” of a guestroom is known in the HVAC industry as:
D – The dry bulb temperature
In the vapor compression refrigeration cycle, the refrigerant is the first ______ in the evaporator unit, then moved to the compressor and condenser units.
Boiled
The energy efficiency ratio (EER) of cooling equipment can be calculated by:
D – Dividing the amount of cooling achieved by the amount of energy used.
The centralized HVAC system offering the greatest room temperature flexibility is the:
Four-pipe system
The basic job of a thermostat is to:
Since the temperature of the air at the thermostat and signal an HVAC unit to either turn on or turn off.
Water is cooled in a cooling tower by a process of:
Evaporation
The concept known as thermal storage conserves energy by:
Using stored ice and cold water for cooling during periods of high energy cost.
A light source’s ability to provide a perceived color similar to that which results from sunlight is known as the source’s:
Color rendition
Illumination is typically measured in:
Footcandles or lumens
What are the drawbacks to natural light?
It can create a substantial heat gain within a building.
David, the maintenance manager at the Riaston Hotel, purchased some replacement lamps for the hotel’s guestrooms. The lamps have a lamp life of 1,000 hours; the means that each lamp is:
Expected to last for approximately 1.000 hours before burning out.
What is the most common type of electric discharge lamp?
Fluorescent
“Strike time” refers to:
The time required for a lamp to reach full output from a cold start.
Sarah is considering buying a luminaire with a visual comfort probability (VCP) rating of 90. What does this tell her about the luminaire?
Most people would not find this luminaire objectionable due to glare.
Exit signs must operate:
C – 24/7 (24 hours a day, every day)
Why should plastic luminaires be air-dried?
Wiping them dry might give them a new static charge.
Some current and most older electric discharge lamps present special disposal problems because they contain:
Small amounts of mercury
You manage a large hotel’s on-premises laundry. One of the laundry-room workers, whose job it is to remove laundry from laundry carts and sort it, comes to you with a complaint – his back is hurting from constantly bending over to reach down into the bottom of the carts to retrieve the laundry. He says that other workers are experiencing similar problems with carts, which are simple canvas laundry carts from three to four feet deep. Which of the following actions is the best solution to this problem?
Replace the hotel’s carts with “raising platform” carts
Laundry chutes:
Must be regularly checked for lint and dirt.
A cool-down cycle:
A and C: Helps prevent laundry from wrinkling; can be a feature of both washer-extractors and dyers.
What happens to no-iron fabrics that are subjected to “thermal shock” in a washing machine?
The no-iron fabrics become wrinkled.
Top-transfer tunnel washers:
Drain the water from the laundry before moving it along to the next bath within the washer.
Usually, the most economical heat source for a dryer is:
Gas
What is the most common and costly mistake institutional laundries make when drying laundry?
Underloading the dryers
Which of the following statements about designing an on-premises laundry is true?
A cement floor with easily cleanable drains is ideal for an on-premises laundry.
“Water hammer” occurs when:
Water flowing rapidly through a pipe is abruptly stopped.
Regarding an on-premises laundry, the engineering department is responsible for:
A and C: Maintaining laundry equipment; keeping the laundry’s utility costs within budget.
To seal penetrations of the roof by equipment, _____ is installed under the roofing material and up the sides of the equipment.
Flashing
You are the manager of a downtown restaurant. Recently, you have begun having problems with graffiti being sprayed onto the outside masonry walls of the restaurant. You’ve just repainted, and the restaurant looks great, but you don’t want to have to repair it constantly. What can you do to make it easier to clean graffiti off the walls?
Apply a clear acrylic sealer to the walls
Exterior walls should be inspected at least:
Once every six months
Which of the following is not true about a hydraulic elevator system?
Counterweights help the elevator move up and down
Joints in concrete are used to:
Control the location of cracks
When a concrete slab develops hairline cracks that form a map-like pattern on the slab’s surface, the slab is experiencing a condition called:
Crazing
An advantage of using universal parking spaces to comply with the ADA is that:
A and B: no “van accessible” signs are needed spaces can accommodate either vans or cars.
The purpose of a stormwater drainage system is to:
Carry rainwater away from the property
To “exercise” a valve is to:
Fully open and close it
Why is it important for the hotel’s maintenance department to keep the blades of the hotel’s lawnmowers sharp?
If the blades are sharp, the grass is cut, not ripped, and is, therefore, less susceptible to disease.
The process for developing a new hotel typically takes approximately:
Three to four years
The first design phase of a hotel construction project is called:
Schematic design
What is a Porte cochere?
It is a canopy designed to protect guests from inclement weather and provide visual emphasis to a hotel’s main entrance.
The double-loaded slab guestroom floor configuration features:
Rooms on both sides of a central corridor
The most efficient guestroom floor configuration in terms of saleable gross floor area is:
Double-loaded slab
Hotel public space is the:
Lobby
A hotel’s front office should always be located:
Adjacent to the front desk
The largest back-of-the-house area in most hotels and the one requiring the most design attention is:
The kitchen and food production area
Major renovations are usually done on a _____ cycle.
12-to 15-year
A facility life-cycle cost study is a:
Space-by-space schedule of the projected renovation needs for a given building over a very long time horizon (such as 20 to 30 years).
Which of the following estimating methods is the most accurate?
Unit-price estimate
Why is it a good idea to hire design professionals for all but the very smallest renovation projects?
Designers know about the most current construction materials and technology. Designers can provide the documents needed by local building officials. Designers can make sure the renovation meets building code requirements. – All of the above.
