9.
Why do some people undertake pilgrimages to
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DIPLOMA IN TOURISM TECHNOLOGY
Tourism and Hospitality 2
Pre-lim & Pre-midterm Examination
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Why do people seek travel as a means of escape?
a. To visit family and friends
b. To experience diverse and exciting environments
c. To follow a routine and meet job demands
d. To enjoy the familiarity of surroundings
2. According to Russ Johnston, what does travel
provide in terms of diversity?
a. Familiar surroundings
b. Commonplace experiences
c. New and exciting environments
d. Routine and demands
3. What motivates health-related travel according
to the passage?
a. Seeking adventure
b. The desire for social contact
c. The pursuit of knowledge
d. Regaining energy and interest in life
4. Why is health tourism expected to become more
popular in the future?
a. Due to advancements in sports medicine
b. Because of the rise in industrialization
c. As populations age in industrialized societies
d. Because of increased interest in spa resorts
5. What motivates people to engage in sports-
related travel?
a. To seek spiritual experiences
b. To relieve boredom from work
c. To satisfy personal values
d. To gain status and prestige
6. Why does travel often grow out of the social
nature of people?
a. To gain status and prestige
b. To escape from the daily routine
c. To develop friendships and social connections
d. To indulge in sports activities
7. How does travel contribute to ego and self-
enhancement?
a. By escaping from the familiar
b. By mingling with the wealthy and social elite
c. By participating in sports activities
d. By seeking knowledge and truth
8. What motivates travel for education according
to the passage?
a. The search for beauty in the environment
b. Personal values such as patriotism
c. The urge to learn and gain knowledge
d. Seeking a new cultural experience
religious sites?
a. To shop and bargain for special merchandise
b. To satisfy personal values like patriotism
c. To experience cross-cultural exchanges
d. To seek spiritual experiences
10. What motivates travel for the search for
natural beauty?
a. Professional and business motives
b. The desire for status and prestige
c. The urge to learn and gain knowledge
d. The need to see beautiful scenery in the
environment
11. Why do regular business travelers continue
their travel even if the cost of travel services
increases?
a. Because they are unemployed
b. Because the price is shouldered by the company
c. Because they have low-level jobs
d. Because they prefer personal income-driven
trips
12. Why is incentive travel growing in popularity?
a. To increase business traveler numbers
b. As a reward for employee accomplishments
c. To encourage employees to take vacations
d. To compete with pleasure/personal travel
13. How do active affluents in the "50 plus" age
bracket contribute to the tourism industry?
a. By avoiding travel
b. By targeting cultural enrichment and learning
experiences
c. By preferring short vacations
d. By staying in budget accommodations
14. What is the common objective of singles and
couples taking vacations?
a. To save money
b. To escape daily pressures and routines
c. To attend business meetings
d. To fulfill job-related needs
15. What motivates family pleasure travel trips,
as per the passage?
a. Educational experience for children
b. Cost savings
c. Business conferences
d. Individual self-fulfillment
IDENTIFICATION
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TOURISM
16. A type of travel motivation involves the
desire to escape from routine, family, and
neighbors.
17. A category of travel motivators associated
with the pursuit of hobbies, education, and
business-related trips.
18. A type of motivator that directly connected
with health, including physical rest and sports
participation.
19. The difference between a need and a want.
20. Enables a person to do something.
MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
21. Refer to the fundamental requirements for
human survival and well-being.
22. Represent the second level in the hierarchy
and involve the desire for security, stability,
and freedom from threats or danger. ESSAY
41-50. Discuss the impact of travel restraints on
23. Is the highest level in Abraham Maslow's global economies.
Hierarchy of Needs, representing the pinnacle of
human development and fulfillment.
24. These needs are associated with the desire for
interpersonal relationships, social connections,
and a sense of belonging.
25. Refers to the need for a positive self-image,
self-respect, and the recognition of one's
abilities and achievements.

TRAVEL MOTIVATORS
26. Motivates individuals to seek a break from
their routine, job, and the accelerated pace of
modern life?
27. Experiencing how other people live, and
fostering international understanding are some of
the reasons to satisfy curiosity about other
cultures, lifestyles, and places.
28. Motivates individuals to engage in activities
such as hiking, surfing, scuba diving, and
attending sports events like the Olympic Games
29. A travel motivator involves the desire for ego
enhancement, mingling with the wealthy, and
enhancing one's status in society?
30. Motivates individuals to travel for the
purpose of gaining knowledge and learning, often
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combining travel with academic pursuits
31. People undertake pilgrimages to religious
sites or visit places like Disneyland for PREPARED BY: QUENNIE C. GAYO
spiritual and wholesome experiences.
Answer key:
32. Motivates tourists to seek cross-cultural
exchanges, experience different lifestyles, and 1. B
foster international understanding.
2. C
33. A travel motivator that urges millions of
travelers go to tax-free ports like Hong Kong and 3. D
Singapore.
4. C
34. Travel for conferences and conventions about
education, commerce, and industry, often mixing 5. B
business with pleasure 6. C
35. The search for health and long life has
7. B
popularized spas, seaside resorts, as well as sun
resorts. 8. C

9. D
CLASSIFICATION OF TRAVELERS BASED ON PURPOSE OF 10. D
TRAVEL
11. B
36.It is travel given by firms to employees as a
reward for some accomplishment or to encourage 12. B
employees to achieve more than what is required.
13. B
37. People traveling for vacation or pleasure.
14. B
38. Are better educated, have higher household
incomes, and are more likely to have professional 15. A
and managerial positions.
16. Interpersonal Relations
39. A family pleasure travelers with parents aged
20-34 having preschool and/or grade school 17. Status and Prestige
children only.
18. Physical
40. Among business travelers, the cost of the trip
is shouldered by a company. 19. Awareness
20. Motives

21. Physiological Needs

22. Safety Need

23. Self-actualization

24. Social needs

25. Self-esteem

26. The Need for Escape or Change

27. Cultural Experience

28. Sports

29. Status and Prestige

30. Travel for Education

31. Personal Values

32. Cultural Experience

33. Shopping and Bargain Hunting

34. Professional and Business Motives

35. Travel for health

36. Incentive travelers

37. Pleasure/Personal Travelers

38. Resort travelers

39. Junior families

40. Regular business travelers

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Table of Specifications
Tourism and Hospitality 2
Pre-midterm
Easy Average Difficult

(Remembering/ Type of test

No. of (Application/ Analysis) (Evaluate/ Creating) Total No.
TOPICS Understanding)
MHD of Items

No.
No. of Item No. of Item Item
% % of %
Item Placement Item Placement Placement
Item
1. The Psychology of Tourism 5 16-20 5 Identification
2. Maslow’s Theory of Motivation and Travel
5 21-25 5 Identification
Motivations
3. Tourist Motivations 10 26-35 10 1-10 20 Multiple Choice
4. Classification of Travelers Based on
5 36-40 5 11-15 10 Multiple Choice
Purpose of Travel
5. Travel Constraints 10 41-50 10 Essay
Sub-Total 50 25 50% 15 30% 10 20% 50