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Career Orientation Basics
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literacy
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Risk
Persistent
Related Occupations
Compromise
2. The prospect for the future of a job or career
GED certificate
Employment Outlook
Law of Demand
Producer
3. A course or program that teaches job skills
Law of Supply
Vocational
Personality
Ethnic
4. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Procedure
Identity
Post-secondary education
Scholarships
5. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
ArkOscar
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Listening Skills
Sick Leave
6. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
On-the-job training (OJT)
Aptitude
Qualification
Discrimination
7. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
OOH
Elective
Discrimination
Job lead
8. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Evaluate
Job lead
Career Interest Area
9. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Outsourcing
Enterprise
OOH
Interest
10. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Networking
Interview
Listening Skills
Career Goal
11. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Short-Term Goal
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Information Technology
Interest Inventory
12. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Discrimination
Compromise
Commission
Prerequisite
13. Personal standards by which one lives
Priortize
Values
Self-Esteem
Compromise
14. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Self-Concept
Self-Esteem
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Volunteering
15. The choice between two or more possibilities
Decision
Seasonal Work
On-the-job training (OJT)
Full-Time Job
16. Temporary work during the summer
Vendor
Information Technology
Salary
Seasonal Work
17. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Job Market
Human Services
Information Technology
Ethnic
18. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Vocational
Career
Scholarships
Government and Public Administration
19. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Consumer
Apprenticeship
Identity
classifieds
20. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Career Portfolio
Specializing
Internship
Assessment
21. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Health Science
Learning Style
Specializing
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
22. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Producer
Profit
Enterprise
Business Management and Administration
23. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Free Enterprise System
Career Action Plan
Persistent
Ability
24. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Volunteering
Compromise
Associate degree
Career Ladder
25. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Specializing
Long-Term Goal
Prerequisite
Education and Training
26. Someone who sells goods or services
Fee
Risk
Vendor
Law of Demand
27. Clash of ideas or values
Conflict
Work Values
Follow-up Letter
Screen out
28. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Resume
Career Goal
Personality Type
Networking
29. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Producer
Union
Payroll
Salary
30. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Law of Demand
Decision
Discrimination
Full-Time Job
31. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Education/Training Requirements
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Internet
Year-to-date earnings
32. Employment during special seasons
Annual Leave
Punctuality
Occupation
Temporary Jobs
33. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Career Portfolio
Reference
Aptitude
Entry-Level Jobs
34. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Interest
Working Conditions
Overtime
Deduction
35. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Professional
Deduction
career cluster
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
36. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Learning Style
Demographics
OOH
Applicant
37. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Payroll
Global Economy
Consumer
38. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Compromise
Learning Style
Business Plan
Punctuality
39. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Personality Type
Laws of supply and demand
Base Pay
Values
40. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Interest Inventory
Plan
Union dues
Demographics
41. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Part-Time Jobs
Union dues
Job Shadowing
Outsourcing
42. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate school
Application form
Salary
Deduction
43. Collection of information about oneself
Producer
Time Management
Career Portfolio
Entry-Level Jobs
44. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Salary
Long-Term Goal
Employment Outlook
Career Ladder
45. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Interest Inventory
Work ethic
Listening Skills
On-the-job training (OJT)
46. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Financial aid
Apprenticeship
Contract Labor
Related Occupations
47. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Procrastinator
Economy
Scholarships
Work ethic
48. A skill that has been developed
Outsourcing
Ability
Plan
Union
49. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Work Environment
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Salary
Career Action Plan
50. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Vendor
Help-wanted ads
Scholarships
Graduate school