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Career Orientation Basics
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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. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
career cluster
Interview
Education and Training
Job Market
2. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Ethnic
Internet
Applicant
Career Goal
3. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Orientation
Human Services
Co-worker
career cluster
4. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Follow-up Letter
Net pay
Partnership
Credit
5. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Bi-Weekly Pay
Graduate school
Compromise
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
6. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Union
Business Management and Administration
Salary Range
7. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Compromise
Work Values
Interest Inventory
Lifestyle
8. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Gross pay
Associate degree
Annual Leave
Wage
9. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Risk
Brain Orientation
Check Stub
Schedule
10. A course or program that teaches job skills
Vendor
Full-Time Job
Professional
Vocational
11. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Demographics
Time Management
GED certificate
Professional
12. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Values
Information Technology
Professional
Scholarships
13. The choice between two or more possibilities
Resource
Education/Training Requirements
GED certificate
Decision
14. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Schedule
GED certificate
Procrastinator
15. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Year-to-date earnings
Self-Esteem
Resource
Human Services
16. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
O*Net
Laws of supply and demand
career cluster
Bachelor's degree
17. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Semi-monthly Pay
Partnership
Apprenticeship
Co-worker
18. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Long-Term Goal
Full-Time Job
Part-Time Jobs
Assessment
19. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
OOH
Prerequisite
Compromise
Entry-Level Jobs
20. A person applying for a job
Salary
Applicant
Punctuality
Graduate school
21. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Prerequisite
Wage
Internship
Profit
22. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Related Occupations
Job
Elective
Deduction
23. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Bachelor's degree
Job Outlook
Discrimination
Salary
24. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Priortize
Job Shadowing
GED certificate
Skill
25. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Hospitality and Tourism
Procrastinator
Human Services
Help-wanted ads
26. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Values
Orientation
Salary Range
Work
27. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Year-to-date earnings
Procrastinator
Human Services
Temporary Jobs
28. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Resume
Work
Ethnic
Networking
29. Employment during special seasons
Employment Agency
Prerequisite
Temporary Jobs
Interview
30. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Technology
Employment Outlook
Fee
Human Services
31. Typical way of life
Competition
Study Skills
Lifestyle
Short-Term Goal
32. Temporary work during the summer
Seasonal Work
Overtime
Tuition
Work Values
33. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Year-to-date earnings
Decision-Making Process
Punctuality
Union
34. To look at closely and judge
Sick Leave
Decision-Making Process
Credit
Evaluate
35. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate school
Persistent
Outsourcing
Check Stub
36. A thank you letter written following an interview
Follow-up Letter
Tuition
Work Values
Technical
37. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Contract Labor
Sick Leave
Net pay
Time Management
38. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Vocational
Career Action Plan
Specializing
Part-Time Jobs
39. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Long-Term Goal
Learning Style
Priortize
Global Economy
40. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Professional
Salary Range
career cluster
Wage
41. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Loss
Compromise
Business Plan
Full-Time Job
42. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Part-Time Jobs
Attitude
Screen out
Salary
43. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Manufacturing
Work Environment
Self-Concept
Resource
44. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Stock
Education/Training Requirements
Identity
Salary Range
45. A person who owns stock in a company
Lifestyle
Stockholder
Skill
OOH
46. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Producer
Long-Term Goal
Overtime
Competition
47. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Values Compromise
Bi-Weekly Pay
Credit
Wage
48. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Research
Specializing
Temporary Jobs
Listening Skills
49. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Help-wanted ads
Entrepreneur
Compromise
Work ethic
50. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Business Plan
Tentative Decision
Profit