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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. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Goods
Vocation
Temporary Jobs
Check Stub
2. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Research
Internet
Technical
Temporary Jobs
3. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Fee
Personality Trait
Risk
Career Ladder
4. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Sick Leave
Career Interest Area
Personnel
Letter of Application
5. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Tuition
Loss
Career Goal
Year-to-date earnings
6. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Decision-Making Process
Enterprise
Gross pay
Union dues
7. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Personality
Corporation
Attitude
Base Pay
8. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Laws of supply and demand
OOH
Career Interest Area
9. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Graduate school
Job Duty
Sick Leave
Services
10. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Deduction
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Temporary Jobs
On-the-job training (OJT)
11. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate school
Associate degree
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Career Ladder
12. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Networking
Career Interest Area
Bachelor's degree
Consumer
13. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Law of Supply
Professional
Elective
Loss
14. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Information Technology
Tuition
Research
Orientation
15. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Net pay
Lifestyle
Temporary Jobs
Orientation
16. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Employment Outlook
Networking
Decision
Part-Time Jobs
17. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Career Goal
Gross pay
Services
Semi-monthly Pay
18. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Conflict
Government and Public Administration
Union
Outsourcing
19. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Laws of supply and demand
Brain Orientation
Annual Leave
Interest Inventory
20. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Credit
Compromise
Technical
Procedure
21. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Vendor
Procrastinator
Goal
Workforce diversity
22. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Demographics
Entry-Level Jobs
Job lead
Associate degree
23. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Career Portfolio
Payroll
Job
Punctuality
24. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Personality Type
classifieds
Priortize
Decision-Making Process
25. A person applying for a job
Qualification
Applicant
Personality Trait
Loss
26. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Commission
Evaluate
Values
Entrepreneur
27. Cluster that involves growing and processing crops for human use; raising and processing animals for human use; using raw materials that occur naturally in the earth
Qualification
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Personality Type
Priortize
28. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Temporary Jobs
Semi-monthly Pay
Wholesale
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
29. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Qualification
Salary Range
Personality Type
O*Net
30. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Discrimination
Salary
Career Ladder
Employment Agency
31. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Information Technology
Economy
Demographics
Work Environment
32. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Government and Public Administration
Values Compromise
Semi-monthly Pay
Temporary Jobs
33. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Internet
Credit
Discrimination
Salary Range
34. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Scholarships
Wage
Aptitude
Temporary Jobs
35. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Stock
Networking
Business Plan
Union dues
36. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Learning Style
Human Services
Brain Orientation
Job Market
37. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Seasonal Work
Government and Public Administration
Wholesale
Job Duty
38. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
On-the-job training (OJT)
Career Action Plan
Human Services
Business Plan
39. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Qualification
Job
Net pay
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
40. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Values Compromise
Economy
Retailing
Finance
41. Someone who sells goods or services
Demographics
Vendor
Values
Personality
42. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Scholarships
Finance
Union dues
Commission
43. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Internship
Values
Interview
Personality Type
44. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Finance
Semi-monthly Pay
Schedule
Discrimination
45. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Specializing
Study Skills
Entry-Level Jobs
Corporation
46. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Associate degree
Decision-Making Process
Employment Agency
Elective
47. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Decision
Overtime
Specializing
Economy
48. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Check Stub
Personnel
Bi-Weekly Pay
Competition
49. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Job lead
Goods
ArkOscar
Base Pay
50. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Job lead
Volunteering
Skill
Occupation