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Career Orientation Basics
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Subjects
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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. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Values
classifieds
Work ethic
Learning Style
2. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Aptitude
Net pay
Applicant
Health Science
3. Someone who sells goods or services
Competition
classifieds
Vendor
Education/Training Requirements
4. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Career Interest Area
Commission
Law of Supply
Job lead
5. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Corporation
Letter of Application
Temporary Jobs
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
6. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Wholesale
Education/Training Requirements
Personality
Employment Outlook
7. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Resource
Profit
Career Interest Area
Annual Leave
8. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Employer
Study Skills
Marketing Sales and Service
Procedure
9. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Human Services
Career
Business Plan
OOH
10. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Career Action Plan
Decision-Making Process
Evaluate
Compromise
11. A person who owns stock in a company
Global Economy
Stockholder
Listening Skills
Values
12. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Learning Style
Law of Demand
Study Skills
Attitude
13. A person applying for a job
Demographics
Loss
Schedule
Applicant
14. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Job
Self-Concept
Demographics
career cluster
15. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Manufacturing
Human Services
Job Duty
Letter of Application
16. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Demographics
O*Net
Compromise
Volunteering
17. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Aptitude
Working Conditions
Skill
Bi-Weekly Pay
18. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
ArkOscar
Government and Public Administration
Screen out
Commission
19. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Vocation
Seasonal Work
Procrastinator
Law of Supply
20. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Net pay
Payroll
Procedure
Personality
21. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Laws of supply and demand
Corporation
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Manufacturing
22. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Goal
Work Values
Bi-Weekly Pay
Apprenticeship
23. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Education/Training Requirements
Decision
Employer
Networking
24. A skill that has been developed
Education and Training
Ability
Net pay
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
25. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Application form
Commission
Procedure
Attitude
26. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Job Outlook
Learning Style
Outsourcing
Education and Training
27. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
classifieds
Applicant
Union
Resource
28. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Personality Type
Free Enterprise System
O*Net
Professional
29. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Temporary Jobs
Entrepreneur
Orientation
Personality
30. A course or program that teaches job skills
Vocational
Letter of Application
Sole Proprietorship
Fee
31. Work that a person does for pay
Wage
Study Skills
Commission
Job
32. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Profit
Gross pay
Associate degree
Job Shadowing
33. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Tuition
Employer
Job Duty
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
34. The type of job in which a person is employed
Law of Supply
Skill
Occupation
Outsourcing
35. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Salary Range
Retailing
Laws of supply and demand
Elective
36. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Resume
Workforce diversity
Payroll
Values
37. 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
OOH
Prerequisite
Time Management
38. A definition of work duties
Skill
Temporary Jobs
Plan
Job Description
39. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Demographics
Brain Orientation
O*Net
Retailing
40. Personal standards by which one lives
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Fringe benefits
Values
Architecture and Construction
41. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Check Stub
Fringe benefits
Vocation
Tuition
42. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Human Services
Job Outlook
Commission
Enterprise
43. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Technical
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Free Enterprise System
Career Action Plan
44. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Temporary Jobs
Finance
Aptitude
Global Economy
45. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Temporary Jobs
Manufacturing
Part-Time Jobs
Job Duty
46. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Priortize
Credit
Technical
Part-Time Jobs
47. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Health Science
Education and Training
Listening Skills
Outsourcing
48. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Fringe benefits
Learning Style
Year-to-date earnings
Commission
49. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Orientation
Vocation
Partnership
50. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Help-wanted ads
Job Market
Employer
Job lead