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Career Orientation Basics
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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. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Skill
Post-secondary education
Law of Demand
Year-to-date earnings
2. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Vocational
Union
Architecture and Construction
Schedule
3. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Aptitude
Union
Learning Style
Procrastinator
4. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
OOH
Orientation
Priortize
Law of Demand
5. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Application form
Wage
Education and Training
Procrastinator
6. A definition of work duties
Education and Training
Personality Type
Risk
Job Description
7. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Short-Term Goal
Career Goal
Resource
Aptitude
8. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Services
Deduction
Volunteering
Procedure
9. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Financial aid
Learning Style
Job
10. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Attitude
O*Net
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Information Technology
11. A computerized career information delivery system
Bi-Weekly Pay
Compromise
ArkOscar
Work Environment
12. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Entrepreneur
Interest
Persistent
Letter of Application
13. Collection of information about oneself
Skill
Personnel
Ethnic
Career Portfolio
14. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Procedure
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Interview
Occupation
15. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Architecture and Construction
Lifestyle
Economy
GED certificate
16. A thank you letter written following an interview
Entry-Level Jobs
Hospitality and Tourism
Education/Training Requirements
Follow-up Letter
17. A free flowing economy based upon the laws of supply and demand to allow individuals or companies to buy and sell goods and/or services at a profit
Persistent
Free Enterprise System
Government and Public Administration
Consumer
18. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Business Plan
Interest
Partnership
Application form
19. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Career Action Plan
Letter of Application
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Work Environment
20. Learning on the job
Outsourcing
On-the-job training (OJT)
Law of Supply
Entry-Level Jobs
21. The choice between two or more possibilities
Part-Time Jobs
Professional
Employment Agency
Decision
22. Commoney known as Social Security
career cluster
Procedure
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Work Environment
23. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Personality Trait
Loss
Self-Esteem
Application form
24. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Laws of supply and demand
Fee
Producer
Year-to-date earnings
25. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Work Values
Entry-Level Jobs
Wholesale
Architecture and Construction
26. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Deduction
Resume
Apprenticeship
Study Skills
27. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Wage
Career Action Plan
Fee
Career Interest Area
28. Work that a person does for pay
Short-Term Goal
Job
Job Duty
Marketing Sales and Service
29. An amount of money charged by others for services
Letter of Application
Hospitality and Tourism
Elective
Fee
30. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Gross pay
Competition
Job Market
Career Goal
31. Someone who creates a good or service
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Work Environment
Wholesale
Producer
32. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Brain Orientation
Punctuality
Specializing
Manufacturing
33. Worldwide financial management system
Job Duty
Credit
Prerequisite
Global Economy
34. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Health Science
On-the-job training (OJT)
Elective
Gross pay
35. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Contract Labor
Producer
Graduate school
Global Economy
36. Temporary work during the summer
Law of Supply
Seasonal Work
Interview
Job Market
37. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Decision-Making Process
Annual Leave
Job lead
Check Stub
38. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Risk
Decision-Making Process
Personality Type
ArkOscar
39. A definition of work duties
Job Description
Occupation
Consumer
Commission
40. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Technology
Resource
Apprenticeship
Values
41. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Interest
Vocation
Government and Public Administration
Salary
42. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Employment Agency
Job Outlook
Risk
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
43. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Marketing Sales and Service
Internship
Overtime
Persistent
44. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Education and Training
Bachelor's degree
On-the-job training (OJT)
Sick Leave
45. Any information about possible job openings
Free Enterprise System
Job lead
Lifestyle
Conflict
46. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Resource
Work Values
Entry-Level Jobs
Identity
47. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Professional
Tuition
Job lead
Salary Range
48. The choice between two or more possibilities
Finance
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Decision
Semi-monthly Pay
49. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Bi-Weekly Pay
Vocation
Wholesale
Retailing
50. 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
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Economy
Qualification
Year-to-date earnings