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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Outsourcing
Deduction
Prerequisite
Annual Leave
2. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Goal
Screen out
Economy
Law of Demand
3. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Entry-Level Jobs
Short-Term Goal
Application form
Long-Term Goal
4. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Career Ladder
Career Interest Area
Wage
Career
5. To look at closely and judge
Professional
GED certificate
Evaluate
Career Goal
6. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Interest Inventory
GED certificate
Applicant
Screen out
7. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Job Description
Law of Demand
Identity
8. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Values Compromise
Risk
Health Science
Gross pay
9. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Assessment
Applicant
Attitude
Discrimination
10. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Plan
Discrimination
Associate degree
Learning Style
11. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Self-Esteem
Evaluate
Plan
Free Enterprise System
12. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Job Shadowing
Priortize
Vocational
Attitude
13. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Orientation
GED certificate
Personality
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
14. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Check Stub
Fee
Loss
Wholesale
15. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Retailing
Application form
Education/Training Requirements
Application form
16. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Fringe benefits
Education/Training Requirements
Outsourcing
Self-Concept
17. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Aptitude
Help-wanted ads
Workforce diversity
Retailing
18. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Entry-Level Jobs
Education and Training
Annual Leave
classifieds
19. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Deduction
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
career cluster
Work Values
20. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Competition
Qualification
Reference
Professional
21. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Internet
Enterprise
Punctuality
Values
22. A skill that has been developed
Long-Term Goal
Sick Leave
Risk
Ability
23. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Personality Type
Job Outlook
Work ethic
Information Technology
24. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Learning Style
Year-to-date earnings
Long-Term Goal
Aptitude
25. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Reference
Specializing
Procrastinator
Short-Term Goal
26. The planning and using of time
Time Management
Persistent
Risk
Economy
27. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Specializing
Research
Fringe benefits
career cluster
28. Someone who creates a good or service
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Finance
Producer
Work Values
29. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Volunteering
Fringe benefits
Schedule
Credit
30. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Wage
Job
O*Net
Union dues
31. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Part-Time Jobs
Learning Style
Priortize
Scholarships
32. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Manufacturing
GED certificate
Resume
Compromise
33. Business which two or more people own and operate
Job Outlook
Evaluate
Partnership
Employment Agency
34. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Study Skills
Base Pay
Marketing Sales and Service
Financial aid
35. Earnings above base pay
Business Management and Administration
Goods
Overtime
Credit
36. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Values
Attitude
Elective
Personality
37. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Orientation
Business Management and Administration
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Resource
38. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
On-the-job training (OJT)
Health Science
Manufacturing
Learning Style
39. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Job Shadowing
Elective
Conflict
Assessment
40. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Job
Career
Related Occupations
Deduction
41. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Brain Orientation
Listening Skills
Outsourcing
Self-Esteem
42. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Aptitude
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Demographics
Union dues
43. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Career
Career Ladder
Identity
Post-secondary education
44. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Apprenticeship
Personality Trait
Research
Work
45. Business owned by one person
Corporation
Compromise
Education and Training
Sole Proprietorship
46. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Hospitality and Tourism
Orientation
Law of Demand
47. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Human Services
Vendor
Specializing
Research
48. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Technology
Wholesale
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
49. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Related Occupations
Check Stub
Financial aid
Education/Training Requirements
50. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Networking
Law of Demand
Wholesale
Loss