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Career Orientation Basics
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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. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Applicant
Attitude
Prerequisite
Career Portfolio
2. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Information Technology
Risk
Tentative Decision
Fringe benefits
3. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Long-Term Goal
Stock
Employment Outlook
Post-secondary education
4. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Partnership
Evaluate
Deduction
Demographics
5. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Laws of supply and demand
Fringe benefits
Self-Concept
Hospitality and Tourism
6. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Outsourcing
Priortize
Education and Training
Temporary Jobs
7. A decision or plan that can be changed
Tentative Decision
Job Shadowing
Economy
Co-worker
8. Any education or training following high school
Business Management and Administration
Post-secondary education
Free Enterprise System
Learning Style
9. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Base Pay
Commission
Work Values
Personnel
10. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Year-to-date earnings
On-the-job training (OJT)
Education/Training Requirements
Career Ladder
11. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Scholarships
Sick Leave
Discrimination
Wage
12. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Work Environment
Technology
Union
Elective
13. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Salary
Vocation
Scholarships
Related Occupations
14. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Ethnic
Working Conditions
Full-Time Job
Hospitality and Tourism
15. A person applying for a job
Finance
Fringe benefits
Applicant
Specializing
16. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Application form
Profit
Vocational
Aptitude
17. Possibility of loss
Job Duty
Risk
Base Pay
Salary
18. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Associate degree
Interview
Human Services
Scholarships
19. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Letter of Application
Demographics
Law Public Safety and Security
Orientation
20. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Qualification
Net pay
Contract Labor
Vocation
21. A person who owns stock in a company
Occupation
Vocation
Stockholder
Assessment
22. The choice between two or more possibilities
Decision
Technology
Job Market
Health Science
23. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Networking
Credit
Loss
Reference
24. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Priortize
Consumer
Self-Concept
Risk
25. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Interest Inventory
Screen out
Job Market
Application form
26. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
On-the-job training (OJT)
Education/Training Requirements
Commission
27. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Schedule
Tuition
Internship
Hospitality and Tourism
28. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Applicant
Producer
Human Services
Job Outlook
29. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Retailing
Career Ladder
Self-Concept
Health Science
30. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Self-Concept
Deduction
Related Occupations
OOH
31. Employment during special seasons
Fee
Work Environment
Free Enterprise System
Temporary Jobs
32. A decision or plan that can be changed
Tentative Decision
Contract Labor
Entry-Level Jobs
Self-Concept
33. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Employment Agency
Competition
Retailing
Economy
34. A course or program that teaches job skills
Assessment
Vocational
classifieds
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
35. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Short-Term Goal
Net pay
Commission
Credit
36. Personal standards by which one lives
Values
Scholarships
Manufacturing
Sole Proprietorship
37. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Credit
Evaluate
Interest Inventory
Long-Term Goal
38. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Values Compromise
Employment Agency
Self-Esteem
39. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Self-Concept
Net pay
Orientation
Skill
40. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Work ethic
Vocation
Decision
Semi-monthly Pay
41. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Annual Leave
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Career Interest Area
Work ethic
42. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Employment Agency
Law of Supply
Check Stub
Specializing
43. Any education or training following high school
Post-secondary education
Vocation
Business Management and Administration
Values Compromise
44. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Semi-monthly Pay
Job
Career Ladder
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
45. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Laws of supply and demand
Net pay
Work Environment
Research
46. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Career Ladder
Temporary Jobs
Scholarships
Self-Concept
47. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Priortize
Compromise
Goal
48. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Technology
Business Management and Administration
Technical
49. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Temporary Jobs
Salary
Listening Skills
Specializing
50. Worldwide financial management system
OOH
Economy
Networking
Global Economy