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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.
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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. Business owned by one person
Associate degree
Prerequisite
Sole Proprietorship
Study Skills
2. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Post-secondary education
Job lead
Hospitality and Tourism
Vocation
3. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Temporary Jobs
Financial aid
Health Science
Retailing
4. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Work
Technology
Internet
Discrimination
5. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Union dues
Applicant
Assessment
Screen out
6. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Tentative Decision
Commission
Temporary Jobs
Enterprise
7. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Loss
Goal
Human Services
Information Technology
8. A person who owns stock in a company
Outsourcing
Risk
Stockholder
Associate degree
9. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Government and Public Administration
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Salary
Job Outlook
10. Business owned by one person
Demographics
Sole Proprietorship
Career Goal
Finance
11. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Full-Time Job
Annual Leave
Personnel
12. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Letter of Application
Career Action Plan
Self-Esteem
Learning Style
13. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Gross pay
Annual Leave
Business Management and Administration
career cluster
14. A course or program that teaches job skills
Goods
Vocational
Resume
Economy
15. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Architecture and Construction
Demographics
Producer
Prerequisite
16. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Health Science
Values Compromise
Skill
Interest
17. A thank you letter written following an interview
Follow-up Letter
Career Goal
Job
Education/Training Requirements
18. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Entrepreneur
Interest Inventory
Full-Time Job
Discrimination
19. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Law of Supply
Internet
Information Technology
Resource
20. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Net pay
Goal
Base Pay
Gross pay
21. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Salary Range
Long-Term Goal
Occupation
Plan
22. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Screen out
Career
Check Stub
ArkOscar
23. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Union dues
Government and Public Administration
Check Stub
Outsourcing
24. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Conflict
Brain Orientation
Fringe benefits
Education/Training Requirements
25. The planning and using of time
Time Management
Conflict
GED certificate
Internship
26. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Payroll
Part-Time Jobs
Employment Outlook
Job Market
27. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Fee
Lifestyle
Job Shadowing
Tuition
28. 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
Specializing
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Consumer
Job Market
29. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Personality Type
Elective
Laws of supply and demand
O*Net
30. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Work ethic
Net pay
Lifestyle
Gross pay
31. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Employment Agency
Associate degree
Employer
Help-wanted ads
32. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Human Services
Full-Time Job
Demographics
Tuition
33. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Work
Deduction
Law of Demand
Laws of supply and demand
34. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Conflict
Employment Agency
Semi-monthly Pay
Union
35. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Wholesale
Co-worker
Employer
Employer
36. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
OOH
Job lead
Entry-Level Jobs
Ethnic
37. Business which two or more people own and operate
Partnership
Applicant
Check Stub
Work
38. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Year-to-date earnings
Salary
Apprenticeship
Post-secondary education
39. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Professional
Deduction
Producer
Seasonal Work
40. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Work ethic
Working Conditions
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Follow-up Letter
41. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Follow-up Letter
Prerequisite
Job Market
Values
42. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Applicant
Base Pay
Career Interest Area
Professional
43. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Profit
Net pay
Punctuality
44. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Technical
Resume
Interview
Learning Style
45. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Application form
Time Management
Interest Inventory
Networking
46. A computerized career information delivery system
Career Ladder
Screen out
ArkOscar
Job
47. Worldwide financial management system
Co-worker
Global Economy
Job Shadowing
Government and Public Administration
48. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Law of Demand
Loss
Career Portfolio
49. A decision or plan that can be changed
Law Public Safety and Security
Personality Trait
Work Values
Tentative Decision
50. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Finance
Personality
Payroll