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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. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Salary
Health Science
Punctuality
Architecture and Construction
2. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Work
Qualification
Punctuality
Marketing Sales and Service
3. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Schedule
Career Ladder
Fringe benefits
Human Services
4. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Payroll
Union dues
Law of Demand
Working Conditions
5. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Application form
Co-worker
Seasonal Work
Global Economy
6. Collection of information about oneself
Job Duty
Career Portfolio
Graduate school
Semi-monthly Pay
7. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Semi-monthly Pay
Law Public Safety and Security
Deduction
Hospitality and Tourism
8. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Seasonal Work
Job Shadowing
Commission
On-the-job training (OJT)
9. Any education or training following high school
Orientation
Compromise
Wage
Post-secondary education
10. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Semi-monthly Pay
Year-to-date earnings
Related Occupations
Annual Leave
11. Commoney known as Social Security
Business Management and Administration
Retailing
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Wholesale
12. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Help-wanted ads
Profit
Internet
Temporary Jobs
13. As the price increases producers produce more
Deduction
Law of Supply
Resource
Internship
14. Business which two or more people own and operate
Ability
Associate degree
Research
Partnership
15. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Bachelor's degree
Stockholder
Employment Agency
Outsourcing
16. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Contract Labor
Work Environment
Resume
Contract Labor
17. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Bachelor's degree
Risk
Education and Training
Co-worker
18. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Risk
Professional
Year-to-date earnings
Financial aid
19. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Technology
Salary Range
Education and Training
Professional
20. Any information about possible job openings
Applicant
Goods
Skill
Job lead
21. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Consumer
Contract Labor
Personality Trait
Help-wanted ads
22. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Workforce diversity
Qualification
Occupation
Health Science
23. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Net pay
Personality Type
Listening Skills
Demographics
24. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Services
Compromise
Specializing
Payroll
25. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Resume
Internet
Employment Outlook
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
26. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Procedure
Job Duty
Graduate school
Job Shadowing
27. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Wholesale
Priortize
Education and Training
Decision-Making Process
28. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Volunteering
Payroll
Apprenticeship
Salary
29. Standards one believes is important about their work
Orientation
Work Values
Personality Trait
Law Public Safety and Security
30. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
On-the-job training (OJT)
Retailing
Wage
Government and Public Administration
31. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Stockholder
Schedule
Job Outlook
Resource
32. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Interest
Fringe benefits
Full-Time Job
Hospitality and Tourism
33. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Union dues
Seasonal Work
Competition
34. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Competition
Research
Post-secondary education
Business Management and Administration
35. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Finance
Post-secondary education
Interest
Vendor
36. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Work ethic
Semi-monthly Pay
Priortize
Fringe benefits
37. Employment during special seasons
Procrastinator
Risk
Resource
Temporary Jobs
38. A group of employees
Salary
Business Plan
Personnel
Self-Concept
39. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Financial aid
Economy
Interest
40. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Reference
Part-Time Jobs
Union
Law Public Safety and Security
41. Business owned by one person
Employer
Consumer
Sole Proprietorship
Government and Public Administration
42. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Study Skills
Post-secondary education
Laws of supply and demand
Finance
43. Someone who creates a good or service
Producer
Specializing
Research
Ability
44. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Screen out
Career Interest Area
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Internship
45. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Entry-Level Jobs
Education and Training
Short-Term Goal
Retailing
46. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Job Description
Personnel
Personality Type
Job Shadowing
47. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Working Conditions
Fringe benefits
On-the-job training (OJT)
Compromise
48. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Gross pay
Check Stub
Contract Labor
Union
49. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Orientation
OOH
O*Net
Loss
50. The type of job in which a person is employed
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Networking
Occupation
Work Environment