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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 amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Tuition
Finance
Net pay
Post-secondary education
2. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Entry-Level Jobs
Career Interest Area
Employment Agency
Fee
3. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Bi-Weekly Pay
Consumer
Stock
Internet
4. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Union dues
Employment Agency
Human Services
Career
5. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Contract Labor
Skill
Part-Time Jobs
Annual Leave
6. Careful use of resources including money and materials
career cluster
Graduate school
Competition
Economy
7. Commoney known as Social Security
Employment Agency
Priortize
Union
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
8. A share of the ownership in a company
Union
Graduate school
Stock
Human Services
9. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Associate degree
Corporation
Stockholder
Interest Inventory
10. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Persistent
Credit
Health Science
Outsourcing
11. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Annual Leave
Entry-Level Jobs
GED certificate
Networking
12. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Marketing Sales and Service
Finance
Retailing
Government and Public Administration
13. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Values
Applicant
Reference
Profit
14. Personal standards by which one lives
Economy
Values
Risk
Law of Supply
15. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
GED certificate
Career Portfolio
Resume
Salary Range
16. A person applying for a job
Services
Marketing Sales and Service
Applicant
Long-Term Goal
17. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Financial aid
Employer
Procedure
Annual Leave
18. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Sick Leave
Wage
Corporation
OOH
19. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Salary Range
Assessment
Related Occupations
Punctuality
20. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Research
Financial aid
Sick Leave
Loss
21. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Technology
Persistent
Outsourcing
Co-worker
22. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Overtime
Aptitude
Long-Term Goal
Reference
23. Employment during special seasons
Human Services
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Temporary Jobs
Entry-Level Jobs
24. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Year-to-date earnings
Stockholder
Manufacturing
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
25. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Business Management and Administration
Education and Training
Workforce diversity
Education and Training
26. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Internship
Services
career cluster
Conflict
27. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Human Services
Union
Vocation
Health Science
28. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Profit
Punctuality
Government and Public Administration
Career
29. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Salary
Job lead
Work Environment
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
30. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Compromise
Technology
Consumer
Assessment
31. Any information about possible job openings
Job lead
Associate degree
Internet
Laws of supply and demand
32. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Net pay
Marketing Sales and Service
Time Management
Goods
33. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Associate degree
Entry-Level Jobs
Ability
Discrimination
34. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Working Conditions
Research
Discrimination
Entrepreneur
35. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Post-secondary education
Graduate school
Career
career cluster
36. Work that a person does for pay
Entrepreneur
Graduate school
Job
Global Economy
37. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Salary Range
Contract Labor
Human Services
Finance
38. A share of the ownership in a company
Stock
Education/Training Requirements
Job Outlook
Sick Leave
39. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Overtime
Prerequisite
career cluster
Graduate school
40. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Persistent
Job
Part-Time Jobs
Attitude
41. Worldwide financial management system
Global Economy
OOH
Competition
Check Stub
42. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Identity
Time Management
Resource
Work
43. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Job Outlook
Learning Style
Career Portfolio
Free Enterprise System
44. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Research
Health Science
Law of Supply
Personnel
45. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Union dues
Profit
Punctuality
Competition
46. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Discrimination
Applicant
Work
Related Occupations
47. Business which two or more people own and operate
Partnership
Letter of Application
Check Stub
Demographics
48. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Volunteering
Learning Style
Employer
Procrastinator
49. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Hospitality and Tourism
Employer
Marketing Sales and Service
Attitude
50. As the price increases producers produce more
Laws of supply and demand
Evaluate
Stock
Law of Supply