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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 choice between two or more possibilities
Work
Decision
Job Description
Payroll
2. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Manufacturing
career cluster
Job Shadowing
Schedule
3. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Payroll
Brain Orientation
Enterprise
Economy
4. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Work
Help-wanted ads
Apprenticeship
Contract Labor
5. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Law Public Safety and Security
Base Pay
Persistent
Year-to-date earnings
6. A free flowing economy based upon the laws of supply and demand to allow individuals or companies to buy and sell goods and/or services at a profit
Punctuality
Free Enterprise System
Competition
Letter of Application
7. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Long-Term Goal
Union dues
Work ethic
Compromise
8. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Work Environment
Discrimination
Marketing Sales and Service
Volunteering
9. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Learning Style
Self-Concept
Vendor
Priortize
10. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Marketing Sales and Service
Bi-Weekly Pay
Plan
Salary
11. Someone who sells goods or services
Stock
Attitude
Manufacturing
Vendor
12. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Interest
classifieds
Aptitude
Technical
13. A person applying for a job
Salary Range
Employer
Applicant
Wage
14. The type of job in which a person is employed
Aptitude
Occupation
Producer
Semi-monthly Pay
15. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Payroll
Semi-monthly Pay
Prerequisite
Specializing
16. A definition of work duties
Job Description
Short-Term Goal
Check Stub
Interest
17. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Law of Supply
Government and Public Administration
Competition
18. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Study Skills
Union dues
Semi-monthly Pay
Specializing
19. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
O*Net
Salary
Net pay
Competition
20. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Internet
Technical
Evaluate
Job Shadowing
21. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Aptitude
Year-to-date earnings
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Follow-up Letter
22. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Punctuality
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Profit
Career
23. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Consumer
Architecture and Construction
Work
Career Portfolio
24. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Personnel
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Procedure
Marketing Sales and Service
25. Work that a person does for pay
Competition
Payroll
Evaluate
Job
26. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Schedule
Decision-Making Process
Career Goal
Loss
27. Someone who creates a good or service
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Occupation
Career Goal
Producer
28. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Tentative Decision
Economy
Global Economy
Manufacturing
29. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Resume
Financial aid
Screen out
Qualification
30. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Study Skills
Contract Labor
Gross pay
Union
31. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Values
Sick Leave
Self-Esteem
Workforce diversity
32. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Self-Concept
Internship
Economy
Time Management
33. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Fee
Law Public Safety and Security
Graduate school
Values
34. A share of the ownership in a company
Work Environment
Credit
Stock
Employment Agency
35. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Personality Type
Help-wanted ads
Enterprise
Employer
36. Typical way of life
OOH
Lifestyle
Plan
Time Management
37. A thank you letter written following an interview
Goods
Letter of Application
Internet
Follow-up Letter
38. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Lifestyle
Job Description
Scholarships
Working Conditions
39. Cluster that involves the systematic use of observations and experiments to gain knowledge about the world; the practical use of scientific knowledge; solving practical problems by combining science and mathematics with technology; the study of numbe
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
OOH
Listening Skills
Seasonal Work
40. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Information Technology
Employment Agency
Government and Public Administration
Resource
41. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Skill
Bi-Weekly Pay
Interest
career cluster
42. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Corporation
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Letter of Application
Credit
43. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Entrepreneur
Sick Leave
Identity
Internet
44. As the price increases producers produce more
Skill
Union dues
Law of Supply
Orientation
45. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
On-the-job training (OJT)
Contract Labor
Union
Screen out
46. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Interest
Year-to-date earnings
Personality
Elective
47. Earnings above base pay
Wage
Deduction
Overtime
Career Ladder
48. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Internship
Contract Labor
Entry-Level Jobs
Vendor
49. Employment during special seasons
Punctuality
Temporary Jobs
Career
Employment Agency
50. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Listening Skills
Post-secondary education
Specializing
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