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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. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Career
career cluster
Credit
2. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Salary Range
Resume
Wholesale
Commission
3. Any education or training following high school
Career Interest Area
Technical
Free Enterprise System
Post-secondary education
4. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Letter of Application
Job lead
Priortize
Overtime
5. Earnings above base pay
Personnel
Sick Leave
Apprenticeship
Overtime
6. A thank you letter written following an interview
Help-wanted ads
Networking
Follow-up Letter
Technology
7. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Law Public Safety and Security
Self-Esteem
Reference
Economy
8. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Bachelor's degree
Union dues
Employer
Skill
9. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Procrastinator
Employment Outlook
Aptitude
Education and Training
10. Typical way of life
Overtime
Aptitude
Lifestyle
Applicant
11. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Study Skills
Interest Inventory
Sole Proprietorship
Lifestyle
12. Being on time for work
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Corporation
Networking
Punctuality
13. A course or program that teaches job skills
Retailing
Aptitude
Vocational
Sick Leave
14. Temporary work during the summer
Seasonal Work
Applicant
Values Compromise
Personality Trait
15. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Vocation
Overtime
Vocation
Discrimination
16. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Full-Time Job
Listening Skills
Gross pay
Fringe benefits
17. Possibility of loss
Schedule
Listening Skills
Internet
Risk
18. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Government and Public Administration
Employer
Persistent
Global Economy
19. Work that a person does for pay
Contract Labor
Self-Esteem
Screen out
Job
20. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
O*Net
Deduction
Career Goal
Skill
21. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
ArkOscar
Associate degree
Brain Orientation
Producer
22. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Reference
Lifestyle
Decision-Making Process
Entry-Level Jobs
23. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Stock
Producer
Related Occupations
Aptitude
24. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
O*Net
Employer
On-the-job training (OJT)
Bi-Weekly Pay
25. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Vocational
Assessment
Specializing
Temporary Jobs
26. The type of job in which a person is employed
Discrimination
Goods
Occupation
career cluster
27. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Brain Orientation
Personality Trait
Commission
Economy
28. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Resource
Financial aid
Demographics
Identity
29. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Full-Time Job
Entrepreneur
Values Compromise
Laws of supply and demand
30. The planning and using of time
Entrepreneur
Time Management
Procedure
Attitude
31. Commoney known as Social Security
Job Duty
O*Net
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Services
32. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Personnel
Job Duty
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Deduction
33. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Work
Ethnic
Entry-Level Jobs
Global Economy
34. Standards one believes is important about their work
career cluster
Work Values
Interest Inventory
Schedule
35. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Specializing
Self-Concept
Career Interest Area
Values Compromise
36. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Persistent
Credit
Conflict
Government and Public Administration
37. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Decision
Business Management and Administration
Law of Supply
Resource
38. Work that a person does for pay
Scholarships
Union dues
Plan
Job
39. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Employer
Gross pay
Priortize
Conflict
40. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Related Occupations
Prerequisite
Free Enterprise System
GED certificate
41. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Sick Leave
Goal
Salary Range
Identity
42. Someone who creates a good or service
Interest Inventory
Job Outlook
Producer
Volunteering
43. Clash of ideas or values
Financial aid
Economy
Conflict
Short-Term Goal
44. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Hospitality and Tourism
Help-wanted ads
Personality
Semi-monthly Pay
45. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Corporation
Lifestyle
Net pay
Architecture and Construction
46. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Stock
Government and Public Administration
Part-Time Jobs
Resource
47. A person applying for a job
Goods
Job Duty
Assessment
Applicant
48. Learning on the job
Time Management
On-the-job training (OJT)
Law of Supply
Consumer
49. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Employment Outlook
Help-wanted ads
Producer
Work ethic
50. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Apprenticeship
Net pay
Vocation
Assessment