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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 prospect for the future of a job or career
Resource
Employment Outlook
Job Description
Persistent
2. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Contract Labor
Demographics
Career Action Plan
Job Duty
3. A course or program that teaches job skills
Annual Leave
Global Economy
Partnership
Vocational
4. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Assessment
Work Environment
Net pay
Retailing
5. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Decision-Making Process
Elective
Goal
Learning Style
6. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Personality Type
OOH
Professional
Information Technology
7. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Volunteering
Conflict
Elective
Vocation
8. The planning and using of time
Finance
Tentative Decision
Time Management
Part-Time Jobs
9. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
classifieds
Priortize
Work ethic
On-the-job training (OJT)
10. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
GED certificate
Study Skills
Stock
11. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Brain Orientation
GED certificate
Follow-up Letter
Study Skills
12. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Sole Proprietorship
Human Services
Deduction
Internship
13. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Working Conditions
Bachelor's degree
Base Pay
Law of Supply
14. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Payroll
Ability
Check Stub
Goods
15. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Priortize
Base Pay
Sole Proprietorship
Tentative Decision
16. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Bi-Weekly Pay
Listening Skills
Career Interest Area
Personality Type
17. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Decision
Scholarships
Business Management and Administration
Work ethic
18. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Interest Inventory
Reference
Free Enterprise System
Decision-Making Process
19. Commoney known as Social Security
Annual Leave
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Internship
Ability
20. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Corporation
Law of Supply
OOH
Payroll
21. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Temporary Jobs
classifieds
Schedule
Finance
22. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Decision-Making Process
Reference
Entrepreneur
Listening Skills
23. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Year-to-date earnings
Architecture and Construction
Seasonal Work
Orientation
24. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Services
Overtime
Schedule
Deduction
25. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Study Skills
Human Services
Networking
Government and Public Administration
26. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Skill
Research
Long-Term Goal
Union
27. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Semi-monthly Pay
Job lead
Check Stub
Services
28. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Vendor
Temporary Jobs
Technology
Job Description
29. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Fee
Health Science
Follow-up Letter
Procrastinator
30. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Career Goal
Salary
Fringe benefits
Profit
31. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Qualification
Apprenticeship
Commission
Graduate school
32. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Listening Skills
Decision-Making Process
Goal
Financial aid
33. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Competition
Career Interest Area
Workforce diversity
Employment Outlook
34. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Professional
Aptitude
Hospitality and Tourism
Employment Agency
35. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Resource
Vendor
Check Stub
Retailing
36. An amount of money charged by others for services
On-the-job training (OJT)
Fee
Payroll
Marketing Sales and Service
37. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Full-Time Job
Retailing
Sole Proprietorship
Job Duty
38. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Net pay
Vocation
Law of Supply
Job Outlook
39. Standards one believes is important about their work
Job Duty
Work Values
Career Action Plan
Discrimination
40. A person who owns stock in a company
Sick Leave
Net pay
Internet
Stockholder
41. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Technical
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
O*Net
Help-wanted ads
42. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Identity
Overtime
Personality Type
Career Goal
43. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Contract Labor
Job Market
Personality
Procrastinator
44. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Work Environment
GED certificate
Job Shadowing
45. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Ethnic
Financial aid
Listening Skills
Aptitude
46. Personal standards by which one lives
Work Environment
Listening Skills
Values
Career Portfolio
47. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Financial aid
Seasonal Work
Economy
Listening Skills
48. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Research
GED certificate
Salary
Check Stub
49. A decision or plan that can be changed
Business Plan
Tentative Decision
Personality Type
Services
50. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Finance
Related Occupations
Employment Outlook
Demographics