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Career Orientation Basics
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literacy
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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. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Career Interest Area
Fringe benefits
Values Compromise
Internet
2. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Law Public Safety and Security
Applicant
Follow-up Letter
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
3. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Salary Range
Government and Public Administration
Brain Orientation
O*Net
4. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Long-Term Goal
Payroll
Stockholder
Economy
5. A computerized career information delivery system
ArkOscar
Work Values
Temporary Jobs
Volunteering
6. The environment of the workplace
Working Conditions
Applicant
Job Market
Personality Type
7. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Aptitude
Evaluate
Retailing
Salary
8. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Information Technology
Vocation
Financial aid
Volunteering
9. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Co-worker
Fringe benefits
Specializing
Apprenticeship
10. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Demographics
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Screen out
11. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Time Management
Apprenticeship
Long-Term Goal
Technology
12. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Internet
Short-Term Goal
Credit
Evaluate
13. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Business Management and Administration
Consumer
Resume
Tuition
14. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Values Compromise
Help-wanted ads
Tuition
Payroll
15. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Check Stub
Personnel
Compromise
Stockholder
16. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Work Values
Discrimination
Interest Inventory
Reference
17. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Screen out
Help-wanted ads
Technology
Information Technology
18. A group of employees
Personnel
Marketing Sales and Service
Bi-Weekly Pay
Stock
19. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Technical
Business Plan
Law of Demand
Retailing
20. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Salary
Hospitality and Tourism
GED certificate
Associate degree
21. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Qualification
Procrastinator
Overtime
Competition
22. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Government and Public Administration
Post-secondary education
Short-Term Goal
Services
23. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Resume
Self-Concept
Net pay
24. A person who works with you
Compromise
Co-worker
Bachelor's degree
Salary Range
25. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Orientation
Lifestyle
Learning Style
Demographics
26. A course or program that teaches job skills
Vocational
Marketing Sales and Service
Union dues
Personality Trait
27. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Salary Range
Career Interest Area
Qualification
Corporation
28. Learning on the job
On-the-job training (OJT)
Credit
Ethnic
Vendor
29. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Values Compromise
Self-Concept
Specializing
Elective
30. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Self-Concept
Sick Leave
Government and Public Administration
Temporary Jobs
31. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Check Stub
Health Science
Self-Concept
Tentative Decision
32. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Skill
GED certificate
Tuition
33. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Volunteering
Associate degree
Long-Term Goal
Risk
34. Possibility of loss
Discrimination
Qualification
Risk
Enterprise
35. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Health Science
Financial aid
Volunteering
Wholesale
36. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Information Technology
Competition
Procedure
Internship
37. Business owned by one person
Aptitude
Sole Proprietorship
Conflict
Occupation
38. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Self-Concept
Resume
Enterprise
Competition
39. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Values
Fringe benefits
Overtime
40. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Discrimination
Semi-monthly Pay
classifieds
Job Market
41. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Orientation
Compromise
Short-Term Goal
Volunteering
42. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Procrastinator
Tentative Decision
Bi-Weekly Pay
Fringe benefits
43. The type of job in which a person is employed
Career Goal
Resource
Contract Labor
Occupation
44. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Vendor
Ethnic
Internet
Job Outlook
45. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Part-Time Jobs
Job Duty
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
classifieds
46. Worldwide financial management system
Global Economy
Education/Training Requirements
Part-Time Jobs
GED certificate
47. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Corporation
Letter of Application
Annual Leave
Finance
48. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Job Shadowing
Partnership
Vendor
Resource
49. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Career Ladder
Self-Esteem
Entry-Level Jobs
Volunteering
50. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Internet
Entrepreneur
Union
Fee