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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. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Overtime
Tentative Decision
Annual Leave
Base Pay
2. Business which two or more people own and operate
Partnership
Union
Temporary Jobs
Compromise
3. Someone who sells goods or services
Vendor
Resource
Wholesale
Prerequisite
4. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Health Science
Networking
Payroll
Lifestyle
5. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Wholesale
Risk
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
6. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Work Values
Job lead
Attitude
Risk
7. The environment of the workplace
Job lead
Credit
Short-Term Goal
Working Conditions
8. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Compromise
Goods
Producer
Consumer
9. Clash of ideas or values
Resume
Conflict
Applicant
Bachelor's degree
10. An amount of money charged by others for services
Persistent
Fee
Work
Career Interest Area
11. Cluster that involves growing and processing crops for human use; raising and processing animals for human use; using raw materials that occur naturally in the earth
Personality Type
Application form
Brain Orientation
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
12. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Self-Concept
Application form
Sole Proprietorship
Seasonal Work
13. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Working Conditions
Attitude
Short-Term Goal
Professional
14. 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
Bi-Weekly Pay
Employment Outlook
Part-Time Jobs
15. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Values
Gross pay
Business Management and Administration
Competition
16. The planning and using of time
Time Management
Fringe benefits
Prerequisite
Internship
17. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Prerequisite
Ability
Salary Range
Procedure
18. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Resume
Volunteering
Personality Type
Human Services
19. As the price increases producers produce more
Law of Supply
Aptitude
Attitude
Architecture and Construction
20. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Health Science
Salary
Architecture and Construction
Corporation
21. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Long-Term Goal
Short-Term Goal
GED certificate
Career Action Plan
22. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Competition
Scholarships
Co-worker
Plan
23. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Check Stub
Job Outlook
Contract Labor
Networking
24. A person applying for a job
Applicant
Work Values
Apprenticeship
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
25. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Information Technology
Personality Trait
Entry-Level Jobs
Law of Demand
26. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Retailing
Lifestyle
Education/Training Requirements
Bachelor's degree
27. A share of the ownership in a company
Stock
Procrastinator
Job Outlook
Business Management and Administration
28. A skill that has been developed
Employment Agency
Ability
Vocational
Semi-monthly Pay
29. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Procedure
Commission
Tuition
Retailing
30. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Overtime
Work Environment
Business Plan
Orientation
31. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Entry-Level Jobs
Work
Temporary Jobs
Interest
32. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Compromise
Resume
Discrimination
Temporary Jobs
33. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Vocational
Hospitality and Tourism
Scholarships
Risk
34. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Demographics
Annual Leave
Global Economy
Services
35. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Bachelor's degree
Vocational
Associate degree
Partnership
36. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Global Economy
Screen out
Help-wanted ads
Sick Leave
37. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Specializing
Year-to-date earnings
Learning Style
38. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Job lead
Deduction
Profit
Plan
39. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Career Ladder
Career Action Plan
Salary Range
Resource
40. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Demographics
Interest Inventory
OOH
On-the-job training (OJT)
41. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Tentative Decision
Specializing
Law of Demand
Goal
42. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Values Compromise
Scholarships
Graduate school
Workforce diversity
43. Learning on the job
Skill
Producer
Goal
On-the-job training (OJT)
44. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Part-Time Jobs
Compromise
Vocational
Employment Outlook
45. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Base Pay
Letter of Application
Job Shadowing
Learning Style
46. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Occupation
Compromise
classifieds
Values Compromise
47. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Bachelor's degree
Fringe benefits
Personality Trait
O*Net
48. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Part-Time Jobs
Plan
Long-Term Goal
Schedule
49. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Research
Risk
O*Net
Technical
50. To eliminate unwanted applicants
GED certificate
Screen out
Corporation
Contract Labor