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Career Vocab
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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. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Identity
Overtime
Reference
Procrastinator
2. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Year-to-date earnings
Wholesale
Resume
3. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
On-the-job training (OJT)
Union dues
Brain Orientation
Aptitude
4. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Professional
Temporary Jobs
Elective
Classifieds
5. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Consumer
Job Duty
Business Management and Administration
Year-to-date earnings
6. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Commission
Aptitude
Outsourcing
Architecture and Construction
7. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Contract Labor
Career Interest Area
Bi-Weekly Pay
Human Services
8. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Commission
Scholarships
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Year-to-date earnings
9. Collection of information about oneself
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Career Portfolio
Financial aid
Bachelor's degree
10. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Career cluster
Plan
Union dues
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
11. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Gross pay
O*Net
Salary Range
Self-Concept
12. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Screen out
Part-Time Jobs
Applicant
Law Public Safety and Security
13. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Procrastinator
Networking
Interest Inventory
Overtime
14. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Consumer
Bi-Weekly Pay
Wholesale
Work Values
15. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Interest
Financial aid
Compromise
Personality Type
16. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Temporary Jobs
GED certificate
Bachelor's degree
Economy
17. Temporary work during the summer
Stock
Corporation
Seasonal Work
Employment Outlook
18. The type of job in which a person is employed
Job lead
Occupation
Demographics
Payroll
19. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Human Services
Career cluster
Entry-Level Jobs
Gross pay
20. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Technology
Loss
Job Duty
Listening Skills
21. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Networking
Fee
Salary
Stockholder
22. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Entrepreneur
Enterprise
Vendor
Apprenticeship
23. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Wholesale
Values Compromise
Classifieds
Ethnic
24. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Prerequisite
Aptitude
Full-Time Job
Elective
25. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Partnership
Education and Training
Competition
Salary
26. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Career Action Plan
Orientation
Application form
Lifestyle
27. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Stockholder
Vocational
Deduction
Job Outlook
28. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Profit
Union dues
Employer
Screen out
29. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Elective
Loss
30. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Loss
Career Portfolio
Information Technology
Related Occupations
31. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Work Values
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Tentative Decision
Sick Leave
32. This involves hearing - thinking about and responding to what the speaker is saying
Health Science
First impression
Tentative Decision
Listening
33. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Decision
Job Duty
Listening Skills
Education/Training Requirements
34. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Business Management and Administration
Applicant
Loss
Corporation
35. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Goods
Screen out
Finance
Bi-Weekly Pay
36. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Aptitude
Procedure
Career cluster
Law of Supply
37. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Ethnic
Employer
Commission
Career
38. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Scholarships
Procedure
Associate degree
39. 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
Goal
Career
Free Enterprise System
Job Shadowing
40. Possibility of loss
Letter of Application
Risk
Architecture and Construction
Discrimination
41. The choice between two or more possibilities
Decision
Post-secondary education
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Job Description
42. A thank you letter written following an interview
Compromise
Screen out
Resource
Follow-up Letter
43. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Personnel
Career Interest Area
Specializing
Finance
44. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Laws of supply and demand
Graduate school
Classifieds
45. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Job Outlook
First impression
Gross pay
Personality Type
46. Business which two or more people own and operate
Discrimination
Working Conditions
Partnership
Skill
47. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Annual Leave
Base Pay
Classifieds
Workforce diversity
48. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Specializing
Semi-monthly Pay
Personnel
Competition
49. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Job Shadowing
Demographics
Values Compromise
Technology
50. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Health Science
Brain Orientation
Base Pay
Loss