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Career Vocab
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soft-skills
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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. 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
Internship
Year-to-date earnings
Free Enterprise System
Business Plan
2. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Job
Values Compromise
Wage
Brain Orientation
3. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Employer
Professional
Law of Supply
Working Conditions
4. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Specializing
Consumer
Part-Time Jobs
Self-Concept
5. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Law of Demand
Professional
Interview
ArkOscar
6. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Consumer
Resource
Tuition
Base Pay
7. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Vocational
Employer
Personality Trait
Bi-Weekly Pay
8. Business which two or more people own and operate
Fringe benefits
Work ethic
Partnership
Government and Public Administration
9. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Interest
Wholesale
Technical
Screen out
10. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Business Plan
Free Enterprise System
Prerequisite
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
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
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Free Enterprise System
Government and Public Administration
Health Science
12. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Decision-Making Process
Fee
Vendor
Career cluster
13. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Letter of Application
Internship
Financial aid
Education and Training
14. A skill that you have developed
Ability
Seasonal Work
Work
Vocation
15. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Values
Check Stub
Education and Training
Professional
16. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Technical
Scholarships
Study Skills
Volunteering
17. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Skill
Study Skills
Economy
Sick Leave
18. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Payroll
Classifieds
Business Management and Administration
Interest Inventory
19. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Laws of supply and demand
Loss
Follow-up Letter
Commission
20. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Employment Agency
Payroll
Discrimination
Entrepreneur
21. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Annual Leave
Lifestyle
Business Plan
Vocational
22. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Personality Trait
Identity
Short-Term Goal
Job Outlook
23. As the price increases producers produce more
Work Values
Hospitality and Tourism
Law of Supply
Union dues
24. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Bachelor's degree
Law Public Safety and Security
Wholesale
Long-Term Goal
25. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Goods
Goal
Procedure
Gross pay
26. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Commission
Apprenticeship
Screen out
Short-Term Goal
27. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Job Shadowing
Retailing
Health Science
Part-Time Jobs
28. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Technology
Internet
Temporary Jobs
Brain Orientation
29. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Career
Job
Long-Term Goal
Goal
30. Commoney known as Social Security
Loss
Laws of supply and demand
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
31. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Economy
Procrastinator
Tentative Decision
Producer
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
Networking
Career Action Plan
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Scholarships
33. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Gross pay
Skill
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Interest
34. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Overtime
Personnel
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Outsourcing
35. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Long-Term Goal
Career Goal
Human Services
Learning Style
36. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Job Market
Wholesale
Personality
Manufacturing
37. A person who owns stock in a company
Entry-Level Jobs
Stockholder
Personality
Research
38. Earnings above base pay
Overtime
Short-Term Goal
Job
O*Net
39. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Research
Personality Type
Human Services
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
40. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Attitude
Career Goal
Screen out
Interest Inventory
41. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Learning Style
Elective
Resource
Personality Trait
42. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Loss
Compromise
Working Conditions
Decision
43. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Resume
Work Environment
Discrimination
Personality Trait
44. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Priortize
Research
Networking
Loss
45. A share of the ownership in a company
Personnel
Personality Type
Career Goal
Stock
46. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Stock
Union
GED certificate
First impression
47. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Interest
Global Economy
Evaluate
Career cluster
48. Temporary work during the summer
Risk
Time Management
Job Shadowing
Seasonal Work
49. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Discrimination
Punctuality
Stock
Education/Training Requirements
50. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Services
Evaluate
Decision-Making Process
Sick Leave