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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. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Attitude
Interest
Economy
Procedure
2. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Employer
Goods
Architecture and Construction
Corporation
3. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Consumer
Identity
GED certificate
Brain Orientation
4. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Consumer
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Application form
Employer
5. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Outsourcing
Appearance
Compromise
Specializing
6. Any education or training following high school
Sick Leave
Post-secondary education
Learning Style
Working Conditions
7. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Fee
Schedule
Priortize
8. Commoney known as Social Security
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Career Interest Area
Risk
Wage
9. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Volunteering
Vocational
Professional
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
10. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Discrimination
Education and Training
O*Net
Sick Leave
11. Someone who creates a good or service
Wage
Career Action Plan
Fringe benefits
Producer
12. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Graduate school
Tuition
Career Goal
Personality Trait
13. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Retailing
Commission
Full-Time Job
Law of Demand
14. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Plan
Internet
Ethnic
Compromise
15. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Part-Time Jobs
Long-Term Goal
Lifestyle
Government and Public Administration
16. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Entrepreneur
Job lead
Career Interest Area
Procedure
17. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Post-secondary education
On-the-job training (OJT)
Goal
Procedure
18. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Personality Trait
Screen out
Job lead
Post-secondary education
19. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Specializing
O*Net
Job Outlook
Time Management
20. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Brain Orientation
Stock
Long-Term Goal
Ethnic
21. Earnings above base pay
Overtime
Law of Demand
ArkOscar
Law Public Safety and Security
22. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Elective
Stockholder
Classifieds
Career Goal
23. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
On-the-job training (OJT)
Internet
Conflict
Graduate school
24. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
GED certificate
Decision
Tuition
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
25. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Personnel
First impression
Education and Training
Employment Outlook
26. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Co-worker
Law Public Safety and Security
Long-Term Goal
Elective
27. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Year-to-date earnings
Fringe benefits
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Economy
28. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Check Stub
Job Outlook
Payroll
Qualification
29. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Manufacturing
Plan
Enterprise
On-the-job training (OJT)
30. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Applicant
Payroll
Internship
Entrepreneur
31. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
On-the-job training (OJT)
Occupation
Outsourcing
Job Market
32. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Personnel
Aptitude
First impression
Networking
33. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Internet
Technology
Enterprise
Business Management and Administration
34. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Study Skills
Decision
Government and Public Administration
Career
35. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
First impression
Ethnic
Classifieds
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
36. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
GED certificate
Work Environment
Conflict
Profit
37. Someone who sells goods or services
Fee
Enterprise
Vendor
Study Skills
38. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Interest
Scholarships
Job Outlook
Finance
39. A thank you letter written following an interview
Specializing
Career
Follow-up Letter
Competition
40. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Job Description
O*Net
Base Pay
Human Services
41. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Learning Style
Professional
Gross pay
Work ethic
42. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Listening Skills
Research
Architecture and Construction
Graduate school
43. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Services
Job Market
Business Management and Administration
Employment Outlook
44. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Job Description
Career Action Plan
Identity
Technical
45. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Work Environment
Temporary Jobs
Global Economy
Time Management
46. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Law Public Safety and Security
Listening
Appearance
Goods
47. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Scholarships
Manufacturing
Decision
Ethnic
48. Any information about possible job openings
Job lead
Ability
Volunteering
Union dues
49. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Professional
Stock
Wholesale
Tuition
50. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Workforce diversity
Job Duty
Enterprise
Associate degree