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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. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Orientation
Interest
Brain Orientation
Career Portfolio
2. 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
Job Market
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Time Management
Union
3. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Learning Style
Salary Range
Law of Demand
Check Stub
4. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Job Shadowing
Internet
Learning Style
Financial aid
5. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Contract Labor
Finance
Gross pay
Resume
6. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Finance
Reference
Risk
7. The environment of the workplace
Attitude
Working Conditions
Time Management
First impression
8. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Personality
Networking
Application form
Skill
9. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Semi-monthly Pay
Tuition
Net pay
Economy
10. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Profit
Services
Entrepreneur
Screen out
11. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Information Technology
Decision
Lifestyle
Vocation
12. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Internship
Work ethic
Values Compromise
Personality Trait
13. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Gross pay
Law Public Safety and Security
Appearance
Net pay
14. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
Job Market
Loss
First impression
Lifestyle
15. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Deduction
Seasonal Work
Personality Type
Outsourcing
16. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Time Management
Entry-Level Jobs
Personality
Government and Public Administration
17. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Career cluster
Goal
Elective
18. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Help-wanted ads
Classifieds
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
19. A definition of work duties
Personality
Deduction
Job Description
Retailing
20. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Employment Outlook
Graduate school
Values Compromise
21. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Working Conditions
Sick Leave
Seasonal Work
Skill
22. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Internship
Learning Style
Procrastinator
Demographics
23. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Career Interest Area
Values Compromise
Sole Proprietorship
Decision
24. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Job Description
Resume
Laws of supply and demand
Career Portfolio
25. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Career Goal
Classifieds
Specializing
Job lead
26. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Education and Training
Retailing
Occupation
Learning Style
27. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Partnership
Retailing
Work
Work Environment
28. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Annual Leave
Self-Esteem
Short-Term Goal
Law of Supply
29. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Corporation
Schedule
Appearance
30. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Elective
Attitude
Personality Type
Self-Esteem
31. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Listening Skills
Employment Agency
Persistent
Resource
32. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Long-Term Goal
Applicant
Screen out
Technology
33. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Outsourcing
Ethnic
Interview
Education and Training
34. A course that is required before another course can be taken
First impression
Sole Proprietorship
Skill
Prerequisite
35. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Hospitality and Tourism
Law of Demand
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Year-to-date earnings
36. An amount of money charged by others for services
Brain Orientation
Work
Fee
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
37. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Professional
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Sole Proprietorship
Manufacturing
38. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Job Outlook
Specializing
Wholesale
Economy
39. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Employer
Compromise
Job Shadowing
Schedule
40. A skill that you have developed
Full-Time Job
Fee
Ability
Consumer
41. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Laws of supply and demand
Learning Style
Qualification
Job
42. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Vendor
Interest Inventory
ArkOscar
Discrimination
43. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Self-Concept
Entry-Level Jobs
Career Goal
Resource
44. Business owned by one person
Plan
Sole Proprietorship
Career Goal
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
45. As the price increases producers produce more
Law of Supply
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Deduction
Listening Skills
46. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Technology
Evaluate
Specializing
Career Action Plan
47. The choice between two or more possibilities
Union dues
Decision
Personality Trait
Scholarships
48. A thank you letter written following an interview
Follow-up Letter
Career Interest Area
Finance
Education and Training
49. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Letter of Application
Reference
Services
Career Action Plan
50. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Tentative Decision
Vocation
Job Market
Career Action Plan