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HRI Certification
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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. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Listening
Deployment chart
Involuntary termination
Planning
2. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Information meetings
Merit pay
Stress Management
Control
3. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Environmental noise
Spin
Networking
Management
4. Statements of desired results
Warm-up activity
Goal
Problem
Mentor
5. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Merit pay
Professionalism
Work styles
Salaries
6. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Information sender
Departmental/team objectives
Employee absence policy
Agenda
7. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Media policy
Mission Statement
Problem solving
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
8. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Sales projections
Unstructured exit interview
Action item
Arbitration
9. Those factors that cause a person to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner and may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Motivation
Communication
Information sender
10. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Professionalism
Message channel
Norming
Individual performance of objectives
11. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Delegation
Exit interview
Semivariable costs
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
12. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Scheduling
Cross-functional team
Management schedule
Media policy
13. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Warm-up activity
Individual performance of objectives
Supporting
Employee absence policy
14. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Terminable acts
SWOT analysis
Problem solving
Historical sales information
15. Differs from other forms of communication in that there are usually only a few participants involved (often just two people) - the individuals are in close proximity to each other as shown - and the feedback is immediate
Interpersonal communication
Alternative
Delegation
Involuntary termination
16. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Stress Management
Action item
Alternative
Goal
17. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Information receiver
Communication
Organizational communication
Listening
18. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Certification
Teamwork
Progressive disciplinary action
19. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Agenda
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Objective
Internal communication
20. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Cross-functional team
Workplace Ethics
Progressive disciplinary action
Favoritism
21. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Compensation
Historical sales information
Scheduling
Performance standard
22. The person for whom the communication is intended
Management
Information receiver
Strategic priority
Controllable costs
23. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Cross-functional team
Involuntary termination
Formal communication
Forming
24. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Planning
Stress
Environmental noise
Covers
25. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Benchmark
Debrief meeting
Sexual harassment
Minutes
26. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Principles
Vision Statement
Internal communication
Mentor
27. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Teamwork
Meeting
Informal communication
Planning
28. Meals to be served
Negotiation
Action meetings
Covers
Mentor
29. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Mediation
Conflict resolution
Action meetings
Historical sales information
30. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Delegation
Motivators/Satisfiers
Planning
Time-off request policy
31. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Crew schedule
Professionalism
Warm-up activity
Conflict resolution
32. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Action meetings
Compensation
Ground rules
Networking
33. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Involuntary termination
Action item
Preventable crisis
Payroll standards
34. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Meeting
Work styles
Personal treatment
Stress
35. Developing the message to be sent
Alternative
Wage
Directing
Encoding
36. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Merit pay
Action meetings
Salaries
Exit interview
37. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Documentation
Arbitration
Salaries
Meeting
38. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Collective bargaining agreement
Standard
Root cause
Payroll standards
39. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Delegation
Spin
Stress
Time Management
40. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Evacuation
Voluntary termination
Value Statement
Compensation
41. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Information sender
Problem-solving team
Environmental noise
Root cause
42. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Message context
Principles
Individual performance of objectives
Cross-training
43. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Motivation
Sales projections
Noncontrollable costs
Facilitator
44. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Value Statement
Voluntary termination
Control
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
45. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Facilitator
Problem solving
Supporting
Semivariable costs
46. A company's key elements of operation - and they serve as the foundation for the development of both the vision statement and the mission statement
Storming
Information sender
Core values
Standard
47. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Performing
Unstructured exit interview
Norming
Goal
48. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Environmental noise
Delegation
Principles
Collective bargaining agreement
49. A potential solution to a problem
Motivators/Satisfiers
Alternative
Standard
Sales projections
50. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Teamwork
Objective
Exit interview
Message context