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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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1. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Media policy
Professional Development
Information sender
Performance standard
2. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Time Management
Planning
Wage
3. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Collective bargaining agreement
Minutes
Stress Management
Accountability
4. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Scheduling
Benchmark
Compensation
Goal
5. The person for whom the communication is intended
Controllable costs
Crisis
Conflict resolution
Information receiver
6. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Decoding
Encoding
Listening
Organizational communication
7. A potential solution to a problem
Covers
Ground rules
Root cause
Alternative
8. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Principles
Exit interview
Noncontrollable costs
Payroll standards
9. Those costs that have both a fixed and variable element - such that one part will not change as sales volume changes - whereas the other part will change
Stress
Cross-training
Action meetings
Semivariable costs
10. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Historical sales information
Unpreventable crisis
Affection
Management
11. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Value Statement
Environmental noise
Master schedule
Forming
12. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Floaters
Sales projections
Structured exit interview
Control
13. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Arbitration
Delegation
Workplace Ethics
Historical sales information
14. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Parking lot
Debrief meeting
Arbitration
Collective bargaining agreement
15. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Contingency plan
Interpersonal communication
Time Management
Commissions
16. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Warm-up activity
Message context
Nepotism
Crew schedule
17. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Performance standard
Ground rules
Master schedule
Internal communication
18. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Agenda
Call/emergency meetings
Leadership
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
19. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Documentation
Crew schedule
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Control
20. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Action plan
Communication
Facilitator
Unstructured exit interview
21. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Exit interview
Principles
Individual performance of objectives
Floaters
22. A process managers use to identify what causes stress for them in the workplace as well as in their personal life - and then to apply various strategies to minimize its effects
Payroll standards
Mediation
Stress Management
Information sender
23. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Exit interview
Work styles
Listening
Facilitator
24. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Internal communication
Mentor
Performance standard
Individual performance of objectives
25. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Action meetings
Employee absence policy
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Supporting
26. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Internal communication
Listening
Work styles
Root cause
27. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Information meetings
Media policy
Work styles
Message channel
28. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Conflict resolution
Team
Self-directed teams
Deployment chart
29. Meetings that share communication
Information meetings
Norming
Controllable costs
Root cause
30. A condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the resources he or she has available either personally or socially
Benchmark
Stress
Supporting
Crisis
31. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Professionalism
Principles
Organizational goals
Personal treatment
32. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Principles
Storming
Unpreventable crisis
Management
33. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Professional Development
Structured exit interview
Crew schedule
Strategic priority
34. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Commissions
Certification
Employee absence policy
Message channel
35. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Core values
Sexual harassment
Time-off request policy
Commissions
36. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Stress
Root cause
Budget
Environmental noise
37. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Crisis
Conflict resolution
Message context
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
38. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Brainstorming
Problem
Media policy
Core values
39. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Commissions
Motivators/Satisfiers
Work styles
Professionalism
40. Govern unemployment compensation
Bonuses
Favoritism
Delegation
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
41. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Information sender
Sexual harassment
Organizational communication
Conflict resolution
42. A situation in which management must terminate an employee for one of four reasons - including lack of work for the individual - lack of funding - unsatisfactory performance - or violating a company policy
Certification
Organizational communication
Involuntary termination
Message
43. Developing the message to be sent
Root cause
SWOT analysis
Encoding
Budget
44. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Merit pay
Brainstorming
Norming
Scheduling
45. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Planning
Covers
Spin
Self-directed teams
46. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Encoding
Mediation
Message context
Negotiation
47. Indicates that you have demonstrated a high level of skill and have met specific performance requirements by participating in a rigorous process to become certified
Organizational communication
Stress Management
Certification
Control
48. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Message channel
Departmental/team objectives
Benchmark
Problem-solving model
49. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Interfunctional team
Shift leaders
Affection
Value Statement
50. An official record of key points discussed or covered at a meeting - as well as anything that might have been decided or completed during the meeting
Progressive disciplinary action
Minutes
Budget
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)