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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. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Objective
Performance review cycles
Personal treatment
Management schedule
2. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Stress
Wage
Accountability
3. The environment that a message travels through
Principles
Certification
Performance review cycles
Message context
4. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Organizational communication
Teamwork
Information receiver
Planning
5. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Noncontrollable costs
Compensation
Terminable acts
6. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Preventable crisis
Bonuses
Warm-up activity
7. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Exit interview
Commissions
Nonverbal communication
Bonuses
8. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Action plan
Nonverbal communication
Compensation
Networking
9. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Debrief meeting
Value Statement
Ground rules
Employee absence policy
10. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Team
Root cause
Information sender
Floaters
11. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Controllable costs
Forming
Motivators/Satisfiers
Accountability
12. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Benchmark
Action meetings
Progressive disciplinary action
Individual performance of objectives
13. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Problem solving
Warm-up activity
Action plan
Nonverbal communication
14. 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
Facilitator
Interpersonal communication
Message context
Team
15. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Conflict resolution
SWOT analysis
Brainstorming meetings
Planning
16. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Media policy
Personal treatment
Budget
Favoritism
17. 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
Accountability
Involuntary termination
Strategic priority
Problem
18. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Stress Management
Collective bargaining agreement
Internal communication
19. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Stress Management
Negotiation
Bonuses
Wage
20. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Voluntary termination
Sales projections
Brainstorming
Preventable crisis
21. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Shift leaders
Floaters
Voluntary termination
Agenda
22. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Spin
Preventable crisis
Voluntary termination
Wage
23. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Exit interview
Norming
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Leadership
24. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Interpersonal communication
Ground rules
Historical sales information
Controllable costs
25. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Terminable acts
Time-off request policy
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Agenda
26. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Self-disclosure
Empathy
Controllable costs
Communication
27. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Payroll standards
Meeting
Interfunctional team
Delegation
28. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Vision Statement
Problem-solving model
Directing
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
29. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Benchmark
Nonverbal communication
Crisis
Motivators/Satisfiers
30. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Brainstorming
Nepotism
Alternative
Leadership
31. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Sexual harassment
Leadership
Departmental/team objectives
Work styles
32. A conversation without prepared questions
Arbitration
Unstructured exit interview
Mission Statement
Informal communication
33. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Sexual harassment
Problem
Sales projections
Interfunctional team
34. A condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the resources he or she has available either personally or socially
Stress
Employee absence policy
Management schedule
Structured exit interview
35. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Nonverbal communication
Planning
Environmental noise
Controllable costs
36. Teams are getting to know each other - in addition to learning what will be required of them in order to achieve their assigned goal
Self-disclosure
Departmental/team objectives
Forming
Debrief meeting
37. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Scheduling
Decoding
Interpersonal communication
Voluntary termination
38. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Structured exit interview
Performing
Shift leaders
Professional Development
39. A potential solution to a problem
Departmental/team objectives
Alternative
Debrief meeting
Master schedule
40. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Planning
Leadership
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Crew schedule
41. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Cross-functional team
Progressive disciplinary action
Salaries
Team
42. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Merit pay
Time-off request policy
Nonverbal communication
Covers
43. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Performance standard
Stress Management
Informal communication
Collective bargaining agreement
44. Govern unemployment compensation
Mentor
Unpreventable crisis
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Documentation
45. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Decoding
Cross-training
Certification
Leadership
46. The person for whom the communication is intended
Professional Development
Contact list
Information receiver
Master schedule
47. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Self-directed teams
Compensation
Planning
Facilitator
48. Involves telling the group what specifically needs to be accomplished - establishing guidelines - and providing specifics on the five Ws (who - what - when where - why) and how
Arbitration
Bonuses
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Directing
49. 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
Objective
Minutes
Individual performance of objectives
Voluntary termination
50. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Decoding
Empathy
Preventable crisis
Budget