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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. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Compensation
Professional Development
Voluntary termination
Management schedule
2. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Noncontrollable costs
Leadership
Budget
Commissions
3. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Professional Development
Message channel
Shift leaders
Motivators/Satisfiers
4. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Sales projections
Employee absence policy
Arbitration
Payroll standards
5. A law that requires all employers to pay employees minimum wage plus overtime for any hours worked over forty per week
Contact list
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Problem solving
Action item
6. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Principles
Root cause
Problem-solving meetings
Self-directed teams
7. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Nepotism
Environmental noise
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
8. 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
Empathy
Contingency plan
Certification
Floaters
9. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Organizational communication
SWOT analysis
Root cause
Payroll standards
10. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Brainstorming meetings
Deployment chart
Professional Development
Brainstorming
11. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Nepotism
Floaters
Root cause
Performance standard
12. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Delegation
Communication
Crisis
13. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Message channel
Arbitration
Sales projections
Problem
14. The person for whom the communication is intended
Problem
Decoding
Involuntary termination
Information receiver
15. Statements of desired results
Encoding
Goal
Problem-solving model
Contact list
16. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Collective bargaining agreement
Cross-functional team
Storming
Mentor
17. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Self-directed teams
Principles
Scheduling
Shift leaders
18. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Communication
Structured exit interview
Brainstorming meetings
Professional Development
19. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Strategic priority
Performance standard
Time-off request policy
Historical sales information
20. Govern unemployment compensation
Shift leaders
Brainstorming
Mentor
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
21. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Mediation
Mentor
Personal treatment
Self-disclosure
22. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Documentation
Internal communication
Certification
Agenda
23. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Negotiation
Performance review cycles
Parking lot
Unpreventable crisis
24. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Inclusion
Evacuation
Motivators/Satisfiers
Spin
25. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Affection
Supporting
Facilitator
Workplace Ethics
26. Meetings that share communication
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Agenda
Information meetings
Leadership
27. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Formal communication
Individual performance of objectives
Mission Statement
Voluntary termination
28. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Vision Statement
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Brainstorming meetings
Storming
29. 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
Inclusion
Semivariable costs
Information meetings
Information sender
30. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Individual performance of objectives
Contact list
Nonverbal communication
Informal communication
31. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Facilitator
Message
Nonverbal communication
Negotiation
32. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Performing
Listening
Alternative
Control
33. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Employee absence policy
Management
Budget
Listening
34. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Networking
Principles
Shift leaders
Action meetings
35. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Self-directed teams
Media policy
Deployment chart
36. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Message channel
Master schedule
Self-directed teams
Time Management
37. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Master schedule
Motivation
Compensation
Sales projections
38. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Environmental noise
Master schedule
Noncontrollable costs
Conflict resolution
39. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Cross-training
Benchmark
Supporting
Problem-solving model
40. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Action item
Evacuation
Interfunctional team
Storming
41. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Mission Statement
Action meetings
Performance review cycles
42. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Strategic priority
Teamwork
Documentation
Spin
43. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Employee absence policy
Crisis
Contingency plan
Facilitator
44. Meals to be served
Supporting
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Involuntary termination
Covers
45. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Standard
Contact list
Vision Statement
Organizational communication
46. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Unstructured exit interview
Professional Development
Preventable crisis
Terminable acts
47. 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
Brainstorming meetings
Norming
Stress Management
Professional Development
48. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Ground rules
Problem-solving team
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Stress
49. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Problem-solving team
Commissions
Brainstorming
Team
50. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Teamwork
Work styles
Documentation
Involuntary termination