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HRI Certification
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certifications
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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 budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Affection
Self-disclosure
Standard
Sexual harassment
2. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Bonuses
Accountability
Debrief meeting
Meeting
3. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Collective bargaining agreement
Commissions
Internal communication
Unpreventable crisis
4. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Listening
Motivation
Empathy
Professional Development
5. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Motivation
Leadership
Unstructured exit interview
Information receiver
6. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Historical sales information
Unpreventable crisis
Brainstorming
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
7. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Core values
Action meetings
Next steps
Standard
8. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Delegation
Encoding
Action meetings
Communication
9. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Workplace Ethics
Accountability
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Scheduling
10. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Message
Problem-solving team
Performance standard
Action meetings
11. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Message channel
Debrief meeting
Problem-solving meetings
Terminable acts
12. A potential solution to a problem
Cross-training
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Root cause
Alternative
13. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Conflict resolution
Action plan
Accountability
Problem-solving team
14. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Contact list
Evacuation
Facilitator
Norming
15. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Cross-training
Planning
Interpersonal communication
Merit pay
16. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Strategic priority
Floaters
Individual performance of objectives
Delegation
17. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Performance standard
Self-directed teams
Employee absence policy
Minutes
18. Meals to be served
Message context
Covers
Measurable results
Exit interview
19. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Stress Management
Wage
Standard
Organizational communication
20. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Principles
Favoritism
Encoding
Time Management
21. The environment that a message travels through
Message context
Voluntary termination
Sales projections
Spin
22. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Motivators/Satisfiers
Directing
Inclusion
23. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Alternative
Parking lot
Cross-training
Stress
24. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Environmental noise
Self-directed teams
Principles
Budget
25. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Standard
Structured exit interview
Budget
Meeting
26. The person for whom the communication is intended
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Contact list
Delegation
Information receiver
27. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Leadership
Call/emergency meetings
Stress Management
Professionalism
28. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Noncontrollable costs
Unpreventable crisis
Debrief meeting
Alternative
29. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Wage
Problem-solving team
Bonuses
Meeting
30. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Salaries
Professionalism
Communication
Stress
31. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Alternative
Facilitator
Professionalism
Affection
32. 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
Problem-solving meetings
Management schedule
Work styles
33. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Salaries
Crisis
Leadership
34. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Stress Management
Informal communication
Brainstorming meetings
Team
35. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Sexual harassment
Problem solving
Brainstorming
Delegation
36. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Stress Management
Performance review cycles
Networking
Action meetings
37. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Interpersonal communication
Accountability
Information sender
Warm-up activity
38. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Voluntary termination
Sales projections
Cross-training
Performance review cycles
39. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Spin
Problem-solving model
Action item
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
40. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Benchmark
Value Statement
Performance standard
Standard
41. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Time Management
Employee absence policy
Preventable crisis
Performance review cycles
42. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Commissions
Call/emergency meetings
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Wage
43. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Vision Statement
Supporting
Organizational communication
Standard
44. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Root cause
Forming
Stress
Next steps
45. 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
Commissions
Work styles
Certification
Communication
46. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Management schedule
Wage
Crew schedule
Message
47. Costs that management cannot control
Noncontrollable costs
Mentor
Floaters
Norming
48. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Strategic priority
Nepotism
Stress
Interfunctional team
49. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Performance standard
Organizational goals
Crew schedule
Informal communication
50. Meetings that share communication
Employee absence policy
Information meetings
Interfunctional team
Contingency plan