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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. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Interfunctional team
Arbitration
Control
Problem-solving model
2. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Certification
Merit pay
Agenda
Affection
3. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Salaries
Listening
Brainstorming
Problem
4. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Organizational communication
Employee absence policy
Problem-solving team
Strategic priority
5. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Cross-functional team
Shift leaders
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
6. Meetings that share communication
Delegation
Information meetings
Favoritism
Problem-solving team
7. 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
Time Management
Parking lot
Minutes
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
8. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Favoritism
Debrief meeting
Planning
Problem-solving team
9. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Decoding
Collective bargaining agreement
Contingency plan
Problem
10. The person for whom the communication is intended
Professionalism
Message channel
Information receiver
Core values
11. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Inclusion
Stress Management
Problem solving
Compensation
12. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Self-disclosure
Budget
Meeting
Evacuation
13. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Shift leaders
Voluntary termination
Problem
Root cause
14. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Team
Inclusion
Sexual harassment
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
15. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Media policy
Norming
Formal communication
Contingency plan
16. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Networking
Interfunctional team
Time-off request policy
Departmental/team objectives
17. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Control
Organizational goals
Crew schedule
Call/emergency meetings
18. 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
Measurable results
Self-directed teams
Terminable acts
Certification
19. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Individual performance of objectives
Personal treatment
Sales projections
Semivariable costs
20. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Facilitator
Action meetings
Crew schedule
Individual performance of objectives
21. The ability to plan - organize - direct - staff - control - and evaluate the many functions in a food service organization for the purpose of serving organizational goals
Budget
Shift leaders
Media policy
Management
22. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Personal treatment
Preventable crisis
Principles
Mission Statement
23. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Negotiation
Vision Statement
Problem
Self-directed teams
24. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Debrief meeting
Covers
Measurable results
SWOT analysis
25. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Information meetings
Personal treatment
Norming
Action plan
26. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Strategic priority
Time Management
Problem solving
Listening
27. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Budget
Salaries
Information meetings
Mentor
28. 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
Arbitration
Self-directed teams
Interpersonal communication
Favoritism
29. 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
Directing
Motivation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Stress Management
30. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Mentor
Vision Statement
Work styles
Performing
31. 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
Crew schedule
Semivariable costs
Stress
Departmental/team objectives
32. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Media policy
Principles
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Self-disclosure
33. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Message context
Unpreventable crisis
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Facilitator
34. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Arbitration
Objective
Planning
Environmental noise
35. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Evacuation
Root cause
Listening
Principles
36. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Standard
Brainstorming meetings
Motivators/Satisfiers
Sexual harassment
37. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Nonverbal communication
Objective
Sales projections
Motivators/Satisfiers
38. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Self-disclosure
Message channel
Agenda
Mentor
39. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Problem-solving model
Action plan
Stress
Mentor
40. Costs that management can control
Interpersonal communication
Decoding
Controllable costs
Message context
41. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Spin
Ground rules
Meeting
Mediation
42. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Stress
Spin
Semivariable costs
Documentation
43. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Personal treatment
Accountability
Networking
Internal communication
44. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Organizational goals
Arbitration
Root cause
45. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Payroll standards
Measurable results
Debrief meeting
Facilitator
46. The environment that a message travels through
Measurable results
Message context
Motivators/Satisfiers
Vision Statement
47. Costs that management cannot control
Noncontrollable costs
Unpreventable crisis
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Collective bargaining agreement
48. Statements of desired results
Bonuses
Benchmark
Goal
Empathy
49. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Next steps
Leadership
Problem-solving model
Conflict resolution
50. Developing the message to be sent
Employee absence policy
Control
Empathy
Encoding