SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
HRI Certification
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
hri
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Facilitator
Wage
Measurable results
Benchmark
2. Costs that management can control
Self-directed teams
Conflict resolution
Problem-solving team
Controllable costs
3. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Arbitration
Terminable acts
Crew schedule
Problem
4. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Media policy
Meeting
Team
Shift leaders
5. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Nepotism
Team
Information receiver
Communication
6. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Master schedule
Parking lot
Forming
Goal
7. 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 Management
Documentation
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Semivariable costs
8. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Motivators/Satisfiers
Sexual harassment
Involuntary termination
Decoding
9. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Forming
Involuntary termination
Unpreventable crisis
Scheduling
10. The environment that a message travels through
Conflict resolution
Message context
Parking lot
Vision Statement
11. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Facilitator
SWOT analysis
Evacuation
Action meetings
12. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Performance standard
Motivation
Team
Controllable costs
13. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Terminable acts
Arbitration
Personal treatment
Compensation
14. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Brainstorming
Informal communication
Sexual harassment
Mission Statement
15. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Commissions
Organizational goals
Action item
Workplace Ethics
16. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Contact list
Media policy
Personal treatment
Agenda
17. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Brainstorming
Interfunctional team
SWOT analysis
Exit interview
18. Identifying what tasks - actions - and other events need to happen as a result of the meeting - as well as setting a date and time for the next meeting
Nonverbal communication
Next steps
Exit interview
Empathy
19. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Salaries
Debrief meeting
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Unpreventable crisis
20. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Departmental/team objectives
Covers
Structured exit interview
Inclusion
21. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Sales projections
Spin
Objective
Evacuation
22. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Professionalism
Call/emergency meetings
Problem-solving model
Supporting
23. A law that requires all employers to pay employees minimum wage plus overtime for any hours worked over forty per week
Payroll standards
Warm-up activity
Interpersonal communication
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
24. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Action item
Teamwork
Employee absence policy
Management
25. Meetings that are scheduled on a regular basis between the employee and employer to discuss the employee's job performance and additional pay - if any - for the coming year
Controllable costs
Goal
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Performance review cycles
26. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Standard
Delegation
Mentor
Preventable crisis
27. Developing the message to be sent
Warm-up activity
Value Statement
Professional Development
Encoding
28. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Meeting
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Stress Management
Forming
29. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Principles
Problem solving
Professionalism
Spin
30. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Delegation
Facilitator
Team
Leadership
31. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Noncontrollable costs
Arbitration
Individual performance of objectives
Professionalism
32. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Bonuses
Mission Statement
Structured exit interview
Scheduling
33. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Stress
Brainstorming
Negotiation
Wage
34. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Brainstorming
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Sales projections
Cross-training
35. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Storming
Empathy
Crisis
Motivation
36. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Management schedule
Information receiver
Environmental noise
Interfunctional team
37. 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
Information sender
Certification
Problem-solving meetings
Problem-solving team
38. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Message channel
Formal communication
Nepotism
Decoding
39. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Ground rules
Inclusion
Root cause
Action item
40. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Media policy
Work styles
Collective bargaining agreement
Strategic priority
41. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Networking
Noncontrollable costs
Spin
Management
42. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Budget
Arbitration
Delegation
Information sender
43. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Informal communication
Compensation
Terminable acts
Delegation
44. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Crew schedule
Floaters
Time-off request policy
Voluntary termination
45. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Decoding
Problem
SWOT analysis
Facilitator
46. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Team
Planning
Contact list
Measurable results
47. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Brainstorming
Informal communication
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Norming
48. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Noncontrollable costs
Minutes
Professional Development
Listening
49. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Norming
Benchmark
Minutes
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
50. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Deployment chart
Objective
Contingency plan
Employee absence policy