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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. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Motivators/Satisfiers
Internal communication
Bonuses
Professional Development
2. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Encoding
Leadership
Exit interview
Professional Development
3. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Information sender
Merit pay
Action meetings
Budget
4. Meetings that share communication
Self-disclosure
Networking
Information meetings
Performing
5. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Delegation
Conflict resolution
Core values
Leadership
6. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Nepotism
Communication
Workplace Ethics
Management schedule
7. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Arbitration
Time Management
Nonverbal communication
Inclusion
8. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Budget
Progressive disciplinary action
Planning
Motivators/Satisfiers
9. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Noncontrollable costs
Covers
Control
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
10. Meals to be served
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Organizational communication
Covers
Involuntary termination
11. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Salaries
Historical sales information
Problem-solving model
Workplace Ethics
12. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Storming
Problem-solving model
Conflict resolution
Measurable results
13. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Collective bargaining agreement
Covers
Evacuation
Directing
14. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Progressive disciplinary action
Environmental noise
Value Statement
Sales projections
15. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Sexual harassment
Contingency plan
Motivators/Satisfiers
Terminable acts
16. A law that requires all employers to pay employees minimum wage plus overtime for any hours worked over forty per week
SWOT analysis
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Objective
Action meetings
17. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Bonuses
Controllable costs
Employee absence policy
Self-disclosure
18. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Informal communication
Budget
Commissions
Standard
19. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Voluntary termination
Benchmark
Information meetings
Negotiation
20. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Message
Planning
Performance standard
21. Govern unemployment compensation
Employee absence policy
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Standard
Conflict resolution
22. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Noncontrollable costs
Cross-functional team
Root cause
Affection
23. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Noncontrollable costs
Spin
Agenda
Problem-solving model
24. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Mentor
Performance review cycles
Employee absence policy
Motivators/Satisfiers
25. Statements of desired results
Master schedule
Debrief meeting
Goal
Decoding
26. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Shift leaders
Control
Encoding
Scheduling
27. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Nonverbal communication
Action plan
Brainstorming
Standard
28. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Problem-solving model
Delegation
Arbitration
Warm-up activity
29. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Cross-functional team
Planning
Professionalism
Action item
30. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Information receiver
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Problem-solving model
Next steps
31. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Formal communication
Commissions
Master schedule
Informal communication
32. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Collective bargaining agreement
Message
Delegation
Crisis
33. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Shift leaders
Delegation
Personal treatment
Debrief meeting
34. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Performing
Message
Brainstorming
Payroll standards
35. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Inclusion
Norming
Involuntary termination
Structured exit interview
36. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Problem-solving meetings
Documentation
Message channel
Semivariable costs
37. 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
Delegation
Message
Evacuation
38. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Benchmark
Commissions
Measurable results
Call/emergency meetings
39. Costs that management cannot control
Noncontrollable costs
Master schedule
Minutes
Workplace Ethics
40. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Benchmark
Professionalism
Involuntary termination
Agenda
41. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Affection
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Cross-functional team
Wage
42. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Facilitator
Strategic priority
Cross-functional team
Conflict resolution
43. An event that happens without warning and normally affects a number of people
Delegation
Crisis
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Root cause
44. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Planning
Terminable acts
Sexual harassment
Informal communication
45. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Alternative
Self-directed teams
Information meetings
Unpreventable crisis
46. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Debrief meeting
Norming
Documentation
Nonverbal communication
47. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Controllable costs
Encoding
Supporting
Inclusion
48. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Root cause
Inclusion
Departmental/team objectives
Benchmark
49. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Negotiation
Interpersonal communication
Merit pay
Planning
50. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Parking lot
Budget
Workplace Ethics
Interpersonal communication