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HRI Certification
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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. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Message channel
Crew schedule
Budget
Time-off request policy
2. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Stress
Structured exit interview
Standard
Interpersonal communication
3. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Self-directed teams
Affection
Conflict resolution
Mentor
4. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Informal communication
Professionalism
Commissions
Inclusion
5. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Contingency plan
Message channel
Mediation
Internal communication
6. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Covers
Master schedule
Problem
Call/emergency meetings
7. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Facilitator
Supporting
Teamwork
Action item
8. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Performance standard
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Crisis
Problem-solving model
9. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Message channel
Mission Statement
Listening
10. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Professionalism
Work styles
Ground rules
Problem solving
11. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Contingency plan
Inclusion
Negotiation
Standard
12. 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
Minutes
Conflict resolution
Noncontrollable costs
Semivariable costs
13. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Bonuses
Historical sales information
Performing
Storming
14. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Objective
Action meetings
Encoding
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
15. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Sales projections
Floaters
Media policy
Principles
16. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Brainstorming
Organizational communication
Forming
Stress Management
17. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Collective bargaining agreement
Arbitration
Media policy
Interfunctional team
18. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Self-directed teams
Management schedule
Brainstorming meetings
Arbitration
19. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Shift leaders
Root cause
Benchmark
Storming
20. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Contact list
Organizational communication
Management
Problem
21. 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
Minutes
Stress Management
Mentor
Action item
22. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Documentation
Personal treatment
Action plan
Historical sales information
23. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Professional Development
Mission Statement
Nepotism
Information receiver
24. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Parking lot
Formal communication
Management schedule
Deployment chart
25. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Budget
Brainstorming
Merit pay
Professionalism
26. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Problem solving
Message context
Mentor
Goal
27. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Networking
Commissions
Root cause
Problem-solving meetings
28. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Contingency plan
Problem-solving team
Unstructured exit interview
Shift leaders
29. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Performing
Problem
Affection
Conflict resolution
30. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Next steps
Information sender
Measurable results
Brainstorming meetings
31. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Favoritism
Time-off request policy
Preventable crisis
Brainstorming
32. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Inclusion
Favoritism
Wage
Unpreventable crisis
33. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Self-directed teams
Progressive disciplinary action
Exit interview
Noncontrollable costs
34. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Negotiation
Teamwork
Floaters
Delegation
35. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Measurable results
Planning
Work styles
Time-off request policy
36. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Structured exit interview
Supporting
Informal communication
Commissions
37. The person for whom the communication is intended
Ground rules
Mediation
Minutes
Information receiver
38. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Value Statement
Problem solving
Action plan
Action item
39. The environment that a message travels through
Message context
Exit interview
Negotiation
Contact list
40. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Collective bargaining agreement
Affection
Planning
Organizational communication
41. Govern unemployment compensation
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Historical sales information
Problem
Problem-solving model
42. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Management
Performing
Spin
Problem-solving team
43. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Environmental noise
Brainstorming
Supporting
Empathy
44. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Departmental/team objectives
Employee absence policy
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Master schedule
45. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Spin
Meeting
Team
Preventable crisis
46. Meals to be served
Message channel
Covers
Information sender
Sales projections
47. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Goal
Formal communication
Agenda
Floaters
48. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Cross-functional team
Ground rules
Spin
Compensation
49. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Leadership
Conflict resolution
Problem
Voluntary termination
50. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Interfunctional team
Compensation
Deployment chart
Accountability