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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. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Personal treatment
Sexual harassment
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Contingency plan
2. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Merit pay
Performing
Exit interview
Internal communication
3. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Information receiver
Unstructured exit interview
Commissions
Favoritism
4. 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
Semivariable costs
Merit pay
Voluntary termination
Stress Management
5. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Spin
Accountability
Floaters
Self-disclosure
6. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Informal communication
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Supporting
SWOT analysis
7. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Norming
Performance review cycles
Management schedule
Message channel
8. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Conflict resolution
Communication
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Ground rules
9. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Benchmark
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Cross-functional team
Scheduling
10. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Measurable results
Favoritism
Meeting
Management schedule
11. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Performance review cycles
Deployment chart
Conflict resolution
Commissions
12. A conversation without prepared questions
Unstructured exit interview
Organizational goals
Professional Development
Voluntary termination
13. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Communication
Environmental noise
Planning
Voluntary termination
14. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Workplace Ethics
Problem-solving team
Standard
Control
15. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Message
Listening
Communication
Professionalism
16. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Performing
Collective bargaining agreement
Information receiver
Warm-up activity
17. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Ground rules
Professional Development
Historical sales information
Progressive disciplinary action
18. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Nepotism
Conflict resolution
Terminable acts
Individual performance of objectives
19. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Historical sales information
Negotiation
Motivators/Satisfiers
Mentor
20. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Meeting
Affection
Professional Development
Salaries
21. The person for whom the communication is intended
Employee absence policy
Negotiation
Information receiver
Message
22. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Scheduling
Networking
Organizational communication
Self-directed teams
23. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Problem-solving model
SWOT analysis
Structured exit interview
Listening
24. Those factors that cause a person to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner and may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli
Parking lot
Interpersonal communication
Motivation
Meeting
25. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Individual performance of objectives
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Workplace Ethics
Deployment chart
26. The environment that a message travels through
Message context
Stress
Problem-solving model
Scheduling
27. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Message
Alternative
Sales projections
Delegation
28. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Message
Voluntary termination
Scheduling
Leadership
29. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Performance review cycles
Unpreventable crisis
Arbitration
Delegation
30. 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
Employee absence policy
Progressive disciplinary action
Minutes
Motivators/Satisfiers
31. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Semivariable costs
Organizational communication
Benchmark
Departmental/team objectives
32. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Goal
Benchmark
Collective bargaining agreement
Controllable costs
33. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Planning
Crisis
Strategic priority
Action plan
34. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Principles
Measurable results
Call/emergency meetings
Scheduling
35. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Documentation
Evacuation
Networking
Departmental/team objectives
36. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Time Management
Benchmark
Facilitator
Storming
37. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Personal treatment
Evacuation
Standard
Agenda
38. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Communication
Minutes
Cross-functional team
Floaters
39. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Performance review cycles
Message
Nepotism
Facilitator
40. A potential solution to a problem
Interfunctional team
Alternative
Involuntary termination
Bonuses
41. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Collective bargaining agreement
Cross-functional team
Employee absence policy
Conflict resolution
42. A company's key elements of operation - and they serve as the foundation for the development of both the vision statement and the mission statement
Management schedule
Core values
Next steps
Communication
43. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Employee absence policy
Brainstorming
Arbitration
Problem-solving team
44. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Nepotism
Delegation
Mentor
Master schedule
45. Statements of desired results
Teamwork
Supporting
Goal
Value Statement
46. 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
Stress
Contingency plan
Interpersonal communication
Warm-up activity
47. A situation in which management must terminate an employee for one of four reasons - including lack of work for the individual - lack of funding - unsatisfactory performance - or violating a company policy
Value Statement
Negotiation
Information sender
Involuntary termination
48. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Team
Contact list
Problem-solving meetings
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
49. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Work styles
Accountability
Deployment chart
Mission Statement
50. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Semivariable costs
Organizational goals
Action meetings
Principles