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HRI Certification
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certifications
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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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1. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Departmental/team objectives
Progressive disciplinary action
Crisis
Warm-up activity
2. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Departmental/team objectives
Mediation
Historical sales information
Strategic priority
3. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Management schedule
Nepotism
Norming
Favoritism
4. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Compensation
Organizational goals
Cross-training
Unpreventable crisis
5. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Standard
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Budget
Action plan
6. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Value Statement
Communication
Delegation
Master schedule
7. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Storming
Action item
Time Management
Alternative
8. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Core values
Professionalism
Arbitration
Stress
9. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Organizational communication
Norming
Merit pay
Terminable acts
10. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Favoritism
Conflict resolution
Communication
Formal communication
11. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Inclusion
Internal communication
Payroll standards
Evacuation
12. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Delegation
Measurable results
Crisis
Problem-solving meetings
13. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Agenda
Compensation
Scheduling
Leadership
14. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Scheduling
Action item
Motivation
Leadership
15. A process managers use to identify what causes stress for them in the workplace as well as in their personal life - and then to apply various strategies to minimize its effects
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Action item
Stress Management
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
16. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
SWOT analysis
Bonuses
Budget
Goal
17. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Terminable acts
Workplace Ethics
Empathy
Action item
18. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Objective
Covers
Planning
Negotiation
19. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Preventable crisis
Documentation
Budget
Information sender
20. 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
Performance review cycles
Informal communication
Directing
Management
21. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Evacuation
Debrief meeting
Noncontrollable costs
Involuntary termination
22. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Cross-functional team
Individual performance of objectives
Action plan
Planning
23. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Directing
Brainstorming meetings
Commissions
Floaters
24. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Norming
Bonuses
Progressive disciplinary action
Objective
25. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Shift leaders
Brainstorming meetings
Decoding
Core values
26. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Semivariable costs
Information receiver
Decoding
Certification
27. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Message context
Measurable results
Warm-up activity
Self-disclosure
28. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Accountability
Crisis
Documentation
Problem-solving model
29. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Professional Development
Stress Management
Interfunctional team
Debrief meeting
30. 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)
Deployment chart
Facilitator
Control
31. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Contingency plan
Noncontrollable costs
Preventable crisis
Parking lot
32. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Problem-solving team
Nonverbal communication
Mentor
33. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Performance standard
Master schedule
Internal communication
Contact list
34. 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
Individual performance of objectives
Affection
Brainstorming
Interpersonal communication
35. 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
Brainstorming
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Shift leaders
36. A law that requires all employers to pay employees minimum wage plus overtime for any hours worked over forty per week
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Problem-solving team
Exit interview
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
37. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Controllable costs
Exit interview
Problem
Problem solving
38. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Interfunctional team
Problem-solving model
Shift leaders
Information sender
39. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Value Statement
Mission Statement
Facilitator
Sexual harassment
40. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Supporting
Work styles
Management
Motivators/Satisfiers
41. 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
Call/emergency meetings
Minutes
Management
Bonuses
42. Govern unemployment compensation
Accountability
Contingency plan
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Information meetings
43. 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
Performing
Professionalism
44. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Performing
Teamwork
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Minutes
45. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Information sender
Mission Statement
Formal communication
Self-directed teams
46. 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
Goal
Nepotism
Collective bargaining agreement
Motivation
47. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Cross-functional team
Measurable results
Next steps
48. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Time-off request policy
Contingency plan
SWOT analysis
Covers
49. A condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the resources he or she has available either personally or socially
Alternative
Stress
Listening
Benchmark
50. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Standard
Measurable results
Crisis
Alternative