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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 originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Information sender
Stress
Minutes
Management
2. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Certification
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Scheduling
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
3. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Parking lot
Directing
Objective
Voluntary termination
4. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Formal communication
Standard
Sexual harassment
Stress
5. Costs that management can control
Stress Management
Objective
Motivation
Controllable costs
6. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Call/emergency meetings
Action item
Compensation
Teamwork
7. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Budget
Minutes
Decoding
Ground rules
8. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Supporting
Favoritism
Structured exit interview
Interpersonal communication
9. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Brainstorming meetings
Mission Statement
Team
Cross-training
10. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Empathy
Self-directed teams
Payroll standards
Stress Management
11. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Self-disclosure
Internal communication
Sales projections
Sexual harassment
12. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Objective
Time Management
Core values
Sales projections
13. Teams are getting to know each other - in addition to learning what will be required of them in order to achieve their assigned goal
Forming
SWOT analysis
Voluntary termination
Management
14. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Standard
Minutes
Collective bargaining agreement
Performing
15. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Management schedule
Mission Statement
Voluntary termination
Next steps
16. The environment that a message travels through
Noncontrollable costs
Environmental noise
Sexual harassment
Message context
17. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Root cause
Workplace Ethics
Environmental noise
Professional Development
18. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Action plan
Decoding
Workplace Ethics
Professional Development
19. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Compensation
Formal communication
Favoritism
Message context
20. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Formal communication
Interfunctional team
Conflict resolution
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
21. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Storming
Collective bargaining agreement
Meeting
Objective
22. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Motivators/Satisfiers
Stress Management
Message channel
Objective
23. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Terminable acts
Sales projections
Message
Informal communication
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
Goal
Motivation
Commissions
Delegation
25. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Minutes
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Arbitration
Supporting
26. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Performance standard
Message context
Organizational goals
Call/emergency meetings
27. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Listening
Environmental noise
Minutes
Controllable costs
28. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Measurable results
Value Statement
Floaters
Nepotism
29. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Meeting
Problem-solving meetings
Interpersonal communication
Message
30. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Management schedule
Work styles
Progressive disciplinary action
Commissions
31. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Performance review cycles
Performance standard
Evacuation
Networking
32. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Inclusion
Organizational goals
Performing
Environmental noise
33. 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
Departmental/team objectives
Core values
Action item
Root cause
34. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Control
Ground rules
Bonuses
Problem-solving team
35. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Control
Deployment chart
Formal communication
Voluntary termination
36. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Stress
Time-off request policy
Motivation
Networking
37. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Employee absence policy
Message channel
Control
Covers
38. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Decoding
Delegation
Certification
Affection
39. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Unpreventable crisis
Standard
Principles
Debrief meeting
40. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Affection
SWOT analysis
Organizational communication
Control
41. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Leadership
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Information receiver
Media policy
42. Statements of desired results
Unstructured exit interview
Action plan
Goal
Interfunctional team
43. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Stress
Performing
Unpreventable crisis
Workplace Ethics
44. 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
Stress Management
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Professionalism
Involuntary termination
45. 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
Arbitration
Involuntary termination
Warm-up activity
Message channel
46. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Contact list
Individual performance of objectives
Formal communication
Motivation
47. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Bonuses
Time Management
Contingency plan
Terminable acts
48. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Shift leaders
Self-disclosure
Leadership
Stress
49. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Networking
Self-directed teams
Progressive disciplinary action
Unstructured exit interview
50. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Standard
Inclusion
Terminable acts
Delegation