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HRI Certification
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certifications
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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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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. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Conflict resolution
Meeting
Ground rules
Floaters
2. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Spin
Sales projections
Empathy
Delegation
3. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Call/emergency meetings
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Unpreventable crisis
Supporting
4. An event that happens without warning and normally affects a number of people
Crisis
Agenda
Organizational goals
Media policy
5. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Mentor
Facilitator
Parking lot
Collective bargaining agreement
6. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Environmental noise
Leadership
Benchmark
Master schedule
7. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Work styles
Nepotism
Action item
Alternative
8. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Stress
Action meetings
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Vision Statement
9. Indicates that you have demonstrated a high level of skill and have met specific performance requirements by participating in a rigorous process to become certified
Action plan
Message
Certification
Payroll standards
10. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Organizational goals
Professional Development
Conflict resolution
Brainstorming meetings
11. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Work styles
Self-disclosure
Sexual harassment
Cross-training
12. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Message
Control
Motivators/Satisfiers
Vision Statement
13. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Inclusion
Information meetings
Bonuses
Performance standard
14. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
SWOT analysis
Documentation
Planning
Principles
15. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Involuntary termination
Action plan
Team
Agenda
16. 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
Management
Next steps
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Message context
17. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Controllable costs
Spin
Salaries
Motivators/Satisfiers
18. Meetings that share communication
Brainstorming
Action item
Performance standard
Information meetings
19. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Parking lot
Documentation
Nonverbal communication
Mission Statement
20. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Directing
Action plan
Goal
Cross-training
21. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Covers
Favoritism
Measurable results
Formal communication
22. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Teamwork
Work styles
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Debrief meeting
23. The environment that a message travels through
Involuntary termination
Message context
Nonverbal communication
Personal treatment
24. The person for whom the communication is intended
Nepotism
Meeting
Information receiver
Warm-up activity
25. 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
Management schedule
Certification
Spin
Directing
26. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Master schedule
Teamwork
Professionalism
Contingency plan
27. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Management schedule
Ground rules
Contact list
Budget
28. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Affection
Scheduling
Individual performance of objectives
Merit pay
29. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Stress Management
Salaries
Progressive disciplinary action
Empathy
30. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Work styles
Action plan
Action meetings
Information sender
31. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Accountability
Communication
Interpersonal communication
Problem solving
32. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Noncontrollable costs
Problem solving
Motivation
Bonuses
33. 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
Departmental/team objectives
Semivariable costs
Terminable acts
Problem
34. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Action item
Mediation
Brainstorming meetings
Leadership
35. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Shift leaders
Storming
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Alternative
36. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Message
Arbitration
Minutes
Message channel
37. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Parking lot
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Leadership
Workplace Ethics
38. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Bonuses
Management
Standard
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
39. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Listening
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Problem
Benchmark
40. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Facilitator
Workplace Ethics
Brainstorming meetings
Nonverbal communication
41. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Delegation
Performance standard
Facilitator
Involuntary termination
42. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Call/emergency meetings
Message
Strategic priority
Deployment chart
43. Statements of desired results
Goal
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Value Statement
Arbitration
44. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Documentation
Unpreventable crisis
Progressive disciplinary action
Listening
45. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Organizational goals
Performance review cycles
Planning
Delegation
46. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Information sender
Empathy
Cross-training
Budget
47. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Conflict resolution
Certification
Spin
SWOT analysis
48. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Call/emergency meetings
Organizational communication
Crew schedule
Brainstorming
49. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Problem-solving model
Historical sales information
Motivation
Vision Statement
50. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Brainstorming meetings
Team
Action meetings
Warm-up activity