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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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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 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
Media policy
Unstructured exit interview
Individual performance of objectives
Involuntary termination
2. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Organizational communication
Interfunctional team
Brainstorming meetings
Root cause
3. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Delegation
Meeting
Ground rules
Progressive disciplinary action
4. 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
Networking
Brainstorming meetings
Stress Management
Ground rules
5. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Action meetings
Motivators/Satisfiers
Agenda
Contingency plan
6. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Problem solving
SWOT analysis
Individual performance of objectives
Problem-solving team
7. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Workplace Ethics
Message context
Arbitration
Certification
8. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Involuntary termination
Unpreventable crisis
Bonuses
Contact list
9. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Action meetings
Problem
Communication
Mentor
10. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Floaters
Agenda
Brainstorming meetings
11. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Standard
Professionalism
Exit interview
Goal
12. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Affection
Minutes
Stress Management
Master schedule
13. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Problem-solving meetings
Information meetings
Sexual harassment
Meeting
14. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Storming
Self-directed teams
Crew schedule
Nepotism
15. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Problem solving
Contact list
Supporting
Problem
16. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Personal treatment
Message context
Storming
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
17. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Debrief meeting
Benchmark
Brainstorming meetings
Voluntary termination
18. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Nonverbal communication
Information meetings
Cross-training
Compensation
19. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
SWOT analysis
Mission Statement
Media policy
Controllable costs
20. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Motivators/Satisfiers
Progressive disciplinary action
Crisis
Sexual harassment
21. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Exit interview
Certification
Documentation
Commissions
22. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Listening
Arbitration
Floaters
Bonuses
23. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Salaries
Negotiation
Unstructured exit interview
Facilitator
24. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Problem-solving team
Time-off request policy
Collective bargaining agreement
Terminable acts
25. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Principles
Motivation
Formal communication
Goal
26. Statements of desired results
Core values
Brainstorming meetings
Goal
Unstructured exit interview
27. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Conflict resolution
Individual performance of objectives
Shift leaders
Negotiation
28. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Agenda
Message
Leadership
Information receiver
29. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Problem
Information receiver
Delegation
Leadership
30. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Problem-solving team
Arbitration
Interpersonal communication
Shift leaders
31. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Professionalism
Encoding
Ground rules
Contingency plan
32. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Empathy
Action item
Documentation
Affection
33. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Informal communication
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Cross-training
Controllable costs
34. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Decoding
Historical sales information
Organizational communication
Affection
35. Costs that management can control
Terminable acts
Controllable costs
Formal communication
Mediation
36. The environment that a message travels through
Commissions
Message context
Progressive disciplinary action
Media policy
37. 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
Shift leaders
Organizational communication
Action meetings
38. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Scheduling
Delegation
Brainstorming meetings
Nepotism
39. 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
Core values
Supporting
Voluntary termination
Storming
40. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Norming
Problem
Crisis
Measurable results
41. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Goal
Cross-functional team
Covers
Warm-up activity
42. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Terminable acts
Wage
Certification
Self-disclosure
43. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Individual performance of objectives
Goal
Meeting
Mediation
44. 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
Commissions
Vision Statement
Performance standard
Performance review cycles
45. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Shift leaders
Networking
Team
Formal communication
46. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Certification
Time Management
Measurable results
Budget
47. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Measurable results
Master schedule
Objective
Budget
48. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Agenda
Time-off request policy
Forming
Vision Statement
49. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Encoding
Delegation
Root cause
Budget
50. 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
Certification
Salaries
Management schedule
Minutes