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HRI Certification
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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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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 standard by which something can be measured or judged
Benchmark
Wage
Employee absence policy
Ground rules
2. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Problem solving
Structured exit interview
Strategic priority
Budget
3. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Negotiation
Organizational goals
Time Management
Problem-solving meetings
4. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Spin
Commissions
Interfunctional team
Nonverbal communication
5. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Nonverbal communication
Networking
Professionalism
Floaters
6. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Negotiation
Historical sales information
Root cause
Brainstorming
7. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Control
Accountability
Planning
Mission Statement
8. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Message channel
Voluntary termination
Time Management
Information receiver
9. 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
Motivation
Problem
Message context
Commissions
10. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Teamwork
Alternative
Message
11. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Objective
Professionalism
Spin
Storming
12. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Compensation
Performing
Mentor
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
13. 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
Exit interview
Performing
Interpersonal communication
Formal communication
14. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Preventable crisis
Terminable acts
Standard
Arbitration
15. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Forming
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Structured exit interview
Conflict resolution
16. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Core values
Networking
Forming
Problem-solving team
17. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Measurable results
Supporting
Minutes
Encoding
18. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Message context
Individual performance of objectives
Affection
Time-off request policy
19. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Empathy
Inclusion
Payroll standards
Covers
20. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Encoding
Objective
Problem
Next steps
21. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Compensation
Decoding
Strategic priority
Sales projections
22. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Individual performance of objectives
Conflict resolution
Unstructured exit interview
Alternative
23. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Interfunctional team
Self-directed teams
Cross-functional team
Objective
24. The environment that a message travels through
Performance review cycles
Message context
Accountability
Control
25. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Workplace Ethics
Problem solving
Brainstorming meetings
Motivation
26. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Negotiation
Conflict resolution
Action item
Stress Management
27. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Norming
Involuntary termination
Preventable crisis
Alternative
28. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Brainstorming
Interfunctional team
Master schedule
Management schedule
29. 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
SWOT analysis
Certification
Departmental/team objectives
Wage
30. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Performance standard
Storming
Goal
Norming
31. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Payroll standards
Shift leaders
Message
Collective bargaining agreement
32. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Leadership
Norming
Debrief meeting
Motivators/Satisfiers
33. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Action meetings
Self-disclosure
Informal communication
Inclusion
34. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Value Statement
Information sender
Problem-solving model
Progressive disciplinary action
35. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Sales projections
Standard
Problem solving
Formal communication
36. 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
Compensation
Crisis
Directing
Strategic priority
37. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Principles
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Message context
Listening
38. Identifying what tasks - actions - and other events need to happen as a result of the meeting - as well as setting a date and time for the next meeting
Noncontrollable costs
Next steps
Professional Development
Problem
39. 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
Contingency plan
Self-disclosure
Scheduling
Minutes
40. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Call/emergency meetings
Vision Statement
Warm-up activity
Environmental noise
41. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Cross-training
Performance standard
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Workplace Ethics
42. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Encoding
Time Management
Storming
Team
43. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Collective bargaining agreement
Sales projections
Directing
Controllable costs
44. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Terminable acts
Personal treatment
Encoding
Supporting
45. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Scheduling
Budget
Minutes
Motivation
46. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Facilitator
Problem-solving team
SWOT analysis
Spin
47. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Decoding
Performance review cycles
Individual performance of objectives
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
48. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Objective
Encoding
Problem-solving team
Noncontrollable costs
49. Costs that management cannot control
Interfunctional team
Action meetings
Problem
Noncontrollable costs
50. 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
Documentation
SWOT analysis
Standard
Involuntary termination