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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. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Delegation
Call/emergency meetings
Core values
Collective bargaining agreement
2. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Organizational goals
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Minutes
Floaters
3. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Commissions
Encoding
Salaries
Ground rules
4. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Mentor
Information sender
Semivariable costs
Motivators/Satisfiers
5. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Merit pay
Nepotism
Individual performance of objectives
Root cause
6. 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
SWOT analysis
Message
Problem solving
Core values
7. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Commissions
Controllable costs
Standard
Planning
8. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
SWOT analysis
Message context
Merit pay
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
9. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Budget
Departmental/team objectives
Message channel
Sales projections
10. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Compensation
Encoding
Budget
Control
11. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Professionalism
Teamwork
Interpersonal communication
Decoding
12. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Progressive disciplinary action
Problem-solving meetings
Deployment chart
Interfunctional team
13. 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
Professional Development
Ground rules
Collective bargaining agreement
14. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Formal communication
Action item
Meeting
Historical sales information
15. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Spin
Call/emergency meetings
Directing
Involuntary termination
16. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Involuntary termination
Bonuses
Progressive disciplinary action
Formal communication
17. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Employee absence policy
Informal communication
Information sender
Self-disclosure
18. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Management schedule
Progressive disciplinary action
Information sender
Workplace Ethics
19. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Preventable crisis
Meeting
Time-off request policy
Empathy
20. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Organizational communication
Environmental noise
Stress
Commissions
21. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Call/emergency meetings
Salaries
Wage
Objective
22. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Unpreventable crisis
Merit pay
Problem-solving team
Brainstorming
23. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Compensation
Negotiation
Warm-up activity
24. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Cross-training
Mission Statement
Evacuation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
25. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Media policy
Self-disclosure
Facilitator
Progressive disciplinary action
26. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Time Management
Crew schedule
Cross-functional team
Ground rules
27. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Nonverbal communication
Historical sales information
Message context
Communication
28. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Brainstorming
Networking
Conflict resolution
Certification
29. Statements of desired results
Goal
Debrief meeting
Performing
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
30. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Structured exit interview
Performing
Control
Sales projections
31. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Networking
Accountability
Shift leaders
Master schedule
32. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Performing
Employee absence policy
Empathy
Storming
33. Costs that management can control
Controllable costs
Involuntary termination
Deployment chart
Principles
34. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Measurable results
Crew schedule
Self-directed teams
Nepotism
35. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Salaries
Brainstorming meetings
Cross-functional team
Wage
36. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Standard
Delegation
Mentor
Storming
37. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Empathy
Accountability
Unpreventable crisis
Meeting
38. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Formal communication
Supporting
Problem solving
Contingency plan
39. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Sales projections
Evacuation
Shift leaders
40. 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
Terminable acts
Motivation
Time Management
Management
41. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Problem-solving team
Measurable results
Encoding
Negotiation
42. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Bonuses
Control
Information sender
Teamwork
43. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Agenda
Exit interview
Organizational communication
44. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Facilitator
Planning
Message context
Departmental/team objectives
45. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Problem-solving meetings
Next steps
Employee absence policy
Departmental/team objectives
46. 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
Media policy
Motivators/Satisfiers
Time-off request policy
Management
47. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Agenda
Sexual harassment
Standard
Performance standard
48. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Value Statement
Controllable costs
Internal communication
Accountability
49. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Strategic priority
Facilitator
Professional Development
Unstructured exit interview
50. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Message context
Environmental noise
Time Management
Noncontrollable costs