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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. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Compensation
Call/emergency meetings
Principles
Decoding
2. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Supporting
Problem solving
Controllable costs
Terminable acts
3. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Structured exit interview
Value Statement
Documentation
Encoding
4. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Problem-solving team
Control
Motivators/Satisfiers
Professional Development
5. Developing the message to be sent
Decoding
Accountability
Encoding
Parking lot
6. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Brainstorming meetings
Action item
Mission Statement
Directing
7. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Exit interview
Facilitator
Self-directed teams
Problem-solving model
8. 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
Formal communication
Sexual harassment
Problem-solving meetings
Performance review cycles
9. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Performance standard
Nonverbal communication
Certification
10. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Call/emergency meetings
Norming
Self-directed teams
Supporting
11. 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
Forming
Encoding
Spin
Core values
12. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Interpersonal communication
Media policy
Information meetings
Preventable crisis
13. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Scheduling
Formal communication
Sales projections
Interfunctional team
14. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Agenda
Salaries
Departmental/team objectives
Information receiver
15. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Planning
Principles
Environmental noise
Mission Statement
16. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Nepotism
Arbitration
Team
Vision Statement
17. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Accountability
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Individual performance of objectives
Performance review cycles
18. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Floaters
Environmental noise
Alternative
Personal treatment
19. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Information sender
Media policy
Problem-solving team
Compensation
20. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Problem
Professional Development
Cross-training
Noncontrollable costs
21. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Message channel
Covers
Norming
Noncontrollable costs
22. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Accountability
Root cause
Warm-up activity
Decoding
23. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Debrief meeting
Documentation
Meeting
Information meetings
24. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Problem-solving model
Workplace Ethics
Deployment chart
25. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Action plan
Information sender
Information receiver
Self-directed teams
26. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Message channel
Mission Statement
Time Management
Interfunctional team
27. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Professional Development
Evacuation
Message context
Alternative
28. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Motivators/Satisfiers
Media policy
Action meetings
Mediation
29. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Internal communication
Organizational communication
Wage
Personal treatment
30. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Compensation
Planning
Management
Benchmark
31. A condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the resources he or she has available either personally or socially
Goal
Problem-solving team
Stress
Planning
32. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Informal communication
Empathy
Cross-functional team
Structured exit interview
33. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Self-disclosure
Environmental noise
Bonuses
Vision Statement
34. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Sales projections
Unpreventable crisis
Facilitator
Parking lot
35. 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
Teamwork
Management
Strategic priority
Self-directed teams
36. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Facilitator
Cross-training
Management schedule
Preventable crisis
37. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Action meetings
Commissions
Nonverbal communication
Departmental/team objectives
38. 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
Arbitration
Communication
Historical sales information
39. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Merit pay
Sexual harassment
Professional Development
Facilitator
40. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Workplace Ethics
Negotiation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Unpreventable crisis
41. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Listening
Mission Statement
Semivariable costs
Problem-solving team
42. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Measurable results
Personal treatment
Norming
Message channel
43. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Employee absence policy
Work styles
Objective
Leadership
44. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Supporting
Payroll standards
Warm-up activity
Performing
45. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Interfunctional team
Nepotism
Spin
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
46. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Formal communication
Planning
Historical sales information
Objective
47. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Work styles
Unpreventable crisis
Debrief meeting
48. An event that happens without warning and normally affects a number of people
Standard
Crisis
Information meetings
Strategic priority
49. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Work styles
Budget
Facilitator
Standard
50. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Brainstorming meetings
Internal communication
Message
Standard