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HRI Certification
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certifications
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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 group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Cross-training
Standard
Team
Sales projections
2. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Collective bargaining agreement
Alternative
Delegation
Forming
3. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Work styles
Self-directed teams
Voluntary termination
Environmental noise
4. Costs that management can control
Controllable costs
Action meetings
Stress Management
Encoding
5. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Motivation
Minutes
Favoritism
Professionalism
6. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Favoritism
Employee absence policy
Minutes
Merit pay
7. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Terminable acts
Professional Development
Self-directed teams
Action item
8. The person for whom the communication is intended
Problem-solving team
Information receiver
SWOT analysis
Inclusion
9. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Time Management
Encoding
Crisis
Supporting
10. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Interfunctional team
Sexual harassment
Mission Statement
Voluntary termination
11. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Arbitration
Unstructured exit interview
Individual performance of objectives
Self-disclosure
12. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Personal treatment
Storming
Documentation
Noncontrollable costs
13. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Problem-solving meetings
Sales projections
Individual performance of objectives
Favoritism
14. Statements of desired results
Progressive disciplinary action
Involuntary termination
Individual performance of objectives
Goal
15. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Core values
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Motivators/Satisfiers
Leadership
16. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Affection
Bonuses
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Structured exit interview
17. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Norming
Workplace Ethics
Wage
Cross-training
18. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Warm-up activity
Crew schedule
Mentor
Delegation
19. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Unpreventable crisis
Control
Mentor
Interpersonal communication
20. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Standard
Benchmark
Nepotism
Action meetings
21. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Bonuses
Crisis
Cross-training
22. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Covers
Problem-solving meetings
Affection
Wage
23. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Listening
Performing
Management
Terminable acts
24. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Employee absence policy
Leadership
Nonverbal communication
Parking lot
25. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Storming
Action meetings
Nepotism
Goal
26. Costs that management cannot control
Affection
Media policy
Noncontrollable costs
Brainstorming
27. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Action meetings
Goal
Semivariable costs
Strategic priority
28. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Listening
Information meetings
Supporting
Leadership
29. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Teamwork
Budget
Planning
Compensation
30. 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
Parking lot
Directing
Facilitator
Voluntary termination
31. 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
Vision Statement
Deployment chart
Inclusion
32. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Bonuses
Root cause
Evacuation
Sales projections
33. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Organizational communication
Nepotism
Objective
Cross-training
34. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Workplace Ethics
Brainstorming
Preventable crisis
Employee absence policy
35. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Goal
Brainstorming meetings
Informal communication
Call/emergency meetings
36. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Contingency plan
Mediation
Media policy
Historical sales information
37. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Contingency plan
Next steps
Shift leaders
Teamwork
38. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Sales projections
SWOT analysis
Planning
Motivation
39. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Standard
Action meetings
Negotiation
Merit pay
40. 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
Norming
Progressive disciplinary action
Employee absence policy
Minutes
41. A condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the resources he or she has available either personally or socially
Deployment chart
Stress
Facilitator
Self-directed teams
42. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Listening
Inclusion
Progressive disciplinary action
Environmental noise
43. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Listening
Action meetings
Professional Development
Mediation
44. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Employee absence policy
Terminable acts
Individual performance of objectives
Supporting
45. Meals to be served
Crew schedule
Covers
Controllable costs
Brainstorming
46. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Media policy
Deployment chart
Information receiver
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
47. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Collective bargaining agreement
Semivariable costs
Structured exit interview
Problem
48. 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
Merit pay
Control
Certification
Action item
49. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Organizational communication
Measurable results
Teamwork
Leadership
50. 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
Self-directed teams
Unpreventable crisis
Contact list
Performance review cycles