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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 medium through which the message will be communicated
Message channel
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Delegation
Forming
2. 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
Minutes
Control
Action plan
Structured exit interview
3. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Core values
Floaters
Alternative
Master schedule
4. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Internal communication
Shift leaders
Performance standard
Networking
5. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Affection
Media policy
Standard
6. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Message channel
Supporting
Interpersonal communication
Interfunctional team
7. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Environmental noise
Nonverbal communication
Benchmark
Individual performance of objectives
8. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Bonuses
Agenda
Deployment chart
Arbitration
9. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Leadership
Principles
Strategic priority
Historical sales information
10. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Voluntary termination
Warm-up activity
Strategic priority
Individual performance of objectives
11. Meals to be served
Covers
Preventable crisis
Unstructured exit interview
Time-off request policy
12. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Exit interview
Information meetings
Contingency plan
Affection
13. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Noncontrollable costs
Certification
Budget
Self-directed teams
14. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Unpreventable crisis
Deployment chart
Problem solving
Professional Development
15. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Nonverbal communication
Deployment chart
Master schedule
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
16. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Stress Management
Information meetings
Organizational communication
Sexual harassment
17. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Root cause
Budget
Structured exit interview
Deployment chart
18. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Delegation
Root cause
Formal communication
Core values
19. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Value Statement
Warm-up activity
Voluntary termination
Problem
20. 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
Communication
Directing
Decoding
Brainstorming
21. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Interfunctional team
Documentation
Scheduling
Nepotism
22. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Benchmark
Spin
Cross-training
Listening
23. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Problem-solving meetings
Time Management
Value Statement
Organizational goals
24. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Warm-up activity
Controllable costs
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Progressive disciplinary action
25. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Planning
Problem-solving model
Encoding
Management
26. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Networking
Floaters
Norming
Agenda
27. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Deployment chart
Floaters
Favoritism
Control
28. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Voluntary termination
Brainstorming
Mission Statement
Problem-solving meetings
29. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Negotiation
Collective bargaining agreement
Next steps
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
30. 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
Stress Management
Internal communication
Progressive disciplinary action
Delegation
31. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Norming
Teamwork
Inclusion
Planning
32. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Salaries
Information meetings
Information sender
Scheduling
33. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Strategic priority
Problem-solving meetings
Problem solving
Terminable acts
34. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Empathy
Norming
Personal treatment
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
35. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Standard
Stress
Networking
Control
36. 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
Encoding
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Next steps
Sexual harassment
37. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Brainstorming
Action plan
Bonuses
Listening
38. A conversation without prepared questions
Unstructured exit interview
Principles
Alternative
Information meetings
39. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Professionalism
Ground rules
Scheduling
Stress Management
40. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Deployment chart
Compensation
Benchmark
Contingency plan
41. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Environmental noise
Performance standard
Management schedule
Facilitator
42. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Internal communication
Forming
Decoding
Encoding
43. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Action meetings
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Mission Statement
Agenda
44. 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
Delegation
Noncontrollable costs
Stress Management
Core values
45. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Affection
Cross-functional team
Problem-solving meetings
Contingency plan
46. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Norming
Directing
Meeting
Historical sales information
47. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Work styles
Action item
Negotiation
Management
48. A law that requires all employers to pay employees minimum wage plus overtime for any hours worked over forty per week
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Encoding
Objective
Employee absence policy
49. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Information receiver
Supporting
Value Statement
Organizational communication
50. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Mentor
Exit interview
Salaries
Vision Statement