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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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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 template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Problem
Message channel
Master schedule
Nepotism
2. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Organizational communication
Problem-solving model
Master schedule
Planning
3. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Workplace Ethics
Nepotism
Information meetings
Exit interview
4. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Vision Statement
Structured exit interview
Delegation
Organizational communication
5. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Message channel
Team
Problem
Agenda
6. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Compensation
Spin
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Professionalism
7. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Workplace Ethics
Contact list
Professional Development
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
8. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Delegation
Delegation
Parking lot
Nepotism
9. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Sales projections
Deployment chart
Spin
Cross-functional team
10. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Commissions
Core values
Benchmark
Unstructured exit interview
11. 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
Next steps
Networking
Problem-solving model
Management
12. 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
Core values
Cross-training
Covers
Stress
13. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Voluntary termination
Workplace Ethics
Standard
Parking lot
14. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Encoding
Agenda
Professionalism
Information sender
15. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Contact list
SWOT analysis
Forming
Cross-functional team
16. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Contingency plan
Warm-up activity
Listening
Cross-functional team
17. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Crew schedule
Delegation
Nepotism
Certification
18. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Norming
Ground rules
Interpersonal communication
Payroll standards
19. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Time Management
Action meetings
Message context
Action plan
20. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Formal communication
Problem-solving model
Stress
Problem-solving team
21. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Networking
Accountability
Environmental noise
Spin
22. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Brainstorming meetings
Salaries
Management schedule
Listening
23. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Crew schedule
Personal treatment
Documentation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
24. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Empathy
Mentor
Performance review cycles
Unpreventable crisis
25. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Action item
Unpreventable crisis
Voluntary termination
Sales projections
26. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Strategic priority
Budget
Accountability
Collective bargaining agreement
27. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Storming
Internal communication
Wage
Communication
28. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Work styles
Commissions
Semivariable costs
Employee absence policy
29. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Encoding
Brainstorming
Information sender
Cross-training
30. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Communication
Internal communication
Action item
Mentor
31. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Debrief meeting
Formal communication
Management schedule
Bonuses
32. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
SWOT analysis
Spin
Structured exit interview
Communication
33. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Control
Alternative
Contingency plan
Covers
34. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Control
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Delegation
Standard
35. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Listening
Crisis
Root cause
Agenda
36. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Professionalism
Individual performance of objectives
Mediation
Deployment chart
37. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Wage
Accountability
Norming
Bonuses
38. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Unpreventable crisis
Crew schedule
Agenda
Performance review cycles
39. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Standard
Encoding
Workplace Ethics
Crew schedule
40. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Historical sales information
Documentation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Stress
41. 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
Performance review cycles
Problem-solving meetings
Problem solving
Work styles
42. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Standard
Covers
Informal communication
Action plan
43. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Compensation
Conflict resolution
Team
Action item
44. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Master schedule
Action meetings
Scheduling
Inclusion
45. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Crew schedule
Floaters
Brainstorming
Self-directed teams
46. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Meeting
Supporting
Mission Statement
Cross-training
47. Statements of desired results
Performance review cycles
Minutes
Structured exit interview
Goal
48. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Brainstorming
Nonverbal communication
Arbitration
Controllable costs
49. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Principles
Supporting
Management
Scheduling
50. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Self-directed teams
Budget
Vision Statement
Employee absence policy