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Career Orientation Basics
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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. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Union
Values
Consumer
Short-Term Goal
2. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Work Values
Full-Time Job
Vocation
Profit
3. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Annual Leave
Economy
Assessment
Health Science
4. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Free Enterprise System
Career Ladder
Education/Training Requirements
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
5. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Annual Leave
Career
Self-Concept
Corporation
6. Learning on the job
Resource
Professional
Employment Outlook
On-the-job training (OJT)
7. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Learning Style
Work
GED certificate
Professional
8. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Elective
Education/Training Requirements
Internship
Working Conditions
9. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Net pay
Credit
Networking
Professional
10. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Aptitude
Attitude
Personality Trait
Enterprise
11. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Fee
Study Skills
Scholarships
Internet
12. A definition of work duties
Working Conditions
Contract Labor
Job Description
Resource
13. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Professional
Prerequisite
classifieds
Entry-Level Jobs
14. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Networking
Demographics
Skill
Contract Labor
15. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
classifieds
Values
Resume
Profit
16. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Retailing
Persistent
Short-Term Goal
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
17. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Vendor
Information Technology
Scholarships
Personality
18. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Financial aid
Priortize
Hospitality and Tourism
Scholarships
19. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Bi-Weekly Pay
ArkOscar
Entry-Level Jobs
Outsourcing
20. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Competition
Education/Training Requirements
Human Services
Demographics
21. Cluster that involves growing and processing crops for human use; raising and processing animals for human use; using raw materials that occur naturally in the earth
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Scholarships
Entrepreneur
Bi-Weekly Pay
22. Typical way of life
Technology
Learning Style
Lifestyle
Fee
23. The planning and using of time
Interview
Laws of supply and demand
Government and Public Administration
Time Management
24. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Attitude
Resume
Bi-Weekly Pay
Vocational
25. A free flowing economy based upon the laws of supply and demand to allow individuals or companies to buy and sell goods and/or services at a profit
Schedule
Free Enterprise System
Persistent
Technical
26. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Career Interest Area
Evaluate
Goal
Year-to-date earnings
27. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Self-Concept
Related Occupations
O*Net
Demographics
28. The type of job in which a person is employed
Job Shadowing
Personality Type
Career Goal
Occupation
29. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Architecture and Construction
Work ethic
Government and Public Administration
Salary
30. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Work
Compromise
Career
Application form
31. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Law Public Safety and Security
Sick Leave
Personality Trait
Attitude
32. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Time Management
Career Portfolio
Screen out
Qualification
33. A group of employees
Apprenticeship
ArkOscar
Education/Training Requirements
Personnel
34. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Stock
Interest
Personality
Goods
35. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
GED certificate
Health Science
Sick Leave
Interest
36. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Letter of Application
Attitude
Technical
Manufacturing
37. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Temporary Jobs
Evaluate
Attitude
Resume
38. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Net pay
Listening Skills
Loss
Information Technology
39. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Volunteering
Application form
Priortize
Education and Training
40. As the price increases producers produce more
GED certificate
Study Skills
Salary
Law of Supply
41. Commoney known as Social Security
Schedule
Salary Range
Temporary Jobs
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
42. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Fee
Attitude
Specializing
Elective
43. A computerized career information delivery system
Free Enterprise System
ArkOscar
Workforce diversity
Elective
44. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Resource
Seasonal Work
Long-Term Goal
Business Plan
45. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Persistent
Union dues
Decision-Making Process
Entrepreneur
46. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
O*Net
Finance
Check Stub
Employment Outlook
47. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Post-secondary education
Job lead
Law Public Safety and Security
48. Someone who sells goods or services
Free Enterprise System
Law of Demand
Vendor
Help-wanted ads
49. An amount of money charged by others for services
Temporary Jobs
Conflict
Fee
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
50. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Long-Term Goal
Hospitality and Tourism
Discrimination
Graduate school