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Career Orientation Basics
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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. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Identity
Plan
Technical
Full-Time Job
2. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Lifestyle
Education and Training
Architecture and Construction
Elective
3. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Net pay
career cluster
Resume
Procedure
4. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Ability
Values Compromise
Associate degree
Human Services
5. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Specializing
Salary Range
Values Compromise
Identity
6. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Personality
Payroll
Goods
Free Enterprise System
7. 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
Interest Inventory
Technical
ArkOscar
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
8. A definition of work duties
Temporary Jobs
Learning Style
Producer
Job Description
9. The environment of the workplace
Vocation
Interest Inventory
Working Conditions
Job lead
10. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Aptitude
Elective
Compromise
Aptitude
11. Any education or training following high school
Finance
Qualification
Post-secondary education
Co-worker
12. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Wage
Business Plan
Economy
Manufacturing
13. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Services
Networking
Bi-Weekly Pay
Entrepreneur
14. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Entry-Level Jobs
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Career Interest Area
Part-Time Jobs
15. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Vocational
Resume
Specializing
Learning Style
16. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Listening Skills
Annual Leave
Law Public Safety and Security
Follow-up Letter
17. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Decision
Discrimination
Scholarships
Prerequisite
18. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Outsourcing
GED certificate
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Career Ladder
19. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Post-secondary education
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Interview
Long-Term Goal
20. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Demographics
Human Services
Overtime
Conflict
21. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Applicant
Assessment
Lifestyle
22. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Career Action Plan
Internet
Lifestyle
Wage
23. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Profit
Conflict
Internet
Stock
24. Being on time for work
Punctuality
Sole Proprietorship
Occupation
Sole Proprietorship
25. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
GED certificate
Check Stub
Overtime
Punctuality
26. A group of employees
Personnel
Professional
Assessment
Wholesale
27. A share of the ownership in a company
Identity
Stock
Business Plan
Conflict
28. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Job Duty
Stock
Orientation
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
29. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Competition
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Job Duty
Payroll
30. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Related Occupations
Sick Leave
Career Interest Area
Health Science
31. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Commission
Interest Inventory
Hospitality and Tourism
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
32. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Decision
Job Duty
Wholesale
Services
33. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Profit
Loss
Technical
Salary
34. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Orientation
Year-to-date earnings
Career
Listening Skills
35. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Brain Orientation
Volunteering
Prerequisite
Values
36. Standards one believes is important about their work
Wholesale
Partnership
Volunteering
Work Values
37. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Help-wanted ads
Information Technology
Demographics
Sick Leave
38. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Brain Orientation
Graduate school
Competition
Law Public Safety and Security
39. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Personality
Government and Public Administration
Personality Trait
Deduction
40. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Specializing
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Career Goal
Technology
41. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Plan
Check Stub
Follow-up Letter
Human Services
42. Employment during special seasons
Listening Skills
Temporary Jobs
Lifestyle
Related Occupations
43. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Career Ladder
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Full-Time Job
Resume
44. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Self-Esteem
Base Pay
Law Public Safety and Security
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
45. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Lifestyle
Learning Style
Fee
Loss
46. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Economy
Salary
Specializing
Bachelor's degree
47. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
OOH
Global Economy
Goods
Self-Concept
48. An amount of money charged by others for services
Vocational
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Fee
Goal
49. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Plan
Interest
Job Description
Learning Style
50. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Job Outlook
Resume
Attitude
Information Technology