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Career Orientation Basics
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Subjects
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literacy
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Work Environment
Interest
GED certificate
Contract Labor
2. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Net pay
Related Occupations
Orientation
Ethnic
3. Temporary work during the summer
Credit
On-the-job training (OJT)
Seasonal Work
Work Environment
4. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Attitude
Job Duty
Interest Inventory
Identity
5. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Profit
Business Management and Administration
Consumer
Application form
6. The environment of the workplace
Working Conditions
Net pay
Technical
Information Technology
7. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Working Conditions
Education/Training Requirements
Base Pay
Producer
8. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Fee
Consumer
Applicant
Architecture and Construction
9. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Career Goal
Schedule
Job Duty
Career Action Plan
10. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Tentative Decision
Reference
Values Compromise
Co-worker
11. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Salary
Screen out
Career Action Plan
12. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Punctuality
Law of Demand
Education and Training
13. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
GED certificate
Services
Marketing Sales and Service
Overtime
14. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Marketing Sales and Service
Career
Work Values
Aptitude
15. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Finance
Values Compromise
Wage
Assessment
16. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Career Goal
Volunteering
Enterprise
O*Net
17. A person who works with you
Networking
Co-worker
Entry-Level Jobs
Union dues
18. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Procrastinator
Temporary Jobs
Year-to-date earnings
Brain Orientation
19. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Hospitality and Tourism
Resource
Economy
O*Net
20. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Internet
Schedule
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Business Plan
21. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Career Interest Area
Stock
Personality
Employment Agency
22. A decision or plan that can be changed
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Career Portfolio
Tentative Decision
Vocation
23. Business owned by one person
Job Outlook
Sole Proprietorship
Skill
Law of Demand
24. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Help-wanted ads
Laws of supply and demand
Letter of Application
Base Pay
25. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Semi-monthly Pay
Employment Outlook
Part-Time Jobs
Job Duty
26. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Enterprise
Outsourcing
Business Plan
Semi-monthly Pay
27. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Education and Training
Applicant
Related Occupations
Decision-Making Process
28. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Ability
Workforce diversity
Annual Leave
Enterprise
29. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Ability
Law Public Safety and Security
Decision-Making Process
Attitude
30. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Sole Proprietorship
Tentative Decision
Work Environment
Aptitude
31. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Technology
Professional
Finance
Work Values
32. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Marketing Sales and Service
Qualification
Salary
Co-worker
33. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Decision
Profit
Volunteering
Assessment
34. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Reference
Learning Style
Gross pay
Screen out
35. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Interest
Bi-Weekly Pay
Career Goal
Full-Time Job
36. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
OOH
Specializing
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Career Ladder
37. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Consumer
Listening Skills
Fringe benefits
Interest
38. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Business Plan
Education and Training
Persistent
Elective
39. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Aptitude
Laws of supply and demand
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Long-Term Goal
40. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Laws of supply and demand
Producer
Retailing
career cluster
41. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Specializing
Finance
Employment Outlook
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
42. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Full-Time Job
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Internship
Goods
43. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Skill
Laws of supply and demand
Salary
Information Technology
44. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Corporation
Services
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Salary Range
45. Worldwide financial management system
Global Economy
Credit
Gross pay
Skill
46. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Salary
Lifestyle
Stockholder
Personality
47. The choice between two or more possibilities
Temporary Jobs
Decision
Job Description
Conflict
48. A definition of work duties
Job Description
Year-to-date earnings
Technical
Internet
49. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Research
Sick Leave
Schedule
Consumer
50. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Goal
Competition
Career Portfolio
Base Pay