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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. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Job
Wholesale
Job Duty
Follow-up Letter
2. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Goods
Information Technology
Law of Demand
Job lead
3. Someone who sells goods or services
Sick Leave
Producer
Vendor
Self-Esteem
4. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Net pay
Internet
Specializing
Decision-Making Process
5. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Retailing
Elective
Job
Education and Training
6. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Procedure
Profit
Procrastinator
career cluster
7. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Skill
Internet
Identity
Wage
8. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Temporary Jobs
Assessment
Aptitude
Resume
9. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Aptitude
Architecture and Construction
Working Conditions
Technical
10. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Outsourcing
Tuition
Post-secondary education
Listening Skills
11. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Help-wanted ads
Stock
Procrastinator
Financial aid
12. A share of the ownership in a company
Values Compromise
Internet
Stock
Tuition
13. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Technology
Letter of Application
Associate degree
Career Interest Area
14. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Entry-Level Jobs
Work Environment
Associate degree
Applicant
15. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Ethnic
Prerequisite
Self-Esteem
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
16. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
career cluster
Law of Demand
Education and Training
Full-Time Job
17. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Career Interest Area
Corporation
Interest Inventory
Commission
18. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Law of Supply
Demographics
Law Public Safety and Security
Skill
19. Work that a person does for pay
Volunteering
Self-Concept
Job
Orientation
20. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Job Duty
Sole Proprietorship
Apprenticeship
Government and Public Administration
21. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Wholesale
Aptitude
O*Net
Career Goal
22. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Procrastinator
Wage
Procedure
Loss
23. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Producer
Entry-Level Jobs
Attitude
Job
24. A skill that has been developed
Law Public Safety and Security
classifieds
Long-Term Goal
Ability
25. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Loss
Services
Bachelor's degree
Stockholder
26. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Laws of supply and demand
Sole Proprietorship
Retailing
Education and Training
27. As the price increases producers produce more
Law of Supply
Internet
Vendor
Credit
28. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Salary
Skill
Job Market
Vocation
29. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Check Stub
Base Pay
Goods
Resource
30. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Employer
Commission
Work ethic
Volunteering
31. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Personnel
Competition
Schedule
Fringe benefits
32. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Learning Style
Ability
Temporary Jobs
Resource
33. Any information about possible job openings
Decision-Making Process
Union
Job lead
Business Management and Administration
34. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Career Goal
Work ethic
Overtime
Personality
35. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Vocation
Punctuality
Marketing Sales and Service
Ability
36. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Finance
Workforce diversity
Producer
37. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Personality Type
Partnership
Retailing
Specializing
38. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Tuition
Help-wanted ads
Listening Skills
Professional
39. A definition of work duties
Job Description
Conflict
Education and Training
Help-wanted ads
40. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Personality
Personality Trait
Skill
Career Interest Area
41. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Law of Supply
Assessment
Information Technology
Letter of Application
42. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Compromise
Manufacturing
Conflict
Interview
43. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Plan
Job Outlook
Vocation
Self-Esteem
44. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Profit
Career Action Plan
Health Science
Internet
45. The environment of the workplace
Working Conditions
Help-wanted ads
Resume
Personnel
46. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Job Duty
Government and Public Administration
Employment Agency
Services
47. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
GED certificate
Time Management
Check Stub
Related Occupations
48. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Career Portfolio
Union dues
Government and Public Administration
Free Enterprise System
49. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
ArkOscar
Self-Esteem
Letter of Application
Risk
50. A thank you letter written following an interview
Follow-up Letter
Goal
Education/Training Requirements
Manufacturing