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Career Orientation Basics
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soft-skills
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. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Temporary Jobs
Related Occupations
Career Goal
Human Services
2. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Job Description
Sole Proprietorship
Resource
Law of Demand
3. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Salary
Check Stub
Consumer
Government and Public Administration
4. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Aptitude
Letter of Application
Personality Trait
Marketing Sales and Service
5. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Aptitude
Stock
OOH
Related Occupations
6. A share of the ownership in a company
Temporary Jobs
Stock
Demographics
Networking
7. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Demographics
Work
Job
Work
8. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Education/Training Requirements
O*Net
Career Ladder
Consumer
9. The type of job in which a person is employed
Sick Leave
Salary
Occupation
Workforce diversity
10. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Schedule
Health Science
Gross pay
Graduate school
11. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Job Description
Job Market
Conflict
Work ethic
12. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Specializing
Occupation
Assessment
Plan
13. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Job Description
Job Outlook
Goal
Education/Training Requirements
14. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Check Stub
Job Shadowing
Professional
Loss
15. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Ethnic
Marketing Sales and Service
Personality Type
Conflict
16. Cluster that involves the systematic use of observations and experiments to gain knowledge about the world; the practical use of scientific knowledge; solving practical problems by combining science and mathematics with technology; the study of numbe
Salary
Reference
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Procrastinator
17. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Qualification
Loss
Self-Esteem
Wage
18. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Services
Personality
Post-secondary education
Hospitality and Tourism
19. An amount of money charged by others for services
Fee
Networking
Attitude
Self-Esteem
20. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Job Shadowing
Resume
Education and Training
Bi-Weekly Pay
21. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
classifieds
Manufacturing
Apprenticeship
Base Pay
22. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Architecture and Construction
Decision-Making Process
Bi-Weekly Pay
Interest Inventory
23. Worldwide financial management system
Commission
Identity
Values Compromise
Global Economy
24. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Free Enterprise System
Salary Range
Assessment
Goal
25. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Graduate school
Year-to-date earnings
Salary Range
Gross pay
26. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Aptitude
Credit
O*Net
Procrastinator
27. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Study Skills
Job lead
Job Outlook
Partnership
28. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Learning Style
Union
Employer
29. Collection of information about oneself
Base Pay
Career Portfolio
Decision
Business Management and Administration
30. Someone who sells goods or services
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Ethnic
Self-Esteem
Vendor
31. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Vendor
Demographics
Job lead
career cluster
32. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Job Shadowing
Partnership
Resume
Economy
33. 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
Economy
GED certificate
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Occupation
34. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
classifieds
Procrastinator
Listening Skills
Career Action Plan
35. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Internet
GED certificate
On-the-job training (OJT)
Fee
36. To look at closely and judge
career cluster
Wage
Evaluate
Base Pay
37. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Interview
Semi-monthly Pay
Vocation
Job Shadowing
38. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Global Economy
Persistent
Check Stub
Values Compromise
39. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Vocation
Job Outlook
Year-to-date earnings
Marketing Sales and Service
40. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Interview
Internship
Elective
Qualification
41. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Career Goal
Risk
Punctuality
Career
42. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Associate degree
Vocation
Interview
Scholarships
43. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Related Occupations
Sick Leave
Global Economy
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
44. A computerized career information delivery system
Values Compromise
Career
Producer
ArkOscar
45. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Listening Skills
Risk
ArkOscar
Work
46. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Financial aid
Job Shadowing
Commission
Job Description
47. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Values Compromise
Occupation
Elective
Annual Leave
48. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Personality Type
Finance
Salary
Volunteering
49. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Commission
Fringe benefits
Financial aid
Help-wanted ads
50. The environment of the workplace
Job
Schedule
Working Conditions
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics