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Career Orientation Basics
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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. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Goal
Temporary Jobs
classifieds
Compromise
2. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
GED certificate
Finance
Gross pay
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
3. Typical way of life
Law Public Safety and Security
Education and Training
Goods
Lifestyle
4. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Orientation
Workforce diversity
Ethnic
Government and Public Administration
5. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Attitude
Outsourcing
Ability
Job Description
6. A skill that has been developed
Ability
Services
Annual Leave
Aptitude
7. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Job Description
Skill
Payroll
Lifestyle
8. Commoney known as Social Security
Commission
Employment Outlook
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Outsourcing
9. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Semi-monthly Pay
Commission
Retailing
Post-secondary education
10. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Seasonal Work
Specializing
Decision-Making Process
Vendor
11. Someone who sells goods or services
Vocational
Vendor
Persistent
Fringe benefits
12. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Job Market
Specializing
Manufacturing
Short-Term Goal
13. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Career Interest Area
Human Services
Employment Outlook
Discrimination
14. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Time Management
Contract Labor
Employer
Overtime
15. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Internship
Part-Time Jobs
Education/Training Requirements
Commission
16. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Career Action Plan
Tuition
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Interview
17. Business which two or more people own and operate
Outsourcing
Vocational
Personnel
Partnership
18. To look at closely and judge
Decision
Evaluate
Goods
Corporation
19. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Procrastinator
Prerequisite
Contract Labor
Salary
20. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Career
Corporation
Associate degree
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
21. A group of employees
Career
Personality Type
Personnel
Year-to-date earnings
22. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Demographics
Temporary Jobs
Professional
Personality Type
23. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Self-Esteem
Learning Style
Interest Inventory
Interview
24. Worldwide financial management system
Technology
Annual Leave
Career Interest Area
Global Economy
25. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Identity
Job Duty
Base Pay
Education and Training
26. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Risk
Sick Leave
Deduction
On-the-job training (OJT)
27. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Wage
Work Values
Laws of supply and demand
Self-Concept
28. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Vocation
Consumer
Procrastinator
Research
29. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Study Skills
Partnership
Networking
Sole Proprietorship
30. Earnings above base pay
Overtime
Orientation
Specializing
Ability
31. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Procedure
Personality Trait
Credit
Professional
32. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Career Action Plan
Attitude
Gross pay
Values Compromise
33. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Part-Time Jobs
Personality Trait
career cluster
Technology
34. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Job lead
Part-Time Jobs
Ability
Demographics
35. Someone who sells goods or services
Bi-Weekly Pay
Law of Supply
Law of Demand
Vendor
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
Goal
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Job Duty
Government and Public Administration
37. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Qualification
Career Goal
Demographics
Finance
38. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Resource
Education/Training Requirements
Fringe benefits
Education/Training Requirements
39. Any education or training following high school
Schedule
Post-secondary education
Help-wanted ads
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
40. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Internet
Post-secondary education
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Laws of supply and demand
41. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Personality Type
Finance
Decision
Salary Range
42. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Priortize
Laws of supply and demand
Loss
Union
43. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Enterprise
Net pay
Specializing
On-the-job training (OJT)
44. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Sick Leave
Employment Agency
Business Plan
Prerequisite
45. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Salary
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
OOH
Marketing Sales and Service
46. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Risk
Help-wanted ads
Career Goal
Specializing
47. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Self-Concept
Wage
Application form
Career Goal
48. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Stockholder
Plan
Law Public Safety and Security
Contract Labor
49. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Elective
Qualification
Government and Public Administration
Long-Term Goal
50. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Employment Agency
Commission
Check Stub
Law of Demand