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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. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Screen out
GED certificate
Law Public Safety and Security
Enterprise
2. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Job lead
Job Description
Learning Style
Enterprise
3. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Technical
Occupation
Screen out
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
4. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Work ethic
Skill
Career Portfolio
Letter of Application
5. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Work Values
Business Management and Administration
Job Outlook
Demographics
6. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Assessment
Commission
Orientation
Job Shadowing
7. Employment during special seasons
Sick Leave
Temporary Jobs
Bachelor's degree
Health Science
8. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Identity
Technology
Specializing
Education and Training
9. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Orientation
career cluster
Sole Proprietorship
Goods
10. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Laws of supply and demand
Decision
Job Market
Time Management
11. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Job Duty
Contract Labor
Law Public Safety and Security
Values Compromise
12. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Ethnic
Temporary Jobs
Career Goal
Short-Term Goal
13. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Resource
Marketing Sales and Service
Short-Term Goal
Discrimination
14. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Base Pay
Associate degree
Short-Term Goal
Employment Agency
15. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Follow-up Letter
Research
Work Values
Career Goal
16. An amount of money charged by others for services
Priortize
Fee
Check Stub
Producer
17. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Compromise
Assessment
Listening Skills
Government and Public Administration
18. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Education/Training Requirements
Architecture and Construction
O*Net
Salary Range
19. Earnings above base pay
Attitude
Compromise
Overtime
Professional
20. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Health Science
Profit
Letter of Application
O*Net
21. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Retailing
Competition
Self-Esteem
Gross pay
22. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Employer
Procedure
Deduction
Entrepreneur
23. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Base Pay
Decision
Volunteering
Resume
24. A person applying for a job
Law of Demand
Marketing Sales and Service
Global Economy
Applicant
25. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Work Values
O*Net
Schedule
Career Ladder
26. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Bi-Weekly Pay
Technology
Law Public Safety and Security
Personality
27. Standards one believes is important about their work
Work Values
Apprenticeship
Assessment
Tentative Decision
28. A skill that has been developed
Internship
Law of Supply
Ability
Law of Demand
29. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after they successfully complete a required set of college courses in both general and specific areas - usually lasting 4 years
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30. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Wholesale
Employment Agency
Tuition
Prerequisite
31. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Elective
Graduate school
Screen out
career cluster
32. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Entry-Level Jobs
Education/Training Requirements
Education and Training
33. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Law Public Safety and Security
Job Duty
Elective
Decision-Making Process
34. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Post-secondary education
Human Services
Orientation
Deduction
35. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Networking
Punctuality
Letter of Application
Employment Outlook
36. Clash of ideas or values
Conflict
Applicant
Listening Skills
Competition
37. 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
Self-Concept
Procedure
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
38. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Check Stub
Manufacturing
Union dues
Marketing Sales and Service
39. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Payroll
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Union
Networking
40. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
career cluster
Professional
Marketing Sales and Service
Professional
41. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Law of Supply
Entry-Level Jobs
Fee
Job Market
42. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Profit
Sick Leave
Work ethic
Qualification
43. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Self-Concept
Ethnic
Research
Bachelor's degree
44. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Education and Training
Brain Orientation
Vocation
Producer
45. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Demographics
Skill
Personality Type
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
46. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Career
Semi-monthly Pay
Consumer
Aptitude
47. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Interview
Sole Proprietorship
Business Management and Administration
Competition
48. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Job Market
Internship
Profit
Volunteering
49. A share of the ownership in a company
Self-Esteem
Brain Orientation
Stock
Screen out
50. A computerized career information delivery system
Work ethic
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Ability
Volunteering