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Career Orientation Basics
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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 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
2. The environment of the workplace
Goods
Working Conditions
Work
Overtime
3. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Loss
Job
Work Values
Personality Trait
4. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Corporation
Job Outlook
Prerequisite
Producer
5. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Procedure
Check Stub
Reference
Profit
6. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Post-secondary education
Evaluate
Temporary Jobs
Education and Training
7. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Vendor
Tuition
Values Compromise
Business Management and Administration
8. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Wage
GED certificate
Aptitude
9. A skill that has been developed
Ability
Entry-Level Jobs
Information Technology
GED certificate
10. Any education or training following high school
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Job Description
Post-secondary education
Bachelor's degree
11. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Listening Skills
Graduate school
Credit
Aptitude
12. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Outsourcing
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Internet
Services
13. Possibility of loss
Risk
Interest
Sole Proprietorship
Values
14. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Applicant
Free Enterprise System
Goods
Plan
15. Commoney known as Social Security
Global Economy
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Overtime
16. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Business Plan
Specializing
Working Conditions
Decision
17. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Occupation
Profit
Procrastinator
Orientation
18. Clash of ideas or values
Conflict
Career Ladder
Law of Demand
Wholesale
19. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Marketing Sales and Service
Job
Screen out
Business Plan
20. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Consumer
Education and Training
Work Values
Brain Orientation
21. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Outsourcing
Tentative Decision
Annual Leave
Free Enterprise System
22. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Job lead
Deduction
Finance
Bi-Weekly Pay
23. Someone who creates a good or service
Producer
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Annual Leave
Internet
24. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Tuition
O*Net
Assessment
Entry-Level Jobs
25. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Economy
Values
Scholarships
Prerequisite
26. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Gross pay
Semi-monthly Pay
classifieds
Hospitality and Tourism
27. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
ArkOscar
Information Technology
Fee
Payroll
28. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Work Environment
Post-secondary education
Bachelor's degree
Vocation
29. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Decision-Making Process
Entrepreneur
Job Market
Services
30. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Qualification
Profit
Career Portfolio
Salary Range
31. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Resource
Competition
Related Occupations
Tentative Decision
32. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Networking
Human Services
Interest
Interest Inventory
33. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Co-worker
Education/Training Requirements
OOH
Education and Training
34. A person who owns stock in a company
Brain Orientation
Union
Competition
Stockholder
35. A decision or plan that can be changed
Self-Concept
Tentative Decision
Sole Proprietorship
Study Skills
36. Being on time for work
Job
Punctuality
Commission
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
37. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Architecture and Construction
Interest
Reference
Part-Time Jobs
38. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Education and Training
Technology
Credit
Work Values
39. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Internship
Competition
Loss
40. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Procrastinator
Fringe benefits
Job Description
Career Action Plan
41. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Health Science
Networking
Job lead
Values Compromise
42. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Seasonal Work
Career Goal
Semi-monthly Pay
Temporary Jobs
43. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Net pay
Lifestyle
Employer
Loss
44. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Law of Demand
Orientation
Stock
Contract Labor
45. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Procrastinator
career cluster
Consumer
Fringe benefits
46. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Schedule
Orientation
Discrimination
Career Goal
47. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Work ethic
Law of Supply
Career
Graduate school
48. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Procedure
Values
Salary
Manufacturing
49. Someone who sells goods or services
Values
Vendor
Law Public Safety and Security
Risk
50. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Interview
Interest
Hospitality and Tourism
Salary Range