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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. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Post-secondary education
Finance
Bi-Weekly Pay
Vendor
2. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Vocational
Sick Leave
Internet
Orientation
3. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
O*Net
Apprenticeship
Working Conditions
Part-Time Jobs
4. Clash of ideas or values
Stock
Conflict
Union dues
Stock
5. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Law of Demand
Human Services
Assessment
Ethnic
6. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Employment Outlook
Career Portfolio
Schedule
Working Conditions
7. Being on time for work
Punctuality
OOH
Semi-monthly Pay
Values
8. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Career Interest Area
Aptitude
Ethnic
Goal
9. A free flowing economy based upon the laws of supply and demand to allow individuals or companies to buy and sell goods and/or services at a profit
Sick Leave
Bi-Weekly Pay
Deduction
Free Enterprise System
10. Worldwide financial management system
Global Economy
Contract Labor
Procedure
Graduate school
11. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Commission
Networking
Deduction
Decision
12. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Law Public Safety and Security
OOH
Wage
Personality Type
13. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Elective
Study Skills
Career Ladder
Punctuality
14. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Manufacturing
Skill
Employment Outlook
Reference
15. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Orientation
Vocation
Sick Leave
Fringe benefits
16. Any education or training following high school
Scholarships
Career Action Plan
Professional
Post-secondary education
17. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Associate degree
Hospitality and Tourism
Wage
Conflict
18. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Apprenticeship
OOH
Part-Time Jobs
On-the-job training (OJT)
19. Employment during special seasons
Temporary Jobs
Procrastinator
Professional
Decision-Making Process
20. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Decision
Bachelor's degree
Outsourcing
Personality Trait
21. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Stock
Conflict
Self-Esteem
Resource
22. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Work Values
Aptitude
Credit
Entrepreneur
23. Standards one believes is important about their work
Work ethic
Goods
Work Values
Career Interest Area
24. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Stock
OOH
Architecture and Construction
Deduction
25. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Net pay
Scholarships
Career Portfolio
Procrastinator
26. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Ability
Wage
Corporation
Check Stub
27. A decision or plan that can be changed
Brain Orientation
Tentative Decision
Personality
Lifestyle
28. A skill that has been developed
Ability
Work
Work Environment
OOH
29. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Qualification
Networking
Professional
Temporary Jobs
30. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Goods
Graduate school
Assessment
Law of Supply
31. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Screen out
Enterprise
Applicant
Health Science
32. To look at closely and judge
Producer
Evaluate
Economy
Identity
33. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Conflict
Net pay
Short-Term Goal
Retailing
34. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Work ethic
Job Shadowing
Reference
Internet
35. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Brain Orientation
Salary Range
Resource
Short-Term Goal
36. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Compromise
Job Duty
Job Shadowing
Short-Term Goal
37. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
GED certificate
Semi-monthly Pay
Fringe benefits
Marketing Sales and Service
38. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Goal
Competition
Annual Leave
Personality Trait
39. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Corporation
Priortize
Reference
Application form
40. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Discrimination
Resume
Specializing
Job Outlook
41. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Competition
Specializing
Sole Proprietorship
Loss
42. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Annual Leave
Ability
Schedule
Business Plan
43. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Bachelor's degree
Tuition
Partnership
Education/Training Requirements
44. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Services
Sole Proprietorship
Technical
Listening Skills
45. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Entrepreneur
Hospitality and Tourism
Technical
Graduate school
46. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Plan
Marketing Sales and Service
Related Occupations
Volunteering
47. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Attitude
Short-Term Goal
Follow-up Letter
Gross pay
48. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Job Shadowing
Commission
Vendor
Personality Type
49. A course or program that teaches job skills
Vocational
Job Outlook
Decision
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
50. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Related Occupations
Commission
Partnership
Internship