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Career Orientation Basics
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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
Finance
Job Market
Marketing Sales and Service
GED certificate
2. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Conflict
Interest Inventory
Enterprise
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
3. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Stockholder
Skill
Career Goal
Law Public Safety and Security
4. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Goal
Interest
Entry-Level Jobs
Apprenticeship
5. The choice between two or more possibilities
Career Interest Area
Follow-up Letter
Decision
Job Shadowing
6. Learning on the job
Brain Orientation
On-the-job training (OJT)
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Self-Concept
7. Employment during special seasons
Loss
Job Duty
Fee
Temporary Jobs
8. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Prerequisite
Competition
Long-Term Goal
Corporation
9. The planning and using of time
Plan
Time Management
Lifestyle
Career
10. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Services
Salary Range
Employment Outlook
Letter of Application
11. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Self-Concept
Apprenticeship
Competition
Personality Type
12. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Job Outlook
Personality Trait
Schedule
Law of Demand
13. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Conflict
Self-Esteem
Career Interest Area
Internet
14. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Aptitude
Law of Demand
Listening Skills
Job Duty
15. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Net pay
Law of Supply
Short-Term Goal
Job Description
16. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Annual Leave
Net pay
Stock
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
17. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Evaluate
Manufacturing
Orientation
Associate degree
18. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Temporary Jobs
Specializing
Vocation
Internship
19. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Screen out
Marketing Sales and Service
Temporary Jobs
Interview
20. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Screen out
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Ethnic
21. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Employment Agency
Work
GED certificate
Financial aid
22. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Producer
Short-Term Goal
Orientation
Listening Skills
23. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
OOH
Attitude
Learning Style
On-the-job training (OJT)
24. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Profit
career cluster
Learning Style
Short-Term Goal
25. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Ability
Short-Term Goal
Law of Demand
26. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Law Public Safety and Security
Law of Demand
Sole Proprietorship
Personality Trait
27. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Annual Leave
Health Science
Ethnic
28. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Temporary Jobs
Overtime
Reference
Outsourcing
29. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Job lead
Human Services
Persistent
Check Stub
30. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
OOH
Check Stub
Work
career cluster
31. The type of job in which a person is employed
Occupation
Post-secondary education
Related Occupations
Personality
32. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Values
Full-Time Job
Work
Procrastinator
33. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Job Duty
Specializing
Listening Skills
Goal
34. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Salary
Workforce diversity
Interest
Bi-Weekly Pay
35. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Manufacturing
Screen out
Services
Producer
36. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Job Duty
Persistent
Time Management
37. The type of job in which a person is employed
Services
Deduction
Occupation
Work Values
38. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Post-secondary education
Job Description
Resource
On-the-job training (OJT)
39. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Scholarships
Career Portfolio
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Values
40. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Outsourcing
Education/Training Requirements
Wage
Competition
41. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Attitude
Job Market
Hospitality and Tourism
Personality Type
42. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Personality Type
Finance
Financial aid
OOH
43. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Financial aid
Application form
Schedule
Information Technology
44. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Laws of supply and demand
Letter of Application
Vendor
Union dues
45. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Goods
Goal
Vocation
Salary Range
46. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Competition
Discrimination
Overtime
Values Compromise
47. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
career cluster
Specializing
Base Pay
Entry-Level Jobs
48. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Applicant
Entry-Level Jobs
Law Public Safety and Security
Work Values
49. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Aptitude
Corporation
Semi-monthly Pay
Law of Supply
50. The environment of the workplace
Competition
Law of Demand
Working Conditions
Values