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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. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Workforce diversity
Information Technology
Competition
Semi-monthly Pay
2. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
classifieds
Self-Esteem
Technology
Punctuality
3. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
O*Net
Schedule
Internship
Business Management and Administration
4. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Resource
Laws of supply and demand
Loss
Values Compromise
5. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Profit
Specializing
Volunteering
GED certificate
6. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Short-Term Goal
Job Shadowing
Wholesale
Education and Training
7. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Work Environment
Work Values
Competition
Vocation
8. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Help-wanted ads
Marketing Sales and Service
Interest
GED certificate
9. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Aptitude
Working Conditions
Volunteering
Skill
10. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Full-Time Job
Internet
Job Description
Wholesale
11. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Laws of supply and demand
Ethnic
Decision-Making Process
Temporary Jobs
12. A person who works with you
Co-worker
Brain Orientation
Evaluate
Prerequisite
13. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Reference
Payroll
Resource
Stock
14. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Specializing
Job Market
Reference
Apprenticeship
15. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Job Outlook
Law of Demand
Check Stub
Tuition
16. Temporary work during the summer
Technical
Payroll
Seasonal Work
Specializing
17. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
career cluster
Vocation
On-the-job training (OJT)
Government and Public Administration
18. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Volunteering
Services
Overtime
Outsourcing
19. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Manufacturing
Specializing
Vocation
Vocational
20. The planning and using of time
Payroll
Working Conditions
OOH
Time Management
21. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Lifestyle
Attitude
Personality
Temporary Jobs
22. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Reference
Check Stub
Bi-Weekly Pay
Orientation
23. A thank you letter written following an interview
Education and Training
Follow-up Letter
Technical
Personality Type
24. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Bi-Weekly Pay
Applicant
Prerequisite
Outsourcing
25. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Specializing
Free Enterprise System
Self-Esteem
Employment Agency
26. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Employment Outlook
Stock
Personality Type
Plan
27. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Payroll
Bi-Weekly Pay
Contract Labor
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
28. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Gross pay
Finance
Reference
Deduction
29. The environment of the workplace
Working Conditions
Demographics
Attitude
Economy
30. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Attitude
Evaluate
Skill
Schedule
31. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Internship
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Time Management
Competition
32. 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
Scholarships
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Global Economy
Risk
33. Personal standards by which one lives
Graduate school
Semi-monthly Pay
Tentative Decision
Values
34. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Loss
Schedule
Free Enterprise System
Career Interest Area
35. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Lifestyle
Entry-Level Jobs
Consumer
Business Plan
36. Earnings above base pay
Union dues
Procrastinator
Punctuality
Overtime
37. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Ability
Health Science
Job Market
Health Science
38. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Ability
Personality Trait
Personality Type
Union
39. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Interest
Hospitality and Tourism
Government and Public Administration
Elective
40. Work that a person does for pay
Apprenticeship
Job
Financial aid
Letter of Application
41. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Services
Competition
Workforce diversity
ArkOscar
42. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Wage
Procrastinator
Sick Leave
Law of Supply
43. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Work
Government and Public Administration
Personality
Personality Type
44. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Working Conditions
Personality Trait
Tuition
Assessment
45. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Deduction
Scholarships
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Ethnic
46. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Fringe benefits
Law of Supply
Persistent
Vocational
47. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Skill
Professional
Work ethic
Goods
48. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Manufacturing
Job Outlook
Education and Training
Wholesale
49. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Union
Business Plan
Free Enterprise System
On-the-job training (OJT)
50. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Full-Time Job
Deduction
Goods
Aptitude