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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. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Specializing
Internet
Deduction
Wage
2. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate school
Tentative Decision
Profit
Professional
3. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Loss
ArkOscar
Related Occupations
Salary
4. Learning on the job
Letter of Application
On-the-job training (OJT)
Government and Public Administration
Self-Concept
5. Collection of information about oneself
Salary Range
Year-to-date earnings
Career Portfolio
Wholesale
6. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Working Conditions
GED certificate
Marketing Sales and Service
Interest
7. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Full-Time Job
Enterprise
Attitude
Values Compromise
8. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Producer
Resource
Ethnic
Competition
9. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Internet
Full-Time Job
Attitude
Career Interest Area
10. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Personnel
Salary Range
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Procedure
11. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Plan
Brain Orientation
Interview
Business Management and Administration
12. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Laws of supply and demand
Screen out
Work
ArkOscar
13. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Punctuality
Law of Supply
Work ethic
Demographics
14. Temporary work during the summer
Producer
Work Values
Listening Skills
Seasonal Work
15. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Free Enterprise System
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Seasonal Work
16. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Demographics
Stockholder
Workforce diversity
Economy
17. A thank you letter written following an interview
Specializing
Follow-up Letter
Procrastinator
Screen out
18. Someone who creates a good or service
Producer
Law Public Safety and Security
Apprenticeship
Resume
19. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Reference
Scholarships
Entry-Level Jobs
Bi-Weekly Pay
20. A definition of work duties
Employment Outlook
Consumer
Bachelor's degree
Job Description
21. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Letter of Application
Entry-Level Jobs
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Tuition
22. A share of the ownership in a company
Stock
Workforce diversity
Education and Training
Laws of supply and demand
23. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Vocational
Applicant
Professional
Research
24. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Identity
classifieds
Scholarships
Business Plan
25. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Networking
Conflict
Human Services
Working Conditions
26. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Contract Labor
Personality Type
Discrimination
Fringe benefits
27. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Research
Hospitality and Tourism
career cluster
Learning Style
28. Clash of ideas or values
Technical
Conflict
Job Market
Persistent
29. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Union dues
Semi-monthly Pay
Retailing
Goal
30. Commoney known as Social Security
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Job Description
Education/Training Requirements
Discrimination
31. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Temporary Jobs
Job Shadowing
Marketing Sales and Service
Lifestyle
32. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Resource
Year-to-date earnings
Scholarships
Listening Skills
33. Careful use of resources including money and materials
OOH
GED certificate
Economy
Personality
34. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Workforce diversity
Short-Term Goal
Health Science
Job Shadowing
35. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Contract Labor
Check Stub
Part-Time Jobs
Profit
36. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Interview
Reference
Annual Leave
Research
37. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Job Market
Education/Training Requirements
Law Public Safety and Security
Aptitude
38. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Research
Fee
Contract Labor
Financial aid
39. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Overtime
Human Services
Work
Evaluate
40. Any education or training following high school
Laws of supply and demand
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Corporation
Post-secondary education
41. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Discrimination
Employer
Employment Agency
Temporary Jobs
42. A computerized career information delivery system
ArkOscar
Economy
Contract Labor
Work Environment
43. Any information about possible job openings
OOH
Attitude
Job lead
Human Services
44. 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
Corporation
Temporary Jobs
Free Enterprise System
Temporary Jobs
45. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Compromise
Prerequisite
Priortize
Year-to-date earnings
46. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Wage
Fee
Salary Range
Prerequisite
47. Business which two or more people own and operate
Related Occupations
Employment Outlook
Occupation
Partnership
48. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Enterprise
Base Pay
Sick Leave
Check Stub
49. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Help-wanted ads
Career Goal
Retailing
50. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Law of Demand
Semi-monthly Pay
Persistent
Financial aid