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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. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Related Occupations
Elective
Personality Trait
Technical
2. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Specializing
Graduate school
Discrimination
Entrepreneur
3. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Profit
Resource
Discrimination
Employment Outlook
4. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Orientation
Specializing
Technology
Tentative Decision
5. A decision or plan that can be changed
Risk
Union
Tentative Decision
Aptitude
6. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
O*Net
Letter of Application
Self-Esteem
Stock
7. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Schedule
Elective
O*Net
Specializing
8. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
ArkOscar
Temporary Jobs
Priortize
Resource
9. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Services
Outsourcing
Partnership
Procedure
10. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Persistent
Marketing Sales and Service
Annual Leave
Schedule
11. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Corporation
Screen out
GED certificate
Union
12. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Discrimination
O*Net
Enterprise
Prerequisite
13. Work that a person does for pay
Professional
Discrimination
Job
Resume
14. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Orientation
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Manufacturing
Sick Leave
15. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Technical
Discrimination
Interest Inventory
Vendor
16. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Post-secondary education
Values
Government and Public Administration
Long-Term Goal
17. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Employment Outlook
Law of Supply
Tentative Decision
Hospitality and Tourism
18. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Self-Concept
Job Outlook
Procrastinator
Ability
19. A share of the ownership in a company
classifieds
Identity
Stock
Corporation
20. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Time Management
Union
Personality Trait
Technical
21. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Work
Temporary Jobs
Outsourcing
Networking
22. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Wage
Post-secondary education
Work ethic
Personality Type
23. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Qualification
Human Services
Payroll
O*Net
24. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Goal
career cluster
Education and Training
Schedule
25. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Learning Style
Personnel
Volunteering
Job Duty
26. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Partnership
Net pay
Financial aid
Skill
27. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Post-secondary education
Job Outlook
Bachelor's degree
Union
28. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Job
Technical
Personality
Fringe benefits
29. Business which two or more people own and operate
Partnership
Stock
GED certificate
Personality Trait
30. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Personnel
Retailing
Help-wanted ads
Job lead
31. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Workforce diversity
Reference
Net pay
Financial aid
32. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Employment Agency
Internet
Manufacturing
Gross pay
33. A thank you letter written following an interview
Follow-up Letter
Salary Range
Year-to-date earnings
Gross pay
34. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Employer
Education and Training
Personality Type
Apprenticeship
35. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Partnership
Internship
Compromise
Attitude
36. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Full-Time Job
Orientation
Risk
Elective
37. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Applicant
Business Plan
Apprenticeship
Identity
38. A definition of work duties
Job Description
Brain Orientation
Decision
Technical
39. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Career Action Plan
Orientation
Job Shadowing
Lifestyle
40. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Career Goal
Outsourcing
Professional
Employment Outlook
41. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Finance
Base Pay
Specializing
Resume
42. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Entrepreneur
Full-Time Job
Career Ladder
Producer
43. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Aptitude
Application form
Seasonal Work
Architecture and Construction
44. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Education and Training
Gross pay
Semi-monthly Pay
Learning Style
45. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Skill
Temporary Jobs
Payroll
Deduction
46. Any education or training following high school
Values
Associate degree
Orientation
Post-secondary education
47. A skill that has been developed
Financial aid
Plan
Ability
Wage
48. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Related Occupations
Wage
Services
Gross pay
49. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Compromise
Information Technology
Union dues
Apprenticeship
50. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Partnership
Corporation
Deduction
Net pay