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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Information Technology
Personnel
Values Compromise
Salary
2. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Human Services
Interview
Specializing
Conflict
3. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Evaluate
Procrastinator
Study Skills
Learning Style
4. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Elective
Skill
Health Science
Employment Agency
5. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Year-to-date earnings
Personality Trait
Work Values
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
6. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Contract Labor
Ability
Laws of supply and demand
Career Portfolio
7. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Retailing
Volunteering
Credit
Work Environment
8. Earnings above base pay
Listening Skills
OOH
Outsourcing
Overtime
9. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Information Technology
Work Values
Enterprise
Technical
10. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Credit
Priortize
Attitude
Fringe benefits
11. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Job
Consumer
Finance
Conflict
12. A thank you letter written following an interview
Goal
Follow-up Letter
Fringe benefits
Part-Time Jobs
13. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Short-Term Goal
Entry-Level Jobs
Education/Training Requirements
Fee
14. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Schedule
Employer
Vocation
Producer
15. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Personality Type
Priortize
Economy
Wage
16. Employment during special seasons
Vendor
Temporary Jobs
Career
Help-wanted ads
17. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Learning Style
Demographics
Short-Term Goal
Ethnic
18. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Identity
Screen out
Health Science
Short-Term Goal
19. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Commission
Decision-Making Process
Temporary Jobs
Seasonal Work
20. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Attitude
O*Net
Personality Type
21. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Procrastinator
Employer
Net pay
Education and Training
22. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Co-worker
Payroll
Temporary Jobs
Job Market
23. A course or program that teaches job skills
Evaluate
Vocational
Career Action Plan
Contract Labor
24. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Laws of supply and demand
Graduate school
Overtime
Finance
25. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Education and Training
Co-worker
Services
Listening Skills
26. The choice between two or more possibilities
Salary
Employment Outlook
On-the-job training (OJT)
Decision
27. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Procrastinator
Discrimination
Corporation
Work ethic
28. Personal standards by which one lives
Values
Profit
Procedure
Screen out
29. Personal standards by which one lives
Marketing Sales and Service
Volunteering
Net pay
Values
30. Worldwide financial management system
Tuition
Self-Esteem
Seasonal Work
Global Economy
31. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Help-wanted ads
Research
Work ethic
Government and Public Administration
32. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Check Stub
Year-to-date earnings
Loss
Decision
33. To look at closely and judge
Marketing Sales and Service
Evaluate
Apprenticeship
Information Technology
34. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Government and Public Administration
Qualification
Volunteering
Attitude
35. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Contract Labor
Education and Training
Annual Leave
Personality Type
36. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Persistent
Commission
Procedure
Vocation
37. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Base Pay
Priortize
Fee
Year-to-date earnings
38. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Education/Training Requirements
On-the-job training (OJT)
Consumer
Follow-up Letter
39. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Personality
classifieds
Self-Esteem
Career Ladder
40. Commoney known as Social Security
Reference
Employment Agency
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Short-Term Goal
41. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Qualification
Gross pay
Specializing
Elective
42. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Orientation
Law Public Safety and Security
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Self-Concept
43. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Deduction
Full-Time Job
Consumer
Related Occupations
44. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Schedule
Help-wanted ads
Listening Skills
Retailing
45. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Finance
Follow-up Letter
Base Pay
Technology
46. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Skill
Job Outlook
Follow-up Letter
Work
47. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Education/Training Requirements
Work
Skill
Interest Inventory
48. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Professional
Union
Job Shadowing
Scholarships
49. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Law Public Safety and Security
Tentative Decision
Stock
Full-Time Job
50. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Technology
Resource
Orientation
Part-Time Jobs