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Career Vocab
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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 acquiring - investing - and managing money
Professional
Wage
Lifestyle
Finance
2. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Year-to-date earnings
Job
Partnership
Credit
3. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Aptitude
Law of Demand
Free Enterprise System
Qualification
4. A person who works with you
Co-worker
Check Stub
Work Environment
Stock
5. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Job lead
Aptitude
Temporary Jobs
Year-to-date earnings
6. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Procedure
Work Environment
Salary Range
Union dues
7. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Brain Orientation
Career
Credit
First impression
8. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Job Outlook
Work Values
Payroll
Networking
9. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Producer
Letter of Application
Education and Training
Values Compromise
10. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Post-secondary education
Vocation
Business Management and Administration
Overtime
11. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Workforce diversity
GED certificate
Temporary Jobs
Job lead
12. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Appearance
Short-Term Goal
Bi-Weekly Pay
Deduction
13. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Temporary Jobs
Marketing Sales and Service
Health Science
Ethnic
14. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Law Public Safety and Security
Base Pay
Stock
Ethnic
15. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Appearance
Manufacturing
GED certificate
Stock
16. Business owned by one person
Sole Proprietorship
Enterprise
Learning Style
Demographics
17. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Job Duty
Specializing
Risk
Information Technology
18. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Full-Time Job
Temporary Jobs
Year-to-date earnings
Payroll
19. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
O*Net
Law of Supply
Related Occupations
Aptitude
20. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Information Technology
Resume
Gross pay
Priortize
21. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Human Services
First impression
Long-Term Goal
Sick Leave
22. The choice between two or more possibilities
Interest
Decision
Net pay
Aptitude
23. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Schedule
Career Goal
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Long-Term Goal
24. A decision or plan that can be changed
Orientation
Tentative Decision
Tuition
Goods
25. A course or program that teaches job skills
Vocation
Vocational
Professional
Retailing
26. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Deduction
Self-Esteem
Personnel
Ethnic
27. A computerized career information delivery system
ArkOscar
GED certificate
Punctuality
Scholarships
28. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Employment Outlook
Career Ladder
Loss
Personality
29. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Help-wanted ads
Prerequisite
Apprenticeship
Scholarships
30. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Internet
Credit
Values
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
31. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Appearance
Self-Esteem
Economy
Ethnic
32. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Job
Education/Training Requirements
Career Ladder
Law of Supply
33. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Co-worker
Resume
Gross pay
Contract Labor
34. This involves hearing - thinking about and responding to what the speaker is saying
First impression
Check Stub
Entrepreneur
Listening
35. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Architecture and Construction
Human Services
Fringe benefits
Career Goal
36. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Aptitude
Work ethic
Interview
37. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Year-to-date earnings
Human Services
Education/Training Requirements
Contract Labor
38. 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
Interest Inventory
Free Enterprise System
Resource
Career Interest Area
39. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Self-Concept
Laws of supply and demand
Brain Orientation
Volunteering
40. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Technical
Consumer
Job Market
Working Conditions
41. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Procedure
Outsourcing
Skill
Architecture and Construction
42. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Hospitality and Tourism
Work
Scholarships
Career Goal
43. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Base Pay
Applicant
On-the-job training (OJT)
Government and Public Administration
44. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Identity
Fee
Goods
Ethnic
45. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Qualification
Career cluster
Net pay
Specializing
46. The type of job in which a person is employed
Procrastinator
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Occupation
Attitude
47. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Job lead
Check Stub
Goal
Business Plan
48. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Tuition
Occupation
Work
Check Stub
49. 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
Vendor
Education and Training
Bachelor's degree
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
50. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Personality
Listening
Competition
Letter of Application