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Career Vocab
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Subject
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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. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Hospitality and Tourism
Aptitude
Union
Co-worker
2. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Technical
Education and Training
GED certificate
3. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Risk
Fee
Partnership
Goods
4. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Wage
Internet
Skill
Career Goal
5. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Associate degree
Enterprise
Interest Inventory
6. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Research
Contract Labor
Full-Time Job
Priortize
7. The environment of the workplace
Lifestyle
Check Stub
First impression
Working Conditions
8. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Law Public Safety and Security
Tuition
Work Environment
Goal
9. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Interest Inventory
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Study Skills
Net pay
10. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Occupation
Values Compromise
Appearance
Base Pay
11. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Vendor
Business Management and Administration
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Fringe benefits
12. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Persistent
Vocational
Tentative Decision
Laws of supply and demand
13. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Evaluate
Assessment
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Business Plan
14. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Conflict
Vocation
Consumer
Loss
15. Possibility of loss
Self-Esteem
Job
Lifestyle
Risk
16. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Follow-up Letter
Values
Attitude
Classifieds
17. Employment during special seasons
Competition
Consumer
Temporary Jobs
Fringe benefits
18. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Related Occupations
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Research
Self-Concept
19. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Technical
Apprenticeship
Aptitude
Gross pay
20. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Decision-Making Process
Sick Leave
Full-Time Job
Law of Demand
21. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Appearance
Job Duty
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Procrastinator
22. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Orientation
Job Shadowing
Attitude
Graduate school
23. The planning and using of time
Time Management
Net pay
Discrimination
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
24. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Contract Labor
Prerequisite
Net pay
Qualification
25. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Work Values
Brain Orientation
Business Management and Administration
Prerequisite
26. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Work Values
Assessment
Interview
Resource
27. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Law Public Safety and Security
Conflict
Health Science
Applicant
28. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Job
Brain Orientation
Skill
Bachelor's degree
29. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Full-Time Job
Economy
Job Duty
Bachelor's degree
30. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Aptitude
Stock
Laws of supply and demand
Internship
31. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Business Plan
Business Management and Administration
Career Goal
Union
32. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Base Pay
Semi-monthly Pay
O*Net
Personality
33. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Networking
Laws of supply and demand
Bi-Weekly Pay
Discrimination
34. Standards one believes is important about their work
Values Compromise
Full-Time Job
Work Values
Union dues
35. Learning on the job
Law of Supply
Workforce diversity
Internship
On-the-job training (OJT)
36. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Seasonal Work
Base Pay
Appearance
Networking
37. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Union
Priortize
Values Compromise
Specializing
38. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Internship
Goal
Career cluster
Discrimination
39. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Resource
Study Skills
Job Description
Application form
40. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Fee
Appearance
Career Goal
Work ethic
41. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Profit
Check Stub
Procrastinator
Resource
42. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Salary
Technical
Interest
Job
43. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Full-Time Job
Bi-Weekly Pay
Listening
Commission
44. Any information about possible job openings
Law Public Safety and Security
Job lead
Job Description
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
45. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Schedule
Temporary Jobs
Vendor
Vocational
46. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Consumer
Employment Outlook
Education and Training
Goods
47. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Commission
Overtime
Plan
Stock
48. Clash of ideas or values
Human Services
Conflict
Employment Outlook
Discrimination
49. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Screen out
Professional
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Self-Esteem
50. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Business Plan
Entrepreneur
Contract Labor
Procedure