SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Career Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
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. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Technology
Gross pay
Networking
Sick Leave
2. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Human Services
Qualification
Corporation
Evaluate
3. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Learning Style
Employment Agency
Services
Hospitality and Tourism
4. Earnings above base pay
Occupation
Overtime
Co-worker
Identity
5. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Payroll
Manufacturing
Job
Fringe benefits
6. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Year-to-date earnings
Entrepreneur
Skill
Compromise
7. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Career Portfolio
Self-Esteem
Employer
Interview
8. Business owned by one person
Stock
ArkOscar
Personnel
Sole Proprietorship
9. An amount of money charged by others for services
Appearance
Deduction
Full-Time Job
Fee
10. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Procrastinator
Time Management
Stock
Loss
11. Any information about possible job openings
Law of Supply
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Self-Esteem
Job lead
12. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Temporary Jobs
Annual Leave
Resume
Stock
13. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Orientation
Work
Self-Esteem
Health Science
14. Clash of ideas or values
Demographics
Research
Conflict
Career Goal
15. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Work ethic
Job Duty
Graduate school
Job Outlook
16. Someone who creates a good or service
Stockholder
Job Shadowing
Applicant
Producer
17. Typical way of life
Employment Outlook
Lifestyle
Employment Agency
Evaluate
18. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Interest Inventory
Credit
On-the-job training (OJT)
Loss
19. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Work ethic
Employment Agency
Loss
20. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Entry-Level Jobs
Internship
Values
Check Stub
21. Collection of information about oneself
Career Portfolio
Work
Law of Supply
Commission
22. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Salary
Resource
Attitude
Internship
23. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Manufacturing
Finance
Economy
Time Management
24. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Semi-monthly Pay
Career Action Plan
Elective
Discrimination
25. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Study Skills
Seasonal Work
Aptitude
Elective
26. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Job
Work Values
Vocation
Brain Orientation
27. A definition of work duties
Job Description
Personality
Demographics
Internet
28. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Job Shadowing
Persistent
Overtime
Appearance
29. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Goods
Interest Inventory
Commission
Fringe benefits
30. Commoney known as Social Security
Work ethic
Post-secondary education
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Resume
31. The choice between two or more possibilities
Decision
Attitude
Discrimination
Education and Training
32. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Financial aid
Risk
Career cluster
Free Enterprise System
33. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Economy
Resource
Work Environment
Personality Type
34. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Law of Demand
Reference
Qualification
Bi-Weekly Pay
35. A share of the ownership in a company
Values Compromise
Workforce diversity
Graduate school
Stock
36. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Goods
Outsourcing
Profit
Job lead
37. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Listening Skills
Career Goal
Employment Outlook
Finance
38. Learning on the job
Appearance
Credit
Personality Type
On-the-job training (OJT)
39. Cluster that involves growing and processing crops for human use; raising and processing animals for human use; using raw materials that occur naturally in the earth
Information Technology
Loss
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Consumer
40. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Temporary Jobs
Professional
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Consumer
41. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Interest
Manufacturing
Tentative Decision
Identity
42. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Full-Time Job
Personality Trait
Employer
Base Pay
43. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Job Outlook
Ability
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Base Pay
44. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Application form
Commission
Skill
Reference
45. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Sole Proprietorship
Salary
Economy
Appearance
46. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Contract Labor
Classifieds
Elective
Consumer
47. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Union dues
Conflict
Qualification
Prerequisite
48. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Internet
Personality Type
Self-Concept
Help-wanted ads
49. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Job Shadowing
Plan
Ethnic
Elective
50. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Competition
Graduate school
Services
Screen out