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HRI Certification
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Budget
Favoritism
Sales projections
Core values
2. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Salaries
Performance standard
Communication
Benchmark
3. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Sales projections
Planning
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Problem-solving model
4. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Exit interview
Involuntary termination
Cross-functional team
Preventable crisis
5. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Performance review cycles
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Favoritism
Individual performance of objectives
6. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Vision Statement
Compensation
Professionalism
Media policy
7. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Preventable crisis
Formal communication
Delegation
Nepotism
8. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Planning
Nepotism
Stress
Mission Statement
9. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Problem
Professional Development
Covers
Ground rules
10. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Salaries
Motivators/Satisfiers
Problem-solving meetings
Root cause
11. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Floaters
Sexual harassment
Measurable results
Organizational goals
12. Identifying what tasks - actions - and other events need to happen as a result of the meeting - as well as setting a date and time for the next meeting
Next steps
Favoritism
Floaters
Supporting
13. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Environmental noise
Delegation
Commissions
Arbitration
14. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Delegation
Spin
Departmental/team objectives
Employee absence policy
15. The ability to plan - organize - direct - staff - control - and evaluate the many functions in a food service organization for the purpose of serving organizational goals
Debrief meeting
Crew schedule
Management
Favoritism
16. An event that happens without warning and normally affects a number of people
Crisis
Objective
Root cause
Problem-solving meetings
17. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Parking lot
Professional Development
Message
Information sender
18. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Collective bargaining agreement
Motivators/Satisfiers
Work styles
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
19. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Empathy
Delegation
Payroll standards
Decoding
20. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Bonuses
Agenda
Cross-training
Management schedule
21. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Compensation
Decoding
Information sender
Cross-functional team
22. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Unstructured exit interview
Brainstorming meetings
Meeting
Contact list
23. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Compensation
Problem-solving model
Forming
Minutes
24. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Merit pay
Measurable results
SWOT analysis
Workplace Ethics
25. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Performance review cycles
Commissions
Documentation
26. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Objective
Minutes
Sexual harassment
Nepotism
27. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Stress
Standard
SWOT analysis
Merit pay
28. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Wage
Unpreventable crisis
Shift leaders
Problem-solving model
29. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Historical sales information
Accountability
Ground rules
Storming
30. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Management
Sexual harassment
Goal
Networking
31. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Merit pay
Value Statement
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Call/emergency meetings
32. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Empathy
Documentation
Workplace Ethics
Bonuses
33. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Problem solving
Performance review cycles
Brainstorming meetings
Action plan
34. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Exit interview
Work styles
Time Management
Mission Statement
35. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Storming
Salaries
Standard
Empathy
36. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Control
Mediation
Forming
Action meetings
37. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Information receiver
Cross-training
Cross-functional team
Mission Statement
38. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Structured exit interview
Brainstorming
Message
Floaters
39. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Collective bargaining agreement
Action meetings
Commissions
Bonuses
40. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Crisis
Supporting
Problem-solving model
Organizational communication
41. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Organizational goals
Mission Statement
Decoding
Norming
42. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Norming
Standard
Action meetings
Commissions
43. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Arbitration
Root cause
Nonverbal communication
Vision Statement
44. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Action meetings
Leadership
Professionalism
Ground rules
45. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Self-directed teams
Negotiation
Measurable results
Problem-solving meetings
46. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Contingency plan
Leadership
Payroll standards
47. The person for whom the communication is intended
Preventable crisis
Time-off request policy
Information receiver
Nepotism
48. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Affection
Agenda
Parking lot
Crew schedule
49. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Employee absence policy
Conflict resolution
Compensation
Benchmark
50. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Arbitration
Agenda
Nonverbal communication
Time-off request policy